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1994 · Game of the Year

Donkey Kong Country: 1 Game of the Year award

Yes: Donkey Kong Country won Game of the Year 1994. Its 1 awards were the most of any game that season.

Donkey Kong Country, known in Japan as Super Donkey Kong, is a 1994 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It follows the gorilla Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong as they set out to recover their stolen banana hoard from the crocodile King K.

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Donkey Kong Country won Game of the Year 1994 in this tracker, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 1Total awards
  • 1Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 1Countries

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Donkey Kong Country win?

Donkey Kong Country won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1994 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Donkey Kong Country win Game of the Year?

Yes. Donkey Kong Country won the 1994 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year. The 1994 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released18 November 1994
  • DeveloperRare Ltd.
  • PublisherNintendo
  • 2D platform game
  • GBA
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Game Boy Color
  • New Nintendo 3DS
  • Wii
  • Wii U
  • Super NES Classic Edition

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)United States1994

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.