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Game entry

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

1995 · Platformer · Super Nintendo, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U · Nintendo

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest holds position no. 296 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,756 ELO points and 77% of duels won out of 235 played. Of the 5 duels that pitted it against Portal, it has won 3 and lost 2. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 3 out of 64 (1995).

World rank

no. 296

ELO score

1,756

Wins

77%

Duels played

235

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About Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country. It was developed by Rare and is one of the best selling Super Nintendo games.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,756 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 293 Super Mario Sunshine 1,756
  2. 294 The Legend of Zelda 1,756
  3. 295 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1,756
  4. 296 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 1,756
  5. 297 Baldur's Gate 1,756
  6. 298 Metro: Last Light 1,755
  7. 299 A Hat in Time 1,755

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The standing

Where Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 64 (1995).

Where Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 296 5,035
Platformer 26 620
1990s 55 659
1995 3 64

The community

The debate

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  1. PixelOwl1997

    The 77% win rate says more than the rank itself honestly. A game doesn't hold that kind of number for this long by accident, it's the VOTES that keep proving the point.

  2. GhostKnight

    Compared to Symphony of the Night, does a platformer this focused even belong in the same bracket? Genuinely curious how people rank these.

    Paola_1997

    La comparación con Yoshi's Island siempre me parece rara, son cosas distintas para mí...

    wrodarte

    Coincido, a mí también me pasa lo de compararlo sin querer, aunque yo lo hago más con el primero de la saga que con otro.

  3. NovaOwl

    Honestly I never got the love for the barrel cannons, they feel like padding dressed up as a mechanic if you ask me, and I say that having actually finished the game twice on different systems, once way back and once more recently just to be sure I wasn't misremembering it.

    SilentKnight2001

    Le coup de la précision sous pression, ça résume bien ce qui me fait tenir dessus.

    QuestRunner25

    The padding complaint keeps coming back and I still don't buy it, those cannon sections teach you timing you need later anyway.

  4. TurboPlayer2007

    The level variety carries it more than people admit, honestly, since the difficulty alone wouldn't hold up this long.

  5. Toy58

    I only put a couple hours into it and honestly it's fine, but I don't see why it beats games with way more depth.

    PixelSamurai

    C'est vrai que la profondeur n'est pas là où on l'attend, mais le level design compense largement selon moi.

    Manzano69

    No sé si tiene tanta profundidad, o mejor dicho, no la busca, pero cada vez que lo recuerdo con mi hermano me da igual.

    Samuel_75

    Dos horas y ya sacan conclusiones, en serio. Yo le metí el triple y aun así hay niveles que se me resisten.

    Lopes69

    jvais pas mentir jy ai passé des mercredis entiers, ça vaut bien plus que deux heures de jeu pour juger

    Álvaro_72

    Los controles responden bien, la inercia de los barriles se siente bien calculada, todo funciona, todo encaja sin fallos raros.

    FrameLegend2010

    Replying to Samuel_75

    Dos horas contra el triple, la diferencia se nota en cómo se habla del juego, pasa lo mismo cuando comparo con Yoshi's Island.

    CritRex56

    I'll admit I'm biased since I grew up on this, but calling it fine after a couple hours misses the whole point of the level design.

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