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504: Donkey Kong Country

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Donkey on Country Was Released on November 21st 94

Donkey on country had a 60 million dollar marketing budget which is about three times the average marketing budget at that time. It sold this game based on the technology that made it which technically wasn't a lie and yes this was the we made this with Jurassic Park stuff kind of pitched everybody. Nintendo released on count country right under the wire for the christmas shopping season on November 21st 94. This went on to sell a little over nine million copies in flight time which means close to half of all at SNES owners actually purchases game.

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