Nintendo Adds Donkey Kong 64 to Switch Online Classics
The addition brings a major Rare-developed N64 title to the subscription service with modern convenience features, addressing long-standing requests from players who found the original's difficulty and collectathon design punishing.
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Nintendo has added Donkey Kong 64 to the NINTENDO 64 Nintendo Classics service for Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. The 1999 3D platformer now includes rewind and save-anywhere features, and the official N64 controller remains available for purchase separately.
Donkey Kong 64, the 1999 3D platformer from Rare, is now playable on Nintendo Switch through the NINTENDO 64 Nintendo Classics service. The game requires a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. As with other Classics titles, players can use a Rewind Function to reverse time during gameplay and a Save Anywhere feature to pause and resume at any point. The official NINTENDO 64 Controller, which recreates the original controller's layout, remains on sale at the Nintendo Store for 5,478 yen.
The release follows years of fan requests for the title on modern hardware. Early player reactions online have noted that the rewind feature makes notoriously difficult segments-such as the Gorilla Dance minigame-more manageable, while some have observed that original quirks like clipping bugs and slowdown are still present.
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