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 I question the supposed [[Special:Diff/3081776|Nintendo Switch Online]] date of November 20, 1995, for the reason that we have a bunch of older official sources that contradict it. [https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20079%20%28December%201995%29/page/n107/mode/2up Page 102] of ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79, the [https://web.archive.org/web/19980205061901/http://www.nintendo.com/snes/dkc2/index.html website] (archived), Nintendo's [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920223937/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/snes_games.pdf SNES release chart] (archived), the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDY4jNSH5cc&t=139s E3 1996 announcement for ''Donkey Kong Country 3''] (apparently), and even the North American ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' [[smashwiki:Chronicle|Chronicle]] all state that ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' was released in December 1995. The November 20 date was stated in a previous version of the article, and seems to have floated around the internet without a source. (For that matter, I'm also not 100% on the [[Special:Diff/3480489|November 22]] date for ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' for similar reasons, but given that the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190725200347/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CrcAAOSwwrFdBeNl/s-l1600.jpg E3 1996 fact sheet] seems to have been written months in advance and it's possible that the November 18 date was preliminary, and we don't have nearly as many sources stating otherwise, I'm willing to let it slide for now.) [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 12:38, September 3, 2022 (EDT)
-:I don't think the American November 20 1995 release date is the correct one either due to the several contradicting sources. Do these other contradictory sources have reliable track records? For instance, the Chronicle from Brawl has some inaccuracies but they're attributed to other release dates such as a Japanese release date (Metroid) or a release date of another version of a game (Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream). To be clear, does "Nintendo Switch Online date" refer to the date listed on NSO's entry on this game and not just our listing on the infobox? {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 23:44, September 4, 2022 (EDT)
+:I don't think the American November 20 1995 release date is the correct one either due to the several contradicting sources. Do these other contradictory sources have reliable track records? For instance, the Chronicle from Brawl has some inaccuracies but they're attributed to other release dates such as a Japanese release date (Metroid) or a release date of another version of a game (Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream). To be clear, does "Nintendo Switch Online date"; is this actually what is listed on Nintendo Switch Online's menu or is it a misreading of dates? {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 23:44, September 4, 2022 (EDT)