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When ''Donkey Kong Country'' was demonstrated at Summer {{wp|Consumer Electronics Show|CES}} 94, [[Nintendo of America]] had arranged the press conference to have people assume that the game was running off an early version of the then-upcoming [[Nintendo 64|Ultra 64]] in order to further impress those who would not believe that it was capable of running on a 16-bit console.<ref>{{cite|date=June 1995|title=''Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #33|page=57|quote=Nintendo of America stunned everybody at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Chicago when DKC was announced, because no-one could believe it was running off a 16-bit machine. In fact NOA especially arranged the press conference in order to have people assume that they were watching an early demo of Nintendo′s Ultra 64!}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Shesez|date=November 21, 2019|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWHzilbQ34&t=3827s|title=The Donkey Kong Country 25th Anniversary Interview Documentary|timestamp=01:03:47|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 8, 2023}}</ref> | When ''Donkey Kong Country'' was demonstrated at Summer {{wp|Consumer Electronics Show|CES}} 94, [[Nintendo of America]] had arranged the press conference to have people assume that the game was running off an early version of the then-upcoming [[Nintendo 64|Ultra 64]] in order to further impress those who would not believe that it was capable of running on a 16-bit console.<ref>{{cite|date=June 1995|title=''Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #33|page=57|quote=Nintendo of America stunned everybody at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Chicago when DKC was announced, because no-one could believe it was running off a 16-bit machine. In fact NOA especially arranged the press conference in order to have people assume that they were watching an early demo of Nintendo′s Ultra 64!}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Shesez|date=November 21, 2019|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWHzilbQ34&t=3827s|title=The Donkey Kong Country 25th Anniversary Interview Documentary|timestamp=01:03:47|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=August 8, 2023}}</ref> | ||
Rare demoed an early version of the game at Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto. Reception of the demo was mixed, with [[Gunpei Yokoi]] remarking that the game looked "too 3D".<ref name="Retrogamer"/> However, Shigeru Miyamoto approved of what was done with the project. He and his staff gave advice to Rare on how to improve the game, with one of the results being the implementation of the [[Hand Slap]] move a few weeks before completion | Rare demoed an early version of the game at Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto. Reception of the demo was mixed, with [[Gunpei Yokoi]] remarking that the game looked "too 3D".<ref name="Retrogamer"/>. However, Shigeru Miyamoto approved of what was done with the project. He and his staff gave advice to Rare on how to improve the game, with one of the results being the implementation of the [[Hand Slap]] move a few weeks before completion<ref name="Retrogamer"/> | ||
==Reception== | ==Reception== |