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Following Rare's acquisition by Microsoft, ''Donkey Kong Country'' experienced a period of backlash. ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' placed the game in their top 10 overrated games list (despite the publication previously awarding it the 1994 Game of the Year award), and, in their review of the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] version, stated that the game did not hold up. Similarly, GameSpy placed it ninth on their list of the top 25 most overrated games of all time.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070113045844/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index18.shtml</ref> Regardless, the Game Boy Advance and [[Virtual Console]] re-releases were still positively received. | Following Rare's acquisition by Microsoft, ''Donkey Kong Country'' experienced a period of backlash. ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' placed the game in their top 10 overrated games list (despite the publication previously awarding it the 1994 Game of the Year award), and, in their review of the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] version, stated that the game did not hold up. Similarly, GameSpy placed it ninth on their list of the top 25 most overrated games of all time.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070113045844/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index18.shtml</ref> Regardless, the Game Boy Advance and [[Virtual Console]] re-releases were still positively received. | ||
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