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In later years, critical reception to ''Donkey Kong 64'' has been more mixed. Modern retrospectives of the ''Donkey Kong'' series and reviews of the game's Wii U rerelease have criticized various aspects of ''Donkey Kong 64''{{'}}s design such as the excessive gating of collectables and switches by characters, the tedium of having to backtrack to switch characters through the [[Tag Barrel]], and the low quality and frustrating nature of many of the [[Bonus Stage]]s<ref>Conor McHamon (April 12, 2015). [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu-eshop/donkey_kong_64_n64 Review: Donkey Kong 64]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref><ref>Jeremy Parish (May 13, 2015). [http://www.usgamer.net/articles/what-are-the-best-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console-games/page-4 What are the Best Virtual Console Games for Nintendo Wii U?]. ''USGamer''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref>. Publications such as ''{{wp|Electronic Gaming Monthly}}'' blamed ''Donkey Kong 64'' as one of the factors in the decreasing fortunes of the 3D platformer genre.<ref>EGM, "Top 10 Overrated Games". April 2005 issue.</ref> Former Rare employee and ''Donkey Kong 64'' composer [[Grant Kirkhope]] was quoted as saying the game and fellow Rare platformer ''{{wp|Banjo-Tooie}}'' were "too much"<ref>Stephen Totilo (June 23, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/thanks-to-73-000-supporters-theyre-making-a-successor-1713481654 Thanks To 73,000 Supporters, They're Making A Successor To Banjo-Kazooie]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved July 27, 2017</ref>, and the game's lead tester Gavin Price mocked its high amount of collectibles in an interview<ref>Alex Wilthshire (March 22, 2017). [http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/the-hit-making-dna-of-yooka-laylee-and-donkey-kong-64-w473188 The Hit-Making DNA That Links 'Yooka-Laylee', 'Banjo-Kazooie' and 'Donkey Kong 64']. ''Glixel''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref>. | In later years, critical reception to ''Donkey Kong 64'' has been more mixed. Modern retrospectives of the ''Donkey Kong'' series and reviews of the game's Wii U rerelease have criticized various aspects of ''Donkey Kong 64''{{'}}s design such as the excessive gating of collectables and switches by characters, the tedium of having to backtrack to switch characters through the [[Tag Barrel]], and the low quality and frustrating nature of many of the [[Bonus Stage]]s<ref>Conor McHamon (April 12, 2015). [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu-eshop/donkey_kong_64_n64 Review: Donkey Kong 64]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref><ref>Jeremy Parish (May 13, 2015). [http://www.usgamer.net/articles/what-are-the-best-nintendo-wii-u-virtual-console-games/page-4 What are the Best Virtual Console Games for Nintendo Wii U?]. ''USGamer''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref>. Publications such as ''{{wp|Electronic Gaming Monthly}}'' blamed ''Donkey Kong 64'' as one of the factors in the decreasing fortunes of the 3D platformer genre.<ref>EGM, "Top 10 Overrated Games". April 2005 issue.</ref> Former Rare employee and ''Donkey Kong 64'' composer [[Grant Kirkhope]] was quoted as saying the game and fellow Rare platformer ''{{wp|Banjo-Tooie}}'' were "too much"<ref>Stephen Totilo (June 23, 2015). [http://kotaku.com/thanks-to-73-000-supporters-theyre-making-a-successor-1713481654 Thanks To 73,000 Supporters, They're Making A Successor To Banjo-Kazooie]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved July 27, 2017</ref>, and the game's lead tester Gavin Price mocked its high amount of collectibles in an interview<ref>Alex Wilthshire (March 22, 2017). [http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/the-hit-making-dna-of-yooka-laylee-and-donkey-kong-64-w473188 The Hit-Making DNA That Links 'Yooka-Laylee', 'Banjo-Kazooie' and 'Donkey Kong 64']. ''Glixel''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref>. | ||
In a 2016 ''{{wp|Famitsu}}'' poll to determine the "most memorable" games for each console, ''Donkey Kong 64'' ranked 7th for the Nintendo 64 with | In a 2016 ''{{wp|Famitsu}}'' poll to determine the "most memorable" games for each console, ''Donkey Kong 64'' ranked 7th for the Nintendo 64 with 129 votes<ref>Brian Ashcraft (June 02, 2016). [http://kotaku.com/poll-japans-most-memorable-games-on-each-console-1780043369 Poll: Japan's Most Memorable Games on Each Console]. ''Kotaku''. Retrieved July 20, 2017</ref>, being the only ''Donkey Kong'' game to make the list. | ||
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