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==Promotion== | ==Promotion== | ||
In | In tandem with the Game Boy Advance release of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Nintendo of America held the "Where's DK? Search Event" which began on October 31, 2005.<ref name=terms>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124124703/whereisdonkeykong.com/terms.html WHERE'S DK? SEARCH EVENT PARTICIPATION TERMS]. ''Nintendo'' via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 13, 2022.</ref> By going to ''whereisdonkeykong.com'' and other participating websites, participants could follow clues that helped them find Donkey Kong. Each time Donkey Kong was located by a participant, Nintendo donated one dollar to the {{wp|Animal Protection Institute}}'s Primate Sanctuary.<ref>Robert Graves. (November 11, 2005). [https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/10940/wanted-kong Wanted: Kong!]. ''Nintendo World Report''. Retrieved April 13, 2022.</ref> Up to ten-thousand dollars were given to the institution. The event ended on November 21, 2005. In addition, an online, {{wp|Adobe Flash|Flash}}-powered game, ''[[Barrel-Blastapalooza]]'', was released on the Nintendo-hosted ''donkeykongcountry.com'' website to promote the game. The website's servers were eventually shut down along with the Flash game. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |