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::The ''Brawl'' Chronicle / ''Wii U'' Masterpieces dates have been known to have some inaccuracies, but I have no reason to doubt the other sources. As for what the "Nintendo Switch Online date" is, I wouldn't know. From what I can tell, only the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJONCf8QzD8 release year] shows up when you look at details? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:00, September 5, 2022 (EDT) | ::The ''Brawl'' Chronicle / ''Wii U'' Masterpieces dates have been known to have some inaccuracies, but I have no reason to doubt the other sources. As for what the "Nintendo Switch Online date" is, I wouldn't know. From what I can tell, only the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJONCf8QzD8 release year] shows up when you look at details? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:00, September 5, 2022 (EDT) | ||
:::Yeah. Either way we should correct the infobox. If we later find out it's an error from Nintendo Switch Online as claimed in that edit summary, then we can attach a refnote to it suppose. {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 18:18, September 5, 2022 (EDT) | :::Yeah. Either way we should correct the infobox. If we later find out it's an error from Nintendo Switch Online as claimed in that edit summary, then we can attach a refnote to it suppose. {{User:Bazooka Mario/sig}} 18:18, September 5, 2022 (EDT) | ||
:::A chronological list of the NES, SNES, and N64 games is accessible via the Nintendo Switch Online icon on the HOME Menu. The listed date for ''DKC2'' is indeed 11/20, but I highly suspect that Nintendo took most of these dates from Wikipedia and/or other unreliable sources.<br> | |||
:::November 20, 1995, is the day the game was registered with the [https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/9723755 U.S. Copyright Office], which might explain where that date came from in the first place. Other Nintendo games in this database usually list a publication date, with varying degrees of accuracy. For whatever reason, ''DKC2'' does not.<br> | |||
:::Tracking down exact U.S. release dates for pre-5th-gen games ranges from very difficult to literally impossible. Before [https://segaretro.org/Sonic_2sday "Sonic 2sday"], games just showed up in stores whenever they showed up, and dates weren't recorded. Even after that, games having precise release dates didn't become the norm until some time later. The first ''Donkey Kong Country'' was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbHL8-XkXMA advertised] with a release date of November 21, 1994, so that's one that we know for sure.<br> | |||
:::All of the contemporary sources I've seen (including those provided here by LinkTheLefty) label ''DKC2'' as a December release. The most specific date I could find is from this [https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20077a%20%28December%201995%29/page/n285/mode/1up store advertisement] in ''EGM'', which seems to indicate that the game became available on '''December 4'''. Make of that what you will. | |||
:::There's a lot of misinformation online regarding release dates for older games, and it's high time we try to correct it! [[User:PopeLuigi|PopeLuigi]] ([[User talk:PopeLuigi|talk]]) 20:47, September 5, 2022 (EDT) | |||