Nintendo games normally cost $60. But in 2010, Nintendo sold Donkey Kong Country for the Nintendo Wii for a completely different price - bananas! That's right - for a limited time, Nintendo didn't want your money, they wanted your bananas instead! Here's what happened.

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For more details about the US promo event and why it ran over budget, check out this video by Kit & Krysta!
https://youtu.be/HmGOVAah0ao?si=2kYgP8kaFJ9S2LdP&t=3206

SOURCES
- https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/12/you_can_buy_donkey_kong_country_returns_with_bananas Press release beforehand
- https://www.destructoid.com/buy-donkey-kong-country-returns-with-bananas-seriously/ Brief article beforehand
- https://www.eurogamer.net/people-buy-gbp45-donkey-kong-with-bananas Writeup afterwards