<P> The game's story focuses on the Snowmads, a group of Viking - themed arctic animals such as walruses, owls and penguins that invade Donkey Kong Island, forcing Donkey Kong to go against them with the help of his friends Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong . This is Dixie Kong's third appearance in the main series and the first since Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, released in 1996 . This is also Cranky Kong's first appearance as a playable character in the series . </P> <P> The game was first announced during Nintendo's E3 2013 Nintendo Direct presentation on June 11, 2013 and was produced by Kensuke Tanabe who, having previously worked on Super Mario Bros. 2, has incorporated some elements from that game . </P> <P> In August 2013, Nintendo announced a planned North American release date of December 6, 2013, just in time for the holiday season . However, in October 2013, Nintendo pushed back the release date to February 21, 2014 citing the need for more time to optimize the game . At the VGX Awards on December 7, 2013, the release date was confirmed for North America to be February 21, 2014 . </P> <P> The soundtrack was primarily composed by David Wise, who previously contributed music for the original SNES Donkey Kong Country games . Additional music was provided by Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, and Riyu Tamura under the supervision of Kenji Yamamoto . </P>

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