Please answer the following question: Information: - Donkey Kong 64 ( Japanese : 64 Hepburn : Donk Kongu Rokujyon ) , is a 1999 platforming video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo as a first - party title for the Nintendo 64 console . Initially released on 24 November 1999 in North America , it subsequently came out in Europe on 6 December and Japan on 10 December of the same year . The game is a follow - up to the Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System , with many levels containing elements from those games , such as the mine carts and the bonus stages . It was originally planned to be titled Donkey Kong Country 64 . Donkey Kong 64 follows the adventures of Donkey Kong and four of his simian relatives as they try to win back their hoard of Golden Bananas and banish King K. Rool . Players can control all five Kongs in eight individual levels , as well as a greater world map , a multiplayer mode and several minigames . Donkey Kong 64 was one of only three Nintendo 64 games to require the Expansion Pak ( the others being The Legend of Zelda : Majora 's Mask and Perfect Dark ) , which provides 4 MB more RAM for enhanced graphics and more expansive environments , as well as to fix a game - breaking bug . The game was well received by critics upon release , and went on to become a Player 's Choice title . For over eight years , Donkey Kong 64 was not made available on Nintendo 's Virtual Console service , despite the fact that Nintendo retained full rights to the game as their intellectual property . However , on 1 April 2015 , it was announced the game would be released on the Wii U Virtual Console on 16 April 2015 in North America and after the Nintendo Direct presentation in Japan and Europe . The game has been re-released '' as is '' on the Virtual Console , including the original unlockable arcade version of Donkey Kong intact as well as retaining all references to Rare , including their game Jetpac . - A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions. The computer industry has used the term "central processing unit" at least since the early 1960s. Traditionally, the term "CPU" refers to a processor, more specifically to its processing unit and control unit (CU), distinguishing these core elements of a computer from external components such as main memory and I/O circuitry. - Diddy Kong Racing is a racing video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. It was first released on 14 November 1997 in Japan, 21 November 1997 in Europe and 24 November 1997 in North America. The game is set in "Timber's Island" and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic pig-wizard antagonist, Wizpig, through winning a series of races. The player can take control of any of the featured characters throughout the game. "Diddy Kong Racing" features five worlds with four racetracks each, and the ability to drive a car, hovercraft, or pilot an aeroplane. - Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s, ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most-valuable company with a market value of over $85 billion. From 1992 until 2016, Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners. - King K. Rool (Japanese: Hepburn: Kingu Kurru) is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Nintendos "Donkey Kong" video game franchise. K. Rool is the leader of a band of reptilian creatures known as the Kremlings, who have crossed paths with the Kongs on many occasions. First appearing in the 1994 video game "Donkey Kong Country" for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, he has been described as being to Donkey Kong what Bowser is to Mario. He is depicted as a crazed Kremling who often feigns defeat in order to deceive the Kongs, tricks them by wearing different costumes, and utilizes a variety of gadgets to his advantage. K. Rool resembles an overweight crocodile with an infected, bulging eye. The name K. Rool is a play on the word cruel, a nod to his malevolent nature. In addition to video games, K. Rool has appeared in the manga adaption of "Donkey Kong Country", the "Donkey Kong Country" animated series, comics, and several pieces of Nintendo merchandise. - The , stylized as NINTENDO and often referred to as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit central processing unit, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil. It is the industry's last major successive home console to use the cartridge as its primary storage format, as all succeeding home consoles up until the Nintendo Switch used an optical format. In addition, current handheld systems (such as the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS) also use cartridges. While the Nintendo 64 was succeeded by Nintendo's MiniDVD-based GameCube in November 2001, the consoles remained available until the system was retired in late 2003. - The games of the first genre are mostly single-screen platform/action puzzle types, featuring Donkey Kong as the opponent in an industrial construction setting. Donkey Kong first made his appearance in the 1981 arcade machine called "Donkey Kong", in which he faced Mario, now Nintendo's flagship character. This game was also the first appearance of Mario, pre-dating the well-known "Super Mario Bros." by four years. In 1994, the series was revived as the "Donkey Kong Country" series, featuring Donkey Kong and his clan as protagonists in their native jungle setting versus a variety of anthropomorphic enemies, usually against the Kremlings, a clan of crocodiles, and their leader King K. Rool. These are side-scrolling platform games. Titles outside these two genres have included rhythm games ("Donkey Konga"), racing games ("Diddy Kong Racing"), and edutainment ("Donkey Kong Jr. Math"). - Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 platforming video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released in November 1994, and under the name in Japan. The game was later re-released for the Game Boy Color (2000), Game Boy Advance (2003), Wii Virtual Console (2007), Wii U Virtual Console (2014), and New Nintendo 3DS (2016) with a perfect pixel mode. - The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team joined the AL as an expansion team in 1977. Since July , the Mariners' home ballpark has been Safeco Field, located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. SoDo means "South of Downtown." - The "Super Mario" games follow Mario's adventures in the fictional Mushroom Kingdom, usually with Mario as the player character. He is usually joined by his brother, Luigi, and occasionally by other members of the "Mario" cast. As in platform video games, the player runs and jumps across platforms and atop enemies in themed levels. The games have simple plots, typically with Mario rescuing the kidnapped Princess Peach from the primary antagonist, Bowser. The first title in the series, "Super Mario Bros.", released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985, established gameplay concepts and elements prevalent in nearly every "Super Mario" game since. These include a multitude of power-ups and items that give Mario special magic powers such as fireball-throwing and size-changing into giant and miniature sizes. - In the game, Mario is portrayed as an Italian-American plumber who, along with his younger brother Luigi, has to defeat creatures that have been coming from the sewers below New York City. The gameplay focuses on Mario's extermination of them by flipping them on their backs and kicking them away. The original versions of "Mario Bros."the arcade version and the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System (FC/NES) versionwere received positively by critics. - The "Mario" franchise is the best-selling video game franchise of all time. Over 210 million units of the overall "Mario" series of games have been sold. Outside of the "Super Mario" platform series, other "Mario" genres include the "Mario Kart" racing series, sports games such as the "Mario Tennis" and "Mario Golf" series, role-playing games such as "Super Mario RPG" and "Paper Mario", and educational games such as "Mario Is Missing!" and "Mario's Time Machine". The franchise has branched into several mediums, including television shows, film, comics, and licensed merchandise. Since 1995, Mario has been voiced by Charles Martinet. - A Platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms and/or over obstacles to advance the game. The player controls the jumps to avoid letting the avatar fall from platforms or miss necessary jumps. The most common unifying element of games of this genre is the jump button, but now there are other alternative like swiping in touchscreen. "Jumping", in this genre, may include swinging from extendable arms, as in "Ristar" or "Bionic Commando", or bouncing from springboards or trampolines, as in "Alpha Waves". These mechanics, even in the context of other genres, are commonly called "platforming", a verbification of "platform". Games where jumping is automated completely, such as 3D games in "The Legend of Zelda" series, fall outside of the genre. - "Donkey Konga" was developed by the same team of people who made the "" series for the PlayStation 2. The tracks include hits such as "Louie Louie", "We Will Rock You", "Shining Star", "Rock Lobster" and "Losing My Religion". There are tracks from the "Mario" series, the "The Legend of Zelda" series and other Nintendo related music. All regional variants of the game have differing track listings, and in the North American version of both games, almost all of the licensed non-Nintendo/traditional songs are shortened covers. - The is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001; in North America on November 18, 2001; in Europe on May 3, 2002; and in Australia on May 17, 2002. The sixth-generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox. - Donkey Kong Jr. Math, originally released in Japan as (sometimes released as ), is a Nintendo edutainment video game where players must solve math problems in order to win. It was released in Japan in 1983 for the Family Computer, in North America for the NES's nationwide launch in 1985, and in PAL regions in 1986. It is the only game in the "Education Series" of NES games in North America. "Donkey Kong Jr. Math" was made available in the video game "Animal Crossing" (along with several other NES titles). "Donkey Kong Jr. Math" was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007 and on the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2014. - A video game is an electronic game that involves human or animal interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word "video" in "video game" traditionally referred to a raster display device, but as of the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Some theorists categorize video games as an art form, but this designation is controversial. - At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a "title". - Diddy Kong has made some appearances in the "Donkey Kong" series, appearing in all "Donkey Kong Country" games and "Donkey Kong Land" games, notably as the lead character in "Donkey Kong Country 2" along with Dixie Kong. He received a spin-off called "Diddy Kong Racing", and more recently appeared as co-star to Donkey Kong in "Donkey Kong Country Returns". Through his relationship with Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong has become a prominent character in the "Mario" franchise, appearing in several spin-offs. He has also made appearances as a playable character in "Super Smash Bros." games. Outside of video games, Diddy Kong appeared in the TV show "Donkey Kong Country", where he is played by Andrew Sabiston. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'donkey kong 64' exhibits the relationship of 'genre'. Find the answer from the choices below. 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