With the runaway success of Donkey Kong Country, Rare went back to the drawing board and a year later came the sequel. In 1995, Rare developed and released Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest for the Super NES. It was an immediate success. The sequel to DKC was bigger and better in every way possible. Better graphics, better music, brand new stages with even more variety and new characters helped catapult this game into millions of homes.