Donkey Kong was not playable in these sequels due to being kidnapped by King K. Rool, and was such a massive success that it helped the SNES take the lead in the 16-bit console war.ĭonkey Kong Country was followed by two sequels, as well as Game Boy demakes for all three games that make up the Donkey Kong Land series. Donkey Kong Country depicted the current DK's first battle with his arch-enemy King K. Rare chose the latter and created Cranky as a way to keep the original in the game. However, Nintendo intervened by saying the modernized designs were too different from the original and told Rare to either revert them to the classic designs or make them new characters.
This Donkey Kong was originally supposed to be the same one as the arcade games with what eventually became Diddy being Donkey Kong Jr. He is joined by characters such as his "little buddy" Diddy Kong and his grandfather Cranky Kong, the latter of whom is said to be the original Donkey Kong from the Donkey Kong arcade games, thus establishing the current Donkey Kong as a separate character. This design was subsequently used in nearly every appearance of Donkey Kong since then. His only article of clothing is a red tie with his initials printed on, a detail that was first seen in the Game Boy Donkey Kong remake. Donkey Kong Country saw the debut of a new Donkey Kong alongside a new supporting cast the new Donkey Kong is more muscular and with more realistic gorilla proportions, and sports a characteristic tuft of hair. Donkey Kong series-that is, until Rareware released Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Official artwork of Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong 64.įor a time, Donkey Kong seemed to be largely forgotten in the video game industry aside from ports of the arcade classics to home consoles, with a notable entry being a remake of the original for Game Boy in 1994 that would later inspire the Mario Vs. He would once again be featured in Donkey Kong 3, which saw him go up against Stanley the Bugman. Donkey Kong would later return in Donkey Kong Jr., which saw his young son rescuing him from Mario's captivity. Mario had to make his way to the top of the site to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong, the latter of whom would impede Mario's progress by easily throwing countless barrels and stomping the construction site with such force that the girders would bend. In Donkey Kong, the titular ape is Mario's first enemy who held his girlfriend, Lady (later known as Pauline), captive over a construction site. Although Miyamoto was informed by Nintendo of America staff that the word "donkey" is not a synonym for "idiot" in English despite what the dictionary he consulted had said, he nevertheless decided to ignore this particular suggestion because he liked the name "Donkey Kong". According to Miyamoto, he chose the name "Donkey" to reflect the character's stubbornness, while "Kong" was chosen as a surname due to being considered a generic term for large apes in Japan.
series.ĭonkey Kong was created by Shigeru Miyamoto as the titular character of the arcade game of the same name. However, he also appears as a featured character in Mario spinoff titles.Īs a member of the " perfect-attendance crew", Donkey Kong has been featured as a playable character throughout the entire Super Smash Bros. The current Donkey Kong is the main protagonist of the Rare-developed Donkey Kong Country series, first appearing in Donkey Kong Country. The original Donkey Kong was an antagonist for Mario, but in later games it was established to be Donkey Kong's grandfather, Cranky Kong. Super Nintendo Entertainment System (current)ĭonkey Kong ( ドンキーコング, Donkey Kong), also known simply as DK, is the main protagonist of the Donkey Kong series, and a recurring character in the Mario series. Official artwork of Donkey Kong from Mario Party Superstars. For other meanings of Donkey Kong or DK, see Donkey Kong (disambiguation), Smasher:DK, or Smasher:dk. For the universe, see Donkey Kong (universe). For fighter info, see Donkey Kong (SSB), Donkey Kong (SSBM), Donkey Kong (SSBB), Donkey Kong (SSB4), and Donkey Kong (SSBU).
0 kommentar(er)
