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Donkey Kong returns to the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros. series]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' with a new stage based on the look of [[Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat]] and Donkey Kong's Final Smash will be Konga Beat which is based on the ''[[DK Bongos]]''.<ref name="Rumble Falls">{{cite web |url=http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/stages/stage07.html |title=Rumble Falls |accessdate=2007-08-02 |last= |first= |authorlink= |date=[[2007-07-23]] |work=Smash Bros. DOJO!! |publisher=Smashbros.com}}</ref> In the Subspace Emissary, the single-player adventure mode, Donkey Kong, along with Diddy, are chasing after the Koopas and Goombas that stole their bananas in an attempt to retrieve them. A surprisingly violent side of Donkey Kong is shown in the opening cutscene in a brief scene where DK pounds a Koopa Troopa into the ground (making it appear he crushes its shell). When they confront Bowser, the leader of the Goombas, Bowser turns DK into a trophy, but not before he can punch Diddy away.
Donkey Kong returns to the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros. series]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' with a new stage based on the look of [[Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat]] and Donkey Kong's Final Smash will be Konga Beat which is based on the ''[[DK Bongos]]''.<ref name="Rumble Falls">{{cite web |url=http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/stages/stage07.html |title=Rumble Falls |accessdate=2007-08-02 |last= |first= |authorlink= |date=[[2007-07-23]] |work=Smash Bros. DOJO!! |publisher=Smashbros.com}}</ref> In the Subspace Emissary, the single-player adventure mode, Donkey Kong, along with Diddy, are chasing after the Koopas and Goombas that stole their bananas in an attempt to retrieve them. A surprisingly violent side of Donkey Kong is shown in the opening cutscene in a brief scene where DK pounds a Koopa Troopa into the ground (making it appear he crushes its shell). When they confront Bowser, the leader of the Goombas, Bowser turns DK into a trophy, but not before he can punch Diddy away.


===In other media===
==In other media==
In the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'', Donkey Kong is depicted as an escapee from the circus freeing from Mario and Pauline across the country. Donkey Kong would also appear in ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', in which he is portrayed as a gigantic beast manipulated by Mother Brain to commit evil deeds.
* In the ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'', Donkey Kong is depicted as an escapee from the circus freeing from Mario and Pauline across the country.
* Donkey Kong would also appear in ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', in which he is portrayed as a gigantic beast manipulated by Mother Brain to commit evil deeds.

* Donkey Kong appeared in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Anthology of Interest II" voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. He is shown as the ambassador of Nintendu 64.


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 01:38, 8 February 2008

Donkey Kong
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Donkey Kong series' character
File:250px-DonkeyKongMP7.jpg
Donkey Kong as depicted in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.
First gameDonkey Kong (1981)
Created byShigeru Miyamoto

Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu), sometimes abbreviated DK, is a

Donkey Kong '94, he has been depicted wearing a red necktie
, usually with a DK emblem.

Creation and conception

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the character, believed "donkey" meant "stupid" in English, and assumed the name would convey the sense "stupid ape" to an American audience.[1] When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was ridiculed, but the name stuck.

Appearances

Video games

Early history

Donkey Kong Junior, where Donkey Kong is taken captive and locked in a cage by Mario, while Donkey Kong Junior sets out to rescue him. Donkey Kong would resume his antagonistic role in Donkey Kong 3, this time the character Stanley the Bugman taking Mario's place as the protagonist (Mario was given his own spin-off game, Mario Bros.
). Stanley fights Donkey Kong's attempts to invade a greenhouse along with a horde of killer bees.

After Donkey Kong, Mario would go on to become Nintendo's primary mascot, while Donkey Kong and his son were relegated to supporting roles and cameos such as in the arcade version of

Donkey Kong
marked his re-emergence as a major character. He was redesigned, sporting a necktie as his sole article of clothing.

Rare era

Super NES game Donkey Kong Country made by British game developer Rare marked a turning point for Donkey Kong by creating a new setting (Donkey Kong Island
) and backstory for the character.

In the Donkey Kong Country series, it is implied that the current Donkey Kong is the grandson of the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game, who has become a bitter, elderly ape named

King K. Rool
.

Despite his name being in the titles of both games, DK is not the protagonist in the sequel Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest nor Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Instead he is captured by K. Rool, while the player controls different Kongs who have set out to rescue him. The Donkey Kong Country series also inspired the Donkey Kong Land trilogy and a television series.

Mario sports series and other spinoffs such as Mario Party and Super Smash Bros.

Post-Rare era

Donkey Kong Racing
, a game that was planned but never came out due to restrictions of the Rare departure.

Meanwhile on the handhelds, Donkey Kong was reunited with his former rival Mario in the

Donkey Kong Jungle Climber for the DS
, was released in America on the 10th of September. Jungle Climber took the gameplay of its predecessor, KoS, and mixed it with the style, locations, and items of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy.

Non-Donkey Kong appearances

Donkey Kong returns to the

DK Bongos.[2]
In the Subspace Emissary, the single-player adventure mode, Donkey Kong, along with Diddy, are chasing after the Koopas and Goombas that stole their bananas in an attempt to retrieve them. A surprisingly violent side of Donkey Kong is shown in the opening cutscene in a brief scene where DK pounds a Koopa Troopa into the ground (making it appear he crushes its shell). When they confront Bowser, the leader of the Goombas, Bowser turns DK into a trophy, but not before he can punch Diddy away.

In other media

  • In the Saturday Supercade, Donkey Kong is depicted as an escapee from the circus freeing from Mario and Pauline across the country.
  • Donkey Kong would also appear in Captain N: The Game Master, in which he is portrayed as a gigantic beast manipulated by Mother Brain to commit evil deeds.
  • Donkey Kong appeared in the Futurama episode "Anthology of Interest II" voiced by Maurice LaMarche. He is shown as the ambassador of Nintendu 64.

Reception

References

  1. ^ "Miyamoto Shrine: Shigeru Miyamoto's Home on The Web:" (html). Interview with Miyamoto (May 16th 2001, E3 Expo). Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  2. ^ "Rumble Falls". Smash Bros. DOJO!!. Smashbros.com. 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-08-02. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

See also

External links

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