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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング Donkī Kongu, [doŋ.kiː
Donkey Kong
koŋ.ɡɯ]) is a series of video games featuring the
adventures of an ape-like character called Donkey
Kong, conceived by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981. e
franchise mainly comprises two different game genres,
plus spin-off titles of various genres.
The most common logo in the franchise
e games of the first genre are mostly single-screen Genres Platformer
platform/action puzzle types, featuring Donkey Kong as Action-adventure
the opponent in an industrial construction seing. Puzzle
Donkey Kong first made his appearance in the 1981
Racing
arcade machine called Donkey Kong, in which he faced
Developer(s) Nintendo
Mario, now Nintendo's flagship character. is game
was also the first appearance of Mario, pre-dating the Ikegami Tsushinki
(1981)
well-known Super Mario Bros. by four years. In 1994,
the series was revived as the Donkey Kong Country Rare (1994–1999)
series, featuring Donkey Kong and his clan as Namco
(2003–2005)
protagonists in their native jungle seing versus a
variety of anthropomorphic enemies, usually against Paon (2005–2007)
the Kremlings, a clan of crocodiles, and their leader Retro Studios
(2010–present)
King K. Rool. ese are side-scrolling platform games.
Titles outside these two genres have included rhythm Publisher(s) Nintendo
games (Donkey Konga), racing games (Diddy Kong Creator(s) Shigeru Miyamoto
Racing), and edutainment (Donkey Kong Jr. Math).
Platforms Arcade, Game &
Watch,
A hallmark of the Donkey Kong franchise is barrels,
Intellivision,
which the Kongs use as weapons, vehicles, furniture,
ColecoVision, Atari
and lodging. e Donkey Kong character is highly 2600, TRS-80
recognizable and very popular; the franchise has sold CoCo, Atari 8-bit
over 40 million units worldwide.[1] Computer,
TI-99/4a, IBM PC
Booter,
Commodore 64,
Contents Commodore
VIC-20, BBC Micro,
Characters
MSX, ZX
Games Spectrum,
Original series Amstrad CPC,
Donkey Kong Country series Atari 7800,
Donkey Kong Land series Nintendo
Donkey Kong 64 Entertainment
System, Famicom

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Disk System,
Racing games
Game Boy, Super
Donkey Konga series
Nintendo
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series
Entertainment
DK series
System, Nintendo
Miscellaneous genres 64, Game Boy
Cancelled games Color, Game Boy
Spin-offs Advance,
Crossovers e-Reader,
Other media GameCube,
Television series Nintendo DS, Wii,
Film Nintendo 3DS, Wii
Medal games
U, Nintendo Switch
Platform of origin Arcade
Reception
Critical response Year of inception 1981
Impact and legacy Donkey Kong
First release
References July 9, 1981
External links Latest release Donkey Kong
Country: Tropical
Freeze
May 3, 2018
Characters
Spin-offs Mario
Donkey Kong first appeared in the eponymous arcade
Donkey Kong
game in 1981 as an antagonist. He would become a
Country
protagonist in later games. Donkey Kong Jr. first
Banjo-Kazooie
appeared in the arcade style game Donkey Kong Jr.
Conker
released in 1982. e plot was that Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario vs. Donkey
saves his father, Donkey Kong, from Mario (initially
Kong
known as Jumpman in the Japanese arcade version of
Donkey Kong). Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong who has alternately been called
the modern DK's grandfather and father.[2] He is elderly and frequently berates the
younger generation of heroes. Diddy Kong was first introduced in Donkey Kong Country
and is featured in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong est as the main character. Dixie
Kong first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2 as a sidekick to Diddy Kong and has been
referred to as his girlfriend. She later starred in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Detail of the
Trouble alongside Kiddy Kong. Other notable members of the Kong family include Funky original
Kong, Candy Kong, Wrinkly Kong, Tiny Kong, and Lanky Kong. King K. Rool is the main Donkey Kong
antagonist of the Donkey Kong Country series, though additional villains have appeared as Jr. videogame

well, including Wizpig (Diddy Kong Racing), Ghastly King (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat), the
Tiki Tak Tribe, and the Snowmads.

Characters from the Donkey Kong series have appeared in Nintendo's crossover titles such as the Super Smash Bros.
and the Mario Kart series.

Games

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Original series

Donkey Kong

e original arcade Donkey Kong game was created when Shigeru


Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game
that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game
that would appeal more to Americans. e result was a major
breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Sales of the
machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling The original Donkey Kong
arcade machines of the early 1980s. e gameplay itself was a large video game running on the
improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of Nintendo Entertainment
arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution. In the game, System
'Jumpman' (the character would later become Mario) must ascend a
construction site while avoiding obstacles such as barrels and fireballs to
rescue Pauline, his girlfriend, from Donkey Kong. Miyamoto created a greatly simplified version for the Game &
Watch multiscreen. Other ports include the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Amiga 500, Apple II, Atari 7800, Intellivision,
Commodore 64, Commodore VIC-20, Famicom Disk System, IBM PC booter, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX,
Atari 8-bit family and Mini-Arcade versions. e game was ported to the Family Computer in 1983 as one of the
system's three launch titles; the same version was a launch title for the Famicom's North American version, the
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Both Donkey Kong and its sequel, Donkey Kong Jr., are included in the 1988
NES compilation Donkey Kong Classics. e NES version was re-released as an unlockable game in Animal Crossing
for the GameCube and as an item for purchase on the Wii's Virtual Console. e original arcade version of the
game appears in the Nintendo 64 game Donkey Kong 64. Nintendo released the NES version on the e-Reader and for
the Game Boy Advance Classic NES series in 2002 and 2004, respectively.[3] e game was once more ported to
Nintendo consoles Wii, WiiU and 3DS in 2013 and 2014, under the name Donkey Kong Original Edition.

Donkey Kong Jr.


The success of the original game spawned several ports, and a sequel,
Donkey Kong Jr. In this game, Donkey Kong Junior is trying to rescue his
father Donkey Kong, who has been imprisoned. Donkey Kong's cage is
guarded by Mario, in his only appearance as a villain in a video game.
The game was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in August
1982.[4] In the arcade version, Donkey Kong Jr. has to touch a key, then it
moves up to the top screen. Donkey Kong Jr. has to climb to the top
screen while avoiding things such as electrical wires. When he gets to
the top screen, Donkey Kong Jr. will have to touch the key again, and it
will move to the keyhole of one of the chains. Donkey Kong Jr. has to
climb up the rope below the keyhole, while avoiding birds. When he gets
to the top of the rope, one of the chains will unlock. He has to do this 4
times until he saves Donkey Kong. After that, the game will start over, at
a somewhat faster pace.

Donkey Kong II
Donkey Kong II was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and was released in
1983, as part of the Game & Watch Multi Screen series.

Donkey Kong 3

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Donkey Kong 3 did Timeline of release years


not feature Mario. Its 1981 Donkey Kong
protagonist, Stanley, 1982 Donkey Kong Jr.
is a bugman. Donkey
Donkey Kong II
Kong has taken 1983 Donkey Kong 3
refuge in his Donkey Kong Jr. Math
greenhouse and it is 1984
now up to him to
1985
stop the ape from
stirring up any more 1986
insects that will soon 1987
destroy his flowers. 1988 Donkey Kong Classics (NES)
Stanley saves the 1989
flowers by spraying
1990
bug spray on Donkey
Kong. 1991
1992
Donkey Kong (Game 1993
Boy)
Donkey Kong (GB)
In 1994, Donkey 1994
Donkey Kong Country
Kong, a homonymous
Donkey Kong Land
remake of the 1995
Donkey Kong Country 2
original game was Donkey Kong Land 2
released for the 1996
Donkey Kong Country 3
Game Boy, adding 96 Donkey Kong Land III
new levels. This 1997
Diddy Kong Racing
game was also the 1998
first game released
1999 Donkey Kong 64
with Super Game Boy
2000
enhancements, to
help sell the new 2001
SNES peripheral. 2002
Later, Nintendo 2003 Donkey Konga
would revamp this
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
style of gameplay 2004 Donkey Konga 2
into the Mario vs. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Donkey Kong games. 2005 DK King of Swing
2006 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
2007 Diddy Kong Racing DS
series DK Jungle Climber
Released in 1994, Donkey Kong 2008
Country (in Japan, Super Donkey Kong) 2009 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
was a DK series established by the Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
2010
British company Rare and Tim Donkey Kong Country Returns
2011
Stamper which took the premise in an
2012
entirely new direction and became a
showcase title to show off then- 2013 Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move

revolutionary CGI graphics. In Donkey 2014 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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Kong Country, the original Donkey 2015 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
Kong's grandson, also called Donkey
Kong, was the hero and he and his sidekick Diddy Kong had to save his hoard of bananas from the thieving King K.
Rool and his Kremling Krew. e game was an action sidescrolling title similar to the Super Mario games and was
enormously popular for its graphics, music and gameplay. e sequel, Diddy's Kong est (Super Donkey Kong 2 in
Japan) involves DK being kidnapped by K. Rool, who was now a "Kaptain", and geing rescued by Diddy Kong and
his girlfriend Dixie Kong, in a less cheery and a more darkly-themed game. In Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (in Japan,
Super Donkey Kong 3) Donkey and Diddy both get kidnapped by K. Rool, now Baron K. Roolenstein, and Dixie and
her cousin Kiddy Kong have to save them in the final game of the series for the SNES. All three of the Donkey Kong
Country games for the SNES have been made available on the Virtual Console. In addition, Donkey Kong Country
was ported to the Game Boy Color, and the entire Donkey Kong Country trilogy has been ported to the Game Boy
Advance. Tim Stamper stated that an SNES emulator was used to rip the graphics and port it to GBA, and that the
GBA versions were coded from scratch.[5]

Donkey Kong Country Returns was developed for the Wii by Retro Studios and was released in 2010. In this
adventure, Donkey and Diddy Kong must retrieve the Banana Hoard and save the island from the Tiki Tak Tribe
with their leader, Tiki Tong. e 3DS edition of the game was released on May 24, 2013 under the name Donkey
Kong Country Returns 3D with Monster Games as the developer and it includes a secret ninth world, extra items and
new stages. A new title was revealed at E3 2013 and which would be called Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
e game was released for the Wii U in February 2014. A port for Nintendo Switch was released in May 2018.

Donkey Kong Land series


e Donkey Kong Land games were handheld counterparts of the Country games adapted to the hardware of the
Game Boy. Donkey Kong Land was released in 1995, Donkey Kong Land 2 in 1996 and Donkey Kong Land III in 1997.
ey were presented in distinctive yellow cartridges instead of the typical grey ones.

Donkey Kong 64
A successful Nintendo 64 sequel to Rare's Donkey Kong Country games was also developed. In Donkey Kong 64, DK
once again has the starring role as he joins forces with the DK crew. e game allows play as DK, Diddy Kong,
Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong and Chunky Kong to save Donkey Kong Island from destruction at the hands of K. Rool
and his Kremling Krew in a fully 3D adventure. It also features multiplayer arena-bale modes. is game features
a unique yellow cartridge and is only playable with the included Expansion Pak.

Racing games

Diddy Kong Racing


Diddy Kong Racing was a 1997 racing game for the Nintendo 64
developed by Rareware. It is the first game to spin off from the Donkey
Kong Country series. It currently stands as the Nintendo 64's sixth-most
best selling game. A racing game like Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing
also has a distinctive adventure mode. Some of the playable characters
would later appear in their own franchise titles. Donkey Kong can also be
found in Diddy Kong Racing DS, an enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS

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released on February 7, 2007.

Donkey Kong Barrel Blast


Donkey Kong's first title role on the Wii was released in the form of
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, a racing title originally in development for the
GameCube.

Donkey Konga series

Donkey Konga
The first game in the Donkey Konga series, Donkey Konga, was released
for the GameCube in 2004. Created by Namco, this musical rhythm
action game relied upon use of the DK Bongos accessory (purchasable
separately or included, depending on the package) to hit a beat in time
with the tune. The tunes included pop songs and themes from some
previous Nintendo games. Its sequel, Donkey Konga 2, was released in
2005, and Japan later got Donkey Konga 3 that same year.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat


Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was released in Japan in December 2004 and
elsewhere in 2005, this platform game used the aforementioned DK
Bongos as a controller; tapping one drum repeatedly made Donkey Kong
run, tapping both at the same time made him jump, tapping both
alternately made him attack, and clapping or blowing in to the
microphone caused an explosion, shown by a ripple in the screen,
attracting assorted jewels or clearing obstacles to progress. As of
Nintendo's conference at October 2, 2008, a New Play Control! remake of
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was ported to the Wii; it was released in Japan
on December 11, 2008.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong series


Nintendo's first Donkey Kong title for the Game Boy Advance aer Rare le was Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a return to
the earlier arcade-style games that incorporated many elements from the Game Boy version. While its style was
that of other games, the Rare design for Donkey Kong carried over. Donkey Kong, originally a villain, returns to
this role in the game: wanting a Mini Mario clockwork toy, he finds that they are sold out at a local toy store.
Enraged, he terrifies the Toads at the factory and steals the toys. is sets up the game's plot, where Mario chases
Donkey Kong until he can take the Mini Marios back from Donkey Kong. e game was followed by March of the
Minis for the Nintendo DS, Minis March Again on DSiWare, Mini-Land Mayhem in 2010 for the DS, Minis on the
Move for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013 and Tipping Stars for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in 2014.

DK series

DK King of Swing
DK King of Swing, was a spin-off game developed by Paon that features
gameplay similar to Clu Clu Land. Here, the player must navigate levels
using only the GBA's left and right shoulder buttons.

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DK Jungle Climber
DK Jungle Climber was a sequel to the aforementioned game, and
Donkey Kong's first title role on the Nintendo DS. It features improved
visuals, better play control, and dual screen gameplay.

Miscellaneous genres

Donkey Kong Circus


Donkey Kong Circus was A Game & Watch Panorama series game
released in 1984.[4] In this game, the player controls Donkey Kong, who
is placed on a barrel while juggling pineapples and avoiding flames. This
game is very similar to Mario the Juggler, the last Game & Watch game,
as they both involve a character juggling while avoiding objects.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math


Donkey Kong Jr. Math was an edutainment game released for the
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), wherein players must solve math
problems in order to win. It is the only game in the "Education Series" of
NES games in North America. The game features one and two player
modes, both of which are single screen. In the first mode, the objective is
to enter math answers in order to receive points. These questions include
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In the two player
mode, two players control two characters as they race to create a math
formula to reach the number shown by Donkey Kong, incorporating
platform gameplay. Donkey Kong Jr. Math was made available in the
video game Animal Crossing, along with several other NES titles. It has
also been released on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe, Australia, Japan,
and North America.

Donkey Kong Hockey


It was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released in 1985 as part of the
Game & Watch Micro Vs. series. The game features one LCD screen and
two attached control pads. The hockey features Donkey Kong as one of
the players and Mario as the other.

Cancelled games

Return of Donkey Kong


A Nintendo Entertainment System game announced in the Official
Nintendo Player's Guide in 1987. Not much is known about the title;
whether it was cancelled or a working title for a game released under a
different name is unknown.

Donkey Kong Racing


A demo for a racing game on the GameCube, Nintendo's sixth generation
console, was shown at SpaceWorld 2001. It showed various characters,
including Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Taj the Genie racing on Ellie,
Expresso, Rambi, Enguarde, and Zinger, Necky, Army, and Chomps Jr.
that had been introduced in previous Donkey Kong games by Rare.

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Following the sale of Rare to Microsoft in 2002, Rare announced that they
were concentrating their efforts on Xbox games. Although they had
continued to support Nintendo's portable consoles, the Game Boy
Advance and Nintendo DS, the game was cancelled. Rare later reworked
the game into Sabreman Stampede, which incorporated a lot of the same
ideas without the racing aspect, but was also later cancelled.

Donkey Kong (GameCube)


Donkey Kong (for the Nintendo GameCube) is the canceled sequel to
Donkey Kong 64 and the Donkey Kong Country trilogy. It was going to
continue the style of Donkey Kong 64 with enhanced graphics. The music
was to be composed by Grant Kirkhope, Dave Wise and Robin Beanland.
Not much else is known about this game, as it did not get far into
development before Microsoft bought out Rare in 2002.

Diddy Kong Pilot


Diddy Kong Pilot is a planned sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, but with
flying as the only means of transport. However, Nintendo found the game
substandard (one point of criticism provided was "There's no point in
flying up and down on flat levels") and did not want to publish it. After
Rare was sold to Microsoft, which caused the company to lose the rights
to Donkey Kong characters, Diddy Kong Pilot was converted into the
game Banjo-Pilot in 2005. However, on November 5, 2011, a collector
who had purchased a prototype cartridge leaked its ROM onto the
internet.

Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers


Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers was originally as a puzzle game for the
Game Boy Advance that was developed by Rare. However, the game was
cancelled because in 2002, Rare was sold to Microsoft, which caused
Rare to lose the rights to Donkey Kong characters, before development of
the game was complete. The game was eventually reworked into It's Mr.
Pants, and was released on December 7, 2004.

Diddy Kong Racing Adventure


A rejected pitch made by the Climax Group for a Diddy Kong Racing
sequel on the Nintendo GameCube around 2004. The project was never
announced to the public in any capacity and only became known after an
amateur video game archivist acquired the prototype and published a
video about it in November 2016.

Spin-offs

Mario franchise
After appearing in the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr., Mario
would star in Mario franchise, beginning with the arcade game Mario
Bros. and resulting in the Super Mario series—becoming Nintendo's
mascot in the process. The Super Mario series would have its own spin-
offs, including Mario Kart and Mario Party. Donkey Kong appears as a
playable character in the vast majority of these spin-offs. The roots of the

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Mario franchise in Donkey Kong are further acknowledged in Super Mario


Odyssey, with many elements of the DK franchise featured. DK and
Diddy have their own Amiibo figures as part of the Super Mario line.

Conker series
After Conker the Squirrel's appearance in Diddy Kong Racing, he went on
to star in Conker's Pocket Tales, leading to the Conker series. Following
their acquisition of Rare in 2002, Microsoft is the current owner of this
franchise.

Banjo-Kazooie series
After Banjo's appearance in Diddy Kong Racing, he went on to star in
Banjo-Kazooie, leading to the Banjo-Kazooie series. Following their
acquisition of Rare in 2002, Microsoft is the current owner of this
franchise.

Crossovers

Mario Kart series


The DK series has been represented in every game of the Mario Kart
series, with the younger Donkey Kong playable in each one. He appears
racing alongside characters from the Super Mario, Wario, Yoshi, Pac-Man,
The Legend of Zelda, Animal Crossing and Splatoon series. Diddy Kong
appears as a playable character in Mario Kart: Double Dash and Mario
Kart Wii, and Funky Kong appears as playable character in Mario Kart Wii.
Additionally, the Mario Kart series features several DK themed tracks,
most notably DK Jungle from Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8, which is
based on the world of Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Mario Party series


In the Mario Party series, Donkey Kong debuted as a playable character
in Mario Party for the Nintendo 64, a role he kept until Mario Party 5.
Here, he was given a space on the board maps as a foil to Bowser. He
returned as a playable character in Mario Party 10 for the Wii U and
Mario Party: Star Rush for the Nintendo 3DS. Diddy Kong makes cameo
appearances in Mario Party DS and Mario Party 9, and is an unlockable
character in Mario Party: Star Rush.

Mario sports series


Donkey Kong has appeared as a playable character in almost every game
of the Mario sports series since the Nintendo 64 era, including Mario Golf,
Mario Tennis, Super Mario Strikers, and Mario Superstar Baseball. Diddy
Kong is also featured as a playable character in many titles, while
additional characters from the Donkey Kong Country series, such as Dixie
Kong, Funky Kong, and King K. Rool, have made rare appearances.
Donkey Kong appears as playable character in Mario & Sonic at the
Olympic Winter Games and every game in the Mario & Sonic series
thereafter. Diddy Kong was introduced to the series in Mario & Sonic at
the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Super Smash Bros. series


Donkey Kong has appeared as a playable character in every game of the
Super Smash Bros. series first appearing as one of eight characters in the
original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. He was the first heavy
fighter in the series, and featured many slow but powerful attacks. Diddy
Kong was later introduced as a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
Brawl as an agile fighter. There have been many stages based on games
in the Donkey Kong series, including Congo Jungle in Super Smash Bros.,
Kongo Jungle and Jungle Japes in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Rumble Falls
and 75m in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Jungle Hijinx in Super Smash
Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Other characters, like King K. Rool and
Dixie Kong, have appeared throughout the series as collectible trophies.

Other media

Television series
e Saturday Supercade was the character's first role in a television series. In it, Donkey Kong (voiced by Soupy
Sales) has escaped from the circus and Mario (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Pauline (voiced by Judy Strangis) are
chasing the ape. As with the original game, Donkey Kong will oen grab Pauline, and Mario has to save her.

e Donkey Kong Country television series was developed based on game of the same name. Airing in France in
1997 and in the USA in 1998, the series lasted two seasons with 40 total episodes featuring exclusive characters
including Bluster Kong, Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and Kaptain Scurvy.

Film
e original arcade iteration of Donkey Kong is the main antagonist of the 2015 film Pixels.[6]

A 2007 documentary, King of Kong, was also produced and follows the games highest recorded scores.

Medal games
During the seventh generation of video games, there were two arcade Donkey Kong titles released in Japan. e first
was Donkey Kong Jungle Fever, a medal game released in 2005, and the second was a sequel,[7] Donkey Kong Banana
Kingdom (released on November 16, 2006). Both games were developed by Capcom and published by Nintendo on
the Triforce arcade system board. Neither title has been released outside Japan.

Reception

Critical response
e Donkey Kong series has received mainly positive reviews from critics.

Impact and legacy

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Aggregate review scores


Game GameRankings Metacritic

— (SNES)
89% (SNES)[8]
— (GBC)
Donkey Kong Country 90% (GBC)[9]
78%
79% (GBA)[10]
(GBA)[11]

— (SNES)
90% (SNES)[12]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 80%
81% (GBA)[13]
(GBA)[14]

— (SNES)
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double 84% (SNES)[15]
77%
Trouble! 75% (GBA)[16]
(GBA)[17]

Donkey Kong 64 87%[18] 90%[19]

87% (Wii)[22]
87% (Wii)[20]
Donkey Kong Country Returns 83%
83% (3DS)[21]
(3DS)[23]

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 84%[24] 83%[25]

Aer the first Donkey Kong was released, Universal Studios sued Nintendo, alleging that the video game was a
trademark infringement of King Kong, the plot and characters of which Universal claimed for their own. In the case,
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., a United States District Court ruled that Universal had acted in bad
faith, and that it had no right over the name King Kong or the characters and story. e court further held that there
was no possibility for consumers to confuse Nintendo's game and characters with the King Kong films and their
characters. e case was an enormous victory for Nintendo, which was still a newcomer to the U.S. market. e
case established the company as a major player in the industry and arguably gave the company the confidence that
it could compete with the giants of American media.[26]

e success of the Donkey Kong series has resulted in Guinness World Records awarding the series with 7 world
records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. e records include: "First Use of Visual Storytelling in
a Video Game" for the rudimentary cut scenes featured in the original Donkey Kong arcade game, and "Most
Collectible Items in a Platform Game" for Donkey Kong 64.

"It's on like Donkey Kong" is an expression used in pop culture that is inspired by the game. Nintendo requested a
trademark on the phrase with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in November 2010.[27][28]

e original game was the focus of the 2007 documentary e King of Kong: A Fistful of arters.

In 2007, the USHRA Monster Jam racing series licensed Donkey Kong's appearance for a monster truck. e truck is
driven by Frank Krmel, and is owned by Feld Motorsports. e truck is decorated to look like the character and has
Donkey Kong's tie on the front. e truck made its debut in the Monster Jam event at the Hubert H. Humphrey
Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on December 8, 2007.[29] It went to the Monster Jam World Finals 9, as
well as World Finals 10, where it was the fastest qualifier.

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External links
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