Talk:Donkey Kong (character)

message: I'm hoping to push this article into 100% relevancy when you search "donkey kong" we can obviously have a link at the top for the disambiguation page. the reason why should be obvious.76.27.215.219 (talk) 08:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The original videogame is probably what most people are looking for, since it was a cultural phenomenon. The character is an offshoot of the game. 132.68.209.33 (talk) 07:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevancy 

message: I propose that, since many people know DK as a classic video game and not as a major character, people would expect to see the original DK rather than the character DK or the DK series. - A Link to the Past (talk) 23:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambig change 

message: There has been a common misconception among Wikipedia editors that needs to be clear up. According to some editors, Nintendo of Japan does not recognized the current Donkey Kong introduced in Donkey Kong Country as a separate character from the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game. I will say that this is entirely false.
Looking at this article from Nintendo Online Magazine, uploaded in 2000 (during the release of Donkey Kong 64), Nintendo of Japan clearly recognizes the original Donkey Kong (now known as Cranky)  and the current Donkey Kong as separate characters. Not only that, they also recognize Junior and the current Kong as separate characters.
According to this article. The Donkey Kong from the arcade game appears in a few games (including cameos) until the '94 Game Boy game. Afterwards, he becomes Cranky Kong in the Country series, while his grandson inherits the Donkey Kong name.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0002/01/family1.html
All the video games outside the Country series merely support this, from Super Smash Bros. and Mario Baseball, they're not revealing anything new.
Jonny2x4 (talk) 19:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been noted in the Wikipedia article several times. Relax. 89.138.196.99 (talk) 21:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm simply pointing out this fact in case anyone feels the need to bring up this (non-existing) contradiction between Nintendo and Rare. No need to tell "just relax" if you're not bringing up anything to discussion. Jonny2x4 (talk) 02:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Smash Bros., made entirely by Nintendo, also claims that Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong.  What does Nintendo of Japan say regarding that? King Zeal (talk) 03:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's my point, Cranky is the original Donkey and the current Donkey is his grandson. That was never my argument. My argument is that Donkey is NOT the son of Cranky. The only evidence of Donkey Kong being the son of Cranky Kong in the games is when he calls him "son" in DK64 and that seems to be more of a term of endearment that an actual evidence in the stories of being his son. Jonny2x4 (talk) 05:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Cranky Kong was married to current Donkey Kong's mother, Wrinkly Kong... 76.204.123.119 (talk) 16:07, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clearing up a common misconception about Donkey Kong's identity. 

message: I think it needs rewording. 89.139.158.222 (talk) 18:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it sounds dirty at all, but I do question why it is even needed... -Zomic13 (talk) 20:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does the "outward appearance" section sound dirty to anyone else? 

message: Please consider adding this gallery as a list of relevant photos about Donkey Kong: Snapshots of Donkey Kong from Super Smash Bros. Brawl  RyanTMulligan (talk) 16:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You also used that website as a citation instead of a reliable source. In this case, explain how exactly is a gallery of images relevant to the article and complies with WP:EL? « ₣M₣ » 16:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Donkey Kong Photos 

message: It seems reasonable to change the "other appearances" section from prose to a list, preferably ordered by release date. Opinions?
85.250.159.6 (talk) 04:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of appearances by date 

message: This article needs help. I recently moved some of the content from Appearances to "Characteristics". The "Appearances" needs more plot-info about what happened in the games. I think this article had a similar problem as Mario. They used to read like a series page, instead of a character page. Blake (Talk·Edits) 23:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "He is roughly twice the size of a normal gorilla, weighing approximately 800 pounds." - This seems pretty trivial, and is unsourced. Harry Blue5 (talk) 00:18, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article cleanup 

message: Yes, I know the original Donkey Kong is Cranky, but this is just clutching at straws.  It's misinforming people and confusing them with fanbase-specific hints which haven't even been officially confirmed.  Donkey Kong's first game was Donkey Kong, that's why it's called Donkey Kong.  To say it is DKC downplays his history and importance to the Mario series.  The Cranky connection shouldn't even be mentioned outside of a "Trivia" section.
:Telling people things that they don't know isn't "confusing". It's why this website exists. If someone got King George III confused with King George I and thought he was born in 1660 instead of 1738, then the fact that the page corrects this is helpful. Likewise, if someone confuses Donkey Kong III with Donkey Kong I, it would be better to correct it instead of further disseminating the error. Donkey Kong is not his own grandpa. — DanielLC 22:06, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  First game is ''Donkey Kong'' 

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