Donkey Kong (character)

Donkey Kong, also shortened to DK, is a fictional character in the Donkey Kong and Mario video game series. A gorilla residing on Donkey Kong Island, he first appeared as the title character and antagonist of the eponymous 1981 game by Nintendo, which would spark the Donkey Kong series, notably the Donkey Kong Country platform subseries started with the eponymous 1994 game. Donkey Kong himself would switch from antagonist to protagonist for the rest of the series (although several instalments focus on his friends instead, notably Diddy Kong). He is considered one of the most popular and iconic characters in video game history.
Mario, the protagonist of the original 1981 game, went on to become the central character of the Mario franchise; Donkey Kong, now allied with Mario, is often featured as a supporting character in Mario games. He has also been playable in every entry of the Super Smash Bros. crossover fighting series, and occasionally resumed his role as antagonist in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series started in 2004.
While the 1981 game's Donkey Kong and the series' main Donkey Kong are often considered the same character, the series' canon consider that Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong's grandfather introduced as Cranky in Donkey Kong Country, is the Donkey Kong from the original game, making the series' main Donkey Kong's first canonical appearance to be Donkey Kong Country.
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