Donkey Kong (Character)

# Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is the main protagonist of the Donkey Kong country franchise and is also one of mascots of Nintendo. Donkey Kong himself has appeared in dozens upon dozens of games including the original Donkey Kong country trilogy, Donkey Kong 64, the Donkey Konga series, and more. Donkey Kong country has also been reviewed in RetroReviews and has also been stated to be the favorite franchise of The Komoduo. With him confirming that Donkey Kong country 2 will also be reviewed soon, as well as more Donkey Kong games being covered on the channel.

### Relatives

Donkey "Cranky" Kong Senior (formerly), Donkey Kong the Third, Wrinkly Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Kiddy Kong, Funky Kong, Candy Kong, Swanky Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong, Chunky Kong.

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Richard YearwoodSterling JarvisSeth Rogen

### Background

Being first created in 1981, Donkey Kong was Nintendo's first true breakout hit, and for a good while in the early to mid 80s, Donkey seemed to be everywhere. He had toys, a cartoon series, sequels, and much much more! For a good while, you couldn't escape seeing Donkey Kong at least once per day. He was HUGE, and somehow managed to get as popular as other arcade hits such as Space Invaders, Frogger, and even Pac-Man very quickly. But just as quickly as Donkey Kong grew to popularity, was just how quickly he faded out of it once Nintendo began to make other gaming franchises such as Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda, and ever since those games were created in the mid to late 80s, Donkey Kong just sorta fell into into irrelevancy with both Nintendo and the general public as a whole, for sometime Donkey Kong was just trapped inside Nintendo's basement of things they forgot about, alongside the toys they used to make and his port for the atari 2600. But luckily, nearly a decade after the franchise and the character himself went quiet on any new installments, a new developer that Nintendo recently acquired to some percent, Rareware would come to save the day! This is where the Donkey Kong Country series comes to play. With Nintendo giving rare a choice on which one of there franchises they would want to make a new installment for, they picked Donkey Kong! Making the Kong make a new striking return with a new design, new characters, and making it a platformer! With Donkey Kong coming back into the spotlight, Rare's first go with the franchise was a great hit! It sold millions, had great reviews, and was popular enough to get sequels, spinoffs, a brand new cartoon, and much much more! Donkey Kong was back, and he was making bank to! Even after the Donkey Kong country trilogy that Rare, Donkey Kong still found success with new installments! Such as Donkey Kong 64, the spinoff Diddy Kong racing, and even some gameboy games! Though that all would have to come to a stop once Nintendo put there foot down, and would let rare go....With this choice Nintendo took rare's Donkey Kong with them, But even then the Donkey Kong franchise was now being put to the side for a a little bit with only a few games like the Donkey Konga series and some minor handheld games. But luckily, with a spark of hope, Rare studios would pick the franchise up from it's feet and in a matter of a few years, Donkey Kong was back to his former routes! With both of the Donkey Kong country games that they made being pretty great, it seemed Donkey Kong was making his return once more! But like before, as soon as his return came, as soon he left, and this leaves us with today where Donkey Kong is a bit of a dead franchise once more, though the characters themselves have appeared in other games such as the Super Smash brothers and Mario Kart games, and a bunch of rereleases for the Donkey Kong Country games and a Switch port of Donkey Kong tropical freeze. There hasn't really been anything else done with the franchise. With Nintendo even ignoring Donkey Kong's 40th birthday. Leaving us waiting for a new game in the franchise.

### Personality

Donkey Kong is a calm, loyal, and clumsy Gorilla who loves chillin', but when ya mess with em you better be runnin'! Though Donkey Kong is a pretty chill dude, if you even dare to steal one of his banana's, he'll immediately get up and will do anything to get his banana's back. But that's not the only thing! DK also values his family a lot, and so does the rest of the kongs! DK would be willing to do anything to protect them and will admit to violence if someone even dares to lay a finger on one of his family members. But overall. DK is a pretty nice dude.