Miyamoto has also named the 1933 film King Kong as influences for the character. īluto was replaced by a large enraged ape, which Miyamoto said was "nothing too evil or repulsive", and the pet of the main character. Shigeru Miyamoto came up with many characters and plot concepts, but he eventually settled on a love triangle between gorilla, carpenter, and girlfriend, that mirrored the rivalry between Bluto and Popeye for Olive Oyl. When this relationship was cancelled, Nintendo decided to take the opportunity to create original characters that could then be marketed and used in later games. In 1981, Nintendo was pursuing a license to make a game based on the 1930s Popeye comic strip. The character is voiced by Richard Yearwood and Sterling Jarvis in the animated series Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000), and by Seth Rogen in the Illumination Entertainment feature film The Super Mario Bros. crossover fighting series, and serves as the main antagonist of the Mario vs. He has also been playable in every entry of the Super Smash Bros. Mario, the protagonist of the original 1981 game, went on to become the central character of the Mario franchise the modern Donkey Kong is regularly featured as a guest character in the Mario games. Donkey Kong is considered one of the most popular and iconic characters in video game history. Movie, in which Cranky is depicted as his father, alternatively portraying the modern Donkey Kong as the original Donkey Kong from the arcade games. While the 1980s games' Donkey Kong and the modern Donkey Kong share the same name, the manual for Donkey Kong Country and subsequent games portray the former as Cranky Kong, the latter's grandfather, with the exception of Donkey Kong 64 and The Super Mario Bros. This version of the character persists as the main one up to today. The Donkey Kong Country series was launched in 1994 with a new Donkey Kong as the protagonist (although several installments focus on his friends Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong instead). The original Donkey Kong first appeared as the title character and antagonist of the eponymous 1981 game, a platformer by Nintendo, which would lead to the Donkey Kong series. Wrinkly Kong (grandmother in game missing since Retro Studios)ĭonkey Kong, also shortened to DK, is a fictional gorilla in the Donkey Kong and Mario video game series, created by Shigeru Miyamoto. Christophe Albertini/Nicolas Bienvenu (1996–2001 The Planet of Donkey Kong) Ĭranky Kong (grandfather in past/father in movie)ĭonkey Kong Jr.Franck Capillery (French dub of Donkey Kong Country animated series, 1996–2000).
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