As playable in the Jungle Jam, his Jump and Attack are 3 out of 5. In DK: King of Swing, Donkey Kong explore the whole island for second time to recover all DK Medals which was stolen by K.
It was on this journey that Donkey Kong received his Coconut Gun by Funky Kong, he was allowed to use his pad by Cranky Kong, received his Bongo Blast by Canky Kong, received the Strong Kong by Cranky Kong, collecting various items with his color code which is yellow, defeating Army Dillo twice to win the keys to K.
In Donkey Kong 64, DK had to recover the Golden Bananas, free his friends, find the Banana Fairies and mainly save his island from the Kremling Krew's bellicose power called Blast-O-Matic. First he was imprisoned in the Crocodile Isle to extort his Banana Hoard and serves as a power source for KAOS together with Diddy. In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Donkey Kong was held hostage by K. He with the help of his nephew Diddy Kong, explored the whole island to recover all his Bananas, expel Klump with his army and defeat the big boss King K. In Donkey Kong Country, DK was charged with protecting the Banana Hoard until it was stolen by the Kremling Krew soldiers. Brawl, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Tropical Freeze state that DK is Cranky's grandson while Jr.
However, the more recent titles including Super Smash Bros. is the current Donkey Kong, as Cranky Kong has referred to Donkey Kong as his son in Donkey Kong 64 and an employee at Rare has claimed that as far as they knew this was the case. The Donkey Kong from the arcade games is supposedly Cranky Kong, and Donkey Kong Jr. The name Donkey Kong is given to three characters in the Nintendo universe, including the two from the arcade games and the one from the Donkey Kong Country series. Rare was offered them the chance to revive the Donkey Kong franchise in the nineties, resulting in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.ĭonkey Kong is a large, muscular ape in appearance with a red tie that sports his initials. Following these popular titles, Nintendo let the franchise rest and focused more on games featuring Mario, the original protagonist. After his appearance in Donkey Kong, Nintendo created the successors Donkey Kong Jr. He was originally created by Shigeru Miyamoto alongside Mario and Pauline. Donkey Kong (sometimes abbreviated as DK) is a video game character and icon who was introduced in the arcade classic game Donkey Kong as a villain in 1981.