Resultado da Busca
Donkey Kong, also known simply as DK, or rarely D. Kong or Donkey, is a major character in the Super Mario franchise and the main protagonist of the Donkey Kong franchise. He is a powerful and carefree Kong that lives in Donkey Kong Island, and he...
- Donkey Kong (series)
The Donkey Kong series is a video game series in the Donkey...
- Donkey Kong (franchise)
A hallmark of this franchise is the barrels used by the...
- Donkey Kong (series)
The Donkey Kong series is a video game series in the Donkey Kong franchise, starting with the original 1981 arcade game of the same name.
Cover, Original Release And SystemSynopsis1981ArcadeIn 1981, Nintendo had their first ...1982ArcadeThe following year, another arcade game ...1983ArcadeDonkey Kong 3 was the third installment ...1983NESDonkey Kong Jr. Math was Donkey Kong Jr.- Characters
- Basic Gameplay
- Games
- Other Media
- Reception
- Gallery
The main character Donkey Kong, a muscular and somewhat dim-witted ape, first appeared in the eponymous arcade game in 1981 as the antagonist. In the later generations of the franchise, he became the main protagonist, and the defender of his carefree jungle home and his various primate friends. In the arcade game Donkey Kong Jr., he was given a son...
The arcade games have simple gameplay where the player moves along the playfield, avoiding obstacles and enemies. In the original Donkey Kong, the playfield is a series of girders on a construction site, and the obstacles are barrels thrown by Donkey Kong. In the side-scrolling games of the Donkey Kong Country series, players venture through unique...
Original series
1. Main article: Donkey Kong (series) The original Donkey Kong arcade game was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to Americans. The machine was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the video game industry and became one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s. The gameplay was a huge improvement over other games of its time and h...
Donkey Kong Country series
1. Main article: Donkey Kong Country (series) Donkey Kong Country (known as Super Donkey Kong in Japan) was released in 1994 as the game that made DK its own franchise, taking the premise thereof in an entirely new direction. Directed by British game designer Tim Stamper for his company Rare Ltd., the games are platformers where levels are shown in a sidescrolling perspective, similar to the Super Mario series, and the heroes must jump and avoid obstacles in order to clear levels. The origina...
Donkey Kong Land series
1. Main article: Donkey Kong Land (series) The Donkey Kong Land series is a smaller handheld companion series to Donkey Kong Country. The installments of that series are generally considered pseudo-sequels to the Countrygames, running on similar engines but featuring different storylines, stages, level layouts, etc., and many aspects of the original SNES adventures are removed or altered to fit the limitations of the Game Boy system. The games in this series, presented in yellow cartridges in...
Television and film
1. Main articles: Saturday Supercade, Captain N: The Game Master, Donkey Kong Country (television series), Donkey Kong Planet The Donkey Kong character’s first role in a television series was in the animated anthology Saturday Supercade, where his debut arcade game was one of the games adapted. In his segments, Donkey Kong (voiced by Soupy Sales) escaped from the circus and Mario (voiced by Peter Cullen) and Pauline (voiced by Judy Strangis) had to chase him across the world, with Donkey Kong...
Literature
As a spin-off of the Super Mario franchise, Donkey Kong has featured many of its characters and scenarios in the various manga series based on that property, including the Comic BomBom stories published under Kodansha's KC Deluxe banner, and Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine, which featured Donkey Kong characters in both its Super Mario-kun series and a short-lived 2000 manga based on the Donkey Kong Country animated show. Club Nintendo, Nintendo's official magazine in Germany, also publis...
Merchandising
Donkey Kong has been merchandised into various products throughout its lifespan, including a tabletop card game produced by the Milton Bradley Company, a series of trading cards based on the Donkey Kong Country TV series (only released in Japan), and Donkey Kong Jenga, a Jenga game themed after the original arcade iteration. Additionally, various Donkey Kong pieces of merchandise have been released in Super Mario and Mario Kart-related lines. During the seventh generation of video games, ther...
Critical response
Since his original arcade debut, Donkey Kong has been well received by various critics and has been described as one of the most iconic mascots for Nintendo. For his antagonistic role in his early appearances, IGN ranked him fifth in its list of the 100 best video game villains of all time. On GameRankings, individual games in the Donkey Kong franchise have received approval ratings ranging from to 90% (Donkey Kong Country 2) to 32% (Donkey Kong Jr. Math).
Impact and legacy
The Donkey Kong franchise has culturally impacted many people in numerous entertainment media, and is the inspiration for the pop-culture expression, "It's on like Donkey Kong," for which Nintendo requested a trademark in November 2010. In 2007, a documentary film directed by Seth Gordon based on the original arcade game was released, titled The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. That same year, the USHRA Monster Jam racing series licensed Donkey Kong's image for use on a monster truck, whi...
Original wordmark (1981 - 1994)Previous wordmark (2010 - 2018)Donkey Kong, more specifically Cranky Kong who bore the title at the time, is the first Mario antagonist, predating even Bowser. After Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong has become a supporting character, but the current Donkey Kong is the main antagonist of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series .
Donkey Kong também conhecido como DK, é um gorila, personagem de videogame, criado em 1981 por Shigeru Miyamoto, estreou no jogo com o seu nome, que serviu de trampolim para a fama de Mario. Ficou esquecido por um tempo. Tentou-se reavivar D.K. Jr. em Super Mario Kart, mas não foi à frente.
Nos 2:13 minutos de cenas, vale destacar a primeira aparição de Donkey Kong, outro clássico personagem da Nintendo, lutando contra Mario. Vemos também uma princesa Peach mais combativa e proativa.
Donkey Kong é uma série de jogos da Nintendo No jogo de arcade, Donkey Kong o vilão é na verdade Cranky Kong quando era mais jovem, no qual o jogador deveria salvar a princesa raptada pelo gorila. O jogo foi um enorme sucesso e acabou por dar origem ao famoso mascote da Nintendo, Mario.
