Donkey Kong (character)

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Donkey Kong, or DK, is a character in the Donkey Kong video game series. Donkey Kong made his appearance as the antagonist in Donkey Kong for the arcades. While relegated to cameos in the NES era, Donkey Kong eventually scored his own groundbreaking series in Donkey Kong Country. Today, Donkey Kong remains a key franchise in Nintendo's repertoire, with games such as the Donkey Konga and DK: King of Swing franchise, and so on. Donkey Kong has also been the closest and the second handed character right next to Mario.

Arcade games
Donkey Kong(1981) When the American branch of Nintendo was nearing financial ruin, young artist Shigeru Miyamoto was designed with creating and developing a game that would save the fledgling Nintendo of America. What he came up with was Donkey Kong.

Roughly translating to "silly gorilla", Donkey Kong escaped the cruel care of his master Mario (or Jumpman, as he was known in Japan) and took the beautiful Pauline hostage. In order to stop Mario, Donkey Kong threw barrels that would roll down the construction site. In the end, however, Donkey Kong was defeated and once again a captive.

NES games
Donkey Kong actully never had an original game on the NES other than Donkey Kong Jr Math, which is a sequal to Donkey Kong Jr. He did, though, have many remakes of his classic arcade games, such as Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Donkey Kong 3. He also had a game feautring all 3 of them, titled Donkey Kong Classics

Game Boy games
Donkey Kong GB is a game that was released on the Game Boy in 1994. It was in the top 200 games by EGM. The game is similar to the original game on the arcades. Donkey Kong Land is a game similar to Donkey Kong Country.

Game Boy games with Donkey Kong:
 * Donkey Kong GB
 * Donkey Kong Land
 * Donkey Kong Land 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
 * Donkey Kong Land III

SNES games
Donkey kong country 1/2/3

Nintendo 64 games
Donkey kong 64

Game Boy Advance games
Donkey kong country 1/2/3(gameboy versions)

Gamecube games
After Rare LTD. left Nintendo and went to Microsoft, Nintendo needed a new company to handle the major franchise. While third-party developer has so far only created games for GBA and Wii, Namco and Nintendo themselves. Namco created the popular Donkey Kong series, while Nintendo created Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.

Nintendo DS games
On the Nintendo DS, there are so far two Donkey Kong games currently in development. DK: King of Swing DS is the sequel to the game on GBA. And Diddy Kong Racing DS is being developed by Rare.