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Donkey Kong Country portrays Cranky as the original Donkey Kong character featured in the 1981 arcade game. [18] The character retains his stubborn nature and has become an aged, sharp-minded, and disparaging video game veteran who throughout the games distributes advice and useful items. 64 portrays him as an alchemist.
Pauline (Japanese: ポリーン, Hepburn: Porīn, pronounced) is a character from the Mario and Donkey Kong video game franchises by Nintendo.She was created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and debuted as Lady, [a] the damsel in distress of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong.
Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, wanted to use the characters Popeye, Bluto, and Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoon as the main characters, but failed to obtain the license, so he transformed them into Jumpman (Mario), Donkey Kong, and Pauline. [15] Donkey Kong established Pauline's role as the female character who is rescued by Mario and ...
Donkey Kong [g] (voiced by Takashi Nagasako) is an anthropomorphic gorilla that stars in the Donkey Kong franchise. He is the leader of the Kong Family , a group of various primates and is depicted as the grandson of Cranky Kong who appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong , though, he appears as an antagonist in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong ...
Donkey Kong is the star of Donkey Kong, a video game series and media franchise owned by the Japanese video game company Nintendo. [1] He is also a recurring character in the Mario franchise, appearing as a playable character in most Mario Kart and Mario Party games, and is playable in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games. [2]
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The staff also pushed for an English name, and thus it received the title Donkey Kong. [15]: 212 Donkey Kong was a success, leading Miyamoto to work on sequels such as Donkey Kong Jr. in 1982, and Donkey Kong 3 in 1983. In January 1983, the 1982 Arcade Awards gave Donkey Kong the Best Single-player video game award and the Certificate of Merit ...
Donkey Kong is regarded as the first game to use graphics to tell a story, [261] which GamesRadar+ said provided an unprecedented level of narrative depth. [251] Donkey Kong Country 's pre-rendered graphics featured a level of detail unprecedented in console games at the time, [262] [263] and inspired many imitators. [28]