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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]
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]
The "DK Rap" is featured as Donkey Kong's entrance theme in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Seth Rogen, who voices Donkey Kong in the film, noted the song's reputation as "one of the worst rap songs of all time" but also stated that he was amused by it upon listening to it in full for the first time, giving it a "10 out of 10 bananas" rating. [11]
The song took five weeks to compose and Wise used a Korg Wavestation. [1] He said the track was his favourite and the game's biggest technical accomplishment in regards to the audio. [4] Rearrangements of "Aquatic Ambience" appear in Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014). [5] [6]
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Swanky gives Bear Coins and Banana Bunches as rewards for winning. In Donkey Kong Country 2, he wears a blue oversized jacket and has an afro hair style. In Donkey Kong Country 3, he wears a white long-sleeved shirt, a gold vest, a bowler hat, black pants, black and white shoes, and has a diamond-topped cane.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive arcade gaming directed by Seth Gordon.It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from Billy Mitchell.
In interviews with Cosmo, the film's director, Susanna Fogel, and original story writer, Kristen Roupenian, weigh in on whether Robert actually redeems himself by the time the credits roll.