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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.
Donkey Kong, also known by his initials DK, is the star of Donkey Kong, a video game series and media franchise owned by the Japanese video game company Nintendo. [1] One of Nintendo's flagship characters, [2] 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 ...
The Retro Studios games star Donkey Kong with other characters as his sidekicks. [157] [158] Players primarily control one Kong, with the second acting as a second hit point. [156] In the Retro Studios games, other characters ride on Donkey Kong's back to provide special abilities; for instance, Diddy's jetpack allows him to temporarily hover ...
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However, he did not create the D-pad! The D-pad was actually created by William F. Palisek for Tiger Electronics in 1979, and was awarded the patent for it in 1981, a year before the Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong came out. Nintendo's own patent for the Donkey Kong D-pad even mentions Palisek by name. (Sorry for the long-winded response ...
Donkey Kong is considered to be the earliest video game with a storyline that visually unfolds on screen. [11] Set on a construction site in New York City, [24] the eponymous Donkey Kong character is the game's de facto villain. The hero is a carpenter originally unnamed in the Japanese arcade release, later named Jumpman and then Mario. [25]
After the release of Diddy Kong Racing, Rare began development on a sequel named Donkey Kong Racing for the GameCube, which featured Donkey Kong as the titular character. A pre-rendered CG video of the game was shown at E3 2001, which displayed a parody of the speederbike scene from Return of the Jedi. [62]
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