Donkey Kong series

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Donkey Kong

Creator: Shigeru Miyamoto First game: Donkey Kong (1981) Latest game: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014) For in-depth information: is dedicated to chronicling the Donkey Kong series. For additional information: is another wiki dedicated to {{{niwa2-purpose}}} the Donkey Kong series.

Donkey Kong is a franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto in 1981, centering around the Donkey Kong character. Originally conceived as a series of platforming games, the series has since branched off into numerous types of games. Collectively, the series has sold over 40 million units worldwide.

Overview

Arcade

After Nintendo's previous arcade title Radar Scope failed to perform in North America, Nintendo were left with a number of unsold machines, and president Hiroshi Yamauchi assigned Shigeru Miyamoto to create a new game that would appeal to American audiences, intending to simply convert the unsold Radar Scope machines. Nintendo wanted to obtain the license for Popeye video games, but after the deal fell through they instead thought of an original plotline and characters for the new game involving a love triangle between a gorilla (Donkey Kong), a carpenter (Jumpman), and his girlfriend (Pauline). The game, Donkey Kong was finally released in 1981 and became a success. The game was ported to several home consoles available at the time and even received two sequels: Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3.

Donkey Kong Country

In 1993, British developer Rareware was given the license to develop a new game in the Donkey Kong series using pre-rendered full 3D graphics.

Spin-off media

Donkey Kong would later receive his own cartoon series, Donkey Kong Country, based on the video game series by Rare. One of the earliest fully CG-animated cartoons, the series ran for 40 episodes across two seasons. The original French series was accompanied by La planète de Donkey Kong, a programming block on France 2 which would air a variety of shows and also showed live-actions segments featuring actors interacting with the CG Donkey Kong Country characters.

Other appearances

Donkey Kong's first appearance outside of video games was in the 1983 cartoon Saturday Supercade. The show featured a number of segments based on hit arcade games at the time, including ones based on Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. The Donkey Kong segments featured Mario and Pauline trying to recapture Donkey Kong who is on the run from them, while the Donkey Kong Jr. segments featured Donkey Kong Jr. and an original character Bones trying to find Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong would later appear as a minor recurring character in the 1989 cartoon Captain N: The Game Master; in this series, Donkey Kong is a giant gorilla from "Kongo Land" who attacks anybody that enters his home.

Games

Game	JP release	NA release	EU release	AUS release	KOR release	Platform
00 Arcade games
Donkey Kong	N/A ???	1981	N/A	N/A	N/A	Arcade
Donkey Kong Jr.	1982	1982	N/A	N/A	N/A	Arcade
Donkey Kong 3	1983	1983	N/A	N/A	N/A	Arcade
00 Donkey Kong Country series
Donkey Kong Country	1994	1994	1994	1994	N/A	Super Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	1995	1995	1995	N/A	N/A	Super Nintendo
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!	1996	1996	N/A	1996	N/A	Super Nintendo
Donkey Kong 64	1999	1999	1999	N/A	N/A	Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong Country Returns	2010	2010	2010	2010	N/A	Wii
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze	2014	2014	2014	2014	N/A	Wii U
00 Donkey Kong Land series
Donkey Kong Land	1995	1995	1995	N/A	N/A	Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land 2	1996	1996	1996	N/A	N/A	Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land III	2000 (GBC only)	1997	1997	N/A	N/A	Game Boy / Game Boy Color
00 Donkey Konga series
Donkey Konga	2003	2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Konga 2	2004	2005	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Konga 3	2005	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
00 Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat series
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	2004	2005	2005	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever	2005	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Arcade
Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Arcade
00 Mario vs. Donkey Kong series
Mario vs. Donkey Kong	2004	2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	Game Boy Advance
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	2007	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo DS
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!	2009	2009	2009	2009	N/A	DSiWare
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!	2010	2010	2011	2011	N/A	Nintendo DS
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move	2013	2013	2013	2013	N/A	Nintendo 3DS
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars	2015	2015	2015	2015	N/A	Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge	2016	2016	2016	2016	N/A	Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
00 DK games
DK: King of Swing	2005	2005	2005	2005	N/A	Game Boy Advance
DK: Jungle Climber	2007	2007	2007	2007	N/A	Nintendo DS
00 Game & Watch games
Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)	??	1982	??	??	??	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)	1982	1982	??	??	??	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong II	??	1983	??	??	??	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)	??	1984	??	??	??	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong Circus	??	1984	??	??	??	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong Hockey	??	1984	??	??	??	Game & Watch
00 Other games
Donkey Kong Jr. Math	1983	1985	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo Entertainment System
Donkey Kong	1994	1994	N/A	N/A	N/A	Game Boy
Diddy Kong Racing	1997	1997	1997	1997	N/A	Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast	2007	2007	N/A	N/A	N/A	Wii
00 Ports and remakes
Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson	1983	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo Entertainment System
Donkey Kong Classics	N/A	1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo Entertainment System
Diddy Kong Racing DS	N/A	2007	2007	2007	N/A	Nintendo DS
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	2008	2009	N/A	N/A	N/A	Wii
00 Unreleased/Cancelled Games
Return of Donkey Kong	??	??	??	??	??	Nintendo Entertainment System
Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi	??	??	??	??	??	Nintendo Entertainment System
Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers	??	??	??	??	??	Game Boy Advance
Diddy Kong Pilot	??	??	??	??	??	Game Boy Advance
Donkey Kong Racing	??	??	??	??	??	Nintendo GameCube

External links

• The Donkey Kong series on Wikipedia
• The Donkey Kong series on Super Mario Wiki
• Donkey Kong series category on StrategyWiki

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