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In the [[Donkey Kong Country series|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]], it is revealed that the Donkey Kong in the original arcade game is now an old gorilla named Cranky Kong. His grandson, Donkey Kong Jr.'s son, is the current Donkey Kong.
In the [[Donkey Kong Country series|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]], it is revealed that the Donkey Kong in the original arcade game is now an old gorilla named Cranky Kong. His grandson, Donkey Kong Jr.'s son, is the current Donkey Kong.


==Video games featuring Donkey Kong==
==Video games with Donkey Kong as a playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
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!| Release
!| Release
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch video game)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch video game)|Donkey Kong 3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hudson Soft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PC-6600 series|PC-6601]]<br />[[PC-8800 series|PC-8801]]<br />[[Sharp X1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country]]
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Software Technology Corporation|Nintendo STC]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2005
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis|Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Software Technology Corporation|Nintendo STC]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Retro Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Retro Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}
==Video games with Donkey Kong as a non-playable character==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Developer
!| System
!| Release
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (video game)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1981
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch video game)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Jr. (video game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Junior]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong II]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1982
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Arcade]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch video game)|Donkey Kong 3]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hudson Soft]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[PC-6600 series|PC-6601]]<br />[[PC-8800 series|PC-8801]]<br />[[Sharp X1]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Software Technology Corporation|Nintendo STC]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis|Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Software Technology Corporation|Nintendo STC]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS|DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2010
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Retro Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Retro Studios]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2014
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2015
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Switch]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|}
|}


Revision as of 09:35, 8 March 2024

Donkey Kong logo.png
Donkey Kong
Developer Shigeru Miyamoto
Publisher Nintendo
Platforms As noted below
Released 1981-present
Added to
Museum 		As noted below

Donkey Kong is character by Nintendo. He is part of a multimedia franchise consisting of video games, television shows, and music.

Donkey Kong also appeared in the Donkey Kong Jr. series, the Donkey Kong Country series, and the Donkey Konga series. He also appears in some games in the Mario Kart series, in some games in the Mario Party series, in some games in the Mario sports series, and in some games in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Donkey Kong character biography

Donkey Kong was Mario's pet gorilla. However, after Donkey Kong captured Mario's girlfriend Pauline, Mario caught Donkey Kong and imprisoned him. Donkey Kong's son, Donkey Kong Jr. rescued him, and Donkey Kong remained free after that. Mario and Donkey Kong have been on each other's good side since then, although occasionally their old rivalry flares up again.

In the Donkey Kong Country series, it is revealed that the Donkey Kong in the original arcade game is now an old gorilla named Cranky Kong. His grandson, Donkey Kong Jr.'s son, is the current Donkey Kong.

Video games with Donkey Kong as a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Donkey Kong Country Rare SNES 1994
Donkey Kong Land Rare Game Boy 1995
Donkey Kong 64 Rare Nintendo 64 1997
Donkey Konga Namco GameCube 2003
Donkey Konga 2 Namco GameCube 2004
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat Nintendo EAD GameCube 2004
DK: King of Swing Paon GBA 2005
Donkey Konga 3 Namco GameCube 2005
Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast Paon Wii 2007
DK: Jungle Climber Paon DS 2007
Donkey Kong Country Returns Retro Studios 3DS 2013
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Retro Studios Wii U 2014

Video games with Donkey Kong as a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Donkey Kong Nintendo R&D1 Arcade 1981
Donkey Kong Nintendo R&D1 Game & Watch 1982
Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo R&D1 Game & Watch 1982
Donkey Kong Junior Nintendo R&D1 Arcade 1982
Donkey Kong II Nintendo R&D1 Game & Watch 1982
Donkey Kong 3 Nintendo R&D1 Arcade 1983
Donkey Kong 3 Nintendo R&D1 Game & Watch 1984
Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack Hudson Soft PC-6601
PC-8801
Sharp X1 		1984
Donkey Kong Nintendo EAD Game Boy 1994
Mario vs. Donkey Kong Nintendo STC GBA 2004
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 Nintendo STC GBA 2006
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! Nintendo STC DSi 2009
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! Nintendo STC DS 2010
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move Nintendo STC 3DS 2013
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars Nintendo STC Wii U 2015
Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo EPD Nintendo Switch 2017
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