Donkey Kong is a series of video games published by Nintendo since 1981 and created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto .
144-561: Donkey Kong and Mario have both had the roles of protagonist and antagonist in the series. Other characters have included other Kongs, the crocodilian villain King K. Rool, and supporting animal characters. This article lists the characters that have appeared in titles that revolve around Donkey Kong and/or the Kong family. Kongs are a group of various primates (particularly apes and monkeys ) that live on Donkey Kong Island. In ancient times,
288-417: A Donkey Kong spin-off film, with Rogen set to reprise his role. In response to backlash for voicing Donkey Kong in his normal speaking voice, Rogen explained: "I was very clear that I don't do voices. If you want me to be in this movie, then it's going to sound like me and that's it. That was the beginning and end of that conversation. I think in the film and in the game, all you seem to know about Donkey Kong
432-555: A Romani fortune-teller's prophecy about his youngest daughter making his household lucky. Once they arrive at the castle, the Beast receives Beauty with great ceremony. The merchant is sent home with a reward. The Beast gives Beauty lavish clothing and food, along with animal servants, and carries on lengthy conversations with her. She notes that he is inclined to stupidity rather than savagery. Every night he asks Beauty to marry him , and she refuses. After each proposal Beauty dreams of
576-566: A beast unless he earned someone's love. Beauty and the Prince are married, and live happily ever after. A widowed merchant lives in a mansion in a city with his twelve children: six sons and six daughters. All his daughters are very beautiful, but the youngest , Beauty, is the loveliest. Beauty is also kind and pure of heart; her elder sisters, in contrast, are cruel, selfish, and jealous of Beauty. The merchant and his children become poor when their house burns down, and his ships are either in
720-603: A beggar and could only be disenchanted by a poor but kind-hearted maiden. Unlike in Beaumont's version, it is not mentioned that the protagonist's sisters are punished at the end. The tale is popular in the Italian oral tradition. Christian Schneller [ de ] collected a variant from Trentino titled The Singing, Dancing and Music-making Leaf (German: Vom singenden, tanzenden und musicirenden Blatte ; Italian: La foglia, che canta, che balla e che suona ) in which
864-560: A challenge by Cranky Kong that he and Donkey Kong could not retrieve the banana hoard on an 8-bit system. The third and final title in the Donkey Kong Country series is titled Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! , which stars Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong who must find Diddy and Donkey Kong after they had disappeared, all the while battling a cyborg called KAOS. A follow-up was released in September 1996 for
1008-520: A fire, along with his belongings, forcing him and his family to move to their country home in the forest. His ships are lost at sea, captured by pirates, etc., except one, which returns later. Unlike the other two versions, the sisters in Lang's story are not jealous of Beauty. Also, Lang maintained the lavish descriptions of the Beast's palace. This version in particular is one of the most commonly told, along with those of Villeneuve and Beaumont. This version
1152-652: A greedy couple to kill the Princess . When the King of the Fortunate Island believed both his wife and daughter to be dead, he banished the Evil Fairy. But the Good Fairy had secretly rescued her infant niece. She had turned into a bear and killed the would-be murderers. The Good Fairy then brought the Princess to a cottage with three sleeping nursesmaids and a baby girl the same age as her. The baby
1296-420: A grumpy elderly gorilla, known for his scathing fourth wall -breaking commentary. He has appeared as Cranky Kong in a number of Donkey Kong games, primarily as a boastful adviser to Donkey Kong and his various simian friends (in-game and in the instruction manuals), as well as running mini-games and tutorials. His main purpose in Donkey Kong Country is to distribute helpful hints about the game's many stages to
1440-412: A handsome Prince with whom she begins to fall in love, along with an apparition of a fairy who tells her not to be deceived by appearances. For several months Beauty lives a life of luxury at the Beast's castle. Eventually she becomes homesick and begs the Beast to allow her to go see her family again. He allows it on the condition that she returns exactly two months later. Beauty agrees to this and
1584-783: A helicopter-spin, equivalent to Dixie's, to slow down her descent. Out of all the Golden Bananas collected, Tiny gets 6 in the main DK Isles. Tiny was one of the confirmed characters in Donkey Kong Racing for the GameCube with Donkey Kong, Diddy, Kiddy, and Taj the Genie, but the game was canceled as Microsoft purchased Rare in September 2002. She makes a cameo appearance in the Game Boy Advance ports of
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#17327909197781728-591: A hidden boss in Punch-Out!! , uppercutting K. Rool out of his castle at the end of Donkey Kong Country 2 , and having punch-based attacks as his special and final smash moves in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In a match against boxing champion "Krusha" K. Rool in Donkey Kong 64 , DK's weight is given at 800 pounds. The new Donkey Kong introduced in Donkey Kong Country was initially characterized as
1872-476: A major character. He was redesigned, appearing with a red necktie , which sometimes bears his initials, "DK". The 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Donkey Kong Country , developed by British game developer Rare , was the beginning of a series. The manual for Donkey Kong Country states that the main protagonist in this game is the grandson of the Donkey Kong from the original trilogy, who
2016-467: A once-over. So that's good enough for me – I must have done something right! The Donkey Kong Country series introduced the setting of Donkey Kong Island and a backstory for the character. The series also introduced Diddy Kong as DK's sidekick and best friend, and K. Rool , King of the Kremlings, as his nemesis who steals his and Diddy Kong's banana hoard. While retaining the red necktie featured in
2160-756: A playable character in Super Mario Kart , but was absent in later installments until he returned in Mario Kart Tour . He also appeared in the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis , and as a hidden character in the Nintendo 64 version of the similarly named Mario Tennis . He also has his own educational video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System : Donkey Kong Jr. Math . Other appearances by Junior include
2304-424: A powerful punch that can smash down some doors and walls, and 'Gorilla-Gone', temporarily turning him invisible. He can carry boulders and other heavy items that the other Kongs cannot. It is Chunky, with a combination of the 'Hunky Chunky' and 'Primate Punch' abilities, who ultimately defeats K. Rool in the last boxing match in Donkey Kong 64 . Donkey Kong (character) Donkey Kong , also shortened to DK ,
2448-409: A red tie. Bayliss presented the modern look to Nintendo and was immediately approved for the high-resolution 3D medium. Although the character design has been tweaked over the years, Donkey Kong's appearance remains consistent since the last modification by Bayliss. Today it makes me smile to see so many products with DK on the front, and that he's pretty much still the same as he looked when I gave him
2592-687: A returning character. It introduces Banjo and Conker the Squirrel , who went on to star in Banjo-Kazooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day , respectively. His title was a success, becoming the fastest-selling video game in US history at the time. In 2007, a remake of Diddy Kong Racing was released for the Nintendo DS . He later appeared as a playable character in Donkey Kong 64 , a 3D sequel to
2736-467: A rose garden and recalls that Beauty had desired a rose. The merchant quickly plucks the loveliest rose he can find. He is then confronted by a hideous "Beast" who tries to kill him for stealing his most precious possession even after accepting his hospitality. The merchant begs to be let go, revealing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. The Beast agrees to let him go, but only if he brings one of his daughters back to live with
2880-407: A rose when he returns. His hopes for a new fortune are dashed when he learns the ship has been sold already. Upon trying to go home, he gets caught in a snowstorm, and finds shelter in a castle with food seemingly laid out by an invisible host who welcomes him to stay. The next morning he finds a rose garden outside and plucks one to bring to his daughter. A horrible Beast appears and tries to kill
3024-687: A spin-off called Diddy Kong Racing , and more recently appeared as co-star to Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze . Through his relationship with Donkey Kong, Diddy has become a prominent character in the Mario franchise. He has also become a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series. Outside video games, Diddy appeared in the TV show Donkey Kong Country , where he
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#17327909197783168-573: A storm at sea or from being robbed by pirates . The family of thirteen is forced to move to a small cottage in the countryside and work for a living. While Beauty makes a firm resolution to adjust to rural life with a cheerful disposition, her sisters do not and mistake her determination for stupidity. Two years later, the merchant hears that one of his trade ships has returned. Before leaving to retrieve it, and possibly their fortune, he asks his children if they wish for him to bring any gifts back for them. His oldest daughters ask for clothing, jewels, and
3312-545: A striking resemblance to Donkey Kong. One of the enemies, named "Guerrilla", says "Don't confuse me with someone else", referring to DK. Both Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. appear as minor antagonists in the Super Mario Bros. -based adventure book Doors to Doom . Donkey Kong was also featured on the Game & Watch Gallery handheld series and Tetris DS . In Yoshi's Island DS , Donkey Kong appears as "Baby DK",
3456-416: A terrible price, before relaying what had happened during his absence. Her brothers say that they will go to the castle and fight the Beast, while his older daughters refuse to leave and place blame on Beauty, urging her to right her own wrong. The merchant dissuades them, forbidding his children from ever going near the Beast. Beauty willingly decides to go to the Beast's castle, moving her father who remembers
3600-536: A variant from Montale titled Bellindia , in which Bellindia is the heroine's name, while her two eldest sisters are called Carolina and Assunta. Vittorio Imbriani [ it ] included a version titled Zelinda and the Monster ( Zelinda e il Mostro ), in which the heroine, called Zelinda, asks for a rose in January. Instead of going to visit her family, staying longer than she promised, and then returning to
3744-427: A version from Rome titled The Enchanted Rose-Tree where the heroine does not have any sisters. Antonio De Nino collected a variant from Abruzzo , in eastern Italy, that he also titled Bellindia , in which instead of a rose, the heroine asks for a golden carnation. Instead of a seeing it on a magic mirror, or knowing about it because the Beast tells her, here Bellinda knows what happens in her father's house because in
3888-487: A version of the "DK Rap" from Donkey Kong 64 serves as stage music for Kongo Jungle (the one difference in the lyrics being the word "heck" substituted from the word "hell"). He appeared once more in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , this time being joined by his sidekick Diddy Kong and three stages – "Jungle Japes" from Melee , "Rumble Falls" from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat , and "75m" from the original Donkey Kong game from 1981. Both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong returned to
4032-660: A young female chimpanzee or monkey with a prehensile ponytail . Her first appearance is Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest where she and Diddy Kong partner as "inseparable friends" to rescue DK. Cranky refers to her as "that girlfriend of his". She was also playable in Donkey Kong Land 2 . Dixie later was the protagonist of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III , with Kiddy Kong as her sidekick. While she did not return in Donkey Kong 64 , her sister, Tiny Kong, served as her replacement. Her next playable appearance
4176-609: A younger version of himself, similar to Baby Mario . First appearing in World 2–1, most of his gameplay reflects Donkey Kong Jr. , even featuring the Snapjaw enemies from the game. He has been seen in the audience of some games in the Punch-Out!! series and also serves as the hidden opponent in 2009's Punch-Out!! on the Wii. During Rare's time, references were seen throughout Rare's games. In Banjo-Tooie , Bottle's daughter, Goggles,
4320-517: Is a beanie hat , blue overalls, a white T-shirt and white shoes. She is freed by Diddy Kong in the 'Angry Aztec' level in the building near Candy's Music Shop. Her weapon is the Feather Crossbow and her instrument is the ' Saxophone Slam'. The Potion enables her to perform 'Mini-Monkey', 'Pony-Tail Twirl' and 'Monkey-Port'. She can shrink when she jumps into her special barrel, allowing her access to areas other Kongs cannot go. She can do
4464-516: Is a fictional gorilla -like character in the Donkey Kong and Mario franchise, created by Shigeru Miyamoto . The original Donkey Kong first appeared as the title character and antagonist of the eponymous 1981 game , a platformer by Nintendo, which would lead to the Donkey Kong series. The Donkey Kong Country series was launched in 1994 with a new Donkey Kong as the protagonist (although several installments focus on his friends Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong instead). This version of
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4608-482: Is a grown-up version of Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo of Europe's website also states that the modern DK is DK Jr., but the Game Boy Advance versions of Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Donkey Kong Country Returns , Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze , Gregg Mayles of Rare, and Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide all explicitly state that
4752-530: Is a grown-up version of Junior himself. Cranky Kong refers to Donkey Kong as his son in Donkey Kong 64 and in the manual, but the manuals for Donkey Kong Country , Donkey Kong Land , and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest state that Cranky is the original Donkey Kong and grandfather of the game's titular character. More recently, Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Donkey Kong Country Returns , Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Gregg Mayles of Rare have stated that
4896-593: Is a selectable character in Mario Tennis , Mario Power Tennis , Mario Tennis: Power Tour , Mario Tennis Open , Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Mario Tennis Aces . Donkey Kong is playable in Mario Golf , Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour , Mario Golf: World Tour and Mario Golf: Super Rush but not Mario Golf: Advance Tour . Donkey Kong is featured in Super Mario Strikers for
5040-511: Is also playable in Donkey Kong Land III , where he joins Dixie in her quest to prove herself worthy by finding the fabled Lost World before DK, Diddy, and the Kremlings. He does not appear in Donkey Kong 64 , but is mentioned in the manual as being the baby brother of Chunky Kong. He appeared as a racer in the trailer for the cancelled Donkey Kong Racing . He has not made any physical appearances in games not developed by Rare ,
5184-407: Is also playable in each Super Smash Bros. game. Donkey Kong appeared in Super Smash Bros. as the first character from the Donkey Kong series and had a stage called "Kongo Jungle", which was based on Donkey Kong Country . Both he and Kongo Jungle returned for the series second game, Super Smash Bros. Melee . In this game, he had two new stages called "Jungle Japes" and "Kongo Jungle", and
5328-532: Is also shown to be disappointed with Donkey Kong as a person. Donkey Kong Jr. , also known as DK Jr. or simply Junior , is the protagonist of the 1982 arcade game of the same name and the son of the original Donkey Kong . Junior wears a white singlet with a red letter "J" on it. His objective in the game is to save his father, who was locked by Mario in a cage. He returns in the 1994 Game Boy game Donkey Kong , where he teams up with his father, who has kidnapped Pauline , against Mario. Junior also appeared as
5472-488: Is an escaped circus gorilla on the run from Mario and Pauline , who seek to recapture him. A second series of segments based on Donkey Kong Jr. focuses on the title character, voiced by Frank Welker , who seeks to find his missing father after his escape from the circus. Donkey Kong later appeared as a recurring antagonist in the 1989 animated series Captain N: The Game Master , voiced by Garry Chalk . He
5616-590: Is briefly playable in the Dojo mini-game of the latter. Donkey Kong 64 sees Cranky deal out potions that grant each of the five playable Kongs special abilities and can be purchased at Cranky's Lab. He also hosts the Jetpac game, and will grant the player access to it in exchange for 15 Banana Medals. Cranky has also made cameo appearances in Super Smash Bros. Melee , Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on
5760-442: Is depicted as the territorial and easily angered ruler of Kongoland, and must be fed to be appeased. Donkey Kong is also the main character of the 1996 Donkey Kong Country animated series, in which Donkey Kong fights to protect Kongo Bongo Island and the mystical Crystal Coconut from King K. Rool and his Kremling henchmen. Donkey Kong was voiced by Richard Yearwood , with his singing voice performed by Sterling Jarvis . Donkey Kong
5904-418: Is described as having a mastiff jaw, a lizard 's back legs, and a salamander 's body. The ending is closer to Villeneuve's and Beaumont's versions with Rose rushing back to the castle and finding the Beast lying dying beside a fountain. When the Beast asks if she knows that he can't live without her, Rose answers yes, and the Beast turns into a human. He explains to Rose that he was a prince cursed for mocking
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6048-534: Is freed by Lanky in the level Frantic Factory . Before he is freed, he indicates that he does not like heights. Despite his brawny build, he acts somewhat cowardly and childish and lacks some intelligence, indicated by his speaking in third-person broken English. During the attract mode to Donkey Kong 64 , all the Kongs are shown in the manner of a hip hop video. Chunky Kong is dressed in a flare-legged disco outfit with an afro hairstyle, but immediately realizes this
6192-464: Is given leave to remain there for a week, and when she arrives, her sisters feign fondness to entice her to remain another week in hopes that the Beast will devour her in anger. Again, she returns to him dying and restores his life. The two then marry and live happily ever after. A variant of Villeneuve's version appears in Andrew Lang 's The Blue Fairy Book . The Merchant's mansion is burned in
6336-492: Is happening. When she finally does, the castle crumbles and the wolf dies. Henri Pourrat collected a version from Auvergne in south-central France, titled Belle Rose (sometimes translated in English as Lovely Rose ). In this version, the heroine and her sisters are the daughters of a poor peasant and are named after flowers, the protagonist being Rose and her sisters Marguerite (Daisy) and Julianne, respectively. The Beast
6480-531: Is held captive by Mario in Donkey Kong Jr. In Donkey Kong 3 , he terrorises a greenhouse. In the Game & Watch game Donkey Kong Hockey , he served as a playable character for the first time. In 1994's Donkey Kong Country , a new, different-looking Donkey Kong was introduced, said to be the son of the original arcade character, who is now the elderly Cranky Kong (also known as Donkey Kong Sr. )
6624-468: Is identified by his red hat with the Nintendo logo, and his red shirt with stars. Diddy is Donkey Kong's sidekick and best friend. Rare first referred to him as DK's nephew in September 1999 on their website. This was followed in November 1999 where the manual for Donkey Kong 64 called him "Donkey's little nephew wannabe". The official cast for the game in 2002 listed him as "DK's nephew" as well. He
6768-645: Is not wearing a tie. IGN criticized his tie, stating that "DK needs a fashion makeover". They said that while he "used to be a working icon", "his status is starting to show signs of rust". 1UP.com listed him as the most "Gracelessly Aging Character", citing the fact that the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game eventually became Cranky Kong . IGN ranked him 5th in their "Top 100 Videogames Villains" list for his earlier appearances. UGO.com listed Donkey Kong seventh on their list of "The 25 Awesomest Hidden Characters" for his cameo appearance in Punch-Out!! . Empire also included him on their list of
6912-483: Is now Cranky Kong . Cranky orchestrates the events of Donkey Kong Land to recreate those of DKC. Despite his name being in the titles, Donkey Kong is the figurative damsel-in-distress in the two sequels to DKC and those to DKL, where he is captured by K. Rool. In these sequels, the player controls Diddy, Dixie , and Kiddy as they set out to rescue Donkey Kong. The Donkey Kong Country series also led to an animated television series and Donkey Kong 64 , in which DK
7056-500: Is now a ghost . Every world lobby in the game, with the exception of Hideout Helm, featured five doors with Wrinkly's face on them; each door presented a hint for the level that applied to the Kong that corresponded to the door color (yellow for Donkey Kong, red for Diddy Kong, blue for Lanky Kong, purple for Tiny Kong, and green for Chunky Kong). When the player begins meeting her in Donkey Kong 64 , she says, "Don't be afraid of me, young ones! It's only me, Wrinkly Kong" and then she gives
7200-555: Is one of the first eight playable characters. Her acceleration and handling are slightly below average, and she has a medium top speed. Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is the first game on the Wii that she appears in. She is unlocked by completing Sapphire Mode on a Rookie Setting as one of the Kongs. She was voiced by Kahoru Sasajima. Tiny Kong is also available as a playable character in Mario Super Sluggers , her debut in
7344-455: Is out of style (or out of place for rap) and runs off, immediately returning wearing more appropriate clothes. When in the spotlight on the character select screen, he panics and asks the player to choose his cousin Tiny. His weapon is the 'Pineapple Launcher', and his instrument is the 'Triangle Trample'. The potion enables him to perform 'Hunky Chunky', turning gigantic, 'Primate Punch', unleashing
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#17327909197787488-430: Is perpetually bitter about many things and complains about them to anyone who gives him even the slightest acknowledgment. He is mostly angry about the state of modern video games , once going so far as to complain about how many bits and bytes are used up to simply animate his swinging beard. Every time he sees any such thing he seems to fondly recall his heyday in which he was an 8-bit character. The Saturday Supercade
7632-699: Is playable once again. Following Rare 's departure from the series, Nintendo co-produced a trilogy of rhythm games with Namco for the GameCube known as the Donkey Konga series, which were based on Namco's own Taiko: Drum Master , though only two of the series' games made it to America. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was released in March 2005, in North America for the GameCube. It depicted DK as being more violent than his original image and also used
7776-537: Is played by Andrew Sabiston . Since appearing in Donkey Kong Country , Diddy has received mostly positive reception, one strong enough to create a fan following, resulting in Diddy getting his own spin-off. He has been featured in several pieces of merchandise, including stuffed toys , candies, and two Amiibo figures. Kotaku editor Mike Fahey described him as the " Scrappy Doo " of the Donkey Kong series. GamesRadar has listed Diddy Kong along with Donkey Kong as
7920-433: Is presented with an enchanted ring, which allows her to wake up in her family's new home in an instant. Her older sisters are surprised to find her well-fed and dressed in finery, and their old jealousy quickly flares when their suitors' gazes turn to Beauty, even though she bestows lavish gifts on them. Her brothers do all they can to prevent her from going back to his castle, and she reluctantly agrees to stay longer. When
8064-619: Is seen as a crowd member during Mario's fight with Donkey Kong. Wrinkly Kong is an elderly gorilla and the wife of Cranky Kong . Wrinkly first appeared in the game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest for the SNES , where she ran Kong Kollege. She gave the player advice and allowed the player to save their game. She appeared again in Donkey Kong Land 2 , and again in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! . This time, she resided in 'Wrinkly's Save Cave', where
8208-501: Is seen holding a Donkey Kong plush doll. Also in the worker's quarters in Grunty's Industries, the DK logo is seen on the fridge. Outside of video games, Donkey Kong has made several appearances in animation. The 1983 animated anthology series Saturday Supercade features cartoon segments based on the original Donkey Kong arcade game. In the segments, Donkey Kong, voiced by Soupy Sales ,
8352-489: Is subtly alluded to in the 1993 film Super Mario Bros. when the character of Anthony Scapelli, portrayed by Gianni Russo , is inadvertently devolved into a chimpanzee by King Koopa. Donkey Kong was voiced by Seth Rogen in the 2023 film by Illumination Entertainment , in addition to having been given a subtle redesign composed of elements from his contemporary and original arcade appearances. In November 2021, reports surfaced that Illumination had begun development on
8496-487: Is that he throws barrels and does not like Mario very much. And that's what I ran with". Donkey Kong has been described as one of the most iconic mascots for Nintendo . In their 250th issue in January 2010, Nintendo Power ranked him as their eighth-favorite Nintendo hero, stating that while he is a somewhat goofy hero, he is decently good overall and an entertaining one. They also ranked him as their eighth-favorite Nintendo villain, joking that one should avoid him if he
8640-417: Is the character's first role in a television series. In it, Donkey Kong (voiced by Soupy Sales ) has escaped from the circus and Mario (voiced by Peter Cullen ) and Pauline (voiced by Judy Strangis ) are chasing the ape. As with the original game, Donkey Kong will often grab Pauline and Mario has to save her. Cranky was a regular on the Donkey Kong Country animated series . He is still as bitter as in
8784-578: Is the secondary main protagonist of the franchise, who also appears in games belonging to the Mario franchise. He debuted in Donkey Kong Country . Rare designer Kevin Bayliss commented Diddy was "penciled in" as a spider monkey or a chimpanzee , although he is not specifically referenced as belonging to a particular species. He lives with Donkey Kong on Donkey Kong Island in the Kongo Jungle, and
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#17327909197788928-422: Is used for the antagonist role typical of the original Donkey Kong in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series and a playable character in many Mario spin-off games Donkey Kong appears in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie , voiced by Seth Rogen . In November 2021, there were reports that Illumination had begun development on a Donkey Kong spin-off film, with Rogen set to reprise his role. Diddy Kong
9072-499: The Mario Party series, he was a playable character in all three titles released for the Nintendo 64 , and also Mario Party 4 for the GameCube , this one being his last playable appearance in the series for some time. He eventually became an "event character" in later games, making appearances as an incidental character on the game board. He made an appearance within Mario Party 8 , once again as an incidental character on
9216-490: The Super Smash Bros. crossover fighting series, and serves as the main antagonist of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series from 2004 to 2015. The character is voiced by Richard Yearwood and Sterling Jarvis in the animated series Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000), and by Seth Rogen in the Illumination Entertainment feature film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). In 1981, Nintendo
9360-453: The Donkey Kong Country titles, where he, Donkey Kong, and others go through DK Island to defeat King K. Rool yet again. He has a prominent role in DK King of Swing as well as its sequel, Jungle Climber . 2003 marked the release of the first post-Rare Donkey Kong game that features characters presented in Donkey Kong Country . Namco 's Donkey Konga is a GameCube music title that
9504-551: The Game & Watch games Donkey Kong Jr. (in wide-screen, tabletop and panorama versions) and Donkey Kong II , as well as the Game & Watch Gallery series compilations for Game Boy. He also appears as the physical appearance of the transformed king of World 4 in the Super NES and Game Boy Advance versions of Super Mario Bros. 3 . Donkey Kong Junior had his own segment in the first season of Saturday Supercade and
9648-507: The Game Boy game, Donkey Kong , he also donned a distinct physical appearance featuring heavy brows and a peaked lock of hair on top of his head. This would become the standard look for Donkey Kong still used over two decades later. The modern Donkey Kong is portrayed as a powerful yet laid-back ape, who is interested mainly in his banana hoard and his girlfriend, Candy Kong. He has pugilistic abilities that are often emphasized, featuring as
9792-579: The Game Boy Advance versions of Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , Super Smash Bros. Brawl , and Donkey Kong Country Returns . In Yoshi's Island DS , Mario and DK are both babies and two of the Seven Star Children. While Candy Kong is his girlfriend, in the manual for Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis , he is described as falling in love with Pauline at first sight. The modern Donkey Kong
9936-401: The Mario franchise. She later makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Spirit using her artwork from Donkey Kong 64 . Chunky Kong is a large gorilla weighing 2,000 pounds and is one of the playable Kongs in the game Donkey Kong 64 where he is the largest of the playable Kongs. Chunky is the older brother of Kiddy Kong and cousin of Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong. He
10080-462: The Super NES games Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! . In Donkey Kong Country 2 , Diddy, Dixie, or both must rescue her from the Zingers in a mini-game called Kongnapped , in which the objective is to rescue six of her in order to win. In Donkey Kong Country 3 , she appears in one of Funky's Motorboat challenges. These two games are
10224-606: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a boisterous monkey who had one main goal: to become a video game hero just like his friend, Donkey Kong . He accompanies Donkey Kong throughout Donkey Kong Island to battle King K. Rool and return their banana hoard. He became the main character in the sequel Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , teaming up with his inseparable friend Dixie Kong , who both set to rescue Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool. He later appeared in Donkey Kong Land , issued
10368-574: The Wii U and Nintendo Switch . Dixie appears in the Donkey Kong Country TV series, where she was voiced by actress Louise Vallance . She is currently voiced by Kahoru Sasajima . Kiddy Kong , known as Dinky Kong in Japan, is a large toddler primate that was introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! as Dixie's cousin. Later online errata described him as age three and Dixie's "little cousin", as well as
10512-577: The competitive following for the arcade version of Donkey Kong . The original arcade version of Donkey Kong is the last villain of the 2015 film Pixels . Cranky Kong appears in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie , voiced by Fred Armisen . In the film, he is depicted as the ruler of the Jungle Kingdom and leader of the Kong Army. Like in Donkey Kong 64 , he is depicted as Donkey Kong's father instead of his grandfather. He
10656-603: The 19th century. Zémire and Azor is based on the second version of the tale. Amour pour amour ( Love for Love ) by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée is a 1742 play based on de Villeneuve's version. According to researchers at universities in Durham and Lisbon , the story originated about 4,000 years ago. A merchant's family loses their fortune, and years later, their father receives news that one ship he owned might still be left. He has to leave home to secure it, but before he does he promises his youngest daughter, Beauty,
10800-501: The 2014 Wii U game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze , Donkey Kong sets out to get his home back from evil Vikings known as the Snowmads. Every Mario Kart game has featured a version of Donkey Kong as a playable character. Super Mario Kart features Donkey Kong Junior as a playable character. The modern Donkey Kong made his first appearance in the series with Mario Kart 64 , and has been in every game to date since. In
10944-520: The 50 greatest video game characters, adding that he is "the worst named character in the history of gaming". The 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition lists Donkey Kong as the 33rd-most popular video game character. In 2012, GamesRadar ranked him as the 25th-best hero in video games. Jeremy Parish of Polygon ranked 73 fighters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate "from garbage to glorious", listing Donkey Kong as 22nd, stating that "we'd love to play as Donkey Kong. This guy, though? He's just
11088-412: The Beast dying alone, and hurries back to the castle to see that it is true. Beauty realizes that she has fallen in love with him and agrees to marry him at last. When she accepts, the Beast transforms into the Prince from her dreams. The fairy from them appears as well. It is revealed that she had been sending Beauty the dreams in the first place, after an evil fairy had cursed the Prince to always remain
11232-586: The Beast has transformed into the Prince from her dreams. This is followed by the arrival of the Fairy who had previously advised her, along with a woman she does not recognize. The woman turns out to be the Prince's mother the Queen whose joy quickly falters when she finds out that Beauty is not of noble birth. The Fairy chastises the Queen and reveals that Beauty is actually a Princess and their niece. Her birth father
11376-435: The Beast instead. He makes it clear that she must agree while under no illusions about her predicament. The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition for the sake of his own life. The Beast sends him on his way with wealth, jewels, and fine clothes for his sons and daughters, and stresses that he must not lie to his daughters. Upon arriving home, the merchant hands Beauty the rose she requested and informs her that it had
11520-480: The Beast takes the form of a snake . Instead of going to visit her family alone, the heroine can only go to her sister's wedding if she agrees to let the snake go with her. During the wedding, they dance together, and when the girl kicks the snake's tail, he turns into a beautiful youth, who is the son of a count . Sicilian folklorist Giuseppe Pitrè collected a variant from Palermo titled Rusina 'Mperatrici ( The Empress Rosina ). Domenico Comparetti included
11664-431: The Beast" was "an older form" of the animal husband narrative, and that subtypes 425A, "Animal as Bridegroom", and 425B, "The Disenchanted Husband: The Witch's Tasks", were secondary developments, with motifs incorporated into the narrative. The tale is one of the most popular in oral tradition. Emmanuel Cosquin collected a version with a tragic ending from Lorraine titled The White Wolf ( Le Loup blanc ), in which
11808-559: The Game Boy called Donkey Kong Land 2 , featuring roughly the same plot as Donkey Kong Country 2 . Diddy also makes an appearance in 1997's Donkey Kong Land III , but his only appearance is on the Extra Life Balloons and is also a part of the storyline that appears in the manual. He stars in the spin-off racing game Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64 , which only features the eponymous character Diddy Kong as
11952-667: The GameCube and made his first appearance on the Wii within the title Mario Strikers Charged as a playable soccer captain. In Mario Super Sluggers , he appears as a captain again. Donkey Kong also appears in Mario Superstar Baseball . He made a playable appearance in almost every Mario & Sonic game , starting with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games . He's also playable in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 and Mario Sports Mix . He
12096-645: The Jungle Japes stage, as well as appearing in Donkey Konga and its sequels. He made appearances dispensing tips in DK: King of Swing and DK: Jungle Climber . He is playable in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast . In Donkey Kong Country Returns and its 3DS remake , he runs various shops that sell items and helps the player by giving hints and tips when they leave his shop. In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze , Cranky becomes playable in
12240-596: The King of Fortunate Island but Beauty's mother had married him instead. As revenge the Evil Fairy revealed her crime of having a mortal husband and child to the Fairy Queen , thus causing her imprisonment in Fairyland shortly after Beauty's birth. Another fairy cursed the infant Princess to marry a Beast as a further punishment. Meanwhile, on Fortunate Island, the people had faked their imprisoned Queen's death after they were unable to find her. The Evil Fairy hired
12384-635: The Kong's adversary King K. Rool . Along with Bowser , he is also a playable guest character in the Nintendo versions of Skylanders: SuperChargers and Skylanders: Imaginators . Super Mario Maker features Donkey Kong as a Mystery Mushroom costume. Donkey Kong appears as one of the playable characters in the downloadable campaign, Donkey Kong Adventure , for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle . The character has also made more incidental appearances. Two minor enemies in Super Mario RPG bear
12528-565: The Kongs provoked a rebellion against the Tiki tyranny with the advantage of being immune to their hypnotic power and took over the island which was named Kong Island. The Kong Family (also known as the Kong Klan and the DK Crew ) is a group led by Donkey Kong comprising his family and friends. They have numerous non-Kong allies who appear throughout the series, and are commonly antagonized by
12672-464: The Kremling Krew, who steal their valuables (and sometimes kidnap members of the Kong family) to further their nefarious goals. Donkey Kong , also known as DK , is a male gorilla . The first character named Donkey Kong is introduced in the original 1981 arcade game as the computer-controlled antagonist who abducts Pauline . The player must take the role of Mario and rescue her. Donkey Kong
12816-554: The Mario Toy Company, upset over the lack of Mini-Mario toys available for purchase. The game was followed by a 2006 sequel titled Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis , where Donkey Kong, who is infatuated with Pauline, kidnaps her and takes her to the roof of the Super Mini-Mario World amusement park when she ignores a Mini-Donkey Kong toy in favor of a Mini-Mario. He also once again appeared as
12960-587: The Monster's castle to find him dying on the ground, here the Monster shows Zelinda her father dying on a magic mirror and says the only way she can save him is saying that she loves him. Zelinda does as asked, and the Monster turns into a human, who tells her he is the son of the King of the Oranges. Both Comparetti's and Imbriani's versions were included in Sessanta novelle popolari montalesi by Gherardo Nerucci. British folklorist Rachel Harriette Busk collected
13104-926: The Peanut Popguns and Rocketbarrel Boost. He appears as a playable DLC character in Mario Strikers: Battle League and in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe . Diddy appears in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its 3DS port, where he serves as the second player's character. He also appeared in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze alongside Dixie, Cranky, Funky and DK. He returns as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . He also appeared in Skylanders: SuperChargers , riding in
13248-496: The Prince revealed to Beauty that the animals in the castle were those same servants, and that the Good Fairy had caused her to see the Prince's true self in dreams. The Good Fairy then summons the King Of Fortunate Island to meet Beauty, and having reunited the family, brings the petrified servants back to life. She tells them all how years ago the Evil Fairy, the Prince's godmother, had been plotting to marry
13392-408: The Prince would be a Beast forever . After the Prince's godmother left, the Good Fairy arrived to help him by turning the castle's servants to stone to prevent them from revealing the curse to outsiders , and promising to protect his mother from the Evil Fairy. The Good Fairy also summoned her genie servants to keep the Prince company while he waited for Beauty's arrival. At the end of his story,
13536-461: The Prince's mother commands that their tale be written in books so that everyone could know the story of Beauty and the Beast. Beaumont greatly pared down the cast of characters and pruned the tale to an almost archetypal simplicity. The story begins in much the same way as Villeneuve's version, although now the merchant has only six children: three sons and three daughters of which Beauty is one. Unlike Villeneuve's version, Beaumont's version treats
13680-584: The antagonist in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! . Aside from those, Donkey Kong appeared in DK King of Swing on the GBA around the time of Jungle Beat , and in its sequel, Jungle Climber , for the Nintendo DS . In the 2010 Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns , Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong battle against the Tiki Tak Tribe , who appears on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotizes various creatures. In
13824-401: The best video game duos, and The Guardian and GameRevolution have both described Diddy Kong as one of the best video game sidekicks. During the development of Donkey Kong Country , Diddy was originally conceived as an updated version of Donkey Kong Jr. (Donkey Kong's son). Not liking the radical changes Rare had made to Donkey Kong Jr., Nintendo told them either create a design that
13968-518: The bongo controllers. It was also the first game to receive the ESRB E10+ Rating. In October 2007, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast was released in North America for the Wii . On handheld consoles, Donkey Kong was reunited with his former rival Mario in the 2004 Game Boy Advance game Mario vs. Donkey Kong . A throwback to the Donkey Kong game for the Game Boy, Donkey Kong resumed his antagonist role from his earlier games by taking over
14112-410: The castle to ensure her father is safe but refuses the Beast's proposals. Beauty starts dreaming about a handsome Prince whom she falls in love with, and a fairy who tells her not to judge appearances. Eventually, Beauty misses her family and wishes to return home. The Beast allows it on the condition that she comes back in a certain time. She does go home, but upon staying there she has a nightmare of
14256-548: The castle, having been freed by the Fairy Queen. With the entire Royal Family reunited, Beauty's aunt summons the merchant, his children, and the suitors to the castle. Beauty's surrogate family members are told the whole truth and, with the Royal Family's blessing, are made members of the Princess's court and the suitors marry her jealous sisters. Beauty and the Prince are married and they live happily ever after, and
14400-401: The character persists as the main one up to today. While the 1980s games' Donkey Kong and the modern Donkey Kong share the same name, the manual for Donkey Kong Country and subsequent games portray the former as Cranky Kong , the latter's grandfather, with the exception of Donkey Kong 64 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie , in which Cranky is depicted as his father, alternatively portraying
14544-491: The condition he must give him the first living being that greets him when he returns home (note story of Jephthah and his daughter in Judges 11 ). This turns out to be his youngest daughter. In the castle, the girl discovers that the white wolf is enchanted and can turn into a human at night, but she must not tell anyone about it. Unfortunately, the girl is later visited by her two elder sisters who pressure her to tell them what
14688-446: The current Donkey Kong is the original Donkey Kong's grandson. In the 2023 Super Mario Bros. film adaptation, Donkey Kong is stated as being Cranky's son. The character Diddy Kong was going to be an updated version of Donkey Kong Junior, but Nintendo did not like this idea, suggesting either to give him his old look or make him a new character. Rare chose the latter and Diddy Kong was made. The new, redesigned Donkey Kong introduced as
14832-440: The finest dresses possible as they think that his wealth has returned. Beauty asks for nothing but her father to be safe, but when he insists on buying her a present, she is satisfied with the promise of a rose . When he arrives to the port to see his ship the merchant is dismayed to learn that his colleagues have already sold the cargo, thus leaving him penniless and unable to buy his daughters' presents. During his trip back home
14976-685: The following year in the sequel Donkey Kong Jr. , where Donkey Kong is taken captive and locked in a cage by Mario, while Donkey Kong Junior sets out to rescue him. Donkey Kong resumed his antagonistic role in Donkey Kong 3 , where the character Stanley the Bugman takes Mario's place as the protagonist. Stanley fights Donkey Kong's attempts to invade a greenhouse along with a horde of killer bees. After Donkey Kong , Mario went on to become Nintendo's primary mascot, while Donkey Kong and his son were relegated to supporting roles and cameos. The 1994 Game Boy version of Donkey Kong marked his re-emergence as
15120-846: The game board. Donkey Kong also appears in Mario Party DS and in Mario Party 9 as a non-player character , though he came back as playable in Mario Party 10 and Mario Party: Star Rush (along with Diddy Kong ). Donkey Kong appears as a contender in Mario Party: The Top 100 , and later as an unlockable, playable character in Super Mario Party , while also appearing as a playable character in Mario Party Superstars and Super Mario Party Jamboree . Donkey Kong has also made playable appearance in various Mario sports games . Donkey Kong
15264-604: The games, but without his fourth wall-breaking comments. His cabin is where the Crystal Coconut, a mystical artifact that predicted DK would become the future ruler of Kongo Bongo Island (as DK Island was called on the series), is kept. Often, Cranky mixes potions, somewhat prefiguring his Donkey Kong 64 role. He was voiced by Aron Tager , and by Ryūsei Nakao in the Japanese dub of the TV series. A 2007 documentary, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters , chronicles
15408-465: The grandson of the original Donkey Kong who appears in the game as an elderly ape named Cranky Kong . This remained the most consistent storyline, with it also being directly stated in both Donkey Kong Land and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , but Donkey Kong 64 portrays the modern Donkey Kong as Cranky Kong's son. Leigh Loveday , the writer of Donkey Kong Country 2 , prefacing his statement with "As far as I know", said that he
15552-777: The last 30 years". According to Matt Reeves , the treacherous Koba -loyal apes in service of the Colonel in his 2017 film War for the Planet of the Apes are nicknamed "donkeys" in a reference both to Donkey Kong, and how they are used as "pack mules". Beauty and the Beast " Beauty and the Beast " is a fairy-tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins ( The Young American and Marine Tales ). Villeneuve's lengthy version
15696-536: The latter-day imposter version from Donkey Kong Country — the original DK's son". Gavin Jasper of Den of Geek ranked Donkey Kong in 13th place of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters, stating that "DK is a blast to play as, especially when unleashing his ground-slap move in a match against seven opponents and everyone's bouncing around like ping-pong balls. His wind-up punch is perfect, too". HobbyConsolas also included Donkey Kong on their "The 30 best heroes of
15840-512: The main campaign of a Donkey Kong platformer for the first time. His moveset is based around his cane, which allows him to bounce on spikes. The original Donkey Kong is a large, enraged gorilla, which Miyamoto said was "nothing too evil or repulsive", and Mario's pet. Miyamoto has also named " Beauty and the Beast " and the 1933 film King Kong as influences for the character. The name was derived by Miyamoto from "stubborn ape": Miyamoto used " donkey " to convey "stubborn" in English, while "Kong"
15984-411: The main player character in 1994's Donkey Kong Country was said to be the grandson of the original arcade character, who was now the elderly Cranky Kong, Cranky having relinquished his name to him. However, in Donkey Kong 64 , Cranky repeatedly refers to the current Donkey Kong as his son (he was senile in that game). This was reverted to the original grandson relationship in subsequent games such as
16128-465: The merchant as Beauty's biological father and there is no indication of her being royalty by birth. The circumstances leading to her arrival at the Beast's castle unfold in a similar manner, but on this arrival, Beauty is informed that she is a mistress and he will obey her. Beaumont strips most of the lavish descriptions present in Beauty's exploration of the palace and quickly jumps to her return home. She
16272-408: The merchant becomes lost in a vicious snowstorm. Seeking shelter, he comes upon a castle surrounded by lifelike statues . Seeing that no one is home, the merchant sneaks in and finds tables inside laden with food and drink, which seem to have been left for him by the castle's invisible owner. The merchant accepts this gift and spends the night there. The next morning, he is about to leave when he sees
16416-487: The merchant for stealing from him after accepting his food and safe haven. After hearing that the rose is a gift, the Beast agrees to let him go on one condition: the merchant must bring his daughter back so the Beast can marry her, as payment for his life. The merchant accepts. When home again, he tells Beauty everything that had happened, and Beauty agrees to go to the castle. The Beast gives Beauty rich clothes and food, and every night he asks her to marry him. She stays at
16560-453: The merchant the prophecy of "his" youngest child bringing luck to his household. She also decreed that the baby be named "Beauty." She arranged for Beauty and the Prince to meet, the young couple's love both breaking the Evil Fairy's spell and fulfilling the Princess's destiny to marry a Beast. She also testified against the Evil Fairy in Fairyland , who was now imprisoned there. After the Good Fairy finishes her story, her sister arrives at
16704-476: The modern Donkey Kong and his sidekick Diddy Kong whenever they drop by his cabin. Donkey Kong Country 2 saw him play a similar role, although this time the player would have to provide enough banana coins to buy specific hints. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! , he is the player's opponent in a throwing mini game at Swanky's Sideshow; in the GBA versions of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3 , he hosts several mini-games, and
16848-420: The modern Donkey Kong as the original Donkey Kong Jr. from the titular game . Donkey Kong is considered one of the most popular and iconic characters in video game history. Mario , the protagonist of the original 1981 game, went on to become the central character of the Mario franchise; the modern Donkey Kong is regularly featured as a character in the Mario games. He has also been playable in every entry of
16992-407: The only games where she is not a playable character. In her spin-off debut, Diddy Kong Racing DS , she seems to have grown more mature, being both taller and more physically developed than her sister, Dixie. Her clothing now consists of a beanie hat, sweat pants, a midriff-revealing spaghetti-strap top, sandals and fur wristbands, as well as earrings that she did not wear in the previous games. She
17136-431: The other two being Chunky Kong and Swanky Kong. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , he appears as part of Dixie Kong's upgraded collectible "Spirit". Tiny Kong is a young female chimpanzee with blonde hair put in pigtails who first appeared in Donkey Kong 64 . She is Dixie Kong's younger sister and is a cousin to Chunky Kong and Kiddy Kong, as stated in the manual for Donkey Kong 64 . In Donkey Kong 64 , her clothing
17280-399: The player advice on how to win a Golden Banana on the corresponding level. Her first playable appearance was in DK: King of Swing and would later return for DK: Jungle Climber , and as an unlockable character in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast . She was voiced by Miho Yamada . She also appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Dixie Kong is
17424-514: The player could both save their game and deposit Banana Birds, which were found throughout the game. This concept remained sans birds in Donkey Kong Land III , where she resided in 'Wrinkly Refuge'. In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 3 , Wrinkly was portrayed as a spiritual follower of the Banana Birds. Wrinkly next appeared in Donkey Kong 64 . She has apparently died at some point after Donkey Kong Country 3 as she
17568-459: The present-day Donkey Kong is Cranky's grandson. Donkey Kong first appeared as the titular antagonist of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong (alongside protagonist Mario and damsel in distress , Pauline ). As Mario, the player must reach Donkey Kong at the top of each stage, where he is holding Pauline captive. Donkey Kong attempts to hinder the player's progress by throwing barrels, springs, and other objects towards Mario. The ape reappeared
17712-460: The rivalry between Bluto and Popeye for Olive Oyl . Bluto was replaced by a large enraged ape, which Miyamoto said was "nothing too evil or repulsive", and the pet of the main character. Miyamoto has also named the 1933 film King Kong as influences for the character. In addition to 1930s American media, Miyamoto also stated he drew inspiration from " Beauty and the Beast ". Miyamoto used " donkey " to convey "stubborn" in English; while "Kong"
17856-476: The second century AD, and " The Pig King ", an Italian fairy-tale published by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola around 1550. Variants of the tale are known across Europe. In France, for example, Zémire and Azor is an operatic version of the story, written by Jean-François Marmontel and composed by André Grétry in 1771, which had enormous success into
18000-603: The series in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U , with Donkey Kong being among the first wave of amiibo released for the games. Jungle Japes from Melee returns in the 3DS version, and both Kongo Jungle from the original Super Smash Bros. and 75m from Brawl return in the Wii U version, along with a new stage called Jungle Hijinxs from Donkey Kong Country Returns . All aforementioned stages (aside from Rumble Falls and Jungle Hijinxs) returned alongside Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , while also being joined by
18144-727: The side car of Donkey Kong's vehicle, called the Barrel Blaster. His most recent appearance was in Super Mario Party as a playable character for the second time in a Mario Party game, after Mario Party: Star Rush . Diddy Kong was in the Donkey Kong Country animated series, where his role as Donkey Kong's sidekick remained relatively the same as in the games. He was voiced by Andrew Sabiston (who previously played Yoshi in Super Mario World produced by DiC Entertainment ). Diddy Kong has also appeared in various comics featured in official Nintendo magazines. Some of
18288-536: The stories he appeared in include adaptations of Donkey Kong Country , Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong 64 , as well as original stories. Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Odyssey features Diddy as a costume for Mario to wear, the former as a full costume, the latter as clothes. Along with several other members of the Kong family, Diddy has a cameo in The Super Mario Bros. Movie , voiced by Eric Bauza , where he
18432-514: The two months have passed, she envisions the Beast dying alone on the castle grounds and hastens to return despite her brothers' resolve to prevent her from doing so. Once she is back in the castle, Beauty's fears are confirmed as she finds the Beast near death in a cave on the grounds. Seeing this, Beauty is distraught, realizing that she loves him. She fetches water from a nearby spring, which she uses to resuscitate him. That night she agrees to marry him. When she wakes up next to him, she finds that
18576-421: The war. When the war ended, the Evil Fairy accompanied the Queen and the Prince back to the castle and asked him to marry her. But the Prince refused. The Evil Fairy, in a rage, transformed him into an ugly Beast in front of his shocked mother. Before leaving mother and son, the Evil Fairy warned them that only a maiden's act of true love could break the spell and that if anyone else beside the Queen knew about it,
18720-505: The younger brother of Chunky Kong. Their mission is to solve a series of mysteries in the Northern Kremisphere and find their missing friends Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. His abilities include water skipping, being able to roll farther to make longer than average jumps, and throwing Dixie high out of normal jump reach, with Dixie being able to throw him and guide his fall to break platforms and unveil hidden secrets. Kiddy Kong
18864-441: The youngest daughter asks her father to bring her a singing rose when he returns. The man cannot find a singing rose for his youngest daughter, and he refuses to return home until he finds one. When he finally finds singing roses, they are in the castle of the titular white wolf , who initially wants to kill him for daring to steal his roses, but, upon hearing about his daughters, changes his mind and agrees to spare him his life under
19008-680: Was abridged, rewritten, and published by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants ( Children's Collection ) to produce the most commonly retold version. Later, Andrew Lang retold the story in Blue Fairy Book , a part of the Fairy Book series, in 1889. The fairy-tale was influenced by the story of Petrus Gonsalvus as well as Ancient Greek stories such as " Cupid and Psyche " from The Golden Ass , written by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis in
19152-405: Was also Dixie Kong's debut in the Mario franchise. Her next appearance in a Mario game was in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 . She later appeared in Mario Super Sluggers . Additionally, she made her debut appearance in the Mario Kart series in Mario Kart Tour for mobile phones. After six year-absence following Mario Super Sluggers , she returned in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for
19296-512: Was closer to Donkey Kong Jr.'s original appearance or make their design an entirely new character. Deciding to simply rename the character, who Rare felt was perfect for their updated version of Donkey Kong's world, Rare decided to name this Kong 'Diddy' because in some parts of the UK, the British English slang word 'diddy' means small. His first appearance was in Donkey Kong Country for
19440-506: Was in Donkey Konga 2 on the GameCube , a bongo rhythm game. She appeared once again in the Japan-only Donkey Konga 3 . She is also a playable character in DK: King of Swing for the Game Boy Advance , Diddy Kong Racing DS and DK: Jungle Climber for the Nintendo DS , and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast for the Wii . Dixie Kong is also available as a playable character in Mario Superstar Baseball , which
19584-519: Was originally created by Rare as an updated version of Donkey Kong Jr. , but he was renamed, due to Nintendo's response. In the second game, Dixie Kong was introduced and they were described as "inseparable friends", with Cranky referring to Dixie as "that girlfriend of his". Diddy has appeared in all of the Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land games, notably as the lead character in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest with his inseparable friend Dixie Kong as his partner. He received
19728-877: Was packaged with a DK Bongo controller. The controller is used to keep the rhythm with the beats of covers to famous songs (as well as Nintendo video game music). It was followed by two sequels, Donkey Konga 2 and Donkey Konga 3 , the latter which was only released in Japan. Diddy Kong appears in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast as a playable character. He also appeared in Mario titles , including Mario Power Tennis , Mario Superstar Baseball , Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour , Mario Golf: World Tour , Mario Hoops 3-on-3 , Mario Kart: Double Dash , Mario Kart Wii , Mario Strikers Charged , Mario Super Sluggers , Mario Tennis Open , Mario Tennis Aces , Mario Kart Tour and Mario Sports Mix . Diddy Kong also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , in which some of his attacks are based on moves from Donkey Kong 64 , such as
19872-416: Was pursuing a license to make a game based on the 1930s Popeye comic strip. When this relationship was cancelled, Nintendo decided to take the opportunity to create original characters that could then be marketed and used in later games. Shigeru Miyamoto came up with many characters and plot concepts, but he eventually settled on a love triangle between gorilla, carpenter, and girlfriend, that mirrored
20016-521: Was simply to imply him being a "large ape", the name Donkey Kong was intended to convey "stubborn ape" to the American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America , people laughed, but the name stuck. The character's appearance was redesigned for the Super NES in 1994 by former Rare character artist Kevin Bayliss with supervision from Miyamoto, who suggested giving Donkey Kong
20160-444: Was simply to imply him being a "large ape". Donkey Kong Country portrays Cranky as the original Donkey Kong character featured in the 1981 arcade game. 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 . He is currently voiced by Takashi Nagasako . As his name implies, Cranky
20304-509: Was the Queen's brother, the King Of Fortunate Island, who believed Beauty died as a baby; and her birth mother was the Fairy's sister. When the matter of Beauty's background is resolved, she requests that the Prince tell his tale. The Prince informs Beauty that his father died before he was born , and his mother had to fight an enemy to defend the kingdom . The Queen left the Prince in the care of his Evil Fairy Godmother , who tried to seduce him when he became an adult and helped his mother win
20448-422: Was very ill and had been sent to the countryside by her father, the merchant, in hopes that the fresh air would cure her. Tragically, she died instead. The Good Fairy swapped the two infants. Unaware she was not their master's child, the three nursemaids soon returned to the city with the Princess. The Good Fairy followed the nurses to the merchant's mansion, disguised herself as a Romani fortune-teller and told
20592-455: Was voiced by Frank Welker . Like his father, he had his own cereal brand in the 1980s. Donkey Kong Jr. Math features a character with pink fur named "Junior (II)". This character's nature as metafictional or otherwise is not stated. Shortly before the release of Donkey Kong 64 in 1999, Leigh Loveday, the writer of Donkey Kong Country 2 , stated that, as far as he knew, the modern Donkey Kong who appears in Donkey Kong Country onward
20736-632: Was written between 1889 and 1913, some time after the original version, so it should be considered as a later version of the story. The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as type ATU 425C, "Beauty and the Beast". It is related to the general type ATU 425, " The Search for the Lost Husband " and subtypes. In a study about the myth of Cupid and Psyche , Danish folklorist Inger Margrethe Boberg argued that "Beauty and
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