Talk:Cranky Kong

Controversy
Sorry to bring this up, buuut its still disputed whether Cranky was the Donkey from the original arcade trilogy. I think this should be mentioned in the article. -- Sir Grodus

True. Paper Jorge

It really shouldn't be disputed, since it was stated by Solid Snake in the Super Smash Bros Brawl codec. - Buddy

Gran'pa?
In the end of DKC2 GBA, Cranky calls DK his "grandson".

He refers to Donkey Kong as son and granson almost interchangebly these days. -- Sir Grodus

Phhht. And here I thought I had stumbled on something revolutionary.


 * Both need to be explained, as DK Jr. could be the current DK's father. -- Son of Suns
 * The current Donkey Kong is the grandson of the original Donkey Kong (aka Cranky Kong). Nintendo has actually gone back and forth (see ), but the current stance seems to be that he is the grandson. This means that he is the son of Donkey Kong Jr. (who has been absent for quite some time, other than the occasional sports appearance). TJ Spyke 17:15, 15 March 2008 (EDT)
 * Hmm... that does complicate things. Well, until Nintendo gets its act together regarding this, I suggest we post that according to all of the sources listed on TMK saying one way he is DK's grandfather/father.  It's obvious to everyone, so I don't know why I'm saying this, but we should feel more welcome to point out inconsistencies than try to guess at what Nintendo is saying.  00:46, 17 March 2008 (EDT)

Merge
Well, you could mention the great-grandfather here, but regardless he still belongs on the list of implied characters. 20:11, 1 December 2007 (EST)

Baby DK
It really wouldn't make sense for Baby DK to be Cranky Kong. Even given Gorillas' faster aging, Cranky would still need to be at least in his fifties or sixties to look the way he does in modern games. Whereas Mario, Peach, and the others look no older than in their thirties. On the other hand, there really is nothing saying that DK Jr. isn't the same age as Mario (he's actually bigger than Mario is in the original DK Jr. arcade, so he may have been older than we thought he was). - Buddy
 * True, and since we are not lead to believe that this DK was Cranky, as we were with the DK in Donkey Kong, to have that section is technically point-of-view. 20:59, 10 March 2008 (EDT)