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|image=[[File:MPS Donkey Kong Artwork.png|300px]]<br>Artwork of Donkey Kong for ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' | |image=[[File:MPS Donkey Kong Artwork.png|300px]]<br>Artwork of Donkey Kong for ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' | ||
|first_appearance= | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' (as the current Donkey Kong) ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | ||
|species=[[Kong]] | |species=[[Kong]] | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]]) | ||
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The [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]] establishes that Donkey Kong is a "title" rather than a singular character, and that two separate Kongs have bore it. This includes [[Cranky Kong]] and the current Donkey Kong, who was originally written to be a grown up [[Donkey Kong Jr.]]<ref>Scribes - April 25, 1999. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html Rareware Website Archive]. ''Rareware.com''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Donkey-Kong-Country-266551.html ''Donkey Kong Country'' web page.] (April 13, 2017). ''Nintendo.co.uk''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> After the 1994 [[Game Boy]] ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', Cranky Kong retired the usage of the name, passing it on to his grandson, Donkey Kong to use in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and onward.<ref>「1994年に発売された『ドンキーコング』（ゲームボーイ）を最後に、孫に“ドンキーコング”の名を譲り渡す。」 ("''After the release of 'Donkey Kong' (Game Boy), he turned over the Donkey Kong name to his grandchild.''") - Nintendo Online Magazine</ref> [[Cranky Kong#Identity confusion|This has caused confusion and continuity issues]], with certain games or miscellaneous pieces of media contradicting the identity of Donkey Kong in early titles. | The [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]] establishes that Donkey Kong is a "title" rather than a singular character, and that two separate Kongs have bore it. This includes [[Cranky Kong]] and the current Donkey Kong, who was originally written to be a grown up [[Donkey Kong Jr.]]<ref>Scribes - April 25, 1999. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html Rareware Website Archive]. ''Rareware.com''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Donkey-Kong-Country-266551.html ''Donkey Kong Country'' web page.] (April 13, 2017). ''Nintendo.co.uk''. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref> After the 1994 [[Game Boy]] ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', Cranky Kong retired the usage of the name, passing it on to his grandson, Donkey Kong to use in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and onward.<ref>「1994年に発売された『ドンキーコング』（ゲームボーイ）を最後に、孫に“ドンキーコング”の名を譲り渡す。」 ("''After the release of 'Donkey Kong' (Game Boy), he turned over the Donkey Kong name to his grandchild.''") - Nintendo Online Magazine</ref> [[Cranky Kong#Identity confusion|This has caused confusion and continuity issues]], with certain games or miscellaneous pieces of media contradicting the identity of Donkey Kong in early titles. | ||
==Creation== | ==Creation== | ||
Donkey Kong's character design was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] for the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game, in which the big ape kidnaps [[Mario]]'s original girlfriend, [[Pauline]]. Miyamoto says that he chose the name "Donkey" to reflect the character's stupidity.<ref name="Wired">Kohler, Chris (October 14, 2016). "[https://www.wired.com/2016/10/miyamoto-donkey-kong-secrets/ Miyamoto Spills Donkey Kong’s Darkest Secrets, 35 Years Later] ''Wired''. Retrieved October 14, 2016</ref>, while "Kong" was considered a generic term for large apes in Japan<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/donkeykong.asp "Donkey Wrong" - An article about the origin of Donkey Kong's name]. Snopes.com. 2011. (Retrieved June 28, 2012)</ref>. Miyamoto was later informed by [[Nintendo]] of America staff that the word "donkey" is not a synonym for "idiot" in English, but he decided to ignore this because he liked the name "Donkey Kong".<ref name="Wired"/> However, this is contradicted by the deposition he gave during {{wp|Universal Studio}}'s lawsuit against Nintendo. He stated that his proposals for Kong's first name were rejected and that he was unaware of who came up with it. Export manager Shinichi Todori's deposition revealed that he came up with the first name after trying to translate 「頓馬」 (''tonma'') into English. It was either [[Gunpei Yokoi]] or [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] who gave the final approval for the name.<ref>[https://youtu.be/aTyxQfpOEbE?t=749 How the Mario Characters Got Their Names | Gaming Historian]. YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref name=GHTwitter>[https://twitter.com/GamingHistorian/status/1220101899455692801?s=20 Gunpei Yokoi deposition, 1983]</ref> | Donkey Kong's character design was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] for the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game, in which the big ape kidnaps [[Mario]]'s original girlfriend, [[Pauline]]. Miyamoto says that he chose the name "Donkey" to reflect the character's stupidity.<ref name="Wired">Kohler, Chris (October 14, 2016). "[https://www.wired.com/2016/10/miyamoto-donkey-kong-secrets/ Miyamoto Spills Donkey Kong’s Darkest Secrets, 35 Years Later] ''Wired''. Retrieved October 14, 2016</ref>, while "Kong" was considered a generic term for large apes in Japan<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/donkeykong.asp "Donkey Wrong" - An article about the origin of Donkey Kong's name]. Snopes.com. 2011. (Retrieved June 28, 2012)</ref>. Miyamoto was later informed by [[Nintendo]] of America staff that the word "donkey" is not a synonym for "idiot" in English, but he decided to ignore this because he liked the name "Donkey Kong".<ref name="Wired"/> However, this is contradicted by the deposition he gave during {{wp|Universal Studio}}'s lawsuit against Nintendo. He stated that his proposals for Kong's first name were rejected and that he was unaware of who came up with it. Export manager Shinichi Todori's deposition revealed that he came up with the first name after trying to translate 「頓馬」 (''tonma'') into English. It was either [[Gunpei Yokoi]] or [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] who gave the final approval for the name.<ref>[https://youtu.be/aTyxQfpOEbE?t=749 How the Mario Characters Got Their Names | Gaming Historian]. YouTube. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref><ref name=GHTwitter>[https://twitter.com/GamingHistorian/status/1220101899455692801?s=20 Gunpei Yokoi deposition, 1983]</ref> | ||
