However, both games feature Baby Mario as a playable character alongside Mario, allowing this to be resolved and contended via implied time travel or cloning.įurther potential evidence against this reading is that in Yoshi's Island DS and Mario Super Sluggers, Baby Donkey Kong wears a bib resembling the "DK" tie. This would further suggest that Donkey Kong Jr. being playable alongside Donkey Kong in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 and his cameoing in the audience of Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, another game where Donkey Kong is playable. This interpretation is arguably also contradicted by Donkey Kong Jr. However, the Prima Games Twitter account has clarified that this passage is a metaphor for the character's redesign in Donkey Kong Country, and thus they are not literally meant to be taken as the same character. The current Donkey Kong is Donkey Kong Jr.Īnother section of Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics claims that Donkey Kong "is, in fact, Donkey Kong Jr., all grown up." This would presumably make him an older version of Baby Donkey Kong. Interestingly, these games all use Donkey Kong's modern appearance introduced in Donkey Kong Country, despite it specifically being designed for the younger relative of the arcade character. Brawl marks a similar change in stance for its series. Donkey Kong also advertises that "For the first time in ages, Mario squares off against his original foe!" However, its sequel's instruction booklet claims that "He instantly fell in love with Pauline as soon as he saw her at the theme park’s opening ceremony," which seems to contradict this theory by removing the Donkey Kong arcade game from the backstory. While he now prefers the laid-back jungle lifestyle to construction site mischief, DK is often forced back into action by the Kremling Krew. These days Donkey Kong spends his time searching the jungle for bananas instead of kidnapping beautiful maidens. Melee respectively state:ĭonkey Kong and Mario started out as arch-rivals, but they've patched things up in recent years. For instance, his bios in Super Smash Bros. is his son and leaving Cranky's status unclear. Some games claim that the present-day Donkey Kong is the original one, implying that Donkey Kong Jr. The current Donkey Kong is the arcade Donkey Kong Other promotional material from this time period has allegedly taken the same stance, but it seems that these instances have not been archived properly.
This suggests that Donkey Kong is a grown-up Donkey Kong Jr., which will be detailed in greater detail in a later section. In Donkey Kong 64, Cranky Kong consistently addresses Donkey Kong as "son". This relationship shifted in the Nintendo 64 era, but seems to have been reverted since. One section of Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics states that the current Donkey Kong "is actually Donkey Kong Jr.'s son".
is Cranky Kong's son and Donkey Kong's father. The Donkey Kong who fought that epic battle with Mario was this guy's grandfather. This reading was also used in Snake's codec conversation in Super Smash Bros. It seems to be the current position as of Donkey Kong Country Returns, both through in-game lines, and in the instruction booklet:ĭonkey Kong’s white-bearded, grouchy grandfather, Cranky Kong, has set up shop in each world to sell items to aid Donkey Kong. The interpretation that Cranky Kong is the grandfather of the modern-day Donkey Kong was first used in the SNES Donkey Kong Country games. Theories Cranky Kong is Donkey Kong's grandfather 1.5 Baby Donkey Kong is not the baby form of the current Donkey Kong.1.4 The current Donkey Kong is Donkey Kong Jr.
1.3 The current Donkey Kong is the arcade Donkey Kong.1.2 Cranky Kong is Donkey Kong's father.1.1 Cranky Kong is Donkey Kong's grandfather.The multiplayer mode has three arenas, and five characters to pick from the single player mode.ĭonkey Kong 64 got good scores from reviewers, which had a 88% average on GameRankings. These items are needed in order to move on to new levels and fighting bosses.ĭonkey Kong 64 can be played on multiplayer for up to 4 players at a time. Some of those items include coins, bananas, weapons, and keys. The gameplay of Donkey Kong 64 is about getting different types of items. Donkey Kong 64 is one of the first games for the Nintendo 64 to use the Expansion Pak. It was first out on Novemin North America. Donkey Kong 64 (also called DK 64), is a platform video game made by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game system.
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