In the meantime, DK has appeared frequently as a character, main and otherwise, in many Mario game series such as Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Party, and also was featured as a main character in Super Smash Bros. All of these games, like other Rare titles, have a large degree of self-referential humour, contrary to Mario games. Though DK 64 generally received high marks, it has been criticized for being an example of an overt "collect-a-thon". Rool attempts to annihilate DK Island with his own mechanical island, but DK, Diddy, and three more introduced Kongs, the clown-like Lanky Kong, Dixie's younger sister Tiny Kong, and Kiddie's older brother Chunky Kong, thwart the plan. Then, sometime after DK's appearance in Super Smash Bros., Rare created the 3D adventure platformer Donkey Kong 64, in which K.
In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, both DK and Diddy have been kidnapped, and it is up to Dixie and her newly introduced cousin, Kiddy Kong, to rescue them. Rool and it is up to Diddy Kong and a new character, his girlfriend Dixie Kong, to rescue him here, other introduced members of the Kong family tree are the grandmotherly Wrinkly Kong and the showbiz Swanky Kong. In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest, DK is kidnapped by K. Rareware expanded its Donkey Kong Country franchise with two SNES sequels. The series' villains, the Kremlings, who are mostly reptilians, are introduced and led by the obese, arrogant Kremling King K. Notable introduced elements include DK's homeland, DK Island, of which his home is in the region known as Kongo Jungle DK's nephew and sidekick Diddy Kong and other Kong cohorts Cranky Kong, Candy Kong, and Funky Kong and Barrel Cannons are found throughout levels and are used as modes of being transported through stages. The game itself was a 2-D platformer and a major financial success because it demonstrated then-revolutionary CGI-graphics on the console. Afterwards in 1994, Nintendo produced a Game Boy sequel simply titled Donkey Kong, which was a restructuring and expansion to the first two games.ĭonkey Kong was established as its own franchise when the British company Rareware designed and released Donkey Kong Country for Super NES the new, main premise of Donkey Kong and the accompanying fictional world were introduced and made specific to the Donkey Kong name. In addition, throughout the 1980s, eight Donkey Kong games were released for the Game & Watch platform. And in Donkey Kong 3, DK breaks into a greenhouse to again assume the role of an antagonist, and the player controls Stanley the Bugman to oust DK and his insect minions. Both DK and Mario reappeared in Donkey Kong Junior, but this time the former was held captive by the latter and it falls to DK's titular son Donkey Kong Jr. The game was a breakthrough hit for Nintendo and helped put the company on the map.
Miyamoto came up with the game Donkey Kong, the game that would be the debut for the characters Donkey Kong as the titular antagonist and Mario, then called "Jumpman," as the hero to rescue DK's damsel-in-distress hostage Pauline. The Nintendo president of the time, Hiroshi Yamauchi, turned to the young game developer Shigeru Miyamoto and entrusted him with the development of a new game, which would be built from units of the Radar Scope game. Nintendo had an arcade game called Radar Scope that was successful in Japan but not as successful in the United States.