Talk:Donkey Kong (character)

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Contents 1 Relevancy 2 Disambig change 3 Clearing up a common misconception about Donkey Kong's identity. 4 Does the "outward appearance" section sound dirty to anyone else? 5 Donkey Kong Photos

[edit] Relevancy

I'm hoping to push this article into 100% relevancy when you search "donkey kong" we can obviously have a link at the top for the disambiguation page. the reason why should be obvious.76.27.215.219 (talk) 08:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

The original videogame is probably what most people are looking for, since it was a cultural phenomenon. The character is an offshoot of the game. 132.68.209.33 (talk) 07:37, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disambig change

I propose that, since many people know DK as a classic video game and not as a major character, people would expect to see the original DK rather than the character DK or the DK series. - A Link to the Past (talk) 23:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clearing up a common misconception about Donkey Kong's identity.

There has been a common misconception among Wikipedia editors that needs to be clear up. According to some editors, Nintendo of Japan does not recognized the current Donkey Kong introduced in Donkey Kong Country as a separate character from the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game. I will say that this is entirely false.

Looking at this article from Nintendo Online Magazine, uploaded in 2000 (during the release of Donkey Kong 64), Nintendo of Japan clearly recognizes the original Donkey Kong (now known as Cranky) and the current Donkey Kong as separate characters. Not only that, they also recognize Junior and the current Kong as separate characters.

According to this article. The Donkey Kong from the arcade game appears in a few games (including cameos) until the '94 Game Boy game. Afterwards, he becomes Cranky Kong in the Country series, while his grandson inherits the Donkey Kong name. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0002/01/family1.html

All the video games outside the Country series merely support this, from Super Smash Bros. and Mario Baseball, they're not revealing anything new. Jonny2x4 (talk) 19:33, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

This has been noted in the Wikipedia article several times. Relax. 89.138.196.99 (talk) 21:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm simply pointing out this fact in case anyone feels the need to bring up this (non-existing) contradiction between Nintendo and Rare. No need to tell "just relax" if you're not bringing up anything to discussion. Jonny2x4 (talk) 02:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Smash Bros., made entirely by Nintendo, also claims that Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong. What does Nintendo of Japan say regarding that? King Zeal (talk) 03:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

That's my point, Cranky is the original Donkey and the current Donkey is his grandson. That was never my argument. My argument is that Donkey is NOT the son of Cranky. The only evidence of Donkey Kong being the son of Cranky Kong in the games is when he calls him "son" in DK64 and that seems to be more of a term of endearment that an actual evidence in the stories of being his son. Jonny2x4 (talk) 05:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Does the "outward appearance" section sound dirty to anyone else?

I think it needs rewording. 89.139.158.222 (talk) 18:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it sounds dirty at all, but I do question why it is even needed... -Zomic13 (talk) 20:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Donkey Kong Photos

Please consider adding this gallery as a list of relevant photos about Donkey Kong: Snapshots of Donkey Kong from Super Smash Bros. Brawl RyanTMulligan (talk) 16:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

You also used that website as a citation instead of a reliable source. In this case, explain how exactly is a gallery of images relevant to the article and complies with WP:EL? « ₣M₣ » 16:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)