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Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu^?) (or sometimes referred to simply as DK) is a video game character from Nintendo that has appeared in many video games since 1981. He is the protagonist of the Donkey Kong Country series. Donkey Kong was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. Since 1994 he has worn a necktie, his sole item of clothing.

Game history

Donkey Kong was created when Shigeru Miyamoto was assigned by Nintendo to convert Radar Scope, a game that had been released to test audiences with poor results, into a game that would appeal more to North Americans. The result was a major breakthrough for Nintendo and for the videogame industry. Sales of the machine were brisk, with the game becoming one of the best-selling arcade machines of the early 1980s. The gameplay itself was a large improvement over other games of its time, and with the growing base of arcades to sell to, it was able to gain huge distribution. Due to the game's success, Nintendo released two sequels, Donkey Kong Junior and Donkey Kong 3, as well as eight games for the Game & Watch platform. Later on, Nintendo also released a game simply called Donkey Kong that was based upon the previous arcade versions.

Throughout the 1990's, the British company Rareware developed Donkey Kong related games, establishing an entirely new world for the franchise. These games included Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the Super Nintendo (SNES), and Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64 as well as the spin-off game Diddy Kong Racing . However, following the sale of Rare to Microsoft in 2002, Rare announced that it was concentrating its efforts on Xbox games, although Rare continues to develop games for Nintendo's portable consoles, the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. The Donkey Kong Country series introduced several new Kongs, including Donkey Kong's side-kick, Diddy Kong. Also in the process Donkey Kong's father \"Cranky Kong\" is always complaining about back in his day they only had one screen to play on instead of a side scroller. Recently Donkey Kong has appeared in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat for the GameCube. On the GameCube he also appeared in the Mario sport and party spinoffs, usually having an unconventional style of playing said sports (such as using a boxing glove instead of a baseball bat), as well as the Super Smash Bros. franchise. It is currently unknown if DK will appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He also starred in his own spinoff rhythm-action game series, which included Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2, and Donkey Konga 3.

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