What Happened to Donkey Kong?

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Donkey Kong is an industry icon. He’s been there from the start, catapulting Nintendo into the legendary status they’re still known for today. He’s had plenty of top selling games, cartoons, a plethora of merchandise and more recently, is even being immortalized with his very own theme park. But, over the years Donkey Kong’s prominence has faded. What was once a franchise that dominated the Super Nintendo era with revolutionary titles like Donkey Kong Country, is now relegated to being just another part of the Mario cast. Nothing more than a character used to fill up a slot in a Mario Kart game. So, how did we get here?
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@giminout

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@awesomeocelot7475

The team that worked on the DKC remakes for GBA wanted to make a DKC4 for the DS using their experience and assists from the remakes and they even pitched it to Nintendo as well but it was rejected unfortunately….

@strain42

Not only was the Game Boy title REALLY good, but it was the birth of the modern Pauline design from Yoichi Kotabe, and that alone makes that game worthy of love, attention, and respect.

@jamesalexhowlett

Nintendo has never understood Donkey Kong, that’s why it took Rare to make him a household name.

@dfffaz

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@MattHunterSays

"Donkey Kong Country 2" for Super Nintendo was the best Donkey Kong game ever made. Ironically, it starred his pal Diddy Kong.

@GregCubed

Great video, rough to think it's been a full decade now since the last main DK game. With Retro Studios still working on MP4 after a billion years with no reveal yet in sight, we unfortunately have a longggg way to go unless some other studio picks up the reigns.

@volbound1700

I wouldn't say DK doesn't have an identity. Most people tie Donkey Kong to the Donkey Kong Country lore. That kind of took over the brand and is still prominent. This was why King K Rool was so well received for Smash Brothers. He is considered the true villain even though he hasn't really made a mainline appearance since DK64.

@youtubesuperfan1

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@BirdieSenpai

Donkey Kong under Rare and Retro will always be THE Donkey Kong for me. That's just how Donkey Kong is supposed to be. I'd even go as far as to say that Diddy's Kong Quest and Tropical Freeze are strong contenders for the greatest game ever made.

@Chris_Thorndyke

I don't know what's happening to me

@orsonzedd

I have never forgiven Metroid fans for being annoying pieces of shit about Tropical Freeze considering it was the goat

@DKCfan10

This is great, it perfectly sums up the state of the franchise, and why it's so frustrating.

@Daytek90210

Great video! This was my favourite series growing up, still remember my Mum fighting a crowd for the DKC SNES bundle💕

@PFPDan

Dude, I freaked the fuck out at E3 2010 when I heard that DKC music. I never thought we would get a DKC4, let alone one from Retro Studios AND be this good. Compare that opening to how NSMBWii looked a year prior and it was night and day.

@Bobzilla2023

This vid introduced me to your channel. Love this. I hope we get another new DK game soon. Hopefully we get the Kremlings to come back too.

@Creation4Satisfaction

Pretty good retrospective of the Donkey Kong franchise overall! Also, I do agree that not all hope is lost, since Pikmin fans had to wait for Pikmin 4 to come out in a lot of years (until the game got released on July 21st of last year), so the DKC should continue to hold onto their hope, even if Nintendo seems to put the King of Swing in many Mario games in the future instead of giving the big ape his own spotlight more often. But at least Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and King K. Rool has appeared in SSB as playable fighters (seriously though, the King K Rool SSBU trailer is actually cool, and I seriously hope that he gets to come back in some way outside of Super Smash Bros, the DKC franchise is not the same without the Kremlings, Y’know?).