Pauline is Mario 's first love interest, and a seminal damsel in distress for video games. She first appeared in Donkey Kong , where she was kidnapped by the titular character and hauled to the top of a rickety urban scaffold. As Mario, the player had to climb to the top of each of the four stages in order to rescue her. In more recent years, Pauline has appeared in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, in which the love-struck Donkey Kong continues to kidnap her.
Rather than rescue her himself, Mario uses a collection of Mini-Mario wind-up toys in order to foil Donkey Kong and come to Pauline's rescue.
Just as Mario was originally named Jumpman, Pauline was originally known as "Lady. This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This even surprised the Nintendo employee conducting the interview. The employees making the hanafuda could wash their sweat away in the bath after work, and at night when nobody was around, you could hang out there for a long time.
Many people are surprised when they find out that the Mario character is supposed to be just out of college, probably since that giant moustache makes him look like your retired uncle. When you think of the storyMario kept Donkey Kong locked up, so he escaped with his girlfriendhe was a young guy, a bachelor.
But of course, now there are people who think he's around 40 years old. But some people within the company said, 'Doesn't the pronunciation sound a little weird? They said it sounded like she was talking about seaweed: 'Kelp, Kelp!
It's really good that we went with pi-ro-po-pon-pon. When you walk past an arcade and hear that sound, it's really catchy. So even though we took out the voices, it still had great results.
From this experience, I learned the importance of having good sound effects. And yes, that means that the official onomatopoeia for Mario's jumping sound is pi-ro-po-pon-pon! Another secret. Coming back to the NES Classic version of Donkey Kong, , Miyamoto understands that today's players probably won't find it as appealing. The texture is much different from today's games.
Miyamoto learned to loosen up, he says, after this game. On the beach, the Kong family discuss the incident. Diddy refuses to give up the banana hoard to the Kremlings, so he and Dixie go on an adventure to rescue him. At the end of K. As they celebrate over finding Donkey Kong, he gets carried up into The Flying Krock, and Diddy and Dixie rush after him the entire event was replaced with a boss fight against Kerozene in the Game Boy Advance version.
During the boss level K. Rool Duel , Diddy and Dixie manage to enter inside the airship. They witness in shock as Kaptain K. Rool beats Donkey Kong, still tied up, with his blunderbuss. In parts of the battle, when K. Rool is knocked down, Donkey Kong falls into view, still attempting to break free from his ropes. At the end of the battle, Donkey Kong manages to break free, and he punches K.
Rool out of the airship. In the Game Boy Advance version, a cutscene is shown of the Kongs escaping the Flying Krock just before it falls into the water. Rool in the Lost World. He, Diddy, and Dixie witness as Crocodile Isle sinks underwater. After a few days, neither of the Kongs returned, causing Dixie to become worried, so she goes on an adventure to search for them with her toddler cousin, Kiddy Kong.
After a long adventure, Dixie and Kiddy discover that Baron K. Roolenstein an alter-ego of K. Rool's was behind the plot. She and Kiddy manage to defeat K. In Donkey Kong 64 , King K. Due to the incompetence of his Kremling underlings, Crocodile Isle crashes into a rock, severely damaging the Blast-o-Matic.
Squawks alerts Donkey Kong that all of his Golden Bananas were stolen and his four friends are kidnapped: Diddy Kong , Lanky Kong , Tiny Kong , and Chunky Kong , all of whom are locked behind cages throughout the island.
Donkey Kong discovers an isle attached to Crocodile Isle. Inside he meets K. Lumsy , an enormous Kremling who was locked up for not destroying the island. When DK promises to free him, K.
Lumsy jumps for joy, opening up a pathway to the first level, Jungle Japes. In there, Donkey Kong finds Diddy Kong and frees him. Donkey Kong is a heavyweight, which makes him slow and strong. He is the strongest Kong, next to Chunky Kong. Strong Kong allows him to be invincible, which is necessary for safely crossing stage hazards like lava or quicksand.
Baboon Blast allows Donkey Kong to partake in a challenge involving him firing from a series of Barrel Cannons. Lastly, Gorilla Grab allows him to pull levers. The Coconut Shooter is Donkey Kong's personal weapon, given to him by Funky Kong, and it allows him to shoot out coconuts.
His personal instrument is the bongos , given to him by Candy Kong. Donkey Kong's corresponding in-game color is yellow, making him the only character who can collect yellow bananas , Banana Bunch Coins , and blueprints. Lumsy's cage. At the end of their adventure, the five Kongs get in a final boss battle against K. Rool, set within a boxing arena. Like all of the playable Kongs, Donkey Kong has four colors that the player can select in Monkey Smash mode.
By default, DK has brown fur and a red tie; his other costumes include tan fur with a purple tie, orange fur with a yellow tie, and dark blue fur with a light blue tie. Like Donkey Kong Country , the story also centers around Donkey Kong's banana hoard being stolen, this time by a different group of villains, the Tiki Tak Tribe.
After being released from the Volcano , the tikis hypnotize the animals of Donkey Kong Island to steal the bananas. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong witness from their treehouse as the banana hoard gets taken away, and Kalimba suddenly appears and knocks Donkey Kong back into his treehouse. Kalimba unsuccessfully attempts to hypnotize Donkey Kong, who is somehow immune to its hypnosis. The first level, Jungle Hijinxs , is followed right after the cutscene. In the start of the level, Donkey Kong repeatedly beats Kalimba, kicks it out of his tree house, and starts his adventure.
Donkey Kong controls much like how he did in the earlier Donkey Kong Country games, being able to roll and Ground Pound. Together, Donkey Kong and Diddy travel throughout the island.
They are assisted by Cranky Kong and the Tutorial Pigs during their adventure. The Kongs eventually enter inside the Volcano and battle the main villain, Tiki Tong. After defeating him, Donkey Kong and Diddy reclaim their banana hoard. In the introduction cutscene, the Kongs are in the treehouse celebrating Donkey Kong's birthday. Meanwhile, an arctic group of vikings, the Snowmads , make their way to conquer Donkey Kong Island. Just as Donkey Kong is about to blow out his candle, a cold wind comes in and blows it out.
The Kongs go outside the treehouse to investigate and get blown away by the ice dragon to the Lost Mangroves. The ice dragon covers Donkey Kong Island in a freeze, and the Snowmads conquer it for their own. Donkey Kong was given an updated appearance in the game due to the Wii U 's and Nintendo Switch 's higher quality visuals.
Donkey Kong's fur is a lighter brown, with more details and added texture, and the shape of his nose is different. He also retains his rolling ability from Donkey Kong Country Returns.
After traveling through a chain of islands, the Kongs eventually return to Donkey Kong Island. They engage in a final boss battle against Lord Fredrik , set inside a volcano. The Kongs manage to defeat Lord Fredrik, and afterwards Donkey Kong blows a horn to melt away all the snow on the island.
He is also the main character in the Club Nintendo comic " Donkey Kong Country ," which tells the story of the game of the same name: With Diddy Kong, he tries and manages to fetch the banana hoard back from King K. During the events of the comic " Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens ," published in the same magazine, he lives in a skyscraper in Brooklyn with many other Nintendo characters. Due to a contract signed by Wario , the skyscraper is invaded by several monsters. They are terrified by the evil doll but get rescued by Mario, Link , and Kirby.
Afterwards, Donkey claims that had he and Diddy defeated the monsters, they would have taken only "half of the time. He once again appears as the main character in " Donkey Kong in: Banana Day Together with Diddy, Dixie, Kiddy, and Cranky, Donkey enters a space shuttle and flies into space in order to talk to the aliens.
As it turns out, the reason for them pulling away the Earth is that they mistake the planet for a giant coconut. When the Kongs bring them some bananas , they agree to return the Earth to its original position.
In the comic, Donkey appears as the bravest of the Kongs, as he is the one to start talking to the aliens. In the backstory, which is told in the game's instruction manual, Cranky Kong admits that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's previous adventure was more successful than he expected. Cranky, breaking the fourth wall , believes it was due to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System 's graphical capabilities, so he bets with Donkey Kong and Diddy that they cannot finish an adventure on an 8-bit handheld, the Game Boy.
The Kongs accept the bet, so Cranky arranges for the Kremling Krew to steal the Kongs' bananas again. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong travel through four worlds. Rool in K. Rool's Kingdom. They manage to defeat K.
Rool and thus complete their adventure on an 8-bit handheld. However, he and Diddy are mentioned during the game's backstory, where they join a contest to find the Lost World. Dixie and Kiddy also hear about of the contest and decide to enter as well.
They traverse through the Tree Top Town on the edge of the forest, and Donkey Kong takes the lead in confronting and defeating a large group of Kremlings.
Later, Donkey Kong uses his "extraordinary lung power" to cry for help from Squawks the Parrot when they find themselves trapped within a mountain cave. After reaching Big Ape City, Donkey Kong is angered to discover that the Kremlings are rebuilding a large factory which is releasing large amounts of pollution into the air. He finds a way for the Kongs to enter the factory by hiding in a Mine Cart , and they locate Funky within a cell.
Donkey Kong uses a mini TNT Barrel to break open the cell door, and later uses a powerful shoulder charge to break open the door to the factory's cargo room. Just like "climbing vines back in the jungle", Donkey Kong climbs a cable within an elevator shaft to reach the factory's defensive system. He encounters the most powerful Kremling, Krusha , who threatens to bring him to King K. Knowing that he is unable to defeat Krusha using strength alone, Donkey Kong tricks him into thinking that inside his backpack is a list of where to find all the Kongs on Donkey Kong Island.
This gives him the chance to knock out Krusha using a barrel, and he proceeds to destroy the defense system. Rool's zeppelin from the air and plant it with time-delayed TNT Barrels. After choosing to allow the "coward" King K. Rool to escape, Donkey Kong and Diddy re-enter the plane, and celebrate a victory as they watch the zeppelin fall and land on the factory, destroying it with an explosion.
He also carries a large supply of miniature barrels and TNT Barrels in his backpack, which are utilized against the Kremlings and their weapons. Ever since, it has been made Donkey Kong's duty to guard the Crystal Coconut until the day it officially proclaims him ruler of the island. However, King K. Rool wants to steal the Crystal Coconut so that he can rule the island, and DK and his pals have to stop him and the Kremling Krew , as well as another villain, Kaptain Skurvy.
On this show, Donkey Kong is depicted as somewhat of a slacker who loves bananas above all else, much like his portrayal in recent games. On this show, he is also bipedal as opposed to walking on all fours like he normally does although he sometimes goes on all fours when running. This would carry over to Donkey Kong 64 , though in that game, he stands on all fours when idle. In this game, he is classified as a heavyweight character, along with Bowser and Wario. His personal track is D.
Again, Wario and Bowser join him as the heavyweight characters. Donkey Kong does not have his own course in this game. Donkey Kong, again, is classified as a heavyweight character.
Donkey Kong also gets his own personal course, DK Mountain. He and Diddy share a special item , the Giant Banana. Donkey Kong's kart is the DK Jumbo. He has four special items.
Like with his past appearances, Donkey Kong is a heavyweight character, but in this game, he is the lightest heavyweight; the other heavyweight racers include Wario, Bowser, and R. He is a power racer, along with Wario and Bowser. His personal cup is renamed DK Stage , but the same courses appear in the cup.
Donkey Kong receives a small boost of weight, acceleration, and handling, along with a small mini-turbo boost in this game. He is classified as a Cruiser-type character in this game, and his speed, weight, and off-road stats are given a slightly above average boost. Donkey Kong appears in Mario Kart 8 , where he is once again a playable character.
While the official website states that he is a heavyweight, Donkey Kong is actually a lighter heavyweight, sacrificing some speed and weight to boost acceleration, handling, and traction.
Donkey Kong also owns a brand of sports drink which appears as a sponsor in the game, called Burning DK. Donkey Kong appears in Mario Kart Tour as a playable character. He is available as a Super character in said game, with the Giant Banana returning as his special item.
He also has his self-named cup in the game, as well as a duel tour against Bowser. Donkey Kong makes a cameo as a stamp for photos in the Game Boy Camera peripheral. His default partner in Duel Mode is Whomp. Starting in Mario Party 5 , he leaves the playable character roster but gains his own space.
He is basically the opposite of Bowser, since when a character lands on his space, something good happens. But when a Koopa Kid lands on his space in story mode, he acts surprised and DK punches him, making the Koopa Kid lose half of his coins.
He is playable in Super Duel Mode only, where he must be unlocked. During story mode, Donkey Kong is turned to stone by a Dry Bones while he and Diddy run to Bowser's Castle after being invited to a banquet hosted by him. The player has to win the game and beat the Dry Bones to free Donkey Kong. The ape then runs away to the castle. At the end, he is seen with Diddy enjoying the meals Bowser had prepared as traps for the 8 "party characters".
His boss minigame is called DK's Banana Bonus. During the minigame, Donkey Kong tosses Golden Barrel Cannons into the area, allowing the players to access banana bunches that are higher up.
Donkey Kong returns as a playable character in the Wii U title Mario Party 10 , marking his first playable appearance in the series since Mario Party 4. Donkey Kong is also playable in Mario Party: Star Rush , marking his first appearance as an unlockable playable character and his second appearance as a playable character in the series since Mario Party 5. He can be unlocked if players earn enough part points to reach level 8 or if they scan a Donkey Kong amiibo.
In Toad Scramble, he can break barrels to earn coins. His Brawny Dice Block has a 1 out of 3 chance to roll a 10, but other than that it will return a 0. Donkey Kong returns in Super Mario Party as an unlockable playable character, unlocked by completing three different courses in River Survival, then talking to him in the Party Plaza.
Every playable character in this game has a unique Dice Block ; in Donkey Kong's case, three of its faces display a 0, two of its faces display a 10, and one face gives him five coins without moving. Donkey Kong reappears as a playable character in Mario Party Superstars. In Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64 's intro, Donkey Kong participates in the tournament, where he loses to Mario allowing the latter to advance to a semi-finals match against Yoshi.
His doubles partner is Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong appears in Mario Power Tennis as a playable character. When Donkey Kong wins the championship, Toad brings him the trophy, and he grabs it with Toad still holding on. He waves it around, shaking up Toad in the process. When he finally stops, Toad faints, and Donkey Kong scratches his head. Donkey Kong's taunt is showing muscles and his doubles partner is Diddy Kong.
He also appears in the adventure mode, where he blocks the entrance to Piranha Plant Forest until the player completes the tutorials at Bask Ruins. When the player beats the tutorials, he challenges Mario to a match of tennis.
When the player beats him then, he allows the player to pass. Donkey Kong is playable in all five Super Smash Bros. Donkey Kong is always, as expected from a heavyweight, one of the strongest characters in the games. When he picks up a character, he also has the power to carry them a short distance, which is something that none of the other characters can do.
He can also carry large objects, such as barrels and crates , without having his speed hindered. Donkey Kong's special moves are Giant Punch , a punch that can be charged to increase its power, Headbutt , which has him headbutt his opponents into the ground, Spinning Kong , which has him spin and lets him momentarily float, and Hand Slap , which has him repeatedly stamp on the ground. For his Final Smash , he uses Konga Beat , pulling out two bongos and tapping them in time to the beat of Donkey Kong Country 's first level, with each tap sending shockwaves that deal damage to opponents.
Donkey Kong is unique from other heavyweights; though he is unsurprisingly strong, he is also fast for a character of his weight. His combination of power, speed, and good range from his size and long arms contributes to making him arguably a versatile character to use throughout the Smash games. Even though Donkey Kong is a Mario franchise character, his emblem is the DK symbol, which represents his own franchise. This is even more noticeable in Super Smash Bros. In Super Smash Bros. It is the only match where the player is assisted by two fighters instead of one.
Donkey Kong is the heaviest character in this game, weighing units; however, he is somewhat sluggish, though his moves boast very high power. Donkey Kong is also a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Once again, he is a default character. By picking up a Super Mushroom , Donkey Kong can become larger briefly, before reverting to normal. Similar to Super Smash Bros. Donkey Kong's weight is decreased from units to , no longer making him the heaviest character in the game; instead, that title goes to fellow heavyweight Bowser.
As compensation, however, Donkey Kong's movement and attack speed are both much faster, while his moveset receives a mix of buffs and nerfs. Starting from Super Smash Bros. Melee , Donkey Kong is a speedy heavyweight with decent combo ability. Donkey Kong reappears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. His moves are carried over from Super Smash Bros. Some even go as far to say Donkey Kong's Final Smash is based on his instrumental attack from Donkey Kong 64 , in which he uses a pair of bongos to create a shock-wave that can defeat any enemy on which it is used, except bosses mainly because they cannot be used in any boss battles.
Donkey Kong also gets a new white recolor. Donkey Kong's weight is slightly increased to units from An 8-bit Donkey Kong appears on the 75 m stage which is based on the third level of the original Donkey Kong. Touching him will harm the player. Like Super Smash Bros. Melee , Donkey Kong briefly turns larger from using a Super Mushroom. Ironically, despite his common appearances in Super Smash Bros.
He shares this trait with the Zelda characters and Diddy Kong. After finding their bananas, Bowser appears from behind with a Dark Cannon. He then launches Diddy to the sky and out of harm's way, sacrificing himself in the process as Bowser shoots him with the Dark Cannon and turns him into a trophy. Later, Diddy Kong , who forcefully enlisted the help of Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi , sees a ship carrying Donkey Kong's trophy form to a mysterious floating island.
Falco then follows it with his Arwing and takes the little Kong with him. He then drops him, and Diddy gets on his Rocket Barrel , takes out his Popguns, and shoots the ship. After seeing this, Captain Falcon and Captain Olimar decide to help him and jump to the ship. Diddy frees Donkey Kong, and all four fight the Primids and other enemies. The ship takes them inside a factory producing Subspace Bombs, and they encounter various R.
After Ganondorf manipulates the R. Donkey Kong carries R. Meta Ridley then appears and follows behind to impede group's escape, forcing DK and his group to fight him. After that, they all meet up with the other heroes. Donkey Kong and the other smashers enter Subspace and meet Tabuu , who turns everyone into trophies with his Off Waves. However, King Dedede had anticipated this and created badges that revived certain fighters back into their original forms without having to touch them.
With his team, consisting of Luigi and Ness , Dedede rescues Donkey Kong and most of the others, although some of them are rescued by Kirby.
They also recruit Bowser, Ganondorf , and Wario after they are informed about Tabuu. Donkey Kong returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. His moveset has remained largely intact, but has nevertheless received a few noticeable changes, most notably his unique forward throw and Final Smash; Donkey Kong's weight is also increased from units to Like the majority of the cast DLC fighters notwithstanding , each of Donkey Kong's special moves now possess two variants.
Donkey Kong appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. He has a new Final Smash, Jungle Rush , which involves him rapidly punching an opponent, as a reference to his attack method in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. Donkey Kong is more expressive; when he charges his Giant Punch, he starts scowling, and using it in the air no longer makes him helpless.
He is heavier, tying with King Dedede in weight, and Headbutt now gives Donkey Kong super armor for a short time. His recovery is also extended by the reintroduction of directional air dodge, can use any ground attack out of a run, and use any aerial attack while holding on the ladders officially called a "ladder attack".
Donkey Kong's down tilt is officially nicknamed the Slouch Slap while his forward throw is referred to as Kong Carry. His weight has been further increased; however, he is no longer the second heaviest fighter in the game, instead giving up that title to his arch-nemesis, King K. Donkey Kong is tied with King Dedede for the third heaviest fighter. Owing to King K. Rool's debut trailer for Super Smash Bros.
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