Nintendo carefully curated Donkey Kong's history to turn into a hero, changing the date of his video games debut.

That game was Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a puzzle-platformer that portrayed the popular plumber pursuing the barrel-heaving ape through a series of trap-filled levels, grabbing as many Mini-Mario toys ...

before facing Kong in a barrel-chucking boss battle. After Super Mario Bros. Wonder so perfectly captured the freewheeling delights of the 2D Bros. games, Mario vs. Donkey Kong’s precise ...

Before Mario was Mario, Nintendo referred to him as “Jumpman,” and he was the protagonist who battled Donkey Kong in the legendary arcade game of the same name. The great ape kidnapped Pauline ...

Compared to Mario, Donkey Kong Country is a more hardcore platformer ... Finally, there are the Rocket Barrel stages, which are a flight mode akin to Flappy Bird (yes, it was released four years ...

rocket barrels, and 2D side-scrolling sequences. Donkey Kong does feature the controversial redesign of the classic character that first debuted in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and resurfaced ...

Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed why Nintendo decided to redesign the character, and his involvement in the ...

When they first burst onto arcade cabinet screens in 1981, Mario and Donkey Kong instantly became one ... for an opportunity to bop him with a barrel or trash can. These fights are mostly ...