Donkey Kong

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 16 Comments

Donkey Kong – and the series itself – is celebrating its 35th anniversary today. The very first game debuted way back on July 9, 1981 in arcades. Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s oldest franchises, so it’s great to see that it’s still very relevant today!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Wes Copeland retook the Donkey Kong record this past week with 1,218,000 points, and essentially achieved a “perfect” game as he did not lose a single Mario in the process. Copeland was the previous record holder in January, but was topped by Robbie Lakeman last month who obtained a score of 1,190,000.

On Facebook, Copeland indicated that this is his “last record score.” Lakeman may be done as well, having chimed in on the situation with the following message: “I’m not lucky enough. Good enough, but not lucky enough.”

Here’s a look at Copeland’s playthrough:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images | 5 Comments

Gregg Mayles, a former staffer at Rare, has been posting concept art from the Donkey Kong Country days. He hasn’t slowed down since then, as we have more images including early designs.

Here’s a roundup of the latest shots from Mayles:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 5 Comments

Gregg Mayles, a former staffer on Rare, has been posting several images of concept art of Donkey Kong over the past few days on Twitter.

Here’s a look at everything that was shared:

Rare worked on several Donkey Kong games during the ’90s. These include Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Land, and Donkey Kong 64.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

Donkey Kong wasn’t always a shoe-in for the new movie Pixels. In an interview with Wired, director Chris Columbus stated that the character wasn’t included in the first draft of the script.

It was only after several months of meetings with Nintendo that the company signed off on having Donkey Kong featured in Pixels. Nintendo eventually felt that the film team would “treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay”.

Columbus said:

“I was excited because the script had a Centipede sequence and a Pac-Man sequence, but what the first draft of the script did not have was Donkey Kong. After months and months of meeting with the board of Nintendo they agreed that we were going to treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay, which was very important, and bringing Donkey Kong into the film was a slam-dunk for us.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Four new Wired Fight Pads have just been announced by PDP, coming in 2015 we will see four new characters; Link, Samus, Donkey Kong, and Wario.

The leading third-party manufacturer of video game accessories to release a second wave of Nintendo GameCube-inspired controllers for Wii U in early 2015.

Burbank, CA – 12/3/2014 – PDP is proud to announce that four fan-favorite characters are joining the lineup for the Wired Fight Pad for Wii U, a new addition to the Classic Controller line inspired by the original Nintendo GameCube controller.
Unlocking with the second wave: Link, Samus, Donkey Kong, and Wario! Each of these characters brings a deep history and strong personality to the Wired Fight Pad.

The Wired Fight Pad is licensed by Nintendo and designed for use with the Wii and Wii U consoles. The Wired Fight Pad plugs directly into the Wii Remote External Extension Connector. Players can use it for Wii and Wii U games that support the Classic Controller, the Classic Controller Pro, as well as some of Nintendo’s Virtual Console games.

The Wired Fight Pad line also features fan-favorite Nintendo characters such as Mario, Yoshi, Princess Peach, and Luigi – All with a shape inspired by the original Nintendo GameCube controller.

The second wave of the Wired Fight Pad will be available in early 2015 with an SRP of $24.99.

Check out the images below to see if you will be picking one up next year:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

New music and sound effects have been found in Donkey Kong despite the fact that the game was released over thirty years ago.

One user over on the Cutting Room wiki came across three pieces of music as well as two sound effects. Although these items were never publicly accessible, some have appeared in later games including handheld ports.

You can listen to all of the content here.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Update: Clarification. This reward originally appeared in 2011, but has been unavailable for a significant period of time.

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Club Nintendo has added a new selection of posters. For 400 coins, members can obtain a set of three featuring Donkey Kong. You can place an order right here.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 7 Comments

Retro Studios president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh commented on Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s new 3D camera and how the Metroid Prime games influenced the company’s Donkey Kong titles as part of an interview with GamesTM this month. In doing so, Kelbaugh revealed that Metroid Prime’s engine and tools were used to make Returns.

Kelbaugh told the magazine:

With every game we make, we get better. In that sense, yes, the experience we gained working on the Metroid Prime franchise was invaluable.

Specifically answering your question about 3D to 2D, what you may not realise is that we constructed the levels in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in very much the same manner as we did the levels in Metroid Prime. However, levels in Returns and Tropical Freeze are much, much larger and more detailed. And I’ll share this with you; we used the Metroid Prime engine and tools to develop Returns, so technically, the lessons learned on Metroid Prime were directly applied.

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