Author Topic: Is Donkey Kong a Mario character? (Read 4472 times)

Toddathon · « **on:** January 29, 2002, 05:50:38 PM »

I was wondering if DK was a Mario character? Games with Yoshi, Wario, and them seem to count, but there's no Donkey Kong games in the game list, and he was the first one to star with mario. What's up wit' dat? And he's even in Mario games with character choice!

Darkside · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2002, 06:14:12 PM »

Technicly,yes.Just some video game makers just say that D.K. is not a 'Mario' charictor.

Green Luigi · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2002, 09:17:31 AM »

I think that D.K. used to be a Mario character but after he starred in Donkey Kong country, he became a D.K. character instead of a Mario character.

I''m-a Luigi, number one!

frostbite · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2002, 02:17:50 PM »

Is Luigi a Mario character, then? And besides the Donkey Kong Country DK is actually Donkey Kong Junior.

cable04 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2002, 03:26:49 PM »

no, dk country dk is the son of dk jr. who is the son of dk (cranky)
but idunno why in mario tennis dk jr is younger than dk country dk
<did that make any sense?>
but yes he is a mario character to me

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frostbite · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2002, 04:46:08 PM »

Another analogy for you:
Baby Mario is to Mario as Donkey Kong Jr. is to Donkey Kong.

MagicKoopa120 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2002, 05:47:23 PM »

I think he is both with Mario and Seperate.

(I have returned.)

Paper Mario · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2002, 06:28:31 PM »

Yes he is
Darkside:Its "character" just to let you know

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Luigi-Mario your looking thin!
Mario-You think I lost weight?
Luigi-Nevermind

Wario-Ahhhhh I love swimming in my pool of pretty woman.
Pretty Woman-WE LOVE YOU WARIO!!
Wario-Life is good.....
*Wakes up*
Wario-Darn, it was a dream!!
I thought it was real!!

Bowser-Its the end for you Mario!!
Mario-Here comes my secret weapon!!
*Pulls out pair of siccors*
Mario-I will cut you to ribbon!!
Bowser-AAAHHH!! Noooooo!!!!

n/a · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2002, 06:30:07 PM »

Think about this... If Dk's a Mario character, than Mario should be a DK character, he's been in games where DK's the star. (DK Jr.)

Go hang a salami! I''''''''m a lasagna hog!

NOT edited by - n/a on 2/3/2002 10:50:52 AM

frostbite · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2002, 04:13:23 PM »

You see, DKJR was made before Shigeru Miyamoto felt that they were popular enough to branch out into their own games. Mario Bros. was a sucess, but DK3 was a total flop, and DK was gone forever until [Rare] tried to make a game starring DKJR as an adult. The Donkey Kong Country games were born. (But I bet y'all knew most of that already)

Edited by - frostbite on 2/5/2002 4:27:08 PM

« **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2002, 05:14:45 PM »

some brits? are you talking about Rare? does rere own DK now?

frostbite · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2002, 05:36:41 PM »

Yes I mean Rare, but no, they don't own DK. That's why all Rare's games say (C)[Year]Rare and Nintendo.

Mario Maniac · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2002, 07:38:14 AM »

Rare is a Nintendo company right? So why do the Donkey Kong games always say "used with permission..." or "liscensed by...? If Donkey Kong was created by Nintendo, then why do they need to licence him from Rare in order to use him in games?

In Super Smash Bros., the copyrights on the bottom of the title screen say (C) 1999 Nintendo/Rare/HAL Labs/Game Freak

It's the same with Kirby. He is a Nintendo character right? But why is he owned by HAL Labs? Is HAL Labs a company owned by Nintendo, or are they just liscensing their Kirby characters to them?

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frostbite · « **Reply #13 on:** February 07, 2002, 02:29:00 PM »

The "DK Model used with permission of Rare UK" thing means that Rare made the Donkey Kong 'sprite' so to speak, even though DK is owned by Nintendo.