![]() Also, a friend of mine holds the number 3 score on this at the infamous Funspot arcade in New Hampshire where 'The King of Kong' was filmed. Donkey Kong' games, such as Oswald the Rabbit was to Mickey Mouse in 'Epic Mickey 2'.Īnyway, I couldn't resist writing this, as it's a personal favorite of mine that I throw on whenever I can't decide between games that go "boing boing" or "pew pew". He would have been perfect as a co-star to Mario in the 'Vs. I would have loved to see him occasionally show up and do his thing over the years. On top of everything else, he's got established beef with one of Nintendo's A-listers, Donkey Kong. He's got a unique gimmick, great character design and some sweet dance moves. It's a real shame too because he's got a lot going for him. trophy, DK3 would be his only major appearance. Stanley the bugman takes center stage here and despite the Game & Watch title 'Greenhouse', an appearance on 'Saturday Supercade' and a Smash Bros. ![]() until of course he goes all jerkface again and torments Wario as a child, thus creating his future rival. Originally cited as abusing his pet gorilla in the marketing materials of 'Donkey Kong' and then being relegated to the antagonist role in 'Donkey Kong Jr.', Nintendo begins to disassociate their rising star Mario from DK here to avoid any further confusion towards his hero status. 'Donkey Kong 3' is the peanut butter and jelly of retro video gaming. What we got as a result was one part platformer and one part vertical shooter. At a time when 'Galaga' was still consuming nearly twice as many quarters as it's competitors, Nintendo needed a second sequel to the platformer that established their brand in America.
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