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Brief History

Donkey Kong first appeared as a Nintendo game character back in 1981. Two theories attempt to explain the origin of the video game’s name:

1. During production, some form of miscommunication led the game to be named Donkey Kong instead of its intended name “Monkey Kong.”

or…

2. His inventor, Shigeru Miyamoto, named the video game “Donkey Kong” to suggest stubborness (donkey) and gorilla-like imagery (Kong).

My personal theory is that the name implied “stupid gorilla” as opposed to “stubborn”, since Donkey Kong fights with braun instead of brains. But whatever the case, Donkey Kong is the name of the muscular, 800 pound gorilla that we know and love today.

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