Ever since his debut in 1981, Donkey Kong has been one of Nintendo's most beloved characters. Originally an arch-nemesis to Mario in his first ever video game, he would later star in his own spin ...

The Super Nintendo World coming to Epic Universe will feature the first version of a track-jumping Donkey Kong coaster in the ...

National Day Calendar said that the Mario that we know and love started as a villain when Donkey Kong was first developed. He wasn’t even a plumber in 1981. Instead, pre-plumber Mario ...

The former is a sort-of sequel to the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game, which combines the classic barrel-dodging sprints with levels where you guide Mario around to hunt for keys and open locked ...

The first of the two games is 1994’s Donkey Kong, which takes the 1981 classic arcade Donkey Kong game and expands it with 97 additional stages. It also serves as the predecessor to Mario vs.

Mario's first appearance came with the original Donkey Kong in 1981, since then the Mario franchise has sold over 879 million copies, with "Super Mario" titles making up 430 million of that.