Donkey Kong is having a moment. This summer, not only did Mario’s original foe get his first theme park ride in the United States, but he’s also got Donkey Kong Bananza, his own mega game coming to Switch 2 later this week, and he might even be getting a movie sometime in the future.

While it is a fan service to the original Donkey Kong series, DKCR lacks the optimization of the SNES era of Donkey Kong Country games. 4) Donkey Kong 64 He’s the leader of the bunch, you know ...

Our story begins in 1981, when arcades were everywhere. Interestingly, Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Donkey Kong and the later Super Mario series, originally wanted to make a game based on Popeye.