Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and owned by Nintendo. It follows the adventures of a gorilla named Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong and his clan of other Ape, apes and monkeys. The franchise primarily consists of plat ...

'' is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and published by Nintendo. Games in the franchise have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Rare,

Paon is a Japanese video game developer. The company was founded in August 2004 as DP Inc. and merged with Paon Corporation, Ltd. in March 2015 to form Paon DP. Paon Corporation was founded on January 20, 1999. Through a partnership with Nintendo ...

and

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. While the first games were

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releases, most ''Donkey Kong'' games have been released for Nintendo consoles and

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since the third generation. It debuted in 1981 with the arcade game ''

'', which was a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market. With the original arcade games being

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into versions on third-party home consoles and developed by several companies. The ''Donkey Kong'' franchise has sold a total of 82 million copies as of 2022. Most of the games in the franchise are

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s, although the series also includes spin-offs other

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such as

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and

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s. The franchise is centered on the anthropomorphic

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and his clan of other apes and monkeys. Many of the ''Donkey Kong'' games use supporting characters throughout gameplay, allowing the player to control different members of the family. The success of the series is commonly attributed to its technical innovation and entertaining platforming sequences.

Arcade games

Home console games

Portable and handheld games

Mario vs. Donkey Kong spin-off series

Canceled games

References

External links

Official Nintendo websiteOfficial Paon website
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