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Funky Kong
is a series of video games published by Nintendo since 1981 and created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong and Mario have both had the roles of protagonist and antagonist in the series. Other characters have included other Kongs, the crocodilian villain King K. Rool, and supporting animal characters. This article lists the characters that have appeared in titles that revolve around Donkey Kong and/or the Kong family. Kongs Kongs are a group of various primates (particularly apes and monkeys) that live on Donkey Kong Island. The Kong Family''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest'' Instruction Booklet , Nintendo, 1995, p. 16 (PDF) (also known as the Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kongs
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Wall
The fourth wall is a performance dramatic convention, convention in which an invisible, imaginary wall separates actors from the audience. While the audience can see through this "wall", the convention assumes the actors act as if they cannot. From the 16th century onward, the rise of illusionism in staging practices, which culminated in the realism (theatre), realism and naturalism (theatre), naturalism of the Nineteenth-century theatre, theatre of the 19th century, led to the development of the fourth wall concept. The metaphor suggests a relationship to the mise-en-scène behind a proscenium, proscenium arch. When a scene is set indoors and three of the walls of its room are presented onstage, in what is known as a Box set (theatre), box set, the fourth of them would run along the line (technically called the proscenium) dividing the room from the auditorium. The ''fourth wall'', though, is a theatrical convention, rather than of set design. The actors ignore the audience, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty And The Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales''). Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in ''Magasin des enfants'' (''Children's Collection'') to produce the most commonly retold version. Later, Andrew Lang retold the story in ''Andrew Lang's Fairy Books#The Blue Fairy Book (1889), Blue Fairy Book'', a part of the ''Fairy Book'' series, in 1889. The fairy-tale was influenced by the story of Petrus Gonsalvus as well as Ancient Greece, Ancient Latin stories such as "Cupid and Psyche" from ''The Golden Ass'', written by Apuleius, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis in the second century AD, and "The Pig King", an Italian fairy-tale published by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in ''The Facetious Nights of Straparola'' around 1550. Variants of the tale are known across Europe.H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygon (website)
''Polygon'' is an American entertainment website created by Vox Media covering video games, movies, television, and other popular culture. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, ''Polygon'' sought to distinguish itself by focusing on the stories of the people behind video games and long-form magazine-style feature articles. The site was built over the course of ten months by eight co-founding editors which included the editors-in-chief of the gaming sites '' Joystiq'', '' Kotaku'' and '' The Escapist''. Vox Media produced a documentary series on the founding of the site. In May 2025, ''Polygon'' was sold to Valnet. History Vox Media (2012–2025) The gaming blog ''Polygon'' was launched on October 24, 2012, as Vox Media's third property. The site grew from technology blog ''The Verge'', which was launched a year earlier as an outgrowth of sports blog network ''SB Nation'' before Vox Media was formed. Vox Media's chief executive officer, Jim Bankoff, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Freeze
''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' is a 2014 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. The fifth installment in the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series, ''Tropical Freeze'' is a direct sequel to the 2010 Wii game ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and was released in February 2014. An enhanced port for the Nintendo Switch was released in May 2018. In ''Tropical Freeze'', Donkey Kong and his family must venture across five islands to save their home, Donkey Kong Island, after it is frozen over by the villainous Snowmads—a group of invaders from the northern seas, who attacked the island on Donkey Kong's birthday. Like its predecessor, the game received generally positive reviews. Praise was directed at the level design, gameplay, and soundtrack, although its high level of difficulty received more mixed opinions. Gameplay The game continues on from the side-scrolling platform gameplay of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series and see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Kong Country Returns
''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' is a 2010 Platformer, platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in PAL regions and Japan the following month. The game's story focuses on an evil group of Tiki-like creatures known as the Tiki Tak Tribe that are unleashed on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotize the island's animals into stealing Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's banana hoard, prompting the two to traverse the island to reclaim it. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' was the first installment of the ''Donkey Kong Country (series), Donkey Kong Country'' series to not involve the original series developer Rare (company), Rare and the first to be released after Rare's purchase by Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft. The game was a critical and commercial success; it has sold over 6.53 million copies worldwide, making it one of the List of best-selling Wii video games, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' is a 2007 Racing video game, racing game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The game was shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3 convention in May 2006 for the GameCube under the title of ''DK: Bongo Blast'', but this version was ultimately cancelled in favor of a Wii release. It was released for the Wii in Japan and the United States in 2007, and in PAL regions in 2008 with the title ''Donkey Kong Jet Race''. The game was originally developed to be controlled using the DK Bongos for the GameCube. ''Barrel Blast'' was faced with List of video games notable for negative reception, generally negative reviews after its release, with critics criticizing the replaced bongo control scheme with controls using the Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuck, Nunchuk, as well as the last-generation visuals. Gameplay ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' is a Racing video game, racing game where the player can handle the selected character using the Wii Rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Climber
also stylised as ''DK: Jungle Climber'', is a 2007 puzzle-platform game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was released in Japan on August 9, 2007, and in western territories later that year. It was re-released for the Wii U's Virtual Console in Japan and North America in July 2015 and in Europe and Australia in August. ''DK: Jungle Climber'' is a sequel to '' DK: King of Swing'' (2005) for the Game Boy Advance, featuring similar gameplay, but the visuals have been designed to more closely resemble ''Donkey Kong Country'' and add dual screen support. Gameplay Like ''DK: King of Swing'', ''DK: Jungle Climber'' features Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong as the main characters. To navigate the levels, the player must hold down L and R to jump, and alternating between L and R allows Donkey Kong to hold onto or let go of the pegs on the levels. When Donkey Kong is only holding onto one peg, he will spin, allowing him to climb up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Swing
King of Swing or the Swing King may refer to: *Count Basie (1904–1984), American jazz pianist, bandleader, organist, and composer **''King of Swing'', a 1956 album by Count Basie Orchestra * King of Swing, a New Zealand bred and Australian based standardbred harness race horse * The Swing Kings, a band *Benny Goodman (1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader *Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952), American big band leader *'' DK King of Swing'', a video game * the Ponza Swing King, a baseball pitching machine invented by Lorenzo Ponza * the Swing King, a special cricket ball designed for swing bowling * Teddy Stauffer, German swing musician * Buddy Schwimmer, American swing dancer * Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian swing bowler The Sultan of Swing may refer to: *Wasim Akram, Pakistani swing bowler *Sultans of Swing, song by British band Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals, lead guitar), David Knopfl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Konga
is a series of rhythm video games developed by Namco and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. A spin-off of the '' Donkey Kong'' series, they are played with a special controller called the DK Bongos that resemble two small bongo drums, but can optionally be played with the standard GameCube controllers. ''Donkey Konga'' was developed by the team that were responsible for developing the '' Taiko no Tatsujin'' series. The tracks include songs such as " Louie Louie", " We Will Rock You", " Shining Star", " Rock Lobster", " Losing My Religion", and Hungarian Dance#5 in G Minor. There are tracks from the '' Mario'' series, ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, and other Nintendo related music. The Japanese, North American, and PAL region versions have different track lists, and in the North American version of the first two games, almost all of the licensed non-Nintendo/traditional songs are shortened covers. The first two games have around 30 tracks each, depending on the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Smash Bros
is a series of platform fighting video games published by Nintendo. Created by Masahiro Sakurai, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is a crossover featuring many characters from other video game series created by Nintendo and other developers. Its gameplay is distinct from traditional fighting games, with players aiming to knock each other off of stages after accumulating damage with numerous attacks. The games have also featured a variety of side modes, including single-player story modes. Sakurai conceived the idea of ''Super Smash Bros.'' while working at HAL Laboratory in 1998 with the help of Satoru Iwata. The series's first game, '' Super Smash Bros.'' (1999), was released for the Nintendo 64 and used characters from Nintendo franchises including '' Mario'', '' Donkey Kong'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', '' Kirby'', and '' Pokémon''. The game was a success, and Sakurai was asked to make a sequel for the then-upcoming GameCube, '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetpac
''Jetpac'' is a shooter video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game and released for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984. It is the first game to be released by Ultimate Play the Game, the company which later became Rare. The game follows Jetman as he must rebuild his rocket using a jet pack in order to explore different planets, while simultaneously defending against hostile aliens. It was written by Ultimate co-founder Chris Stamper with graphics designed by his brother, Tim Stamper. Reviewers praised ''Jetpac''s presentation and gameplay, and it won "Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards in 1983. ''Jetpac'' has since been included as an unlockable minigame in 1999's '' Donkey Kong 64'' and as part of the 2015 compilation ''Rare Replay''. It was later included in a game compilation on the ZX Spectrum Vega. It spawned two direct sequels and a 2007 remake, '' Jetpac Refuelled'', which was released for the Xbox Live Arcade serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
