Despite being Nintendo’s original mascot and being one of legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s most iconic character creations, Donkey Kong has had a bit of a weird history of getting his own ...

Donkey Kong has had some good games, and some bad games. For every Tropical Freeze, there’s a King of Swing, and for every Jungle Beat, there’s a Donkey Konga. Most DK games have something unique ...

But like Mario and even the pink puffball Kirby, he’s able to adapt to any genre he’s thrust in. While most of the titles that bear his name are platformers, DK has headlined everything from racers to ...

The Atari 2600 version of Donkey Kong isn't completely unplayable, although it's noticeably more limited and difficult to ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

In a surprise no one foresaw, Cranky Kong appeared in the new Nintendo Switch title Donkey Kong Bananza. Long the cranky granddaddy of the Kong clan and venerable traditional favorite nostalgic ...

Donkey Kong Bananza will add even more chaos to the confounding timeline of the Donkey Kong games, which over the past 40-plus years, has been a tangled mess of contradictions and confusion. But ...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson might not be actively wrestling these days, but that doesn't mean he's not still an expert at getting heat even when cutting micro-sized promos. The Hollywood star has just ...