Articles about Donkey Kong

History of Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Characters
Donkey Kong Scoring Details
Shigeru Miyamoto Biography

Articles about Jumpman aka Mario | Radar Scope

History of Jumpman aka Mario
Nintendo´s Radar Scope

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is a fictional gorilla in the Nintendo Universe. He is roughly twice the size of a normal gorilla, weighing approximately 800 pounds. Donkey Kong first appeared in Nintendo's popular 1981 video game of the same name. Since then he has appeared in over 20 games in his own series, as well as in some games in the Mario series.

Kong debuted in the original Donkey Kong game, before moving on to Donkey Kong Country platformers for the Super Nintendo. He still spars with Mario on occasion, appearing as a playable character in Mario Kart, appearing as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. series and the primary antagonist in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games. Miyamoto believed "donkey" meant "stupid" in English, and assumed the name Donkey Kong would convey the sense "stupid ape" to an American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was laughed at, but the name stuck.

www.mariobrosworld.com/characters
wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
nintendoguyandmrspeach.com/Characters

Jumpman aka Mario

After Donkey Kong, Mario went on to become Nintendo's primary mascot, while Donkey Kong and his son were relegated to supporting roles and cameos such as in the arcade version of Punch-Out!!, Super Mario Kart, and the Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis. Mario is depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian-American plumber who lives in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Mario games, as a whole, have sold more than 210 million units, making the Mario series the best-selling video game series of all time. Outside platform games, he has appeared in video games of other genres, including the Mario Kart racing series, sports games, such as the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series, and role-playing games such as Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG. He has also inspired television shows, film, comics, and a line of licensed merchandise.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario
themushroomkingdom.net/mario_history

Lady aka Princess aka Pauline

Pauline is the damsel in distress and heroine of the original Donkey Kong. She is held captive by Donkey Kong and it is Mario's objective to climb up the construction site and rescue her. Along the way, the player can collect feminine articles (a hat, purse, and parasol) that Pauline drops for bonus points. In the same way that Mario was originally called Jumpman in Japan, Pauline was originally known as Lady.

The name Pauline was chosen for the character during the game's distribution in North America after Polly James, the wife of Nintendo of America's warehouse manager, Don James. Pauline made cameo appearances in two NES games, Pinball and Famicom BASIC. Princess Peach, introduced in Super Mario Bros., supplanted Pauline's original role as damsel in distress in the Mario games. She is the earliest example of a female with a speaking role in a video game, and is cited as a famous example of a damsel in distress in fiction.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Peach