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 ...

But Mario didn't even have a name in that 1981 debut – it was the then-villainous Donkey Kong who was the star of the show. Yet Nintendo has always seemed content to let DK play, er, second banana in ...

Donkey Kong Bananza, which debuts on the Nintendo Switch 2 next month, looks amazing. You can pummel your way through a destructible world that consists of many different environments with the help of ...

Donkey Kong Country is 30 years old as of Nov. 18, and one video game archivist is celebrating this milestone by sharing 3D scans for a series of rubber figures previously exclusive to Japan. The ...

Nintendo's official Japanese website for Donkey Kong Bananza has confirmed how old Pauline is, and it only makes the game's timeline even more confusing. This week's Donkey Kong Bananza Direct made it ...

Before Mario was Mario, Nintendo referred to him as “Jumpman,” and he was the protagonist who battled Donkey Kong in the legendary arcade game of the same name. The great ape kidnapped Pauline, ...

Let's say your nemesis broke into a factory that made deluxe toys in your likeness, ran off with dozens of them, and then dropped them across a series of exotic locations. What would you do? Call your ...