"Why do they call him Donkey Kong when he's not a donkey? "
This question was asked on Yahoo Answers, and as I thought about the answer I started wondering the same thing! That's bizzare! So I decided to look further into it!
I found out the name was chosen by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as a combination of the word "Kong", because the movie King Kong had just recently come out in Japan. According to another game designer, Donkey was chosen because Miyamoto wanted the character to show a sense of stubbornness. Some urban legends have gone around saying that the actual name was to be "Monkey Kong" but was changed by accident for the American release. Which obviously isn't true... a game director later corrected these myths in "Donkey Wrong." :)
This question was asked on Yahoo Answers, and as I thought about the answer I started wondering the same thing! That's bizzare! So I decided to look further into it!
I found out the name was chosen by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto as a combination of the word "Kong", because the movie King Kong had just recently come out in Japan. According to another game designer, Donkey was chosen because Miyamoto wanted the character to show a sense of stubbornness. Some urban legends have gone around saying that the actual name was to be "Monkey Kong" but was changed by accident for the American release. Which obviously isn't true... a game director later corrected these myths in "Donkey Wrong." :)
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