The Original Donkey Kong series

The Original Donkey Kong series is a series of games developed by Nintendo and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto. This was the very first series in the entire Mario franchise debuting two of Nintendo's iconic mascots Mario and Donkey Kong.

Overview
The first 3 games are arcade games with the first game, Donkey Kong being about Mario trying to save his girlfriend Pauline from Donkey Kong. In the second game, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong's son, Donkey Kong Jr. becomes the protagonist who must save his father from Mario who plays the role of the antagonist. In Donkey Kong 3, you play as Stanley the Bugman who must get Donkey Kong out of his greenhouse. After years of hiatus, the original series was concluded with the 1994 Gameboy game, Donkey Kong '94.