Donkey Kong is a video game franchise preceding the Mario franchise. This video game series mainly features Donkey Kong as the main character. Usually, he is featured either as the main protagonist or antagonist.
Overview[]
Being a major series, the Donkey Kong series also has other series of games within it as well. The main backbone of the Donkey Kong series is the Donkey Kong Country series which is a series of 2-D platformers with many aspects taken from the Super Mario series. There are also many other spin-off series within the Donkey Kong series, one of which is the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, following after the Donkey Kong series, which features Mario as the main protagonist and Donkey Kong as the main antagonist (though is usually more portrayed as sympathetic).
Games[]
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
- Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
- Donkey Kong Country (1994)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
- Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Side games[]
DLC[]
- Donkey Kong Adventure (2018)