Nintendo ’s breakout title was not Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda , but rather Donkey Kong , with the eponymous ape headlining the company’s 1981 arcade game that helped Nintendo establish a prominent foothold in the American gaming industry. Since then Donkey Kong has become a fixture for the company, either as a supporting character for Mario-led ensemble games or his own line of starring titles across Nintendo’s many home and handheld consoles. This has continued into the company’s fledgling Nintendo Switch 2 era, with the console’s Donkey Kong Bananza the most positively buzzed-about title from the Switch 2’s launch library.

Donkey Kong has a longstanding history within the video game industry, though the number of games that he primarily stars in aren’t quite as prolif

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