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E3 2018: Original Donkey Kong Gets Surprise Switch Release

E3 2018: Original Donkey Kong Gets Surprise Switch Release

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Donkey Kong is back pounding girders, and Mario is a carpenter named Jumpman once again! The game that put Nintendo and Miyamoto on the map is finally officially available on Switch, in its original form! No, it’s never truly happened before. Ports of Donkey Kong released for earlier Nintendo systems were missing the Pie Factory stage. It’s never been confirmed why this stage was left out, but the prevailing theory is that Nintendo subcontracted out another company to do the coding work for Donkey Kong, and the state of their contract gave them ownership over said code. Why this would mean just the pie factory had to be removed is anyone’s guess. Like we said, just a rumor. The closest facsimile Nintendo has ever released themselves is the port that appeared in Donkey Kong 64. This version retained the same music and sound effects, AND the pie factory, but was reformatted to fit the horizontal orientation of the rest of the game it appeared in. What Nintendo and Hamster put

“The King Of Kong” Being Adapted Into Stage Musical

“The King Of Kong” Being Adapted Into Stage Musical

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The King of Kong, the famous 2007 documentary about the struggle between pompous Billy Mitchell and underdog Steve Wiebe over who could possess the world record for highest score on Donkey Kong, is now being adapted into a musical. Seth Gordon (who directed King of Kong and also just brought us the badly-reviewed Baywatch movie) is working on the play. “There’s such a melodrama, and so many of the characters are actually musicians, and the music of the games, too, is a thing,” says Gordon. He says the finished product will boast fifteen musical numbers including “Museum of Your Heart,” written by Walter Day, the man who founded the official arcade record-keeping outfit Twin Galaxies. Day also performed the song for the King of Kong film. A few months back, the perfect opening scene for a King of Kong musical popped into my head. I’m just going to write it down now, in the event that the real musical ends up using the exact same scene. Then I can sue.

Footage Of Cancelled Diddy Kong Racing Sequel Emerges

Footage Of Cancelled Diddy Kong Racing Sequel Emerges

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In what is sure to be the most surprising news you’ll wake up this morning to hear, demo footage from a proposed Diddy Kong Racing sequel, entitled “Diddy Kong Racing Adventures,” has turned up. Rare originally proposed their own sequel, “Donkey Kong Racing,” and it had been given the go-ahead shortly before they left Nintendo’s wing. Climax Entertainment saw an opportunity for some work and built their own version. Like the original Diddy Kong Racing, this game would have been a combination between a racer and an adventure game. One would traverse an overworld in their vehicle and choose from six different zones containing three separate courses each. The roster of available vehicles would have been greatly expanded, covering quad-bikes, planes, jet skis, and hover scooters, and upgrading them would have been possible. The story would have been light. After facing defeat in Diddy Kong Racing, Wizpig would exact his revenge by sending an army of Kremlings to bulldoze the island and make it Great Again (sorry, I’m still a

Five Things You Never Knew About Donkey Kong

Five Things You Never Knew About Donkey Kong

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We know how clickbaity that title is, and how usually such headlines almost never measure up to their content. But this time, we’re pretty sure there are at least five new facts about the original Donkey Kong game you don’t know…because Miyamoto just revealed them to Wired Magazine in an article that was published today. The “stupid monkey” dictionary story is true It’s been dismissed by some as an urban legend, but Miyamoto just confirmed himself that he named the ape “Donkey” because his Japanese-to-English dictionary said it was a synonym for “stupid.” However, he WAS told the dictionary was inaccurate prior to finishing the game….but he kept the name as-is because he liked it. Miyamoto got his best ideas in the bathtub “At that time, our office was in Tobakaido, which also housed the hanafuda factory.” In 1981 Nintendo still made its original product, hanafuda cards. “There was a water boiler that was used to make the hanafuda, and the water from this boiler was also used for a

New Donkey Kong World Record Set

New Donkey Kong World Record Set

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The sun rose on a new King of Kong this morning: Wes Copeland, and I bet he feels grateful. Wes has been chasing the title of highest Donkey Kong scorer for a while, briefly attaining it at the Donkey Kong Online Open 2015 before having his own record beat mere HOURS later. Copeland had scored 1,170,500; soon after, his rival Robbie Lakeman beat him at the same event with 1,172,100. On January 3, 2016, Copeland struck back with a 1,190,000 score, putting him back on top. Lakeman will not be responding to this challenge, declaring his retirement for the time being from arcade competition. There is an absolute limit to how much one can score in a game of Donkey Kong, due to the game having a “kill screen” like most other arcade classics. If you can guide Mario (or Jumpman, whichever) through 21 rounds of the four stages, his 22nd trip up the girders will result in an instant death for no reason. The goal has now become to

Donkey Kong World Record Broken Once Again

Donkey Kong World Record Broken Once Again

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Records are an achievement that many, many, people want. From simple showings of power and strengths, to the endurance to overcome all obstacles to obtain a goal, records prove definitively that you did it. That holds true for video games as well, as many classic video games have world records, record holders. Arguably the most famous is the Donkey Kong world record. A struggle and contest so fierce that a movie was made about a rivalry between two of the previous record holders. Now, a new champion has been crowned once again, Wes Copeland, who actually held the record once before. The current record now stands at 1.19 million points. Copeland himself spoke on the Donkey Kong Forums about the record, its previous holders, and all who attempt the record: “Donkey Kong messes with your mind. It’s the only game I’ve ever played that does,” says Copeland. “Every player, the 1.2m, the 1.1m, the 1m, the 900k, the first-time kill screener, all the way down to even the player who

The Reigning King Of Kong Keeps Changing Every Hour

The Reigning King Of Kong Keeps Changing Every Hour

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Quick — name the current serving King of Kong. If you thought of Billy Mitchell or Steve Wiebe, get with the times — those guys are ancient history. The world record in Donkey Kong continues to be smashed by new challengers, and this weekend, it was broken twice. The Donkey Kong Online Open 2015 was held by DonkeyKongForum.com last Thursday. It was an online competition where those who considered themselves the best players in the country competed live via Twitch. Only actual Donkey Kong arcade units could be used, but that wasn’t a problem for the hardcore members of the forum, who each had their own. There is already an answer to the proverbial question asked on the game’s screen — we know How High You Can Get. Most arcade games have a bug-out point and Donkey Kong is among them, though it’s not as spectacular-looking as Pac-Man’s glitched-out 256 screen. There comes a point where Mario will simply, randomly die for no reason and the game will end. Most

The Most HYPE Moments From Summer Games Done Quick

The Most HYPE Moments From Summer Games Done Quick

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The summer version of Games Done Quick ran nonstop through all of last week, culminating with a complete playthrough of Chrono Trigger on Sunday night. The event smashed its previous summer fundraising record of $700,000 with a sheer $1.3 million raised for this year’s charity, Doctors Without Borders. If you missed the marathon, you probably don’t have time to watch 168 hours of material (and if you do, you need to get some higher priorities in life), so as we did with Awesome Games Done Quick last January, Popgeeks will now pick the most memorable moments from the event, and link to GDQ’s YouTube account for each. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9cNthQy84g You may only be able to watch the Bioshock Infinite playthrough in short bursts; the pace at which it’s run through and torn apart is dizzying. Runner FearfulFerret takes advantage of several glitches to skip entire sequences from the game and storyline. Only one Handyman ever appears and he’s able to skip the entirety of Comstock House with one move. He also