Editing Big Ape City

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'''Big Ape City'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land'' instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> is a large urban area and a recurring location within the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], which is said to be near the center of [[Donkey Kong Island]]. The name "Big Ape City" may be an allusion to "The Big Apple", a nickname for [[New York City]].

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
Big Ape City is the fourth and final world of ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', and [[King K. Rool]] is ultimately fought at the end. Big Ape City has seven levels, which are themed after high-rise buildings and construction sites. A large blimp with DK's initials on them, called the DK Blimp,<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 74, page 20.</ref> is also the setting of two levels.

#[[Construction Site Fight]]
#[[Kong Krazy]]
#[[Balloon Barrage]]
#[[Fast Barrel Blast]]
#[[Skyscraper Caper]]
#[[Button Barrel Blast]]
#[[Oil Drum Slum]]
#Boss level: [[K. Rool's Kingdom]]

===''Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle''===
[[File:Rumble Jungle Illustration - Big Ape City.jpg|thumb|160px|An illustration showing [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]], looking down towards Big Ape City]]
In the 1995 chapter book ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle]]'', Big Ape City is said to have once been the largest city on Donkey Kong Island, and "the center of culture, entertainment and business". However, the city was gradually abandoned in favor of the surrounding caves, treetops and mountains. In the events of the book, [[Funky Kong]] flies over the city in his [[barrel plane]] with [[Diddy Kong]], who sees smoke rising among the ruins of the city, although Funky doesn't wish to "go looking for trouble". After taking Diddy Kong back to his [[DK's Tree House|treehouse]], Funky Kong flies over Big Ape City to pick up another passenger, although several [[Hogwash the Flying Pig|flying pigs]] attack his plane and cause him to crash land. [[Donkey Kong]], Diddy Kong and [[Cranky Kong]] decide to cross the island on foot. They use a cave route within a snow-capped mountain in order to reach the city.

Upon arrival, they find that the city has been taken over by [[Kremling]]s, who have re-established themselves following the destruction of their old factory in the [[Donkey Kong Country (novel)|previous novel]]. It is revealed that they are building a new, larger factory under the direction of [[King K. Rool]], who wants it completed by the end of the week. The Kongs are afraid of the amount of pollution that the factory is releasing. They overhear that Funky Kong is being held inside of the factory, and they proceed to overcome the city's "beefed up security" in order to help Funky escape, and to disable the city's security system. Within the factory, the Kongs overcome various different Kremlings, including [[Kritter]], [[Krusha]], a [[Klaptrap|Klap Trap]] and [[Rock Kroc]]. After Funky repairs the engine of his barrel plane, the Kongs use it to escape the factory. Before leaving, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong infiltrate the city's zeppelin, which is the "command ship" of King K. Rool. They plant the ship with time-delayed [[TNT Barrels]], before escaping the city in their barrel plane. From afar, the Kongs watch the ship fall onto the factory, destroying them both. Amused about their victory, the Kongs return to their treehouse.

Within the novel, [[Cranky Kong]] states that when he was Donkey Kong's age, Big Ape City was on the verge of being abandoned, as it was already "decaying and dangerous". Cranky also states that he has many memories of battling "a short plumber named [[Mario]]" within the city, which suggests that Big Ape City was where the [[Donkey Kong (game)|''Donkey Kong'' arcade game]] takes place.

===Other appearances===
The first actual world of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' for the [[Game Boy]] was called [[Big-City]], and may be the same location. A snippet from page 15 of the ''Donkey Kong Land'' manual says: "Travel by zeppelin to Donkey Kong's favorite stomping ground, Big City. The sight of that familiar skyline might bring back fond memories, but don't waste your time sightseeing when there are Kremlings around!" The strategy review in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' further states this with a screenshot caption stating "Cranky used to roll barrels at [[Mario|a plumber]] in the construction site here", being a direct homage to the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game, though Mario was a carpenter in said game. The [[Metro Kingdom]] from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' has likewise been implied to be the place where Mario confronted Donkey Kong in the past,<ref>SuperMario_UK (October 12, 2017). [https://twitter.com/SuperMario_UK/status/918400873499365376 You might stumble across some graffiti in New Donk City. This piece has some kind of link to the city's history...] ''Twitter''. Retrieved October 22, 2017.</ref> which implies that New Donk City has a direct connection with both Big Ape City and Big-City.

==Profiles==
{{quote|Travel by zeppelin to Donkey Kong's favourite stomping ground, Big City. The sight of that familiar skyline might bring back fond memories, but don't waste your time sightseeing when there are Kremlings around!|''Donkey Kong Land'' instruction booklet, page 15}}
{{quote|Donkey Kong loves Big Ape City! Cranky used to roll barrels at a plunder in the construction site here. Use your street smarts and find King K. Rool's hideout.|''Nintendo Power'' vol. 74, page 11}}
{{quote|Big Ape City is the fourth and final world in Donkey Kong Land. Diddy and Donkey leap and carom across the skyline, bouncing and rolling through the DK Blimp and several Skyscrapers construction sites. King K. Rool is ready and waiting at his penthouse hideaway. Are you prepared for the rematch?|''Nintendo Power'' vol. 74, page 20}}
{{quote|Kremlock Industries' hijacked this horrendous, smog-filled metropolis and made it their own. It's touted as a smorgasbord of iron and concrete laced with Hogwash, and party balloons. But it's the toughest mother of a platform gauntlet DK and Diddy have ever run!!!|''Donkey Kong Land'' Nintendo Magazine System, page 18}}
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=大都会
|JapR=Daitokai
|JapM=Big city
|Spa=Gran ciudad de los monos
|SpaM=Big city of the apes
|Ita=Big Ape City<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 19</ref><br>Big City delle Scimmie<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 15</ref>
|ItaM=-<br>Monkey's Big City
}}

==Trivia==
*According to the free 24-page booklet of ''Donkey Kong Land'' from UK's ''Nintendo Magazine System'', Big Ape City was taken over by "Kremlock Industries",<ref>''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet, page 18. "''Kremlock Industries’ hijacked this horrendous, smog-filled metropolis and made it their own. It’s touted as a smorgasbord of iron and concrete laced with Hogwash, and party balloons. But it’s the toughest mother of a platform gauntlet DK and Diddy have ever run!!!''"</ref> likely referring to [[Kremkroc Industries, Inc.]]

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