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In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. was replaced by the modern Donkey Kong, who has appeared in almost every ''Mario Kart'' game since; though the former makes a cameo in the background of [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|Waluigi Stadium]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' In this game, his head is redesigned to be more reminiscent of the modern Donkey Kong. He was planned to appear in the game as a playable character, but he was [[List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! pre-release and unused content#Unused data|replaced]] with [[Diddy Kong]]. | In ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. was replaced by the modern Donkey Kong, who has appeared in almost every ''Mario Kart'' game since; though the former makes a cameo in the background of [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|Waluigi Stadium]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' In this game, his head is redesigned to be more reminiscent of the modern Donkey Kong. He was planned to appear in the game as a playable character, but he was [[List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! pre-release and unused content#Unused data|replaced]] with [[Diddy Kong]]. | ||
Donkey Kong Jr. returns in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as a playable character in his ''Super Mario Kart'' appearance under the name '''Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)''', debuting in the [[Super Mario Kart Tour]].<ref>@mariokarttourEN (September 3, 2020). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1301513489559760899?s=20 ''"The Summer Festival Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Starting Sep 8, 11 PM PT, get ready for some nostalgia with Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) in the #SuperMarioKart Tour! #SuperMario35"'']. ''Twitter''. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref> | |||
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- This article is about the character itself. For the video game with the same name, see Donkey Kong Jr. (game). For Donkey Kong as a baby, see Baby Donkey Kong.
- “Monkey Muscle!”
- —Donkey Kong Jr., Saturday Supercade
Donkey Kong Jr. (sometimes referred to as DK Jr. or just Junior) is a Kong character that debuted in Donkey Kong Jr. as the titular hero, who had to save his father, Donkey Kong, from Mario. While he is occasionally identified as a younger version of the modern Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. is currently considered his father, which also makes him the son of Cranky Kong.[1]
History
Donkey Kong franchise
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr.'s premier appearance is in the eponymous Donkey Kong Jr. He is the star of the game and the only playable character. It follows the events of the original Donkey Kong, where Donkey Kong Jr.'s father, Donkey Kong, has been locked up by Mario. Donkey Kong Jr. must travel through four stages, climbing vines to ascend them and then watching as Mario hauls his father further on through the game.
There are numerous enemies that Donkey Kong Jr. must avoid. However, if he drops fruit on the enemies, they will be defeated. Once Donkey Kong Jr. has put a key into the cage, Mario will move Donkey Kong to a new area. When Donkey Kong Jr. beats Mario at last in Stage 4, Donkey Kong and Mario both fall; Donkey Kong Jr. catches his father and then walks off-screen with his newly-freed papa (in the NES version, this scene only has Donkey Kong Jr. catch his father, omitting the rest of the scene due to memory space issues).
In the original arcade game, he also appears during the transition scene for Stage 2 and Stage 3, where he pursues Mario's chopper with a parasol.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
One year later, Donkey Kong Jr. made another playable appearance in the game Donkey Kong Jr. Math. His father stood at the top of the stage, holding a sign with a random number placed on it. Donkey Kong Jr. had to climb amongst multiple vines to gather the correct numbers and mathematical signs to create the number on his father's sign.
This game also starred a pink-colored palette swap of Donkey Kong Jr. that could be playable in a two-player game; however, Donkey Kong Jr. was still brown in color, and could be played as in both one- and two-player modes.
Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
In Donkey Kong on the Game Boy, Donkey Kong Jr. teams up with his father to kidnap Pauline, and Mario must defeat both of them before rescuing her. For most of the game, Donkey Kong Jr. usually stays in areas inaccessible by Mario, activating and deactivating switches in ways that can either help or harm Mario; nonetheless, it is shown in Stage 8-9 of Rocky-Valley that the plumber can lose a life when touching Donkey Kong Jr. Sometimes, Donkey Kong Jr. even appears out in the open and throws Poison Mushrooms. Finally, Mario got to stop him for good in Stage 9-4, where he locked him in a cage in a fashion similar to Stage 4 of the original Donkey Kong Jr. In the ending, Donkey Kong Jr. somehow managed to free himself and lay in wait as Pauline gave Mario a Super Mushroom to catch Donkey Kong, and acted as soon as his father was calling for help. In the end, the group of characters take a photo together.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a cameo at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level in the background in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze inside a Wii U GamePad held high by the original Donkey Kong.
Saturday Supercade
Donkey Kong Jr., voiced by Frank Welker, is featured as the main protagonist of the cartoon short Donkey Kong Junior from the animated series Saturday Supercade. Here, Donkey Kong Jr., after discovering his father is missing from the circus, decides to track him down with the help of a clumsy biker named Bones.
Nintendo Adventure Books
Donkey Kong Jr. makes an appearance in the sixth Nintendo Adventure Book, Doors to Doom; in the book, Mario and Luigi find themselves in Donkey Kong Jr.'s jungle after entering one of the doorways created by Dr. Sporis von Fungenstein. Upon seeing Mario and Luigi, Donkey Kong Jr. attacks them, forcing the two to flee. Eventually, after a vine-climbing chase, the Mario Bros. escape Donkey Kong Jr.
Mario Kart series
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a playable character in Super Mario Kart. He is classified as a heavyweight character alongside Bowser. His preferred item is the Banana, with which he would litter the racecourses. His kart has maximum top speeds; however, if he were to drift away from the main course, its speed would decrease greatly.
In Mario Kart 64, Donkey Kong Jr. was replaced by the modern Donkey Kong, who has appeared in almost every Mario Kart game since; though the former makes a cameo in the background of Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! In this game, his head is redesigned to be more reminiscent of the modern Donkey Kong. He was planned to appear in the game as a playable character, but he was replaced with Diddy Kong.
Donkey Kong Jr. returns in Mario Kart Tour as a playable character in his Super Mario Kart appearance under the name Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES), debuting in the Super Mario Kart Tour.[2]
Super Mario All-Stars
In the Super Mario Bros. 3 remake in Super Mario All-Stars, the kings of the Mushroom World are turned into different creatures than in the original. The Big Island King gets turned into Donkey Kong Jr. This happens in other 16-bit remakes of Super Mario Bros. 3, including Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition.
Super Mario Maker
In Super Mario Maker, Donkey Kong Jr. appears as one of the costumes that Costume Mario can wear.
Mario's Time Machine
Donkey Kong Jr. makes a cameo in Mario's Time Machine, appearing on several paintings in the background of Bowser's Museum.
Mario Tennis series
Mario's Tennis
In Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy, Donkey Kong Jr. is a playable character. He is the largest character in the game. This is also the only game where he wears shoes and socks.
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Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)
Donkey Kong Jr. returns as a playable character in the Nintendo 64 adaption of Mario Tennis. He is classified as a Power Character, who can be unlocked by winning the Star Cup in Doubles. He is one of two unlockable characters in the game, with the other being Shy Guy. If he is unlocked, he is Donkey Kong's double partner; otherwise, Yoshi takes his place. This game marks Donkey Kong Jr.'s final playable appearance until Super Mario Maker as a costume, not counting later ports of his game of the same name.
Game & Watch Gallery series
Donkey Kong Jr. appeared many times in the Game & Watch Gallery installments. Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the first two games with role as a "damsel in distress" in several of the minigames. However, Donkey Kong Jr. is the star of his own minigame, which is a small remake of the original Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch game. The same minigame from the third game also appears in the fourth installment of the series.
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Donkey Kong Jr. also has a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, though he does not make a playable appearance.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Donkey Kong Jr. did not return as a collectible trophy, though data extracted from the disc shows that he was going to appear but was scrapped. Instead, he has a Sticker. The sticker shows Donkey Kong Jr. with a key over his head; the sticker is only referred to as Junior. It raises launch resistance by twenty-one in the Subspace Emissary adventure mode of the game. His other sticker shows him holding a tennis racket from Mario Tennis. Additionally, one of the names that appears when the player presses the "Random Name" button when naming their custom stage is DKJR.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Donkey Kong Jr. appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit.
Punch-Out!! series
Punch-Out!!
In the first game in the Punch-Out!! series, Donkey Kong Jr. can be found watching the fight in the audience along with Mario and Luigi.
Super Punch-Out!!
In the second arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. can be found in the audience again, along with Mario, Luigi, and Donkey Kong, this time with a different color scheme.
Super Mario-Kun
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a participating racer and an opponent to Mario in the Super Mario Kart adaption in one of the volumes of the Super Mario-Kun.
Other media
Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the e-Reader commercial, where he is on an assembly line where he undergoes a grooming makeover, only to be literally smashed into an e-Reader card.
Donkey Kong Jr. has made some appearances in the Super Mario Kodansha manga.
General information
Physical description
Donkey Kong Jr. bears a resemblance to his father. He has brown fur and wears a leotard with the letter J on it. His size varies between games, but is usually smaller or about the same size as the current Donkey Kong.
Personality
Donkey Kong Jr. is portrayed as the hero of his own game and a villain of Mario in Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. He always sides with Donkey Kong, and is shown to be athletic and mischievous.
Game appearances
| Title | Description | Release Date | System/Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong Jr. | Playable character | 1982 | Arcade |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | Playable character | 1982 | Game & Watch |
| Donkey Kong Jr. Math | Playable character | 1983 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Donkey Kong II | Playable character | 1983 | Game & Watch |
| Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson | Playable character | 1983 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Punch-Out!! | Cameo as member of crowd | 1984 | Arcade |
| Super Punch-Out!! | Cameo as member of crowd | 1985 | Arcade |
| Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros. | Playable character in Donkey Kong Jr. | 1985 | Arcade |
| Donkey Kong Classics | Playable character in port of Donkey Kong Jr. | 1988 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario Kart | Playable character | 1992 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario All-Stars | Cameo as the transformation of the World 4 King | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Donkey Kong | Enemy in certain stages | 1994 | Game Boy |
| Mario's Time Machine | Cameo as a picture hanging in Bowser's Museum | 1994 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World | Cameo as the transformation of the World 4 King | 1994 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Mario's Tennis | Playable character | 1995 | Virtual Boy |
| Mario Clash | Cameo at 800,000 points | 1995 | Virtual Boy |
| Game & Watch Gallery | NPC in Modern versions of Manhole, Fire, and Oil Panic | 1997 | Game Boy |
| Game & Watch Gallery 2 | NPC in Modern version of Parachute | 1997 | Game Boy |
| Game & Watch Gallery 3 | Playable character in Modern and Classic versions of Donkey Kong Jr and in a port of Donkey Kong II | 1999 | Game Boy Color |
| Mario Tennis | Unlockable playable character | 2000 | Nintendo 64 |
| Mario Tennis | Cameo as N64 Status's Icon (after N64 Link) | 2001 | Game Boy Color |
| Super Smash Bros. Melee | Trophy | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube |
| Doubutsu no Mori | Playable Character in emulation of Donkey Kong Jr. Math | 2001 | Nintendo 64 |
| Animal Crossing | Playable Character in emulation of Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong Jr. Math | 2001 | Nintendo GameCube |
| Game & Watch Gallery 4 | Playable character in Modern and Classic versions of Donkey Kong Jr., and NPC in Modern versions of Rain Shower and Fire. He also appears on the title screen. | 2002 | Game Boy Advance |
| Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 | Cameo as the transformation of the World 4 King | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| Mario Kart: Double Dash!! | Cameo as similar-looking Kong audience members in Waluigi Stadium. | 2003 | Nintendo GameCube |
| WarioWare: Twisted! | Cameo in microgame | 2004 | Game Boy Advance |
| Tetris DS | Cameo in the title screen | 2006 | Nintendo DS |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Cameo as Sticker | 2008 | Wii |
| Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition | Cameo as the transformation of the World 4 King | 2010 | Wii |
| NES Remix | Playable character on the Donkey Kong Jr. stages | 2013 | Wii U |
| Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | Cameo in the background at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level | 2014 | Wii U |
| Super Mario Maker | Costume Mario outfit | 2015 | Wii U |
| Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | Cameo in the background at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
| WarioWare Gold | Cameo in microgame | 2018 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Cameo as Spirit | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
Profiles
Super Smash Bros. Melee trophy
| Name | Image | Game | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong Junior | 
|
Donkey Kong Junior Arcade 1982 |
Donkey Kong Jr. came to the rescue when Mario imprisoned his father. DK Jr.'s challenge was to collect the keys to Donkey Kong's cage, all the while dropping fruit on his enemies from high above. He was able to climb faster by using two ivy vines at once. This ape is also quite skilled at kart racing, tennis, and mathematics. |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl stickers
| Image | Game | Effect |
|---|---|---|
|
Mario Tennis | [Arm] - Attack +14 Usable by: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong |
|
Donkey Kong Jr. | Launch Resistance +21 |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit
| Name | Image | Game | Type | Class | Effect | How to obtain | Spirit battle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Battle conditions | Stage | Song | |||||||
| Donkey Kong Jr. | 
|
Donkey Kong Series | Primary (1) | Ace | limegreen Throw Power ↑ |
World of Light (Light Realm); Spirit Board | Tiny Donkey Kong, Giant Donkey Kong |
|
Kongo Jungle | Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr. Medley |
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Donkey Kong Jr.
- SMKDKJRProfile.png
Name in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ジュニア Junia ドンキーコングJr.[3] Donkī Kongu Junia ドンキーJr. (Mario Tennis) Donkī Junia |
Junior Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Jr. |
|
| Chinese | 森乐刚 (Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)) Sēnlègāng 森喜刚Jr. (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) Sēnxǐgāng Jr.[?] |
Reference to Donkey Kong's Chinese name "森喜刚" (Sēnxǐgāng), while "乐" (lè, happy) is have same meaning as "喜". Donkey Kong Jr. |
|
| Russian | Донки Конг — младший[?] Donki Kong - Mladshiy |
Donkey Kong Jr. |
Trivia
- Oddly, several games in which Donkey Kong Jr. appears contain doppelgängers. Such examples of these games include the Game & Watch Gallery series of remastered compilations (which seem to depict Donkey Kong Jr. as a species rather than an individual character), Donkey Kong Jr. Math which includes a second Donkey Kong Jr. recolored pink, and Mario Kart: Double Dash!! which includes Donkey Kong Jr.-like audience members at Waluigi Stadium.
- During development of Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong was originally intended to be a redesign of Donkey Kong Jr., though Nintendo did not like the complete redesigning of the character and ordered the game's developer Rare that either Donkey Kong Jr. have his original appearance or the redesign be made into a new character, to which Rare decided on the latter.[4]
- Unused sprites of Donkey Kong Jr. can be found in the coding of Donkey Kong 3, but he does not appear in the final game.[5]
References
- ^ "Super Mario Kart is the only Mario Kart game to feature Donkey Kong Jr. Due to the success of Donkey Kong Country, all future Mario Kart entries featured Donkey Kong, who is actually Donkey Kong Jr.’s son, with Cranky Kong, aka Donkey Kong Sr., canonically being the character featured in the original Donkey Kong game. Makes sense, right?" - Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario Kart 16 Bits Tab.
- ^ @mariokarttourEN (September 3, 2020). "The Summer Festival Tour is wrapping up in #MarioKartTour. Starting Sep 8, 11 PM PT, get ready for some nostalgia with Mario (SNES) and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) in the #SuperMarioKart Tour! #SuperMario35". Twitter. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Super Mario Kart Japanese instruction booklet, page 22.
- ^ As revealed in Retro Gamer magazine.
- ^ https://tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_3_(Arcade)
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