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(DK) is an anthropomorphic gorilla appearing in the ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Mario'' video game franchises. A popular character, he has appeared in many video games. Donkey Kong was Mario's first opponent in the game of the same name, Nintendo's popular 1981 arcade game, ''Donkey Kong''. Since then he has starred in his own series of games, starting with 1994's ''Donkey Kong Country'' for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and remains an important character in the spin-off games of the ''Mario'' series. DK debuted at the same time as Mario, and he still appears with Mario on occasion, appearing as a playable character in the ''Mario Kart'' and ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, and is the primary antagonist in the ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' games. ==Concept and creation== In 1981, Nintendo was pursuing a license to make a game based on the ''Popeye'' comic strip. When this fell through, Nintendo decided that it would take the opportunity to create new characters that could then be marketed and used in later games. Miyamoto came up with many characters and plot concepts, but he eventually settled on a gorilla/carpenter/girlfriend love triangle that mirrored the rivalry between Bluto and Popeye for Olive Oyl. Bluto was replaced by an ape, which Miyamoto said was "nothing too evil or repulsive", and the pet of the main character. Miyamoto has also named "Beauty and the Beast" and the 1933 film ''King Kong'' as influences for the character. Miyamoto used "donkey" to convey "stubborn" in English, the name ''Donkey Kong'' was intended to convey "stubborn ape" to the American audience.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Nintendo Online Magazine )〕〔Translation-English translation ''The Mushroom Kingdom http://themushroomkingdom.net/dk_fuzzy.shtml〕〔Fact-checking website ''Snopes'' determines that "The bottom line is that no evidence backs up any of the explanations that the name 'Donkey Kong' came about because of a misread fax, mispronunciation, or mistranslation. Shigeru Miyamoto, the game's inventor and the one person who unquestionably knows the origins of the name he chose, has repeatedly affirmed that he used the word 'donkey' to convey a sense of stubbornness and the name 'Kong' to invoke the image of a gorilla." 〕 When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was laughed at, but the name stuck. Donkey Kong was redesigned for the Super NES in 1994 by former Rare character artist Kevin Bayliss. He presented the modern look to Nintendo and was immediately approved. Although the character design has been tweaked over the years, Donkey Kong's appearance remains consistent to this day when Bayliss last modified him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donkey Kong (character)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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