Is Donkey Kong owned by Rare?

Under the terms of the merger, Nintendo retained the rights to all the Donkey Kong characters, while Rare maintained the rights to its own intellectual properties such as Banjo-Kazooie and Conker.

Is Donkey Kong owned by Rare or Nintendo?

Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and owned by Nintendo. It follows the adventures of a gorilla named Donkey Kong and his ape and monkey friends.

Did Rare make Diddy Kong?

Diddy Kong Racing is a 1997 racing video game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The game is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizarding pig named Wizpig, through winning a series of races.

Does Rare own Donkey Kong 64?

Donkey Kong 64 was Rare's final Donkey Kong game prior to its acquisition by Microsoft in 2002. Retrospective reviews of Donkey Kong 64 were mixed; critics considered it emblematic of the tedium in Rare's "collect-a-thon" adventure platformers.

Who originally owned Donkey Kong?

Donkey Kong, electronic game, originally released in 1981 by the Japanese Nintendo Company Ltd., that spawned a popular franchise and helped start the video game revolution of the 1980s.

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Who did Donkey Kong steal?

The hero is a carpenter originally unnamed in the Japanese arcade release, later named Jumpman, and then Mario. Donkey Kong kidnaps Mario's girlfriend, originally known as Lady and later renamed Pauline. The player must take the role of Mario and rescue her.

Is Donkey Kong a part of Mario?

Donkey Kong, also known simply as DK, D.K., or D. Kong, is a major character in the Mario franchise and the main protagonist of the Donkey Kong franchise.

Who owns Chunky Kong?

Quest for the Golden Bananas

In the game Donkey Kong 64, Chunky Kong is one of the Kongs captured by the Kremling Krew at the start of the game. Chunky is found in the Frantic Factory, and can only be rescued by Lanky Kong.

Who is Donkey Kong 64 girlfriend?

Candy Kong is a character from the Donkey Kong franchise and the girlfriend of Donkey Kong. She first appeared in Donkey Kong Country, as the only female member of the Kongs.

Did Rare make Donkey Kong Country Returns?

Donkey Kong Country Returns was the first installment of the Donkey Kong Country series to not involve the original series developer Rare.

Who owns Timber the Tiger?

Diddy Kong Racing/DS

As Wizpig took over the island Timber managed to send letters to his various friends, requesting their assistance in helping him defeat Wizpig. With the aid of his friends Timber managed to defeat Wizpig and reclaim ownership of his island.

Who owns Tiny Kong?

Tiny Kong is a character in the Donkey Kong games, who first appeared in Donkey Kong 64. She is a Kong that has blonde hair and has two pigtails. She was created by Rare and owned by Nintendo. She is Dixie Kong's younger taller sister and is a cousin to Chunky, and Kiddy.

Who owns the rights to Rare?

In 2002, following the release of Star Fox Adventures on the Nintendo GameCube (Rare's only game on the system), Nintendo sold Rare's shares to Microsoft for $375 million, granting them 100% acquisition of Rare. The company then began to produce games for Microsoft Studios' Xbox video game console.

Does Microsoft own Rare?

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. A historic, powerhouse in gaming. This was, of course, a pretty big deal at the time considering all of Rare's biggest hits were on Nintendo consoles, such as Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong Country, Perfect Dark and Jet Force Gemini.

Why does Square own Geno?

Geno is actually owned by Square Enix because Squaresoft developed Super Mario RPG.

Who is Cranky Kong wife?

Wrinkly Kong is an elderly gorilla and the wife of Cranky Kong. Wrinkly first appeared in the game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest for the SNES, where she ran Kong Kollege. She gave the player advice and allowed the player to save their game.

Who is Dixie Kong boyfriend?

Dixie Kong is a female Kong from the Donkey Kong series. She is Diddy Kong's girlfriend and Tiny Kong's older sister. She also has two cousins, the 3 year old toddler Kiddy Kong and his older brother Chunky Kong. Her first appearance was as Diddy's partner in the game Donkey Kong Country 2.

Who is Diddy Kong owned by?

Since Rare was bought by Microsoft from Nintendo, they left their rights to the Donkey Kong franchise in Nintendo's hands. Because of this, Diddy Kong went on to appear in many spin-off titles for the Mario franchise, but continues to side with Donkey Kong in many more adventures, including Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Who is the strongest Kong?

Is Jumpman Mario's dad?

Fan theories have suggested that Jumpman may actually be the father of Mario, however it is confirmed that Jumpman and Mario are the same character, and Cranky Kong, formerly known as Donkey Kong Sr., is also the grandfather of the current Donkey Kong.

Why does Donkey Kong wear a tie?

By giving Donkey Kong a tie, Nintendo, in their minimalistic and simple fashion, changed everything about his character. The neck tie represents responsibility, self control, maturity, and sophistication, the opposite of an impulsive gorilla.