Nintendo's 800-pound gorilla in a 300-pound cabinet arrived in arcades across America 40 years ago this summer. By 1981's end, Donkey Kong had hoisted the Japanese electronics company on his broad ...

The sixth console generation was packed with 3D platformers, mostly on the GameCube and PlayStation 2. Sony had several ...

Donkey Kong first appeared in his eponymous 1981 arcade game, where he served as the villain. That game also saw the debut of Mario, and the two would remain enemies in several follow-ups. In 1994, ...

In a surprise no one foresaw, Cranky Kong appeared in the new Nintendo Switch title Donkey Kong Bananza. Long the cranky granddaddy of the Kong clan and venerable traditional favorite nostalgic ...

Nintendo fans are only just realising the slight blunder that led to Donkey Kong getting his name. The iconic gorilla was first created in 1981 by Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo ...

Working with Nintendo, and perhaps the surreal dreams of emulation enthusiasts, the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, intends to offer a nearly 20-foot-tall, yet playable, version ...

Ever wanted to feel as small as Mario did when confronted by his original, seven-foot tall gorilla nemesis? On Monday, the Strong National Museum of Play shared its new plans to create an enormous, 20 ...