But Mario didn't even have a name in that 1981 debut – it was the then-villainous Donkey Kong who was the star of the show.

Donkey Kong 64 deserves a remaster to update its challenging collectathon gameplay and enhance its beloved charm. The game's excessive collectibles and backtracking make it frustrating, but a ...

Mario vs. Donkey Kong's 2024 remake adds new worlds like Merry Mini-Land and Slippery Summit for extra challenges. Slippery Summit's levels cleverly integrate ice physics into puzzles, making them ...

Donkey Kong Bananza takes Nintendo's hallmark sandbox exploration and pushes it somewhere the studio rarely goes--pure chaos.

Grant Kirkhope, the composer behind many classic games including Donkey Kong 64, has explained why he wasn't credited in The Super Mario Bros. Movie for the use of the infamous DK Rap. In an interview ...

Coke vs. Pepsi. Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Krispy Kreme. Mario vs. Donkey Kong. When it comes to classic rivalries, the age-old tiff between Nintendo’s plumber and its darn, dirty ape is actually one that ...

Pauline first appeared in the original Donkey Kong. In that arcade game, Pauline was kidnapped by the eponymous ape, and players had to rescue her as Mario. Pauline’s appearances were few and far ...

Coming into Donkey Kong Bananza, the eponymous ape had a lot of work to do to impress me. I'll admit I've never picked up any of DK's games, which means my main experience is him being my arch-nemesis ...

The 2024 version of Mario vs. Donkey Kong on Nintendo Switch is a great little game. A remake of the 2004 Game Boy Advance game of the same name, Mario vs. Donkey Kong sees the titular plumber once ...

Kirstin is a long-time fan of Nintendo, anime, manga and trading card games. Although her tastes in video games spread far and wide an early interest in Nintendo has lead to a life-long love of seeing ...

I never played the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong, which came out in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. So I brought no nostalgia or past experience to the new version coming out this week, which feels ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.