The Kongfounding Case of Donkey Kong Jr. - Missing in Action
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- Welcome to Missing in Action, where we take a look back at game elements that have gone missing! But has Donkey Kong Jr. really disappeared? Or has he simply taken a different form? We investigate to see what really happened to the son of Nintendo's original baddie!
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He was all style, He was all grace. This Kong has now been replaced.
Missed opportunity to not put Lanky in ARMS as DLC.
Kain Tugwell-Fisher Lol that would’ve been amazing. Whenever you hit with the arms, you would hear voice sound effects 'Style' and 'Grace'
Huuuuawh! DK ...Donkey Kong!
You forgot that Gorillas age faster than humans. Making it perfectly normal for Donkey Kong Jr. to be Current DK's father.
^
Exactly! That’s what I’ve been saying
Then Baby Donkey Kong is Kranky Kong, which would make sense.
But if Baby DK is modern DK, that would mean that Kranky Kong was a grandfather for at least 25 years when he fought Jumpman in the original Donkey, which could work, I suppose.
Current Donkey Kong sppears as a baby together with Baby Mario, and older Mario appears as an adult together with Cranky Kong.
I like to think Jumpman and Pauline are Luigi, Mario and current Pauline's parents.
HyperToxBox64 And that Modern DK had Jr as his son, not as his father, meaning Cranky would be Jr’s great grandfather.
Zelda Timeline: I'm super complex
Mario Timeline: Hold my beer.
The Zelda devs clearly don’t take there lore seriously fans should stop acting like they do.
Just a Toaster
This.
@@justatoaster3140 You gotta admit, throwing in a separate timeline on an event that never existed doesn’t make sense.
@@robbiewalker2831It’s just a game.
Nintendo brought back Pauline
They should bring back Donkey Kong Jr
They did, in a fashion.
I mean he’s a spirit in smash ultimate
Hes back in Mario Kart Tour!
King Fresh27 both of them are
The Mario movie says that DK is the son of Cranky and not grandson, and honestly I prefer it that way because it implies that DK Junior was just DK as a child, which A) means he is still there right in front of our face and not missing for whatever reason while his dad and son get the spotlight, and B) greatly simplifies the genetic lore, so hopefully they'll keep that consistent from now on
This is literally the most Kong-fusing thing ever...
*sigh* seriously,André?
Not really. I'd say it's taxes.
The problem is Nintendo seemed to at one point want to keep Donkey Kong Country as a separate universe. Hence why Cranky, Diddy and the other Country Kongs where never mentioned in Mario games. This also explains why Donkey Kong Junior would appear alongside Donkey Kong. When Donkey Kong appeared in games with Mario, the DKC retcons didn't exist and DK was just the same one from the arcades and had one son, Junior. But, Nintendo seemed to change their mind when the DKC games took off as well as they did and now made DK Country part of Mario's universe. Now Diddy, Cranky and other Kongs appear with Mario. This left Junior in a bad spot as he could not co-exist with Diddy, so given the Diddy was so much more popular, Junior was dropped. It's a similar story to the Koopa Kids of Mario Party, essentially Bowser Jr. Precursors getting replaced by Bowser Jr. Maybe we'll Dk Jr again some day, Pauline proves it's never too late to make an appearance.
Caleb TV DK jr also made appearances here and there but he’s been playable more times than her as of yet. In the first time in nearly 40 years she’s going to be playable. So imho she’s the ultimate sign that any character can return.
Modern DK = DK Jr. grown up. This has been common knowledge for a very long time.
@@Super60429 Cranky being the Original DK (aka DK Sr.) is common knowledge, but DK Jr. being Modern DK is a misconception because according to Rare and Nintendo, Modern DK is Cranky's *Grandson* meaning that DK Jr. is actually the Father of Modern DK making Modern DK known as DK the 3rd.
@Pyro Flare It's not that people behind Nintendo are jackasses, it's more the fact that "original Donkey Kong being modern Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr being his son" has always been the intended continuity of Nintendo. Rare Ware just screwed up saying that it's actually Cranky Kong who is the original Donkey Kong, which doesn't allign the original canon continuity of Nintendo when it comes to Donkey Kong. Personally, I feel what RareWare did is a mistake. If it weren't for Rare doing this, Donkey Kong Jr could've still be in more Mario and Donkey Kong games. Rare could've kept the continuity that original Donkey Kong is Modern Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr is his son, as it should be.
@@carmenherrera8812 A better idea would’ve been to keep the designs from DK’94 for Donkey Kong Country, make Diddy appear alongside him, have DK captured in both DKC2 and DKC3, and when Diddy is captured in DKC3, reintroduce Jr instead of bringing in the ugly Kiddy Kong.
Donkey kong lore > final fantasy lore
Pong lore>>>>Kingdom Hearts lore
@louismlg everything is better than fnaf lore
minecraft lore >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all lore
Prenses Guldane 2 Agreed
@@Hellopokebowl fnaf sucks fucking 10 year old
We need a DK Historia.
Something like that would expand my...
knowledge on all things DK.
More like a Mario-verse Historia.
Bruh DONGLES i see what you did
Mr. Panda ii
Check out DK Vine. They've got more information than you could ever want.
DK JR died in a kart racing accident that hit the Nintendo world hard enough for Mario and Cranky to end their feud. The modern DK never got to know his dad for long, and only knows the stories of when Mario was a foe. It seems like a sad story. But thankfully he has a big family that has always been around to look after him in place of his parents. He's had a good life.
Is this canon?
It turned out he didn't actually die, and simply went into hiding in the jungle to hone his Mario Karting skills, waiting to make his grand return in Mario Kart Tour.
Will that was a spin off. No body cares about that one.
Araceli Rincon What? That doesn’t make any sense
@@jlcdrawings9312 no
I still want to know who Bowser knocked up to get Bowser Jr.
Damian Ruiz a 43 year old japanese man
asexual reproduction
yep, it was confirmed to be miyamoto himself
th-cam.com/video/uu2DnTd3dEo/w-d-xo.html
He's a clone, like boba fett
There's three theories: Kamek created a son for him with magic, Bowser used to have a wife and now babysits his son, and there are different Koopas Bowser's size that look just like him and adopted Bowser Jr.
Jr. is likely to be gone forever except as cameos such as Smash Bros. trophies. This is a shame. But then again Pauline was pretty much gone forever too and look what has happened.
Excellent video by the way. I hope you do more things like this.
Pauline isn't a good comparison. She has had regular appearances in Mario vs. Donkey Kong. She hasn't been "gone forever" in over a decade.
Zynux but before those games in the 2000's she had been absent since DK '94 to my knowledge. So that's still a huge length of time she vanished. That's what I was referring to. Not her absence between the Mario VS DK series and Odyssey.
Ah okay, that clarifies it then. I thought you were talking about recently.
Donkey Kong Jr. is dead. They turned him into an e-Reader card.
PEGASUS!!!!!!
@Sean Ramos Good thing I can send him back
Yeet
I got that joke.
He’s up there in heaven with Chunky.
The simple answer: Modern DK is simultaneously the original DK, Donkey Kong Junior, and a totally new Kong. The characters have changed between totally separate developers without any concrete rules behind those characters' specific relationships with one another, so different developers treated those characters differently. Cranky was clearly established as the original DK, yet Mario Vs. Donkey Kong implies the modern DK to be the original DK. Thus, the true identity of DK is dependent on the individual game, with no possible series-wide consistency.
Gamechamp3000 wow I didn’t expect to see you here, that’s awesome!
@@ravioliman_ same
I've always seen mario vs dk as events that never actually happened. But I imagine that's all relevant to what you play first and speaks to you most.
@@yadonkno3320 same could be said about DK’94, because unlike Cranky who never wore a tie, DK in DK’94 DID wear a tie.
One thing you forgot to say, in Super Mario Kart on SNES, Donkey Kong Jr. looks older and bigger, hinting that he grew up, but further appearances show him in his younger design again.
Meaning this would be the canonical last appearance (besides tour)
Donkey Kong Jr.’s real name is Expandamous Dongulous II
Okay, we got cool bits and missing in action. Now all we just need is a new know your enemy...
But there's one question left: who's the mother? Is it Miyamoto again?
SyncYu like Bowser jr
Well... he does get around.
Well, if Cranky is the current DKs father, then obviously Wrinkley is his mother
It's Alex Faciane
SyncYu wrinkley kong
we found him
He’s stuck as a sprite though, after getting squished by the e-card machine
Similarites between Jr. and Waluigi
1: They were both meant to be something bigger
2: They both only had tennis in the end
3: Got a smash brothers role taken from them
Junior is actually lucky, half of the dk crew only has one game.
I think he should return and be Pauline’s doubles partner like Luma to Rosalina. At the end of DK 94 it’s shown all 4 get along.
Putting a tie on DK since '94 certainly has make quite an impact on how we view this guy (of course to me it comes off like preserving a cartoon cliche we've seen in old Hanna-Barbera cartoons).
Also snake asks if modern Donkey kong, is stable with Mario, and the guy (that I forgot his name was) said "nope, they're still going at it" follwing some examples, Snake then says "A chip off the old block, huh?" So you in my opinion, you are right about this whole theory.
He's probably on that island of forgotten Nintendo characters from Captain Rainbow. But he wasn't worth rescuing.
I believe that DK Jr. deserves a second chance, alongside Wart, Tatanga, Foreman Spike, Wanda, and Stanley.
Also, one of the things I believe is missing in action happens to be the dragon-like first boss of the NES Legend of Zelda, Aquamentus.
Well, link killed him.
lol
Not Wart.
That was a reskinned game and everything in it is from Doki Doki Panic. Nothing lives except for bobombs, shy guys, sniflits, birdo, and if you qualify the Super Mario Super Show, Mouser
In any case, SMB USA (following the lore laid out from the Yoshi's Island trilogy) was a dream Mario had. Some notable characters that do make cameos in the Mario spin-off (and noncanon) games, don't reappear in any other mainline Mario game (getting to Wart's cameo in Link's Awakening in second here) afterwards. Reason being that when we sleep and dream, the scenarios are subconscious plays out for us, often distorts things we see in them and taking that fact into consideration, characters like Birdo and Wart actually happen to be subconscious interpretations for Yoshi (egg regurgitation and jurassic similarities) and Bowser (both wetland like creatures, both use oral attacks, and both are kings), respectively. Shy Guys (Mario and co. adventures in Yoshi's Island) are the only exception to this though. On the topic of Wart's appearance in Link's Awakening, that game was also much like SMB USA, a dreamt up adventure Link had after his sailboat was wrecked in the storm for the opening scene of the game (picking up after the OoA/S true ending. Yes, I know they switched the placement of Link's Awakening BEFORE the Oracle titles, instead of the Hystoria canon for the Downfall timeline, but still, c'mon), so if anything, Wart's cameo is just an homage to SMB USA as they both partake in a dream. (Though Koholint Island disappears at the end, it doesn't prove that it never existed outside of Link's dream, as it shows up in its real form as an island in BotW, spelling /slightly/ different, much like with what I said about Birdo/Yoshi & Wart/Bowser interpretation.)
@@Iamabum21 I DONT FEEL LIKE READIN SH** Anyways I think Doki Doki is dead and Wart is part of Mario now.
Randon Pseudoname mousers appeared in the Paper Mario series. Also Miyamoto himself prefers the American Mario 2 over the lost levels
I remember an interview (probably Iwata Asks or something similar) about a guy working on Super Mario Kart (how they ended up making Mario Kart is quite fascinating by the way), and he said they picked Donkey Kong Jr because they needed characters that can be easily recognised from the back despite being pretty low res, and easy to animate, which Donkey Kong Jr's tank top provided 😊
9÷3=6
8×1=9
4+2=5
You heard it here folks
That's how math works
Thanks now next time at pre-k ill be able to tell a answer 😂
Thats how mathia works
It would sorta be nice if they fit junior into the canon going forward. Maybe graduate from the onesie and have a DK jr tie. He could be the tough father type that after saving his dad went out and gathered the family banana hoard.
That sounds like an interesting way to reinvite him into the games. Plus, it could explain why said hoard is such a big deal in the original DKC game.
@@IdeaBox-dk5vj The banana hoard is the last thing DK Junior got for his family... before the Great Ape War.
We miss you Jr, you will always be remembered.
Missing in action went missing in action for a while
Toadsworth should return in the spotlight
Bob Bobson IKR
I mean come on the king of the mushroomworld (no not peach dumbheads) should have some more games to be in
And MUSHBERT!
@@TheSmart-CasualGamer of course mushbert nowone will forgot him
@Frizzurd
The general consensus is that the original "Toad" is just a generic man. Every other Toad looks exactly like him (except for the ones that are special)
Diddy Kong only appeared in Rare games, until they were bought by Microsoft.
That's probably why they switched from Junior to Diddy for Double Dash, which likely started development before the buyout, but was released after. Nintendo probably didn't want to step on Rare's toes and first, but after Microsoft bought Rare, there were no toes to be stepped on.
Hopefully Junior will return one day. It was nice seeing new sprites in Super Mario Maker (swimming, crouching etc).
we got him back! now he'll leave for another 10-20 years.
He's back in Mario Kart Tour!
Obviously DK Jr. is living in New Donks City as a construction worker. :P
Missing in Action: Stanley the Bug Man (Mario/Donkey Kong)
Missing in Action: Stuff from Super Mario Land 2 (Mario)
Missing in Action: Tatanga (Mario)
Missing in Action: Wart (Mario)
Missing in Action: Shellcreepers (Mario Bros. Arcade)
Missing in Action: Kiddy Kong, Lanky Kong and Chunky Kong (Donkey Kong)
Missing in Action: Rudy the Clown (Wario Land)
Missing in Action: Real-world cities (GTA)
Missing in Action: Real-world (Pokémon)
Missing in Action: Pre-Windows cast (Touhou)
Missing in Action: Tawna Bandicoot (Crash Bandicoot)
Missing in Action: Tarzan (Kingdom Hearts)
Missing in Action: Battletoads
Missing in Action: Alex Kidd
Tawna is back, but YES for Touhou stuff. WHERE IS MIMA
Alex Kidd has new games now. But I'd kill for the pre-Windows cast. I think Mountain of Faith was a soft reboot.
The Battletoads also came back, this list is old.
Chunky Kong also made an appearance in the Super Mario Bros. movie.
Missing in Action: The Donkey Kong 64 kongs! Tiny hasn't appeared since Mario Super Sluggers in 2008, Lanky hasn't appeared since Barrel Blast in 2007, and Chunky hasn't appeared in ANYTHING since DK64. Please find them!
MyManNathan cameos in smash ultimate
Oh man..DK JR is one of my favorite of all time!! He should made it to Super Smash Bros roster.
lol i hope you're joking
@@JuriSins DK Jr. is better than Diddy, sorry.
... not sorry.
At the end, with the Mario age vs DK age: Gorillas have far shorter lifespans than that of a human, thus, it does make sense that Cranky Kong is the original DK with Mario appearing in his game.
Exactly. And i'm going to punch all the people who think otherwise.
Then why won't Cranky hurry up and die?
@@bert7651 He's got a lot of fight left in him. Also, I wonder what the age difference is/was between Cranky and Wrinkly
I am kongfused by the konggregation of kongsecutive kong puns in this kongversation.
Samuel Voltz You sir, have won the Internet
the amount of puns you made is kongfounding
Kim Kong Un
I am indeed kongfounded
I kind of liked the theory that the original Mario of Donkey Kong is the modern one's father, he was a carpenter instead of a plumber. The appearance of Pauline in Odyssey could make a problem with. But also, the cannon of the Mario universe is weird, roles of character can shift in playing sports, their timeline jump around, and I think the past in Odyssey could even be pixels.
I'd love to see DK Jr appear as an adult with a bald spot and a coffee mug in a future game. Then he's all like "Hey kiddo! Been a while! Hope your old granddad hasn't been too hard on ya!"
Colin Parlett cringe
And 2 years later, the Lost Kong was brought back... In a very blocky form, soon to be riding Karts on Mobile.
They should probably make a grownup DK Jr appear as modern DK's long lost father, as well as Cranky's long lost son.
Or just make DK Jr into modern DK’s son and Cranky’s Great Grandson.
We need a Missing in Action for Koopa Kid from the Mario Party series
I need that now!!!
I love the missing in action and cool bits series. Please never let them go _missing in action_
The biggest reason diddy was used from double dash and forward and even why jr was orginaly planned, Was actualy becasue rare was bought by microsoft. Rare acted as a 2nd party to nintendo but they co-owned all original charcters in DKC series including diddy. This ment that if they where to use diddy outside a rare game nintendo had to pay royalties to Rare. So instead they tended to use jr instead. But when rare got bought out by microsoft in 2002 with it they lost all rights to the kong family and they where compeltly owned by nintendo. Allowing them to use the more regonizable and icon diddy.
Thank you for this information
He came back in Mario Kart Tour.
Great video. One other strange thing about DK Jr's appearance in Mario Tennis 64 was that, when he wins a Cup, during his victory cutscene, he gets hugged by Donkey Kong. This would imply that the intent was that this DK Jr is Donkey Kong's son, rather than being an alternate timeline version of him like Baby Mario.
Perhaps the DK Jr from Mario Tennis and MKDD is yet ANOTHER DK Jr who is the son of the modern DK?
KONG-FUSING, ANDRE, YOU'RE THE PUN MASTER
Who would have thought that the Mario and Donkey Kong Country timeline would be more complicated than the Zelda timeline?
If Baby DK is actually the baby version of DK JR (It's ambiguous enough to allow that), the dates/times of all games line up perfectly. Baby Cranky works too, but with some reservations. But Baby-Modern-DK, as the video states, throws everything out of whack.
remember BoTW is in all three timelines
No Richard Pape, it is clearly in the failed hero timeline cos you fight Gabon in demon form instead of as Ganondorf
"zolda timlein iz hard" is a meme with no actual basis, stop forcing it
I’m now awaiting a million split timeline theories for DK.
A family tree would've been useful to discuss how Junior plays in to everything. I got pretty lost at those points.
7:30 DK junior went through a time machine
Dk jr is making an appearance as a playable character in Mario kart tour for Mario’s 35 anniversary
I prefer the Cranky-father / DK - son narrative, as it'd mean that modern DK is the grown up DKJr. That'd be so much better than having three DKs basically: DK/Cranky - DKJr - (modern) DK.
Doesn’t change the fact that dk is his grandson.
I’d love to see Jr. come back in a future DKC game as the villain with a vendetta against Diddy for replacing them. Then he recruits a bunch of the old Kongs and starts a Kong Civil War.
I’d honestly really like to see DK Junior get into Smash as a retro semi-clone of the standard DK
"if Jr. ever did reappear it would be in his standard design."
Within this same video was shown Jr.'s cameo in the audience of Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart Double Dash which shows him using a redesign more akin to Country...
It's simple: Cranky is the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr is his son, and the new Donkey Kong is the third. The DK64 quote where Cranky calls Donkey Kong III his son is either in error or simply using the "heir" definition (e.g. a son and a grandson both being called "sons"). This is the "canon" lineage that you will find on the Donkey Kong wiki.
“Was this Nintendo’s intent?”
A question GameTheory would never ask
So true! 😂
Agreed.
You should do a Missing in Action for Koopa Kid
Really good idea
Missing in Action: Koopa Kid
Bring Donkey Kong JR back in Mario Tennis Aces or we riot!
Super Kenny Better idea... Bring Donkey Kong JR back in Mario Tennis Aces or we’ll release gorillas on construction sites!
@@Cellmate412162 I wish mario tennis 64 have remake I wish Nintendo replace dk jr with dixie kong new characters are koopalings costumes are classic ones pee piranha king boo classic
With the fact that Mario Tennis Aces has so many characters, some kinda unexpected, I could see Junior reappearing in that game!
missing in action: king k. rool
Ikr
And DK: King of Swing. Not sure about DK: Jungle Climber.
And DK: King of Swing. Not sure about DK: Jungle Climber.
actually no, Rare lost the rights to those characters after Microsoft bought the British game developer, besides they still make appearances in other DK games
missing in action: -funny face- lanky kong, tiny kong and chunky kong
Some could say DK jr origins is a bit kong-plicated.
jetthestorm I think I have to kong-template those puns a bit more
It would be awesome to see one of these missing in action videos of Stanley the Bugman. He's got a lot of history behind him.
He's been found in mario kart tour!
I believe that this is one of the few topics of Missing in Action that hasn't returned since it's video - Adeline reappeared in Star Allies (as a DLC Dream Friend), Mighty, Ray and the Hooligans came back in Sonic Mania (/Mania +) in one way or another, so only DK jr., Takamaru and Sarasaland are still absent. Maybe they too will return at some point...
I still personally prefer to view modern Donkey Kong as the grown up Donkey Kong Jr. with Cranky as his father and the original Donkey Kong. Any time Cranky is referred to "grandpa" is just an euphemisms for how old he is. Anytime Cranky refers to modern Donkey Kong as his "grandson" is just the result of senility.
Maybe DK Junior grew up to be King Kong and well...we all know what happend to him.
Luke McNamara Lol. I like to think he became Funky or Chunky Kong
Holy moly, I think this is the best edited GameXplain video ever. Well done Derrick, it must have taken a long time to edit this.
+Jamie Camilleri Thanks!
Diddy is a better designed character anyway.
But DK Jr is better designed compared to KIDDY Kong.
I just think that DK Junior is the modern DK’s father and that cranky Kong was the original DK
You forgot to account for the fact that Gorillas have a life span of 35-40 years. Cranky Kong can be the original Donkey Kong and face the modern Mario without any issues in age coming up.
A pretty evenhanded look! Whenever i was about to disagree with something you said or scream at the video to refute it, you'd come along and make that same point (the "Baby Mario was also in Mario Tennis" bit).
One thing: Cranky specifically mentions raising the modern DK in DKC Returns. "I didn't raise you in a barn!" This would imply the possibility that DK could be Cranky's (and Wrinkly's) biological grandson who was still raised by them when their actual son or daughter vanished or died. This is the "Missing Generation" theory, and it allows the modern Donkey Kong to be both DK Jr. AND the grandchild of Cranky.
Holy duck, that makes more sense than anything. Grandparents often refer to adopted grandchildren as if they were direct children. It's possible in that regard for Cranky to be DK's grandfather and then also adopted father.
ANDRE? ANDRE, HAVE YOU BEEN MESSING WITH MY SCRIPTS AGAIN???
I had figured out the mystery. He had died in world of light and was turned into a spirit.
Donkey Kong Jr.’s inclusion in Mario Tennis and his unused model in Double Dash has a very simple reason behind it. Diddy was treated and thought of as a Rare original character and it wasn’t until Rare’s acquisition by Microsoft that Diddy started appearing in non-Rare titles. Because of this, Nintendo could only use DK Jr. as a partner in various games and it’s possible had Rare stayed, it would have remained that way. As far as I’m aware, that explains why Diddy only appeared in Rare-developed titles until Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.
There are multiple donkey kong jr's in the crowd in waluigi's stadium
Spencer S The clones are what the video is about
Except that Mario odyssey states that that modern Mario is the same Mario from the original.
New theory: Donky Kong Jr. is actually Mario.
I always thought DK Jr. would be a great "retro" character in Smash Bros. Despite not showing up in years, he's still really iconic with old-school gamers and could be a good representative of the "arcade" series of DK games.
Cranky being elderly while Mario barely aging isn’t so much an inconsistency, since apes have shorter lifespans.
Damn, since when was the mario lore as complicated as kingdom hearts
To me, I think DK Jr. might be Funky Kong.
Nintendo should make this to intelligently bring back junior, transforming him to become “Daddy Kong”
I love the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. and I hate Rare for what they did to them.
Same here.
Would be cool if there was a group of Kongs, Including Jr, That was around before DK and his group. I don't know how much hype it would bring for the DK franchise, but I'd be interested in a game based around Jr and his possible friends at the time. A version of him as a grown up Kong and maybe a sorta stereotypical Dad version of Cranky, just for the lolz. Maybe a fedora and a brief case, Coming in from work and gettin all CRANKY at Jr. Got to love how recently a lot of our childhood games, that somewhat made no sense in a timeline perspective, Are now being shown with more detail and love. The DK franchise was a big confusing bundle. But gotta love every character.
What's with Lanky, Chunky and Tiny? We haven't seen them in a long time as well. If I'm correct, we only saw them in two games.
Man the mario cannon is more complicated than Kingdom hearts. XD
Whoa who could have possibly seen this coming? No hints were dropped about this whatsoever!!!!
I propose bringing Donkey Kong Jr. back as *Daddy Kong,* as he appears to be modern Donkey Kong's dad.
DK Jr. also starred in the GBA e-Reader commercial, where he gets crushed by a machine into the shape of a card. Yep.
Man, I really miss Donkey Kong Jr. I really don't care if he's either the father or the son of the current DK, but as long as he's a separate character I would kill to see him return! I miss him too much and it sucks that the only games I can play him in are Super Mario Kart and Mario Tennis 64. DK Jr. deserves to be back!!
Also, a Missing in Action episode of Shadow Mario would be really cool. I mean, Bowser Jr. still has that capability, and it's really cool. But man, imagine if Shadow Mario became playable again...
Also, you could play as him on the VB in Mario's Tennis.
You can play as him in his debut game too.
A 3d DK Jr. would be kind of dope... Speaking of Kongs though still can't believe Donkey is not in Mario odyssey. Would be awesome seeing a big DK roaming around New Donk city & smashing building or something...
actually I'd love to have a kingdom based on the DK Isles from the DKC games, with DK & other Kongs as NPCs. The enemies could be various Kremlings, Tikis and Snowmads ( fun capture possibilities there too ), and King K Rool could serve as the main boss of the world. Purple coins could resemble bananas, and new costumes could be based on Funky Kong, DK Junior Kaptain K Rool and Baron K Roolenstein. and there could be a 2D sequence based on DK Junior too, focused on using vines to get around
That's the first time I've seen someone call DK "Donkey." Danny's classmate calls him that when he plays as him in Super Mario Sluggers. Danny was like, "TF??"
I've got an amazing idea for an MIA episode! I can see it now...
Missing in Action: My Keys
"donkey kong jr, missing in action"
the rest of the dk crew: "am i a joke to you?"
Donkey Kong Jr. is a victim of what is known on TV as Chuck Cunningham Syndrome.