Donkey Kong cameos

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Contents 1 Pinball Series 2 Punch-Out!! Series 3 Family Basic Series 4 Ping Pong Series 5 Tetris Series 6 F-1 Series 7 Mario Series 8 EarthBound/Mother Series 9 Kirby Series 10 007 Series 11 Accessories 12 Banjo Series 13 Super Smash Bros. Series 14 Picross NP Series 15 Pokémon Series 16 Animal Forest/Crossing Series 17 Wario Series 18 Band Brothers Series 19 Other media

[edit] Pinball Series

• Pinball: On the bonus table (accessed through the hole on the bottom half), you play as Mario as you bounce the pinballs at blocks to try and free Pauline.

[edit] Punch-Out!! Series

• Punch-Out!!: Check the crowd to the side of the ring and you will see some familiar faces: Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr are all cheering.
• Super Punch-Out!!: This is the same as the cameo in the original Punch-Out!! (above), only the colours have changed so they're harder to see.

[edit] Family Basic Series

• Family Basic:
  • On BG GRAPHIC mode, you can chose vines, ladders and so on from Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.
  • On GAME 0 you have to press a button or call into the Famicom Microphone to bring Mario and Pauline together and make a large heart appear above their heads.
  • On GAME 3, subtitled Star Killer, you have to fly through the space shooting enemies-including the Fireballs from Donkey Kong.

[edit] Ping Pong Series

• Smash Ping Pong: If you look closely, you can see Donkey Kong Jr in the crowd of otherwise identical faces. He cheers for Player 1.

[edit] Tetris Series

• Tetris (NES version): complete the B Mode game on Speed 9, Height 5 to get a scene featuring many Nintendo characters dancing and playing music while your score is tallied. Among them is Donkey Kong beating a drum.

[edit] F-1 Series

• F-1 Race (Game Boy version): Before each track you are cheered by a Nintendo character. Donkey Kong cheers you before Course 9. He appears again during the ending sequence.

[edit] Mario Series

• NES Open Tournament Golf: DK runs a prize money booth in this game.
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars:
  • There are two enemies that use the Donkey Kong render from the Donkey Kong Country series: Guerilla and Chained Kong. And if you read Guerilla's mind (with Mallow's Psychopath) it says: "Don't confuse me with someone else!"
  • There is also a section where you have to climb a tall hill while barrels roll down - a throwback to the original Donkey Kong arcade game.
• In Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, at Woohoo Hooniversity, Luigi is trapped in a barrel by a machine and Mario must go after him and jump over falling barrels in a throwback to the classic Donkey Kong arcade game. Also, aboard the S.S. Chuckola, a skeleton resembling Donkey Kong hosts a barrel-destroying mini-game. (This mini-game is later reworked for Mario Superstar Baseball.)

[edit] EarthBound/Mother Series

• EarthBound: Head into the Onett arcade, and you will find severals arcade machines. One of the screens shows a minuscule Donkey Kong arcade game.
• Mother 1 + 2: This cameo is also the same cameo in the original EarthBound (above)

[edit] Kirby Series

• Kirby Super Star: One of the treasures you can find during the The Great Cave Offensive is called Kong's Barrel.

[edit] 007 Series

• Goldeneye 007: One of the cheats is called DK Mode, and it gives all characters long arms and a big head like a gorilla. The cheat is named after Donkey Kong.

[edit] Accessories

• Game Boy Camera:
  • From the main menu, select View, then select Show. The Show menu is decorated with the artwork from the Donkey Kong Jr. arcade cabinet, including Kong's Face and a growing Snapjaw as the cursor.
  • In the Western version of the game, you can also decorate your image with Mario characters stamps-and this includes a Donkey Kong stamp.
  • Finally, in the B-Album, unlock the picture B29 to see original artwork of Mario and Donkey Kong Jr from the arcade game.

[edit] Banjo Series

• Banjo-Kazooie:
  • Several of the questions during Grunty's Furnace Fire have wrong answers that refer to other games, including Donkey Kong Country.
• Banjo-Tooie:
  • One of Bottles's children, Speccy, has a squeaky Donkey Kong doll that he plays with.
  • In Grunty Industries, check out the fridge magnets in the staff kitchen area. There are logos of a number of Rare games, including Donkey Kong.

[edit] Super Smash Bros. Series

• Super Smash Bros:
  • Playable Fighters: Donkey Kong
  • Stages: Kongo Jungle
  • Items: Hammer
• Super Smash Bros Melee:
  • Playable Characters: Donkey Kong
  • Stages: Kongo Jungle, Jungle Japes, Kongo Jungle N64
  • Items: Hammer, Barrel Cannon
  • Music: Kongo Jungle, Jungle Japes, Kongo Jungle N64, Donkey Kong's Victory, Hammer
  • Trophies: Barrel Cannon, Dixie Kong, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong [Smash 1], Donkey Kong [Smash 2], Donkey Kong Jr, Hammer, King K. Rool, Klap Trap, Stanley the Bugman
  • Other: Mr. Game & Watch's Aerial Down+A attack uses the key from the Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch game.

[edit] Picross NP Series

• Picross NP Vol.8: The Character Mode puzzles in the final game of the Picross NP series are all characters, animals and items from the Donkey Kong Country series. Donkey Kong also appears on the title screen.

[edit] Pokémon Series

• Pokémon Stadium 2: In My Room mode, when you decorate your room with a Nintendo console (obtained from the Game Boy Color games) you can see a random still screenshot from one of Nintendo's games on the TV screen. When you use the NES, one of the games you can see is Donkey Kong.

[edit] Animal Forest/Crossing Series

• Animal Forest:
  • There are two Donkey Kong Famicom games you can collect and play in this game: Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr..
  • One of the gorilla animals, Muscle, wears a green Luigi top and bears a striking resemblance to Donkey Kong. The others gorilla characters, Alan, Dumbell and Fever are also inspired by Donkey Kong's design.
• Animal Crossing:
  • There are now four Donkey Kong Famicom/NES games to collect in full: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong Jr. Math.
  • The same gorilla characters also return. Muscle's English name is Louie, which may be a joke on "Luigi".
• Animal Crossing: Wild World
  • Louie is removed and replaced with a gorilla called Cesar, who looks like Donkey Kong with a moustache.

[edit] Wario Series

• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$: One of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo microgames is based on the original Donkey Kong. As Mario, jump the barrels as they pass you.
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$: This cameo is also the same as the cameo in the original WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ (above).
• WarioWare: Twisted!:
  • One of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo microgames based on Donkey Kong Jr.. Help Donkey Kong Jr climb the chains and free Donkey Kong.
  • Another of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo microgames is based on Donkey Kong 3. Help Stanley the Bugman shoot the swinging Donkey Kong.
• WarioWare: Touched!: One of 9-Volt's classic Nintendo microgames is based on Donkey Kong 3. Blow into the microphone to help Stanley the Bugman defeat Donkey Kong.

[edit] Band Brothers Series

• Daigasso! Band Brothers:
  • One of the songs is the Famicom Mini Medley, which includes music from the original Donkey Kong.
  • On the Request Seletion add-on cartridge (released in Japan on the 26th September 2005), new songs include the main theme from Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.

[edit] Other media

• Saturday Night Live:
  • DK hosts an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994. Nirvana was the musical guest.
• The Simpsons:
  • Donkey Kong appears in the episode "Marge Be Not Proud", convincing Bart Simpson to shoplift a game alongside Mario, Luigi and Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • He also appears at the beginning of "The Springfield Files", tossing a barrel at a man.
  • There is an obvious Donkey Kong reference in Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass in which Mario, as an Italian tourist attempts to get his picture taken with Homer, who has been exposed around the world via the internet doing a ridiculous dance. Homer subsequently becomes enraged, throwing rubbish canisters at Mario in the same fashion as Donkey Kong throws barrels. The animation also becomes 2D and music from the arcade game plays. Mario escapes up Bart's treehouse, retrieves the hammer, and eventually trips on one of the canisters.
• Futurama:
  • DK appears the Futurama episode Anthology of Interest II when Fry wonders what life would be if it was more like a video-game
  • References are also made in A Bicyclops built for two, Space Pilot 3000, The Devils Hands are Idle Playthings, and The Birdbot of Icecatraz.
• In an episode of Weebl and Bob, It is revealed that Donkey Kong is Donkey (Chris the Ninja Pirate's dead wife)'s father.
• Dr.Slump
• After he says "So I spent the whole night playing videogames..." The game seen lightly is Donkey Kong.
• Moby's music video "We Are All Made of Stars" features the altered version of classic Donkey Kong arcade game as well as PacMan, Space Invader, and Frogger.

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