Donkey Kong

Nintendo Wii

Donkey Kong

Console: Nintendo Wii
TV Standard: NTSC
Developer(s): Nintendo
Publisher(s): Nintendo
Release Date: 2006-11-19
Players: 2
Co-op: No
ESRB: E - Everyone
Type: Action, Virtual Console

Donkey Kong is considered to be the earliest video game with a storyline that visually unfolds on screen. The eponymous Donkey Kong character is the game's de facto villain. 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. This is the first occurrence of the damsel in distress scenario that provided the template for countless video games to come.

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