The main cast is all here, though Candy is also fairly prominent, being DK's love interest back when that was fashionable.
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Unlike shows such as Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, the DKC series actually leans further away from gimmicks and references to the games and tries to build its own version of things, which is admirable in a sense - it essentially turns itself into an action sitcom, on purpose, only with its own twists.
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The setup is fine enough but even after a single episode, it's clear that this show will be be going off the rails more often than we did in those mine cart stages. Cranky Kong serves as the magical item's caretaker, while DK is basically its on-call guardian.
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In this case, it's a crystal coconut that vaguely grants mystic powers, and that lack of clarity is free roam for the show to do whatever it wants. Further differentiating itself from the games, the show sticks to a formula not too different from the 80's Zelda cartoon, where our hero and friends must protect a mystical artifact from the villain, lest darkness befall the land. The series slaps the name "Kongo Bongo" onto the land DK and his company reside in - much like the Mushroom Kingdom, the 90's in particular saw a lack of consistency in how Nintendo worlds were presented - a trend you'll still see even today with the majority of their properties. RELATED: Donkey Kong: Every Playable Kong In The Franchise (& Their First Game)
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First airing in Canada in 1996, it didn't make it to America until '98, and Japan in '99, well into the N64's life. Originally known as La Planète de Donkey Kong (or "The Planet of Donkey Kong," perhaps a pun of Planet of the Apes), the show actually originates from Canada and was produced in French. But the Donkey Kong Country cartoon also stands out from its contemporaries in a number of ways that lend it an endearing kind of quality despite how bumbling it is, much like Nintendo's king of swing himself.
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The majority of these misadventures missed the mark, and make no mistake: the Donkey Kong Countrycartoon is no exception, known today more for its absurdity than anything else. The medium was coming into its own as platforms like the SNES and Sega Genesis flourished, and the potential of games as multimedia franchises was being explored. As many who lived through them can back up, the 90's were the wild west of video game culture.