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A slight correction

"In Donkey Kong Junior Donkey Kong was kidnapped by Mario and players had to control his son Donkey Kong Jr. to rescue him." It was revealed in a 90s Nintendo power that Cranky Kong was actually the original Donkey Kong in the original Mario game and in Donkey Kong Jr., and that Donkey Kong Jr. is who we would now know as the current Donkey Kong. I don't have any resources to reference this, so I'm not sure if I should add it, but it's pretty common knowledge to the Mario/Donkey Kong fan community(2 members of whom I know in real life).AiTouch (talk) 02:30, 20 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That name

Can anyone add an explanation for the bizarre name (that they can back up with references)? Xcrivener (talk) 11:16, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move

It has been proposed in this section that Donkey Kong be renamed and moved to Donkey Kong (franchise).

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Proposed by: ArtistScientist (talk · contribs)

This article's name could be less ambiguous. There is a video game called Donkey Kong as well as a character. I propose making it obvious that this article is about the video game franchise and all the series that pertain to it. ArtistScientist (talk) 02:14, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can see, in the case of multiple articles with the same title, a primary topic is chosen, and the other articles have disambiguation in there titles. I don't have any opposition to this change, but am not sure it would follow standards. Salvidrim! 05:09, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support I think the character should be primary, but a disambiguation page is also fine. 76.65.128.132 (talk) 07:59, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I think the arcade game should be the primary article, since that is the primary usage of the name in the general public. It's the same with Pac-Man.ArtistScientist (talk) 06:04, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; the franchise is the primary topic. All other topics are subtopics of the franchise. Powers ^T 15:25, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like it would be hard to argue that in the case of Mario, though. ArtistScientist (talk) 07:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. The very words "Donkey Kong" refer to a character -- that is the primary topic. The game is a game named after the character (not the other way around), and so is the franchise. Salvidrim! 15:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Oppose'''; the franchise is the primary topic.  All other topics are subtopics of the franchise.  [[User:LtPowers|Powers]] <sup><small><small>[[User talk:LtPowers|T]]</small></small></sup> 15:25, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 ::It seems like it would be hard to argue that in the case of [[Mario]], though. [[User:ArtistScientist|ArtistScientist]] ([[User talk:ArtistScientist|talk]]) 07:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
+:::Indeed.  The very words "Donkey Kong" refer to a character -- that is the primary topic.  The game is a game named after the character (not the other way around), and so is the franchise. <span style="13px Sylfaen;background-color:#000000;padding:0 3px 0 3px;">[[User:Salvidrim|<span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;"><span style="color:white">Salvidrim!</span></span>]]</span> 15:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)