

Most of the games in the franchise are platform games, although the series also includes spin-offs other genres such as racing and rhythm games.

The Donkey Kong franchise has sold a total of 82 million copies as of 2022. With the original arcade games being ported into versions on third-party home consoles and developed by several companies.

It debuted in 1981 with the arcade game Donkey Kong, which was a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market. While the first games were arcade releases, most Donkey Kong games have been released for Nintendo consoles and handhelds since the third generation. Games in the franchise have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Rare, Paon and Retro Studios. All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game play elements and features.Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and published by Nintendo. Help Donkey Kong and his friends save their home and banana hoard from marauding Vikings in the Donkey Kong Country™: Tropical Freeze game from Retro Studios. On their journey to reclaim Donkey Kong Island, Donkey Kong and his friends travel across five islands with a variety of stages that include underwater areas and frozen environments.

Any of the three can buddy up with Donkey Kong, and each character offers a different gameplay experience. And now, there are four playable characters! Dixie Kong is back to join the adventure as a playable character alongside Diddy Kong, and for the first time in Donkey Kong Country, bearded old hero Cranky Kong joins the adventure with his bouncy cane. All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game-play elements and features.
