After Wednesday's Direct, pretty much everyone agrees Donkey Kong Bananza looks fantastic. What people can't agree on is when and where the game takes place on the Donkey Kong/Mario timeline.

If Pauline is a kid, then Donkey Kong should be a slightly younger Cranky Kong who, 10 or so years in the future, will grab her and climb a bunch of girders.

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong both play pivotal roles, working alongside Mario against the forces of Bowser. Longtime Mario fans should know why these two characters ...

Cranky Kong Racing Can Make Any Gamer Feel Like this Kong If a player has been Mario Karting since 1992, then this addition is perfect for embodying how they feel.

Nintendo’s new title Donkey Kong Bananza is bringing back Cranky Kong and an apparently youthful Pauline in a wacky new spin! See all we have so far on this new Donkey Kong game.

Besides, the Donkey Kong lore is a mess anyway. Cranky Kong’s appearance in the Direct is seen by many as a smoking gun that reveals Bananza to be a reboot or a time travel story.

Donkey Kong is joined by the aging Cranky Kong—the primate equivalent of a boomer—in the 555-piece, $60, Donkey Kong’s Tree House Expansion Set which includes a buildable house and ...

Lego has unveiled four Donkey Kong sets heading to its Lego Super Mario range this August. Today's reveal follows the tease earlier this week that Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong ...

The success of Donkey Kong Country resulted in two direct sequels released on SNES, and all three games are playable on Nintendo Switch Online.

The Super Mario Bros Movie seems to have altered the Donkey Kong timeline and revealed that Cranky Kong is now Donkey Kong's father, not his grandfather. On what looks like a Japanese promotional ...

The Super Mario Bros Movie seems to have altered the Donkey Kong timeline and revealed that Cranky Kong is now Donkey Kong's father, not his grandfather.