Nintendo: The Company and its Founders - Sharyland ISD
Nintendo: The Company and its Founders - Sharyland ISD
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DONKEY KONG ARRIVES<br />
NAMING THE GAME<br />
Since he had based the story<br />
loosely on King Kong, Miyamoto<br />
wanted to include the name Kong<br />
right from the start. Everyone<br />
would associate the name with<br />
a gorilla. His gorilla also had a<br />
severe stubborn streak <strong>and</strong> was a<br />
bit goofy, so, after some discussion,<br />
he <strong>and</strong> the designers added donkey<br />
to the name. Don-key in Japanese<br />
means silly, goofy, or even stupid.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plumber would be named<br />
Jumpman. At last, Miyamoto<br />
was ready to send out the game<br />
to replace Radarscope. Donkey<br />
Kong was on <strong>its</strong> way to NOA’s new<br />
headquarters in Seattle.<br />
TOP SELLERS<br />
Donkey Kong’s original success<br />
was continued by <strong>Nintendo</strong>’s<br />
Super Mario Brothers video<br />
game, which came out in<br />
1985. This was the bestselling<br />
game of all time for<br />
many years, with more than<br />
40 million copies sold. But as<br />
of 2010, it had been bumped<br />
down to second place. Which<br />
game was in first place? Wii<br />
Sports, with more than 41 million<br />
games sold.<br />
JUMPMAN AND DONKEY<br />
KONG<br />
When Miyamoto’s game Donkey<br />
Kong arrived in Seattle in 1981,<br />
the sales staff tried it out <strong>and</strong><br />
instantly hated it. What did the<br />
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