#donkey kong
Manky
Hey folks!
Long time no Drawed. I maintain that Dixie Kong’s original design looks like she walked of the set of the goddamned Cosby Show, so I thought I’d try and modernize her a little. I’m not sure I was entirely successful…she’s like a female Diddy Kong here. I would keep the new shirt (because seriously, who ties their shirt in a knot like that anymore?) and play with hat ideas more. I did give her a sideways hat but…I’m not sure how I feel about that either!
Anyway, enjoy!
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@bogleech IDK if you’re aware of this, but Tabaluga got a new animated movie a couple years back, and Arktos features prominently in it…. with a fucking METAL villain song segment all to himself!
Just… LOOK AT THIS shit. The dawning realization on Tabaluga’s face as he realizes “Oh shit, this is actually happening? This motherfucker’s actually doing this” going to “Oh Dragon Jesus this motherfucker’s series”. The detail on Arktos’ model, the little glimmering ice crystals along his form. His booming voice rising higher and higher as the lyrics get more and more intimidating with practically every line. The fact that his design is ever-so-slightly updated, but still fundamentally remains, well, a snowman in a top hat with zero major alterations - he looks so fucking GOOD!
And then you look up Arktos’ voice actor…
And it’s Ben Campbell, also known as the voice of King K Rool in Donkey Kong Country.
Yeah.THAT K. Rool.
I checked for this - the last voice arctor role that Campbell’s done was back in 2005′s Grossology. This man made his grand return to animation after an almost 15-year hiatus… to voice this mean snowman that sings a one-man death metal chorus about how he’s worse than Satan.
And honestly? I can’t imagine a better fit for the voice of Arktos. Just… what a fuckin’ world.
November 21st 1994 - Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country is one of the best games ever released on the Super Nintendo. Surprising since Donkey Kong had traditionally been a villain in Nintendo’s world. He was the first villain, actually, playing foil to Jumpman (later Mario). Though he often cameoed in games, including 1992’s Mario Kart, it wasn’t until Donkey Kong Country that he was the star. The hero. Donkey Kong Country solidified Donkey Kong as one of the premier characters in the Nintendo family.
It would go on to become the second best selling SNES game, moving over 9 Million copies. It was awarded best graphics by GamePro during the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show and Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) awarded it Game of the Year.
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Atthe big VGJunk site today: a look at some cover art from the vast array of Donkey Kongrip-offs of the 1980s! It’s got big apes, sad apes, battleaxes, beavers, Victorian sunbathers and nightmares, and you can read all about them here!
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Your Daily Smile #2215
Donkey Kong - SSBM
This is the cover I did for the DiRT Zine + the art for the shibari earphone keyholder + Some SK8 doodles from last month LOL (DK Ainosuke + Yandere Tadapi).
Me: OK I’m gonna ask something extra stupid but… what does “DK” stand for? Lauren: Oh, it’s 男子高校生 Me: Oh! Ok! I just kept seeing “DK Ainosuke,” and I was like “… Donkey Kong Ainosuke????”
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KANGAROO gameplay
(Arcade / Atari 2600 comparison, Sunsoft 1982)
Guest reviewer Timescape plays Kangaroo for the Atari 2600. The 1982 arcade game about a mother kangaroo rescuing her child from menacing monkeys was Sunsoft’s answer to Donkey Kong.
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