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Donkey Kong is a fictional ape in his video game series, created by video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Donkey Kong first appeared in Nintendo's popular 1981 video game of the same name. Since then he has appeared in over 20 games in his own series, as well as in some games in the Mario series. This ape deserves almost as much recognition as Mario himself. He debuted at the same time as him in the original Donkey Kong game, before moving on to the more ambitious Donkey Kong Country platformers for the Super Nintendo. He still spars with Mario on occasion, colliding with him in Mario Kart, pummeling him in Smash Bros. and Mario vs. Donkey Kong games.