Explore Mario's history! Donkey Kong Jr. marked Mario's only villain role. Then, in 1983, Mario Bros. introduced co-op play ...

In 1983, Nintendo faced a make-or-break moment. Its first video game system, the Famicom, had just launched in Japan and plans were in motion to bring it to American audiences next. But the move from ...

Who was Nintendo’s first big star, Donkey Kong or Mario? It’s a chicken-or-the-egg question with no real answer, considering how they came up together. Their first game, 1981’s Donkey Kong, saw them ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong Jr. for the Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most recognizable ports of the original arcade game, being re-released ...

But like Mario and even the pink puffball Kirby, he’s able to adapt to any genre he’s thrust in. While most of the titles that bear his name are platformers, DK has headlined everything from racers to ...

Yesterday's Mario Kart World Direct didn't exactly have any mind-blowing revelations for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game. It did, however, potentially uncover a piece of Super Mario lore that ...

Most of us are familiar with the halcyon days of those quarter-eaters known as video game machines. In fact, some people are still obsessed with the 80's classics like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. In this ...

Much like the version of Donkey Kong that hit the Wii's Virtual Console a few weeks back, Donkey Kong Jr. is a port of the NES version of the game--not the arcade original. But this fact is less of a ...