Without any doubt, many of the characters that Nintendo has created They have become icons of popular culture. and they have managed to sell tens of millions of units, with such thunderous successes that they still resonate with our retina 10, 20, 30 and 40 years later. From Mario and Luigi to Bowser, Peach as well as Zelda and Link… without forgetting Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong, king of the jungle, has arrived
This character, who is one of the oldest in the history of video games, began his wanderings around the world facing in an arcade game climbman –Mario’s embryo– mounted on a gigantic scaffolding while holding a still nameless princess against her will. He also starred in LCD machines such as Game & Watch and finally landed on consoles with an adaptation on NES that is still one of the world’s favorite cartridges today.
But a vast majority of fans of the character they have him on an altar because of the cartridges that were released in the 90s for Super Nintendo, the work of Rare, and which are considered true masterpieces. Even so, there are so many titles that he has starred in that we have encouraged ourselves to create a top 5 with his greatest hits. Do you know them?
Well here you have them:
5. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
We start with the second installment of the franchise for Super Nintendo. In this cartridge we would leave Donkey Kong aside to focus on one of his fellow sufferers, Diddy Kong. Although it was not as successful as its predecessor, it achieved very good sales: 5.15 million units worldwide to be exact. Not bad to be at the end of the top.
4. Donkey Kong 64
The jump to three dimensions of the character was quite a triumphant spectacle. It improved in practically every way the SNES original, in addition to offering a more than clear improvement in graphics and gameplay. reworked for the new game mode.. In total, he managed to sell 5.27 million cartridges.
3. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
The most recent game of the character manages to sneak into this top in a more than respectable third place. This title served as an introduction to the franchise for many, in addition to having a spectacular graphic improvement since its last installment. In sales it is not doing badly, with more than 5.44 million units achieved worldwide. And up. If you want to try it, you can buy it from here.
2. Donkey Kong Country Returns
The franchise would return to its origins in this game for Wii after an absence of several years of titles starring Donkey Kong. In this title it would be a success again, allowing the Japanese to recover lost ground with one of his most relevant creations. Total, managed to sell more than 6.53 million units worldwide.
1.Donkey Kong Country
As usual, nothing beats the original. The first cartridge in the series Country of Donkey Kong, that came to SNES and boasted of graphics before the competition of SEGA and its 32 bits -32X-, continues to be the king of the jungle with a number of cartridges sold that is breathtaking: nothing more and nothing less than 9.3 million worldwide.
