Well, isn’t this gonna be a sweet Retro Video edition! You know what day is tomorrow, so I wanted to make it really really special. Special like covered in vanilla ice-cream, put some chocolate syrup on top and as finishing touch, a cherry.

As I said, the reason I’m posting Donkey Kong is not because it’s really Retro, or it is a Nintendo game, but because Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, former Executive Producer for Nintendo, was the one that didn’t give up on Videogames when everyone else thought they were dead; he proposed Donkey Kong, a game where a damsel in distress is taken captive by a huge gorilla and the hero is going to get her back. . .no matter what. (*insert Oohs here*). Needless to say, this was just the dust from the tip of the iceberg that has come to be Nintendo as of now, the hero of that time being our famous Mario (although with some minor changes).

Released for the first time in 1981, the DK arcade was a total blast; it boosted the videogame industry as never before, giving hope to us gamers of today. Now, even though Mario was the hero, DK played a very important role too (and lots of drama later with the Rare issue) so here are videos from every Nintendo console generation until today, showing us how awesome DK was, is, and will always be!

(NES) This DK Tool-assisted Speedrun is done by Andyk9991.

(SNES) Oh wow, I think this is the first and only time Nintendo has directly verbally insulted another gaming company. Great Donkey Kong Country ad!

(N64) Oh how could we ever forget the DK rap. I confess, I managed to know it by heart and make ‘gangsta’ signs.

(GC) An awesome Donkey Kong Jungle Beat gameplay video by KaiWii. Ahh now I want to play this great game again.

I just hope they do something as awesome as Jungle Beat but for the Wii.

Enjoy these videos, enjoy the cake and. . .let’s celebrate all night long! Happy B-day, DDN!