Every time he sees any such thing he seems to fondly recall his heyday in which he was an 8-bit character with only three frames of animation. He is mostly angry about the state of modern video games, once going so far as to complain about how many bits and bytes are used up to simply animate his swinging beard. Īs his name implies, Cranky is perpetually bitter about many things and complains about them to anyone who gives him even the slightest acknowledgment. The current Donkey Kong (introduced in Donkey Kong Country) is Donkey Kong Jr. His wife was Wrinkly Kong.Ĭranky is the original Donkey Kong character featured in the 1981 arcade game:

Introduced in Donkey Kong Country, he has appeared in a number of Donkey Kong games, primarily as a reluctant adviser to Donkey Kong and his various simian pals (in game and in the instruction manuals), as well as running minigames and tutorials.

9 Adventures of superstars series charactersĬranky Kong ( クランキーコング, Kurankī Kongu ?) is an elderly ill-tempered ape, known for his scathing, fourth wall-breaking commentary.

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