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The Origin of Donkey Kong’s Name?

infendo.com — Both theories agree that the “Kong” portion of the name is due to the character being a gorilla. The mistranslation theory suggests that the game was supposed to have been named “Monkey Kong” and that due to a mistyped fax or poor phone connection, the game’s name was changed to Donkey Kong. The other theory is that Shigeru Miyamoto. . .

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  • MouseCircus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3If I remember correctly, they had used a Japanese-to-English dictionary that listed "donkey" as a synonym for "stupid" or "stubborn."

    I'm fairly certain this was confirmed by Miyamoto, too.
  • LawLSUVA, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Donkey Kong was named "Donkey" only because Miyamoto and others thought it meant "stupid." Donkey Kong = Stupid Monkey

    I know that I've read this before, but here is an article that also mentions it:
    http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=271

    Shouldn't they do a little research before writing an article based on something that's not even debated?
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yes I've known this for some time now but I thought it was a translation error rather than "mistyped fax or poor phone connection"

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