Talk:Cranky Kong
Neutrality Issues
It's never been truly proven that Cranky Kong is Donkey Kong Sr. While Rare has stated this, it has never been substantiated by Miyamoto or anyone else at Nintendo. -- A Link to the Past 22:12, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
- And that line is retconned, if it was ever Nintendo's word in the first place. Donkey Kong is, at this very moment, referred to as Mario's oldest villain, and so any comment from Rare OR Nintendo is either unofficial or retconned. -- A Link to the Past 21:06, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
Proven, verified. The manual shipped with the Nintendo seal of approval on it: I'd show it to you but my copy of the manual is in a box somewhere.
On the other hand, here's a transcribe of the original manual.
Cranky Kong, aging video game pioneer and primate patriarch, swayed back and forth in his rocking as he harrassed his grandape, Donkey Kong, and his little buddy, Diddy Kong.
"Well, I've got to admit, your last adventure was a bit more successful than I ever thought it would be..." he jibed. "Course, put a few fancy graphics and some modern music in a game, and kids'll buy anything nowadays..."
Donkey and Diddy tried to discreetly cover their as they stared out into the jungle surrounding Cranky's cabin. The old ape continued his taunting.
"Back in our days, understand, we had an extremely limited color palette to work with, and we still made great games...No way you could duplicate that feat today, Donkey my boy! No siree!" Existentializer 21:32, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
- So, if it turns out that they have to look at every line of code and every line of text in the game and manual for them to give it a seal of approval, how does that make him Donkey Kong when they call the current DK the original? -- A Link to the Past 21:44, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
WTF? There is nothing wrong with pointing out that Nintendo have made two contradictory statements on the matter. And before you ask, remember that ANY game which gets the Nintendo Seal of Approval has ALL aspects of it reviewed by Nintendo's censors.
I really don't understand what your problem is, but you obviously have one, so try explaining it in talk please. I've put MY evidence front and center.Existentializer 21:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
- Understand this: I'm STILL waiting for you to explain how your so-called evidence proves that Nintendo read it. All legal games have the Seal of Approval on them, and they do not read the content of every single game on every single console they make! Rare made the statement on a game that Nintendo approved, but that does NOT mean that Nintendo agreed with them. -- A Link to the Past 21:56, July 21, 2005 (UTC)