Is Donkey Kong a Mario villain?

Donkey Kong (also commonly referred to as DK) is a major character in the Mario series. He is the first Mario antagonist who premiered alongside Mario (then called Jumpman) and Pauline (then called Lady in Donkey Kong on the arcade). Donkey Kong was an antagonist before Bowser existed.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mario.fandom.com


Is Mario evil in Donkey Kong?

Type of Villain

While Mario is usually depicted as a hero throughout most of his history, saving the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and the Koopa Troop, he has been enemies with Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. These are his villainous actions.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on villains.fandom.com


Is Donkey Kong a hero or a villain?

Despite all his flaws, he is still a noble, unwavering, and compassionate hero, who would always look out for his friends, especially his nephew Diddy Kong, and adored Cranky Kong, even allowing Cranky to make fun of him at his own expense.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on hero.fandom.com


Who is Donkey Kong's villain?

King K. Rool is a hot-tempered, authoritarian and baleful green Kremling who is the main antagonist of many Donkey Kong games and has been Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's archenemy ever since his creation during the era of Rare development.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


Who is Mario main villain?

Bowser or King Koopa (voiced by Kenneth W. James) is the king of the turtle-like Koopa race, a selfish troublemaker who wants to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. He is Mario's nemesis, and is the final boss of most Mario games. He is playable in all Mario spin-off games.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


6 Times You Were The REAL Villain In Video Games



Who is the strongest Mario villain?

Strongest Mario Villains Ranked
  • 8 Antasma.
  • 7 Cackletta.
  • 6 King Boo.
  • 5 Count Bleck.
  • 4 Bowser Jr.
  • 3 Fawful.
  • 2 Bowser.
  • 1 Dimentio.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on gamerant.com


Who is Luigi's enemy?

Waluigi is a fictional character in the Mario franchise. He plays the role of Luigi's arch-rival and accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, often for the sake of causing mischief and problems.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


Is Mario evil?

In all the Mario games, it's implied that Mario is the good guy, and that Bowser and his “minions” are evil.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on execulink.ca


Are Donkey Kong and Mario friends?

Donkey Kong the Third, or just Donkey Kong, is the grandson of Mario's old arch-enemy from the original Donkey Kong game, in which the younger Cranky Kong kidnapped Pauline for revenge. But unlike his grandfather, Donkey Kong appears to be on good terms with Mario and his friends and will often help Mario.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on donkeykong.fandom.com


Who came first Mario or Donkey Kong?

It was actually in the origins Donkey Kong game that Mario made his first appearance. Although in the original Donkey Kong game, Mario was actually called Jumpman. It was not until Donkey Kong Jr. that Jumpman's name was changed to Mario.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on retroonly.com


Is Bowser good or evil?

In spite of being an evil character, Bowser holds a strong love between himself and his diminutive son Bowser Jr., as shown by how he raises him all on his own and is quick to encourage or praise him.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on villains.fandom.com


Does Donkey Kong kidnap peaches?

That was the first Mario appearance in the video game industry. Play this game again on our website! The evil gorilla Donkey Kong has kidnapped Princess Peach and kept her at the top of the building, where no one can get her.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on numuki.com


Is Mario an animal abuser?

On top of bullying, vanity, murder and animal cruelty, it only makes sense that Mario would diversify his villainy. Instead, he goes right back to animal cruelty. Every time he earns a Yoshi, ready and willing to help him, he's always doing something to get it killed.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on gamingbolt.com


Is Mario cruel?

It's obvious that unlike modern-day circuses Mario does not have Donkey Kong's interests at heart and is subjecting him to cruelty and harsh conditions to make a buck. It was an early indicator of Mario's cruelty to animals that led to the slaughter of dozens of Yoshis.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thegamer.com


Are Mario and Donkey Kong rivals?

Donkey Kong and Mario were never enemies. According to the dialogue in the Donkey Kong Country games, as well as Snake's codec calls in the Super Smash Bros. series, Mario's original enemy was Cranky Kong.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Who was the first villain in Mario?

Villains. Bowser: Bowser is the King of Koopas, a turtle-like monster species, who was first seen in Super Mario Bros.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on simple.wikipedia.org


Are Mario and Bowser friends?

Bowser and Mario have a long detailed rivalry. As revealed in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Bowser and Mario have been archenemies since they were infants. Bowser always wants to beat Mario and greatly dislikes him mainly for taking Princess Peach away from him.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on mario.fandom.com


Is Mario Wario?

The most popular one was that Wario and Mario were cousins. But that's not the case. Wario and Mario were actually just childhood rivals, and the two share no blood relation.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on polygon.com


Is Dr Mario Mario's father?

As Miyamoto is departing he tells Mario and Luigi: “Okay, Dad's busy. Good luck with the photoshoot.” The man called himself, “dad.” Shigeru Miyamoto considers Mario Mario and Luigi Mario to be his progeny. The official Nintendo Twitter account later confirmed Miyamoto's statement, referring to him as “Mario's dad.”
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on inverse.com


What is Mario's last name?

Two months after Iwata's death in July 2015, Miyamoto changed his stance, asserting at the Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary festival that Mario's full name was indeed "Mario Mario".
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


Is Wario evil Mario?

franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the Super Mario Land series, and the titular main protagonist of the Wario spin-off franchise. He is the evil and incredibly greedy counterpart of Mario, who either tries to best his rival at every occasion or seek ways to gain money and power, depending on the game.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on villains.fandom.com


Why is King Boo evil?

However, he then became pure evil in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, as he was willing to destroy all of reality solely out of revenge against Luigi, and remained pure evil in Luigi's Mansion 3, as he had shown to have discarded any affection for other ghosts.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on pure-evil-villains.fandom.com


Who is Mario's arch rival?

Wario (Japanese: ワリオ, Hepburn: Wario, pronounced [waꜜɾio]; English: /ˈwɑːrioʊ, ˈwær-/) is a fictional character and antagonist in Nintendo's Mario series, designed as an arch-rival to Mario. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins as the main antagonist and final boss.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org
Previous question
Why is my poop black and grainy?