Nintendo Is Helping To Build The World's Biggest Playable Donkey Kong Arcade Cabinet
Mario might be the one stealing the headlines right now following the massive success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but Donkey Kong played a big part in the movie too. The iconic video game monkey now has an even bigger role to play at the world's most famous video game museum. Quite literally, in fact, as the establishment has unveiled a 20-foot high arcade cabinet on which the original Donkey Kong game – which even pre-dates Mario's arrival on the scene, sort of – can be played.
New York's Strong National Museum of Play is the home of the arcade cabinet which was officially unveiled on Monday (thanks, Engadget). Although it stands at 20 feet tall, the cabinet will still be playable since the controls will be a little lower than chest height, depending on how tall the player is, of course. It's the rest of the cabinet, and most notably the screen, that has been scaled up for what will be the ultimate Donkey Kong experience.
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“As part of our June 30 expansion, The Strong will create the world’s largest, playable Donkey Kong arcade game,” The Strong Museum tweeted on Monday. Even better, and for those of you worried about Nintendo getting wind of this, the owners of the Donkey Kong IP helped make this project happen. “The game will stand nearly 20 feet tall and will be available for guests to play! Thank you @NintendoAmerica for providing input on the project.”
It isn't clear how exactly Nintendo helped out, but it's always good to know something like this has the studio's stamp of approval. Nintendo is notoriously protective of its IP. It's also unknown if the 20-foot high cabinet has set a new world record. While not officially confirmed, it
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