The Case for a New Donkey Kong Racing Game
The Donkey Kong series, the one that started Nintendo’s lineup of iconic games, has been in limbo since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze came out. The closest thing the series has gotten to new content, aside from Tropical Freeze being ported to the Switch, is King K. Rool’s long-awaited inclusion in the Super Smash Bros. roster. While the titular ape remains one of the most famous video game characters of all time, his recent appearances have mostly been his mandatory spot in the character roster of Mario spinoff games. As far as the games that actually put Donkey Kong on the map, there seems to be nothing planned on Nintendo’s part.
There seems to be a rise in popularity of both old school platformers and crossover-like spinoffs. As a franchise with a strong history in both types of games, Donkey Kong has plenty of potential in the modern era. If Nintendo is currently refusing to revisit the platformer series, it may be either due to limited internal interest in such a project or a lack of ideas. There is one potentially effective way to entertain Donkey Kong fans as the gap between Tropical Freeze’s release and the next platformer’s announcement gets bigger. Indeed, Nintendo could revisit the concept of a Donkey Kong-themed racing game.
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The Donkey Kong name is not foreign to the racing genre whatsoever. Donkey Kong himself has been in every Mario Kart game except Super Mario Kart, which has Donkey Kong Jr. in its roster. Ironically, the tie-wearing ape has yet to star in a traditional kart racer of his own. Instead, Diddy Kong was the one to get his own kart racing game during the Nintendo 64 era, and only a couple of years after his introduction.
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