Tiptup Jr. wrote:I was a very avid Kong family historian in my youth, and I still like to think about the subject every now and again, but I've come to terms with the fact they're all video game characters. I mean, yeah, we've never seen Diddy's mother, but have we ever seen Birdo's? Waluigi? Stanley the Bugman, anyone?
No. And we never will unless Raptor Jesus steps down from the Jurassic heavens and sets things straight. But until then, feel free to speculate. My actual thoughts:
~Branch 1~
Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong, and Wrinkly is his wife. Donkey Kong Jr. is his son. The pink Donkey Kong Jr. In Donkey Kong Jr. Math is either Donkey Kong Jr.'s sister or spouse/significant other. The Donkey Kong introduced in Donkey Kong Country is Donkey Kong III and Candy Kong is his girlfriend. Diddy Kong's placement in the tree is a bit fuzzy... while numerous games do state him as Donkey Kong III's biological nephew, it is a little hard to believe. But I guess it'll have to do.
~Branch 2~
Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong are sisters. Their aunt and uncle are the parents of Kiddy Kong and Chunky Kong, making them cousins... In Donkey Kong Country 3, Donkey Kong III is also said to be a cousin of Dixie and Kiddy. It's very well possible that Kiddy is adopted, but I don't believe that's been officially stated- also, it's very well possible that Funky Kong is either Kiddy Kong's biological or adopted father... Funky bears some resemblance to Chunky as well, so he might really be their dad, brother, cousin, or something. I'm not even gonna try to place Lanky anywhere and the whole idea about Swanky being DK's brother started out as fanwank on the DKU... it's not exactly a bad idea, but I think he's more related to Cranky and Wrinkly before Donkey Kong III. He doesn't have to be his brother.
I've already posted some tree pictures in this thread, so you can look for those if you'd like... I can also cite every scrap of evidence supporting my claims up there, so I'm up for a good debate.
Tiptup Jr. wrote:Take Tiny Kong, for instance: her redesign was entirely Nintendo's choice. You can't just say, "Oh, I like Rare's version better so I'm going to completely ignore every Nintendo game and everything they say." If not a huge, blockbusting, sidescrolling follow-up to the Donkey Kong Country franchise, Nintendo still has something in mind for Donkey Kong, and if that's nothing more than Mario cameos, I will gladly take it.
Jomingo wrote:First of all, Nintendo didn't make Brawl, HAL did. And Sakurai has no authority over the continuity of the DK series. A cameo appearance by DK should not dictate how the series goes. Also, if the Kaptain K. Rool mistake was an error in translation then the Cranky Kong being DK's Grandfather thing could just as easily be wrong. You can't pick and choose what to follow, if they can mistake as huge as thinking that Kaptain K. Rool was K. Rool's brother then they've lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned. Besides, Rare themselves mistakenly called Cranky DK's grandpa, so Brawl could have researched it and found that mistake thinking it to be true.
Nintendo has made no official statement be it through interview or in one of their games either way, so the last credible source we have to go by is Rare's in game statements and interviews. Loveday may have a strange sense of humor, but he did write the DKC trilogy for god sakes. I'm not saying that Rare has the ability to contradict Nintendo on the DK series, but Nintendo hasn't said anything either way. If a real in game source comes out of Nintendo contradicting Rare, then maybe I'll change my mind, but you cannot take what Brawl says as canon. This is a debate that's gone on since the original DKC, and one small piece of dialouge from a crossover game not even developer by Nintendo does not decide the direction of the series.
Tiptup Jr. wrote:Ugh, I had this really long and epic response typed out on my phone but for some reason it wouldn't post, and then I lost it... basically it said I'M RIGHT BWAHAHAHFG'OASDJGI;I
Jomingo wrote:DK's Tree:[/b]
Cranky's brother is Karate Kong, and Dread, Sumo, and Ninja are his sons.
Funky is DK's younger brother. This explains why he is so lazy/rebellious, because DK is the first born and he inherits the island, so Funky is ignored, causing him to lash out.
Funky could be Diddy's father. This would make him DK's nephew. If you compare Diddy with sunglasses and a boombox to Funky in the original Funky Flights, you'll see the similarities.
Wrinkly also has an unnamed sister, who is dead. Her son's are Swanky and City kong.
2) Candy's Family Tree:
Candy has 3 siblings: Bumpkin, Kiddy/Chunky's parent, and Dixie/Tiny's parent.
3) Lanky's Tree:
Lanky and Manky are brother's. That's it.
Tiptup Jr. wrote:http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z72/Tiptup_Jr/kongs3.png
The Kirby wrote:It's possible that DK and Cranky aren't biologically related, but rather Cranky adopted DK, who Cranky raised to be a sort of successor to him, and that his mixed relationship of being DK's father/grandfather is just referring to Cranky's paternal role and advanced age.
The Angry Sun wrote:Swanky Kong is unrelated then.
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