First Appearance
Donkey Kong
Arcade
1981
Another iconic Nintendo character and the first Nintendo "villain" is another shoe-in for the Smash. Since his debut, he's bigger, faster, and stronger, too.
He's still going strong, just recently getting a remake of his classic Donkey Kong Country for the Wii.
A man...or monkey, rather of few words, but loud actions. Donkey Kong is one of the most important icons of video games without a doubt. Along with being the first "Boss" of a video game. The day that Donkey Kong isn't relevant in video games is the day video games have died.
