The cool surfer who provided barrel-plane flights across the island.

With the bananas returned to their rightful place, the "Land of Donkey Kong" was safe once more. Donkey Kong celebrated the only way he knew how—by eating enough bananas to make a mountain and falling fast asleep until his next adventure.

The story of the "Land of Donkey Kong" (often called ) began back in 1981 when a stubborn gorilla first faced off against a carpenter named Mario.

When Donkey Kong woke up the next morning and found his hoard empty, the entire jungle shook with his roar. He didn't just lose his breakfast; he lost his pride.

Donkey and Diddy set off on a massive adventure. They swung through the Congo Jungle , blasted out of wooden barrels, and rode minecarts through dangerous caves. Along the way, they met their eccentric family:

One stormy night, while the jungle was thick with fog, a sinister group of pirates known as the crept onto the island. Led by the greedy King K. Rool , they didn't want gold or jewels; they wanted every single banana Donkey Kong owned. They believed that by stealing the island's food supply, they could starve the Kongs and take over the jungle for themselves.