History SelfDemonstrating / CrankyKong

Things were admittedly a bit dull but peaceful for me for a while. Rareware had decided to give us all a break after Dixie and Kiddy's last adventure and moved on to working with other characters. They went with [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie some dim country bear and a smart-aleck breegull]] after they took that "dream" from some boy and a pirate. Meanwhile, my grandson finally met my old rival and started participating [[VideoGame/MarioKart64 in]] [[VideoGame/MarioParty his]] [[VideoGame/MarioGolf various]] [[VideoGame/MarioTennis activities]], and [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing Diddy had ventured off with the bear to Timber's Island to help out the local residents there]] (though I advised Diddy to not hang around too much with that young squirrel he brought along for the adventure; he seemed playful and innocent, but I sensed a bad aura around him, [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay and time proved me right]]). At this time, I had taken a page from that has-been K. Rool and started studying science so I could make a potion that could whip me back into shape! And why not? The other arcade stars were making their way into 3D! [[VideoGame/PacManWorld The dot muncher was celebrating his 20th birthday]], Frogger and ''VideoGame/{{QBert}}'' eventually found their way back into the spotlight, and don't even get me started on [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Jumpman]].

* CaneFu: Think it's just for show? Guess again.

* YouKnowWhatTheySay: "...all graphics and no game play!"

Around the time [[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 people were seeing video games as a dying fad]], I too was starting to feel my age a bit at that point, so I gave Nintendo my forwarding address if they needed me, and decided to pack up my family and move back to my home on Donkey Kong Island. Not much to say on that account; Junior grew up, married a local girl as they do, and had himself a son -- that they named after his granddaddy, of course. Since I wouldn't let 'em forget how things used to be, they started to call me Cranky Kong -- and that just made me more determined to give them an earful and then some! I think it was around that time that the wife said that she was going to pursue a career in teaching "like she always wanted" (coulda fooled me) and moved off to Crocodile Isle to open a franchise. Started working out too, which I think was due to my pet name for her -- "Wrinkly Kong". What? It's cute!

Meanwhile, after video games started to resurge in popularity, Jumpman managed to star in his own series of titles for a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem home console of Nintendo's]] and somehow managed to become the face of, not just Nintendo, but video games as a whole. Even to this day, I just can't believe it! I was the one who got the top billing of our debut and somehow he's the one to rise to the top! My old arcade hits were ported on there too, but they didn't look as vibrant and my first game even had a whole level taken out of it! No respect at all! Argh, if I were 40 years younger..! Sorry, sorry--lost my head there for a second.

Years later, a British company named [[Creator/{{Rare}} Rareware]], previously known for making games about a bunch of [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} mucus-lobbing slime-jackets]] and [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct pre-rendered button-mashers]], decided to work with Nintendo for a while. They needed one last hurrah for that [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem "Super" Nintendo]] of theirs after [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 some speedy blue pincushion]] gave them a run for their money. They wanted to bring me back into the spotlight by shoving those 3D graphics of theirs onto me, but then they thought I was just too old. Bahh, I didn't need all of that anyway, I had made a name for myself back in the early arcade days. This didn't stop them from using Junior's son as the game's main focus, and they even had the nerve to give him an old tie I used to wear. [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry That happens to be the Donkey Kong]] [[LegacyCharacter that you people are more familiar with today]], and he has ''me'' to thank for allowing him to have that honor.

After the little chimps rescued that big knuckleheaded grandson of mine, the whole clan decided to head to the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble North Kremisphere]] for some well-earned vacations. My wife closed down her school, moved into some nice caves, started to work out even more, and decided to get a UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 for some reason. I didn't really approve of it, but that didn't stop me from playing it every once in a while to test out these 3D graphics everyone was raving about. DK and Diddy would just show how lazy they could be by just drinking banana milkshakes all day and sleeping on hammocks. Me? [[UpdatedRerelease I decided to open a dojo]], as it was time for me to get out more and do some training for my next game; if those punk kids could handle it, why, so could I! I also went all over the Kremisphere in Swanky's new amusement park. Apparently, DK and Diddy managed to get kidnapped by K. Rool, now a mad scientist, and the local Kremlings. Now Dixie and her baby cousin Kiddy Kong had to rescue them along with bringing all of those banana birds back to their mother, the Queen Banana Bird. Those same birds are where the island's bananas originate from and because of the energy found in those bananas, it explains what those walking wallets want with them. Pah! And I thought the second game was unnecessary, what an adventure that was. I wasn't even in the manual this time! Though I did have ''some'' fun, as I graciously deigned to let the two useless wimps challenge me whenever they dropped by Swanky's place.

Some time after all of that, K. Rool showed up again with some cheap knockoff version of Crocodile Isle, which had sunk a little while after the first time the big ape was rescued. [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 This time, those gator goons stole DK's banana hoard again and their cold-blooded king was planning to blow up our island this time]], not showing any mercy on anyone! Diddy and three other members of the clan were kidnapped (I'm starting to see a pattern here) and held hostage in different portions of the island. Of course, DK had to go out and save them this time because even I know how embarrassing it would be if he wasn't the star of his first self-titled 3D outing. Thankfully they all knocked out K. Rool and saved the island, but they couldn't have pulled it off without the special ability-enhancing potions I brewed up for them, and that Rareware coin I made them earn with that ''VideoGame/{{Jetpac}}'' game! Those sneaky salamanders also had the nerve to steal an old arcade cabinet of my first game that Nintendo was nice enough to trade me for that old ''Killer Instinct'' cabinet back at the Monkey Museum. They had the nerve to repurpose it into their own little mini game for the crew, particulary DK! At least they all got the chance to play a real game for once! Afterwards, I decided to help produce music video for the crew, which I can't believe how popular it managed to become. Later, I then got the idea to hold some auditions for my own game that was going to be released on that [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Dolphin console]] they were working on at the time, but it was eventually canned because I was just starting to feel my age again, the group that auditioned was just pathetic, and due to other circumstances beyond my control.