Headscratchers / Donkey Kong

• Donkey Kong Country
  • Donkey Kong Country
  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
  • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
  • Donkey Kong 64
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns
• Diddy Kong Racing

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• Why did the US version of the arcade game change the level order? It doesn't really make sense that you don't get to play all the levels until the third cycle.
  • To increase replayability and encourage longer plays, most likely.
• How come Cranky Kong (the original Donkey Kong) is old while Mario and Pauline have not aged?
  • Two reasons: 1. He aged quickly because he's an ape, or 2. We go with the theory that the Mario we see in Donkey Kong is actually the father of the modern Mario.
• In Donkey Kong 3, when Donkey Kong shakes the beehives to get the bees to attack Stanley and steal his plants, why don't the bees instead attack Donkey Kong for disturbing them?
  • Gameplay convenient, also, Stanley does have bugspray with him after all.