Nintendo Missed The Chance To Give Donkey Kong A Much Funnier Name [Video]

In the ’80s, some of the classic arcade characters weren’t always called by the names that we know them by today. Pac-Man was originally Puck Man, which was changed in America because of how easily that name could have been defaced into an expletive. Even Mario was internally called Mr. Video and Jumpman before Nintendo settled on his famous name. Now, several of Donkey Kong’s potential names have resurfaced, and one of the possibilities was Kong Dong.

Via Eurogamer, that very amusing alternate name for Donkey Kong emerged in legal documents from Universal Pictures’ lawsuit against Nintendo, which were scanned by gaming historian Norman Caruso. Some of the other potential names Nintendo considered for Donkey Kong were Kong Man, Mr. Kong, Big Kong, Giant Kong, Kong Boy, Funny Kong, and Kong the Kong. The …