在確定“大金剛”這個名字之前，任天堂考慮了很多其他想法

不知道是誰推薦了「Kong Dong」 ðŸ~³

Nintendo’s great ape already has a pretty peculiar name but there was a long list of alternatives and some of them are pretty hilarious.

任天堂的大猩猩已經有了一個非常奇特的名字，但還有一長串的替代品，其中一些非常有趣。

As a company, Nintendo is over 130 years old but its big breakthrough in gaming took place 43 years ago, in 1981, when the Donkey Kong coin-op became a smash hit around the world and introduced both the titular ape and his adversary Mario.

作為一家公司，任天堂已有130 多年的歷史，但它在遊戲領域的重大突破發生在43 年前，即1981 年，當時大金剛投幣遊戲風靡全球，並推出了有名無實的猿猴和他的對手馬裡奧。

At first Mario was referred to simply as ‘Jump Man’, while the woman he’s trying to rescue was never Princess Peach, but instead minor character Pauline. As weird as it is, Donkey Kong’s name was carefully considered, to imply both a gorilla and the stubbornness of a mule.

起初馬裡奧被簡單地稱為“跳躍人”，而他試圖拯救的女人從來不是桃子公主，而是小角色寶琳。儘管大金剛的名字很奇怪，但它是經過仔細考慮的，它既暗示著大猩猩，又暗示著騾子的頑固。

However, several other names were also under consideration and court documents reveal they include such oddities as Kong the Kong, Bill Kong, Big Kong, and… Kong Dong.

然而，其他幾個名字也在考慮之中，法庭文件顯示，其中包括“Kong the Kong”、“Bill Kong”、“Big Kong”和“Kong Dong”等奇怪的名字。

The court battle in question took place in 1982, when Universal Studios attempted to sue Nintendo for use of the word ‘Kong’, which they claimed was ripping of their King Kong movies.

這場官司發生在 1982 年，當時環球影業試圖起訴任天堂使用「Kong」這個詞，他們聲稱這個詞抄襲了他們的《金剛》電影。

However, Nintendo discovered that Universal had themselves previously proven that the name King Kong was in the public domain, so they ended up winning the case and thereby establishing themselves as a major media company. (Ironically, they’re now close partners with Universal, for both their theme parks and movie adaptations.)

然而，任天堂發現環球公司之前已經證明了金剛這個名字屬於公共領域，因此他們最終贏得了官司，從而確立了自己作為一家主要媒體公司的地位。 （諷刺的是，他們現在與環球影業成為主題樂園和電影改編的密切合作夥伴。）

The full list of potential names is as follows: Funny Kong, Kong the Kong, Jack Kong, Funky Kong (Rare were probably unaware of this when they actually did name a character that), Bill Kong, Steel Kong, Giant Kong, Big Kong, Kong Down, Kong Dong, Mr. Kong, Custom Kong, Kong Chase, Kong Boy, Kong Fighter, Wild Kong, Rookie Kong, and Kong Holiday.

潛在名字的完整列表如下：Funny Kong、Kong the Kong、Jack Kong、Funky Kong（當他們真正命名一個角色時，很少有人可能沒有意識到這一點）、Bill Kong、Steel Kong、Giant Kong、Big Kong 、Kong Down、Kong Dong、Mr. Kong、Custom Kong、Kong Chase、Kong Boy、Kong Fighter、Wild Kong、Rookie Kong 和Kong Holiday。

All of the information was originally discovered in 2020 by Norman Caruso, aka the Gaming Historian, but highlighted this week in a tweet by Super Mario Broth.

所有這些資訊最初都是由遊戲歷史學家 Norman Caruso 在 2020 年發現的，但本週 Super Mario Broth 在推文中強調了這一點。

Before settling on the name “Donkey Kong,” Nintendo considered a ton of other ideas.….not sure who suggested “Kong Dong” 😳 pic.twitter.com/cqSsi5ASM0

在確定「Donkey Kong」這個名字之前，任天堂考慮了許多其他想法...不確定是誰建議了「Kong Dong」ðŸ~³ pic.twitter.com/cqSsi5ASM0

The future of Donkey Kong has been the subject of much speculation in recent years, as Nintendo completely ignored his 40th anniversary in 2021, no doubt because of Covid.

近年來，《大金剛》的未來一直是人們猜測的話題，任天堂完全忽略了 2021 年的 40 週年紀念日，這無疑是因為新冠疫情。

At that time, there had already been rumours of a new 3D game but more recently these have coalesced into the suggestion that the main launch title for the Switch 2 console will be a Donkey Kong game, or at least a 3D Mario in which Donkey Kong plays a large role.

當時，已經有關於一款新 3D 遊戲的傳言，但最近這些傳聞合併為 Switch 2 主機的主要發布遊戲將是一款《大金剛》遊戲，或者至少是一款 3D 馬裡奧，其中《大金剛》發揮著很大的作用。

The only circumstantial evidence for this is two otherwise random seeming remasters of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong and, in January, Donkey Kong Country Returns. The Mario theme parks have also had new Donkey Kong themed areas added to them.

唯一的間接證據是《瑪利歐大戰》的兩個看似隨機的重製版。 《大金剛》和一月份的《大金剛鄉村》回歸。馬裡奧主題公園也增加了新的大金剛主題區。

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甚至有人討論可能會推出電影衍生作品，似乎只會讓新遊戲顯得更加不可避免。

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