驴东：任天堂为其大猩猩考虑的替代名称的搞笑清单

When Donkey Kong arrived in arcades in 1981, he was far from the household name he is today. In fact, his iconic moniker was almost very different, with court documents revealing a long list of rejected names – including the amusing ‘Kong Dong’.

当大金刚于 1981 年进入街机市场时，他的名字还远远没有达到今天家喻户晓的程度。事实上，他的标志性绰号几乎非常不同，法庭文件显示了一长串被拒绝的名字——包括有趣的“孔东”。

The name Donkey Kong was chosen to evoke both a gorilla and the stubbornness of a mule, but it almost didn’t happen, as Universal Studios attempted to sue Nintendo for using the word ‘Kong’, which they claimed was infringing on their King Kong movies.

选择“Donkey Kong”这个名字是为了让人想起大猩猩和骡子的顽固，但这几乎没有发生，因为环球影业试图起诉任天堂使用“Kong”一词，他们声称这个词侵犯了他们的金刚电影。

However, as part of the court battle, Nintendo discovered that Universal had themselves previously proven that the name King Kong was in the public domain, which led to Nintendo winning the case and establishing themselves as a major media company in the process. (Ironically, they’re now close partners with Universal, for both their theme parks and movie adaptations.)

然而，作为法庭之战的一部分，任天堂发现环球公司之前已经证明金刚这个名字属于公共领域，这导致任天堂赢得了官司，并在此过程中确立了自己作为主要媒体公司的地位。 （具有讽刺意味的是，他们现在与环球影业成为主题公园和电影改编的密切合作伙伴。）

The full list of potential names is as follows: Funny Kong, Kong the Kong, Jack Kong, Funky Kong (which Rare were probably unaware of 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.

潜在名字的完整列表如下：Funny Kong、Kong the Kong、Jack Kong、Funky Kong（Rare 可能不知道他们实际上命名的角色时）、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.

所有这些信息最初都是由游戏历史学家 Norman Caruso 在 2020 年发现的，但本周 Super Mario Broth 在推文中强调了这一点。

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

在确定“Donkey Kong”这个名字之前，任天堂考虑了很多其他想法......不知道是谁建议了“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.

近年来，《大金刚》的未来一直是人们猜测的话题，任天堂完全忽视了 2021 年的 40 周年纪念日，这无疑是因为新冠疫情。

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.

当时，已经有关于一款新 3D 游戏的传言，但最近这些传闻合并为 Switch 2 主机的主要发布游戏将是一款《大金刚》游戏，或者至少是一款 3D 马里奥，其中《大金刚》发挥着很大的作用。

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.

唯一的间接证据是《马里奥大战》的两个看似随机的重制版。 《大金刚》和一月份的《大金刚乡村》回归。马里奥主题公园还添加了新的大金刚主题区。

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