在确定“大金刚”这个名字之前，任天堂考虑了很多其他想法

不知道是谁推荐了“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.

任天堂的大猩猩已经有了一个非常奇特的名字，但还有一长串的替代品，其中一些非常搞笑。

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.

作为一家公司，任天堂已有 130 多年的历史，但它在游戏领域的重大突破发生在 43 年前，即 1981 年，当时大金刚投币游戏风靡全球，并推出了有名无实的猿猴和他的对手马里奥。

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.

起初马里奥被简单地称为“跳跃人”，而他试图拯救的女人从来不是桃子公主，而是小角色宝琳。尽管大金刚的名字很奇怪，但它是经过仔细考虑的，它既暗示着大猩猩，又暗示着骡子的顽固。

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，其他几个名字也在考虑之中，法庭文件显示，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.

这场官司发生在 1982 年，当时环球影业试图起诉任天堂使用“Kong”这个词，他们声称这个词抄袭了他们的《金刚》电影。

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，任天堂发现环球公司之前已经证明了金刚这个名字属于公共领域，因此他们最终赢得了官司，从而确立了自己作为一家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 (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.

潜在名字的完整列表如下：Funny Kong、Kong the Kong、Jack Kong、Funky Kong（当他们真正命名一个角色时，很少有人可能没有意识到这一点）、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......不确定是谁建议了“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。马里奥主题公园还增加了新的大金刚主题区。

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甚至有人讨论可能会推出电影衍生作品，这似乎只会让新游戏显得更加不可避免。

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