Donkey Kong Country Was Almost Named Monkey Mayhem
Last week, Gregg Mayles, the person who named King K. Rool, shared his surprise at the villain’s inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
As his original tweet has become very popular, Mayles decided to share a few tidbits about King K. Rool and Donkey Kong Country. First, he shared some concept art of the Kremlins and tough-looking King K. Rool called “Krudd”:
Unearthed some very early #DKC Kremling concepts, which showed the origins of a far more serious and tough-looking #KRool as 'Krudd'. Also the military theme that was dumped pic.twitter.com/DEYJhLe5OY
— Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) August 13, 2018
Mayles then shared a piece of paper which shows Donkey Kong Country was originally going to be named “Monkey Mayhem” and King K. Rool was called “Kommander”.
Never expected this tweet https://t.co/3IpVWMAcDU about #KingKRool in #SmashBros to be so popular. As a moderately interesting bonus follow up, an early naming sheet shows K. Rool was going to be 'Kommander' and #DKC was going to be called 'Monkey Mayhem' pic.twitter.com/SvwnOxXN2S
— Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) August 10, 2018
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