Why is King Kong a gorilla?

The first King Kong film was released in 1933 with great amount of success. The movie focused on a film crew who visited Skull Island and discovered a monster in their paths, also known as King Kong. read more

One of the biggest, baddest creatures out there yet with the ability to think, communicate and share emotions more in line with humans. It’s amazing to find something so powerful yet with the facilities to control it more on our own level. read more

Also to tie into the film, Gameloft released King Kong: The Official Mobile Game of the Movie for mobile phones, while Radio Shack released a miniature pinball game. Taiyo Elec Co released a King Kong Pachinko game in 2007. King Kong has been featured in various online casino games. read more

Shigeru Miyamoto’s English was bad. He was trying to come up with a name that translated into something along the lines of “stupid gorilla.” Donkey sounded like a word for dumb and kong sounded like a word for gorilla. read more