DK's Tree House: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:DK's Treehouse art.jpg|300px]]<br>Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong relaxing outside of their treehouse, in artwork for ''Donkey Kong Country''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

'''DK's Tree House''',<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' North American instruction booklet, page 33.</ref> or '''Donkey Kong’s Treehouse''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide. Page 1. "''We’ll take you all the way from Donkey Kong’s Treehouse to King K. Rool’s ship.''"</ref> is a starting point in several games of the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]], as well as a recurring background location in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. Located in the jungle portion of [[Donkey Kong Island]], it is built above the [[banana hoard|banana cave]], where the [[Kong]]s keep their stash of [[banana]]s. DK's Tree House was originally portrayed as a wooden cabin perched on top of a tree trunk, but more recent stances picture it as a {{wp|rondavel}} hut raised on stilts high above the ground. The house is generally furnished with a television, a bed or hammock, a rug, and various pictures on walls. The tree house is also commonly associated with [[tire (object)|tire]]s, appearing both in and around it as simple furniture, as a swing or as a means of bouncing up to the house.

Incidentally, Donkey Kong was shown to live in a treehouse in ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'', a show created a few years before ''Donkey Kong Country'' was released.

 

[[Nintendo of America]]'s product development division, [[Treehouse]], is codenamed after Donkey Kong's residence.<ref>[https://kotaku.com/inside-the-treehouse-the-people-who-help-make-nintendo-1301809672 Kotaku: Nintendo's Secret Weapon]</ref>

[[File:DK's Treehouse DKC original.png|thumb|left|Donkey Kong inside the treehouse in ''Donkey Kong Country'']]

Donkey Kong's Treehouse first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', where it appears as a simple-looking wooden shack from the outside. It appears on both the Donkey Kong Island map and the [[Kongo Jungle]] map. Donkey Kong's Treehouse directly appears at the start of the first [[level]], [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]], and upon starting the level, Donkey Kong automatically launches out of the treehouse. It is directly above the banana cave, and there are a few steps for going up to the treehouse itself. Donkey Kong's Treehouse does not have much of a role, although the Kongs can bounce from half of a tire on the ground to collect a [[Red Balloon]] above. The treehouse can only be entered once each time Jungle Hijinxs is played. The interior layout of Donkey Kong's Treehouse includes a bed, a picture of two sailboats above it, a portrait of [[Candy Kong]] next to the door, a table with a blue vase containing flowers, and banana peels scattered around.

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', DK's Tree House makes a brief appearance in the prologue, where Donkey Kong is channel-surfing on his TV, until he stumbles upon a commercial with [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini-Mario]]s. Visually, the only distinctive features of the house are a television and a couch, while the rest of the room is mostly dark.  

====''Diddy Kong Pilot'' (2003)====

In the 2003 iteration of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', DK's Tree House makes a cameo appearance in the background of jungle-themed races. DK's Tree House was replaced with a specific background in the final version, ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''.

|Jap=ドンキーコングの{{ruby|家|いえ}}<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 22.</ref>

|Fre=Cabane de Donkey Kong<ref>[https://www.lego.com/fr-fr/product/donkey-kong-s-tree-house-expansion-set-71424]</ref>

|Ita=Capanna di Donkey Kong<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual, pag. 4</ref><br>Casa sull'albero di Donkey Kong (LEGO ''Super Mario'')

|ItaM=Donkey Kong's hut<br>Donkey Kong's tree house