Community Mourns Loss of Arcade Icon
AP News August 1, 2007

Goofy Kong, the somewhat-odd and offbeat gorilla featured during the intermissions of the 80's arcade classic, Donkey Kong, has passed away today of natural causes.  He was 26.  Goofy Kong was best known for his comical smirk and rhetorical catch-phrase "How High Can You Get ?".  His career spanned two decades, most of which was spent playing second fiddle to the main gorilla, Donkey Kong.  Goofy Kong's awkward presence in a game that was dominated by more developed central characters, was never fully understood. "He just kind of sat there", says fellow game character Jumpman, "And sometimes there was more than one of him--really weird".

Goofy Kong's career branched out slightly when he pulled top-billing in a off-kilter bootleg of Donkey Kong.  Some saw this as a slap in the face to the original.  "He wasn't even standing on the beam right. And the colors were all wrong", cites an insider familiar with the project.

Goofy Kong will be replaced by Donkey Kong in the new intermission for the upcoming Donkey Kong release, D2K: Jumpman Returns.  Family members of Goofy Kong could not be reached for comment.

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