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Shigeru Miyamoto originally wanted to do a Popeye game, specifcially based on the 1934 cartoon A Dream Walking, where Popeye and Bluto fight over Olive Oyl as she sleepwalks through a construction site, but couldn't get the license. He would later use the characters as inspirations with Mario taking the role of Popeye, Pauline as Olive Oyl and Donkey Kong as Bluto. Nintendo would eventually release a Popeye game a year after Donkey Kong in 1982.
Source on DK being Popeye:
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii/Volume-1/1-Mario-Couldn-t-Jump-At-First/1-Mario-Couldn-t-Jump-At-First-210699.html
Concept art source:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/01/early-donkey-kong-design-document-from-miyamoto-showcases-popeye-origin
Scan from the book "I Am Error"
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/e92fp7/a_dream_walking_miyamotos_inspiration_for_donkey/
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-New-Super-Mario-Bros-Wii/Volume-1/1-Mario-Couldn-t-Jump-At-First/1-Mario-Couldn-t-Jump-At-First-210699.html
Concept art source:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/01/early-donkey-kong-design-document-from-miyamoto-showcases-popeye-origin
Scan from the book "I Am Error"
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/e92fp7/a_dream_walking_miyamotos_inspiration_for_donkey/
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