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Posted: Mar 18th 2008 11:00PM (Unverified) said

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I understand this piece of art and although I consider myself an avid follower of Christ, I don't think its that bad.

In my opinion, its blasphemy that Donkey Kong is considered the "Jesus" figure. Mario is obviously the better choice with him always saving the princess and Nintendo.

*On a side note, I just discovered that Donkey Kong isn't the original Donkey Kong from the 16-bit nes days, that was actually Cranky Kong. Just wanted to pass that on to everyone who didn't know*

Posted: Mar 18th 2008 11:16PM vidguy said

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Agreed. And yeah it's funny about Cranky because of all his complaining about video games and how they were much better in *his* day :) I really enjoyed that when I read it in the DKC manual at the ripe old age of 8.
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Posted: Mar 18th 2008 11:02PM maisp said

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Maybe I'm taking this much too seriously, but there's no way Donkey Kong is Christ. Almost any other character in the painting would be more appropriate. Personally, I'd go with Link. The eternal hero that vanquishes evil and then disappears, only to be resurrected for the inevitable next installment in the series.

Posted: Mar 18th 2008 11:23PM xeleion said

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This is awesome. I want this art.

Posted: Mar 18th 2008 11:54PM (Unverified) said

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What I found interesting about the painting is that there are little mushrooms on the plates beneath the characters, and that Donkey Kong gets the poison or shrink mushroom.

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 12:31AM Smacksmackums said

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What I found interesting is that there are a number of non-Nintendo characters on a piece that this site defines as "Nintendo artwork."

How do you think that makes Namco feel?

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 1:56AM deathwombat said

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and here I thought the art was going to be blasphemous against donkey kong, but i'm totally of with it being blasphemous against religion!

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 3:03AM In A World said

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I like how they're all eating mushrooms.

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 7:56AM (Unverified) said

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If DK is Christ, does that mean Mario is Judas.

Does he get 40 coins for killing him?

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 10:33AM Shadow31 said

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Cute, and I don't think it's blasphemous. Worshipping Donkey Kong as the son of God would be blasphemous. And I can list so many things wrong with this picture if one was actually trying to make it a mock of The Last Supper.

Of course, I agree, DK is definitely a poor representation of Jesus, DK has had his times of villianry. Link probably would work best, Mario has also had his bad streaks.

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 11:53AM (Unverified) said

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That's a pretty amusing piece of artwork, and my respect for Christina has just gone up a notch.

Posted: Mar 19th 2008 9:44PM (Unverified) said

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Obviously the point here is that although Jesus and Donkey Kong are equally imaginative characters, DK has more interesting friends.

WWDKD?

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