Massive Nintendo court document reveal shows Shigeru Miyamoto saw Donkey Kong as a man in a gorilla suit and wanted his original arcade game to be called "Build On"
By Dustin Bailey
Published on April 3, 2026.
A massive trove of court documents related to Universal's 1983 lawsuit against Nintendo have been made public online. The documents, which cover everything from mundane court records to testimony from Nintendo legends like Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, and Hiroshi Yamauchi, reveal that Miyamoto originally envisioned Donkey Kong as a man in a gorilla suit and wanted his original arcade game to be named "Build On". The documents are now available on the Internet Archive.
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