Is Donkey Kong Mario’s pet?

Is Donkey Kong Mario’s pet? According to the game’s manual, Donkey Kong was actually Mario’s pet ape. Without even venturing into the shaky moral and legal issues of primate ownership, it gets way worse from there: The reason Donkey Kong escaped in the first place was only because Mario was abusing him.

According to the game’s manual, Donkey Kong was actually Mario’s pet ape. Without even venturing into the shaky moral and legal issues of primate ownership, it gets way worse from there: The reason Donkey Kong escaped in the first place was only because Mario was abusing him.
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