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Donkey Kong Pies or Concrete

Postby VideoGameCritic » June 30th, 2021, 3:33 pm

I saw someone admonished today on another site for talking about the "pie" stage in Donkey Kong. Apparently that's supposed to be concrete instead? I guess it would fit the "construction" theme a little better.

Anybody else noticed this?

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Re: Donkey Kong Pies or Concrete

Postby lynchie137 » July 1st, 2021, 3:22 am

No. I always thought they were pies too..

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Re: Donkey Kong Pies or Concrete

Postby ThePixelatedGenocide » July 2nd, 2021, 3:03 am

Apparently, they're cement tubs.

I never noticed how they're too big to be pies - or that pies don't fit the theme - until looking up the controversy just now.

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Re: Donkey Kong Pies or Concrete

Postby txsizzler » July 7th, 2021, 9:47 am

https://www.mariowiki.com/50m

https://www.mariowiki.com/Cement_tub

From the Super Mario wiki:
“ Cement tubs[1] (also known as sand piles[2], cement piles[3] or pies[4][5]) are obstacles found in the level 50m first appearing in Donkey Kong.”

The above text is from the Super Mario Wiki and is available under a Creative Commons license. Attribution must be provided through a list of authors or a link back to the original article. Source: https://www.mariowiki.com/Cement_tub

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Re: Donkey Kong Pies or Concrete

Postby MSR1701 » July 7th, 2021, 12:23 pm

The answer is Yes.

In truth, I never gave it any thought, though I have heard "Pie Factory" more frequently over the years. I just knew it as the level of DK that lasted a few seconds (I first played DK in the Game Boy 94 DK game; I didn't play an actual classic DK arcade game until MANY years later).

Technically they are supposed to be Concrete for construction, though I always thought the Pie description caught on because it is easier to communicate and visualize.


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