The tie-wearing ape who loves bananas and adventure.
Donkey Kong is a character created by Shigeru Miyamoto and the star of Nintendo's Donkey Kong franchise, where he leads the Kong family. He is portrayed as a large, powerful gorilla, stubborn and buffoonish, who attacks using physical strength.
Bold and energetic, always pursuing the next goal with unmatched enthusiasm and determination.In Tomodachi Life, set this Mii's sliders so Speech + Movement totals 12–15 and Thinking + Energy totals 12–15. See the full Go-Getter guide →
Why this fitsDonkey Kong is a leader who acts first and talks (or grunts) loudly — physical, decisive, and front-of-the-pack. That tempo-and-leadership profile fits Go-Getter (high Speech + Movement, high Thinking + Energy).
To make a Donkey Kong Mii in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, open Mii Maker and build a broad, muscular frame with a dark skin tone, brown hair, a wide jaw, and his signature red tie marked with the 'DK' initials. The picker-by-picker walkthrough below works for both Nintendo Switch (LTD) and 3DS (original Tomodachi Life).
Use the system Mii Maker, then bring the Mii into Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream.
Diagrams show where the option sits in the Mii Maker picker (4 columns, scroll to reach later rows). Editor menus differ slightly between regions and console revisions — if an exact option is missing, pick the closest one.
Donkey Kong's full appearance as a Mii Studio data string. Drop it into Mii rendering tools or community Mii editors that accept Studio codes (it's not a console import — for the game itself use the steps above).
07037f030801060a000c0307060716000d04010000090011030614030026550801081b031308081108010a080002
This is a 3DS-format Mii QR code generated from Donkey Kong's Mii data. On a Nintendo 3DS, open Mii Maker → QR Code / Image Options → Scan QR Code and point the camera at it, then bring the Mii into the original Tomodachi Life. The Switch / Switch 2 has no camera, so it can't scan Mii QR codes — for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream use the step-by-step instructions above (or the online Mii creator).
Download QR codeBuild cheat-sheet
Feature → the move to make in Mii Maker
Donkey Kong's fur reads as a deep, warm brown — pick the darkest brown skin tone in Mii Maker.
Short brown hair kept close to the head stands in for his fur.
He's a large, powerful gorilla, so push the height and weight sliders toward a big, heavy build.
Give him a broad, heavy jaw using the widest face shape.
Red "DK" necktie
Mii Maker has no necktie part and no way to add the 'DK' lettering. Dress the Mii in a red shirt and set red as the favorite colour so the signature red still reads at a glance.
Gorilla muzzle & heavy brow
Mii faces can't form a true great-ape muzzle. Use the widest face shape, lower the eyebrows, and enlarge and lower the nose to suggest the heavy brow and snout.
Donkey Kong debuted in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong — and the character the player controls in it is Mario, then known only as "Jumpman".
Donkey Kong was created by Shigeru Miyamoto; the original arcade game became one of Nintendo's first major hits.
In Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Donkey Kong is voiced by Seth Rogen.
Drop a Go-Getter Donkey Kong on your island and he won't sit still — Go-Getters act first, so he's quick to make friends and quick to head for Love Pondering once a crush strikes. He rooms most happily with Miis of similar personalities, so bunking him with other outgoing residents keeps the Apartments drama-free. One LTD twist to expect, though: who a Mii actually falls for isn't set by personality — romance runs on dating preferences and random crushes — so even a bold DK might end up pining after the last resident you'd guess.
Mii Maker doesn't include a necktie or a way to add the 'DK' logo. The closest is to dress your Mii in a red shirt and set red as the favorite colour, so the signature red still reads at a glance.
No — the Switch and Switch 2 have no camera, so Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream can't scan Mii QR codes. Build him by hand with the steps above or use the online Mii creator. On the original 3DS Tomodachi Life you can scan the QR code on this page.
Go-Getter fits best — set Speech + Movement and Thinking + Energy to the high ranges shown in the personality panel above. It matches a character who leads from the front and acts first.
No. Tomodachi Life ships with template Miis but not Donkey Kong, so you recreate him yourself with the Mii Maker steps on this page.
Sources: WikipediaCharacter facts are grounded in the source(s) above; Mii-Maker mapping is our own craft guidance.
Paste a Mii Studio code or upload a Mii QR image into the QR code Mii decoder to get this same step-by-step recreation guide for it.
Build a Mii from scratch in the online Mii creator, then bring its code here for rebuild steps.
