Talk:Knuckles VS Donkey Kong/@comment-26745572-20150724005022/@comment-1652808-20150724005502

No, they aren't.

If anything, Mario is a Donkey Kong character considering Donkey Kong came before Mario, and Mario came in the arcade game as Jumpman.

Donkey Kong has had crossover games in the Mario universe. That doesn't make him a mario character. That makes him a character that's appeared in Mario games. Wario is a Mario character to begin with.