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quoteIwata: Donkey Kong involved jumping, as did Mario Bros., so you felt that Nintendo were the real originators of this kind of game.
Miyamoto: I did. I went as far as thinking that jumping is an original idea and that it should be patented! Anyway, I thought: "Right, I'm not going to let those other games top us!" (laughs)
Imagine if he'd tried it. And gotten away with it. And then been able to charge a fee every time somebody wanted to make a character jump in a platformer. You thin..."
![Box shot of Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvR2FtZWJveV9BZHZhbmNlL0FyY2FkZQ==/classic_nes_series_donkey_kong_frontcover_small_WWrwcBz2jHjS6Fh.jpg)