Tiny Kong

A few years into the Nintendo 64’s life, Rare finally produced a proper 3D game for the Donkey Kong series, in the same general style as their smash hits Banjo-Kazooie and Conker’s Bad Fur Day. This one saw King K. Rool menacing the island with a giant cannon capable of blowing the thing to smithereens and capturing all of the Kongs except Donkey. Donkey then had to travel around the island, fighting the Kremlings and freeing his allies, starting with Diddy, followed by a little Kong with pigtails.

This is Tiny Kong, the little sister of Dixie Kong who inherited her ability to fly by spinning her hair around. She was the smallest and most nimble of the party, capable of shrinking down to get into tiny spaces her allies couldn’t get too. She’d recur multiple times in the games, going through puberty at point and shooting up to a tall and shapely teenager, even though her older sister didn’t.

As a fighter, Tiny will be able to swap between her child and teenage self as part of her size changing mechanics, switching her stats around when she does so. Her moveset will pull partially from Dixie as well as her own abilities in Donkey Kong 64.

Likelihood rating: Good possibility

Diddy Kong Racing DS

DIDDY KONG RACING DS

Today, let's cover Diddy Kong Racing DS, the handheld remake of the N64 games. This one's pretty simple as it's basically the same game more or less, just with a few notable differences. That said, its on its own because there wasn't anything I could really pair it up with. Those specific differences include Dixie and Tiny taking the places of Banjo and Conker, because, you know, licensing became a thing in between the original games and such. This is also canonically the first appearance of post-puberty Tiny, which makes me think the transformation was mostly to justify her being in the same weight class as Banjo. Another major difference is that Taj the Elephant and Wizpig have both been added to the playable roster. And that's pretty much it.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario: handstand, jump, crouch, spin, spin on bar, hammer, spring, key, pick up and throw, giant, float, fly

Luigi: invisible

Wario: metal

Yoshi: fire breath, tongue

Donkey Kong: punch, barrel, stomp, jack, grow giant, throw enemies

Donkey Kong Jr.: hop, throw switches

Pauline

Birdo: Robirdo

All characters appearing in SMB2, SMW, SMW2, and SMB3

All characters appearing in the DKC series

All characters appearing in SM64

Diddy Kong

Dixie Kong

Tiny Kong

Wizpig

Taj

Timber and the other racers

Bosses:

King Bob-Omb

Goomboss

King Boo

Chief Chilly

Stages:

Construction Site

Big City

Forest

Ship

Jungle

Desert

Airplane

Iceberg

Rocky-Valley

All stages appearing in SMB2, SMW, SMW2, and SMB3

All stages appearing in DKC series

Palm Beach

Poison Swamp

Secret Factory

Ice Area

All locations in Diddy Kong Racing

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions!