Kongo Bongos

For a stretch there in the mid-2000s, the Donkey Kong series produced a set of bongos that acted as controllers, producing a series of games to work with them, including an adventure game, a racing game, and a trilogy of musical games called Donkey Konga.

This stage will represent the Donkey Konga series, as well as the bongo controllers as a whole. The stage will be set on a pair of giant bongos, the two drums and the little connecter in the middle acting as the three platforms. Below the stage, a line of notes will pass by, the drums thumping with the respective notes and slightly bumping the players. These notes will damage the players if touched.

Potential theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrYUsLvOl7s

Character Sheet: Cranky Kong (DK Miscellaneous)

CRANKY KONG

Let's kick off this final round of DK revisions. We have a few old ones to go over, mostly for thoroughness's sake, alongside four new additions to the roster. Let's see what we've got!

1. Donkey Kong (Revision)
2. Diddy Kong (Revision)
3. Dixie Kong (Revision)
4. King K. Rool (Revision)
5. Cranky Kong (Revision)
6. Funky Kong (Revision)
7. Wrinkly Kong (Revision)
8. Tiny Kong (Revision)
9. Lanky Kong (Revision)
10. Kritter (Revision)
11. Krusha (Revision)
12. Klump (Revision)
13. Timber
14. Kalypso
15. Wizpig
16. The Evil Kings

Lightning round! Cranky only appears this time around as a playable character in Barrel Blast, and in the handful of cutscenes in the Donkey Konga games, mostly just acting as a brief tutorial. That's it.

Here's his moveset:

Standard B: Dynamite

Side B: Barrel

Up B: Pogo Stick

Down B: Dentures

Final Smash: Mad Scientist

Entrance: Cranky could break out of a barrel like the rest of them, though he could just be sitting on stage, cranking his gramophone like in the first game's cutscene. 

Taunts: Waving his stick around like a grumpy old man, making some comment about "kids these days." Maybe a secret taunt where he gives out hints.

Next up: We cover our boy Funky Kong!

Character Sheet: Dixie Kong (DK Miscellaneous)

DIXIE KONG

Let's kick off this final round of DK revisions. We have a few old ones to go over, mostly for thoroughness's sake, alongside four new additions to the roster. Let's see what we've got!

1. Donkey Kong (Revision)
2. Diddy Kong (Revision)
3. Dixie Kong (Revision)
4. King K. Rool (Revision)
5. Cranky Kong (Revision)
6. Funky Kong (Revision)
7. Wrinkly Kong (Revision)
8. Tiny Kong (Revision)
9. Lanky Kong (Revision)
10. Kritter (Revision)
11. Krusha (Revision)
12. Klump (Revision)
13. Timber
14. Kalypso
15. Wizpig
16. The Evil Kings

Lightning Rounds! Dixie Kong appears in Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast as one of the many playable characters, and then appears as playable in the Donkey Konga series from 2 on. Neither of these lend themselves much to her own personal moveset, so moving on, I guess.

Here's her moveset:

Standard B: Hair Flick

Side B: Bubblegum Pop

Up B: Ponytail Twirl

Down B: Grab and Throw

Final Smash: Guitar Gazump

Entrance: Burst out of a barrel.

Taunt: Blow a bubble, play a couple of notes on her guitar, sweep her ponytail forward, so on.

Thanks for reading! Next time, we'll cover King K. Rool!

Character Sheet: Diddy Kong (DK Miscellaneous)

DIDDY KONG

Let's kick off this final round of DK revisions. We have a few old ones to go over, mostly for thoroughness's sake, alongside four new additions to the roster. Let's see what we've got!

1. Donkey Kong (Revision)
2. Diddy Kong (Revision)
3. Dixie Kong (Revision)
4. King K. Rool (Revision)
5. Cranky Kong (Revision)
6. Funky Kong (Revision)
7. Wrinkly Kong (Revision)
8. Tiny Kong (Revision)
9. Lanky Kong (Revision)
10. Kritter (Revision)
11. Krusha (Revision)
12. Klump (Revision)
13. Timber
14. Kalypso
15. Wizpig
16. The Evil Kings

Diddy Kong should be short and sweet for the most part. He appears in both Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast as a playable character, but is really just one among the many characters playing with the same mechanics, so he doesn't really offer much himself. He also appears in all three Konga games, just playing the bongos like everyone else. And he doesn't appear at all in Jungle Beat, which, not gonna lie, feels like it should be considered a cardinal sin for the DK series. Who leaves out Diddy Kong of all people?

Here's his moveset again:

Standard B: Peanut Popgun

Side B: Chimpy Charge

Up B: Rocketbarrel Pack

Down B: Banana

Final Smash: Rocketbarrel Barrage

Entrance: Pop out of a barrel

Taunts: Him rocking out to his boom box for sure, eating a banana, dancing like he does in the Konga games.

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover his girlfriend Dixie Kong!

Character Sheet: Donkey Kong (DK Miscellaneous)

DONKEY KONG

Let's kick off this final round of DK revisions. We have a few old ones to go over, mostly for thoroughness's sake, alongside four new additions to the roster. Let's see what we've got!

1. Donkey Kong (Revision)
2. Diddy Kong (Revision)
3. Dixie Kong (Revision)
4. King K. Rool (Revision)
5. Cranky Kong (Revision)
6. Funky Kong (Revision)
7. Wrinkly Kong (Revision)
8. Tiny Kong (Revision)
9. Lanky Kong (Revision)
10. Kritter (Revision)
11. Krusha (Revision)
12. Klump (Revision)
13. Timber
14. Kalypso
15. Wizpig
16. The Evil Kings

Let's start off with Donkey Kong. If anybody had any reason for serious revision, it would be him, as most of the games this round were either racing games, with one set moveset for everyone, or music games, like the Konga series. The only unique game here was Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, which gave Donkey Kong a whole adventure and moveset. That said, the game had its own mechanics unique to itself, just the kind of game needing a good solid gimmick rep, thus the evil kings inclusion on the list above. That said, a lot of Donkey Kong's moves make use of giant punches and flurry rushes of punches, something DK has always been good at, so there is that.

Here is his moveset:

Standard B: Giant Punch

Side B: Barrel

Up B: Barrel Cannon

Down B: Ground Pound

Final Smash: Jungle Rush
Almost the primary attack in Jungle Beat. Nice.

Entrance: He bursts out of a barrel.

Taunts: Pounding his chest for sure, maybe eating a banana, maybe playing his bongos a bit.

Thanks for reading! Next up: on to Diddy Kong!

Donkey Konga 2

DONKEY KONGA 2

Not much to say here. Pretty much the same game as the first one, just with new songs and Dixie Kong now playable alongside Donkey and Diddy. So, I guess we're done here.

Let's see what we've got:

Characters:
Donkey Kong: run, jump, bounce, flurry of punches, swing, flower cannon, sonic attack, helper monkeys, hoofer, flurl, helibird, play the bongos
Diddy Kong: play the bongos
Dixie Kong: play the bongos
Diddy Kong Racers (Diddy, Timber, Pipsy, Banjo, Conker, Bumper, Tiptup, Krunch, Drumstick, T.T.): drive, fly, boat, boosts, missiles, oil slick, mine, bubble, shield, magnet
Barrel Blast Racers (probably Kalypso): fly, boost, wild move, prop monkey, parrots, banana fairy, blazing banana, melons, coconuts, mini-necky, mini-zinger, whirlwind, backwards barrel, TNT barrel, pineapple launcher.
Wizpig: fly, run fast, lightning, teleport, lasers, missile, spaceship
The Evil Kings: punch, kick, stomp, grab, reference character (see: Donkey Kong moves above)

Bosses:
Tricky
Bluey
Bubbler
Smokey
Rocs
Tusks
Hogs
Cactus King and Ghastly King

Stages:
Dino Domain
Snowflake Mountain
Sherbet Island
Dragon Forest
Future Fun Land
DK Jungle
Salty Sea
Mt. Dynamite
Scorching Canyon
Mammoth Glacier
Cranky's Temple
Rumble Falls
So many different stages
The Bongos?

Items:
Balloons
Barrels
Bananas
Bongos

Thanks for reading! Next up, we'll cover the third installment in the series!