Editing Bink

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:bink.png]]
|species=[[Sailor]]<br>[[Kong]] (in the original)
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
'''Bink''' is a [[sailor]] that appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and its [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] have to complete his [[Barrel (minigame)|Barrel]] [[minigame]] to get a [[Membership Card (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Membership Card]] to gain access to the bunker of the [[S.S. Chuckola]], where a sailor that holds a piece of the [[Beanstar]] is at. Mario and Luigi cannot replay this minigame until they get to the [[Little Fungitown]] arcade, where Bink also reappears. In the mandatory play of Bink's barrel minigame, Mario and Luigi must match five barrels in a row ten times to win.

[[File:MLSSDX Bink.png|thumb|left|Bink in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'']]
In the original game, Bink resembles a skeletal [[Kong]], particularly [[Donkey Kong]]. He also throws the barrels onto the board in his minigame, which is a reference to ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', and eats [[banana]]s when he is bored. In the 3DS remake, Bink uses the same character model as the rest of the sailors, a drastic change to his appearance compared to the original version.

In the data for the E3 2003 demo of the original game, early sprites of Bink can be found; these sprites depict him as almost identical to Donkey Kong, the only difference being the addition of a gray hat and shirt.<ref>Marionova, RETIRE, sage_of_mirrors, Ashe (October 24, 2023). [https://ia601807.us.archive.org/11/items/mario-luigi-superstar-saga-e3-prototype-may-3-2003/Mario%20%26%20Luigi%20-%20ROM%20Document.pdf Mario & Luigi - ROM Document]. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved October 24, 2023.</ref>
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==Gallery==
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M&LSS Bink early sprite.png|Sprite of Bink from the data of the E3 2003 demo
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ビィンキー 
|JapR=Bīnkī
|JapM=Binkey; a play on "[[Donkey Kong|Donkey]]"
|ChiS=兵克
|ChiSR=Bīngkè
|ChiSM=Bink
|Ger=Bink
|GerM=-
|Ita=Binki
|ItaM=Same as the Japanese name
|Fre=Binquie
|FreM=-
}}

==References==
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{{Kongs}}
{{M&LSS}}
[[Category:Donkey Kong lookalikes]]
[[Category:Kongs]]
[[Category:Skeletons]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga characters]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions characters]]
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