Super Kong

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Super Kong
Super Kong
Super Kong's in-game model
Species Kong (gorilla-based)
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
“Super Kong? Bah, fiddlesticks. I could do a better job with my eyes tied behind my back! Now where did my cane get off to?”
—Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country Returns manual

Super Kong is a white version of Donkey Kong who appears in the Super Guide mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. His tie is blue instead of red. As per the Super Guide feature in games of the Super Mario series, Super Kong automatically clears levels that the player finds too difficult, giving the player an example of how to play the level in the process.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country Returns, if the player loses eight lives in a level, and they are playing in single-player mode, the tutorial pig appears and offers to activate Super Guide.[1] In New Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Modern Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, the player only has to lose five lives. Tutorial pig is present at the start of the level and at any checkpoint. If the player activates Super Guide, the level resets and Super Kong appears. Super Kong then completes the level for the player. The route may involve opening a DK Barrel, in which case Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart joins Super Kong. He is white with blue clothes as well and he equally allows Super Kong to use the Barrel Jet. In the silhouette levels, Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart remain visually distinct from the normal Kongs due to their blue clothes. The player can press the Plus Button button while Super Guide is activated to take control of Super Kong until the player reaches the goal or is defeated. In the latter case, the player does not lose a life: Donkey Kong does his jump animation from Time Attack mode and the player is returned to the Level Selection Screen.

The player does not keep any items collected by Super Kong, such as bananas, Banana Coins, or Puzzle Pieces.[2] This is to the point where trackers for those items do not appear on the screen. Super Kong's playthroughs do not actively seek out Puzzle Pieces or KONG Letters, but they do collect the Puzzle Pieces in Five Monkey Trial because they are mandatory for completing the level. In the Factory levels Cog Jog, Switcheroo, and Music Madness, Super Kong does locate the hidden buttons that unlock Lift-off Launch. Levels cleared as Super Kong remain red on the Level Selection Screen instead of turning blue, but this still unlocks further levels.

If Super Kong is activated for Tiki Tong Terror, the cutscenes bookending the battle against Tiki Tong, Prebattle and Postbattle, show Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong as opposed to Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart. This is likely because Prebattle and Postbattle are pre-rendered.

Super Kong is sometimes described as invincible[1], though in practice this is because the playthrough Super Kong uses does not involve taking damage. If the player takes control of Super Kong, they can take damage.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

A white-furred variant of Donkey Kong appears as a playable skin throughout the Super Smash Bros. series. While this alternate color scheme predates Super Kong, it is used as an explicit reference to Super Kong in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during Professor Chops' spirit battle. Aside from alluding to the connection between Professor Chops and Super Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns, the white-furred Donkey Kong in this spirit battle references Super Kong's invincibility by being able to escape from movement-disabling moves.

Gallery[edit]

  • Super Kong in a temple

    Super Kong in a temple

  • Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart in Sunset Shore

    Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart in Sunset Shore

  • Model of Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart

    Model of Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スーパードンキー[?]
Sūpā Donkī 		Super Donkey
Chinese (simplified) 超级咚奇[?]
Chāojí Dōngqí 		Super Donkey
Chinese (traditional) 超級咚奇[?]
Chāojí Dōngqí 		Super Donkey
Italian Super Kong[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 2013. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D digital instruction manual. Nintendo (English). Page 9.
  2. ^ Newton, James (November 9, 2010). If Donkey Kong Country Returns is Too Hard, Use Super Guide. Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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Kongs
Characters Baby Kong ("Baby Kong Blues") • Bink • Bluster Kong • Bluster Kong's parents • Candy Kong • Chunky Kong • Cranky Kong • Cranky Kong's great grandfather • Diddy Kong • Dinky Mama • Dixie Kong • Dixie Kong's parents • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Dread Kong • Driver • Eddie the Mean Old Yeti • Funky Kong • Ghastly King • Great Aunt Grouchy • Great Uncle Spacey • Grumpy Kong • Karate Kong • Kiddy Kong • Kiddy Kong's parents • Kong Elder • Kong Fu • Lanky Kong • Manky Kong • Mini Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) • Monkey Kong • Ninja Kong • Poppy Kong • Rabbid Cranky • Rabbid Kong • Ringo • Snow Kong • Sumo Kong • Super Kong • Swanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Uncle Kong • Void Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Species Chained Kong • Guerrilla • Manky Kong • Snow Ucky Kong • Uckykong
Forms Baboon Balloon • Baby DK • Baby Kong ("Ape Foo Young") • Elephant Bananza • Hunky Chunky • Giant Donkey Kong • Gorilla Gone • Kong Bananza • Leo Luster • Mega Rabbid Kong • Mini-Monkey • Ostrich Bananza • Robot-Donkey Kong • Snake Bananza • Strong Kong • Ultra Barrel DK • Young Cranky Kong • Zebra Bananza
Robots Candy Clone • Cannon Kong • Capture Kong • Catapult Kong • Circus Kong • Cool Kong • Crash Kong • Cyber Kong • Kongā • Mecha Donkey Kong • Mini Diddy Kong • Mini Donkey Kong (toy) • Robo DK • Robot
Groups Donkey Kong's robots • Kong (boss group) • Kong army • Kong Family • Void Company
See also Ba-Boom • King Kong • Minkey • Momma • Monkey • Ninjape • Poppa • Prospector Monkey • Salvager Monkey • Sonny • Ukiki • Uncle Julius
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Whale • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • Tiki Tong
Other Elephant • Giraffe • Zebra
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Banana Mirror • Crash Guardb • Green Balloonb • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Spiked shaft (Jagged Jewels)b • Spiked shaft (Tiki Tong Terror) • Trapdoor • Tar pit
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Jet • Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Crouch • Grab • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Jump • Kong Roll • Peanut Popgun • Run
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloudb 9-1: Crushin' Columnsb • 9-2: Gushin' Geysersb • 9-3: Spiky Surpriseb • 9-4: Mischievous Molesb • 9-5: Topsy Turvyb • 9-6: Tar Ball Fallb • 9-7: Robo Factoryb • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcanob • 9-1a/9-9b: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • "Mine Menace" • Staff (3D · HD)
Related Play Nintendo activities
Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle? • Who's Your Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Banana Bud?
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