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|image=[[File:bink.png]]
|image=[[File:bink.png]]
|full_name=Bink
|species=[[Sailor]]<br>[[Kong]] (originally)
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|species=[[Kong]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
}}
}}
'''Bink''' is a skeleton in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and a member of the [[S.S. Chuckola]]. [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] have to complete his [[barrel]] [[minigame]] to get a [[Membership Card]]. Mario and Luigi are unable to replay this minigame until they get to the [[Little Fungitown|Little Fungitown Arcade]] (where Bink also reappears). In Bink's minigame, Mario and Luigi must match five barrels in a row ten times to win.
'''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 [[barrel]]s in a row ten times to win.


Bink resembles a skeletal version of [[Donkey Kong]], though whether he is an actual undead [[Kong]] is not explicitly stated. He does, however, throw barrels in his minigame, which is an obvious reference to ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''. Bink also eats [[Banana]]s when he is bored.
[[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==
<gallery>
M&LSS Bink early sprite.png|Sprite of Bink from the data of the E3 2003 demo
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ビィンキー
|Jap=ビィンキー  
|JapR=Bīnkī
|JapR=Bīnkī
|JapM=Binky
|JapM=Binkey; a play on "[[Donkey Kong|Donkey]]"
|ChiS=兵克
|ChiSR=Bīngkè
|ChiSM=Bink
|Ger=Bink
|Ita=Binki
|Ita=Binki
|ItaM=Same as the Japanese name.
|ItaM=Same as the Japanese name
|Fre=Binquie
}}
}}


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==References==
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[[Category:Kongs]]
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[[Category:Undead]]
[[Category:Skeletons]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Characters]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga characters]]
[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions characters]]
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Latest revision as of 22:13, August 28, 2024

Bink
Bink
Species Sailor
Kong (originally)
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)

Bink is a sailor that appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. Mario and Luigi have to complete his Barrel minigame to get a 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.

Screenshot of Bink in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
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, and eats bananas 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.[1]

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ビィンキー[?]
Bīnkī
Binkey; a play on "Donkey"
Chinese (simplified) 兵克[?]
Bīngkè
Bink
French Binquie[?] -
German Bink[?] -
Italian Binki[?] Same as the Japanese name

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Marionova, RETIRE, sage_of_mirrors, Ashe (October 24, 2023). Mario & Luigi - ROM Document. Internet Archive. Retrieved October 24, 2023.