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[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|thumb|The Lightfish as shown in-game]] | [[File:Lightfish DK64.png|thumb|The Lightfish as shown in-game]] | ||
[[File:DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|thumb|Official art]] | [[File:DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|thumb|Official art]] | ||
The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html</ref> is a fish and an [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Lightfish has a minor role, and it only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]] where it helps the active [[Kong]] navigate the dark cabins of the sunken ships. | The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html Gloomy Galleon]. ''nintendo.com''. February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC snapshot via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> is a fish and an [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Lightfish has a minor role, and it only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]] where it helps the active [[Kong]] navigate the dark cabins of the sunken ships. | ||
The Lightfish has a light on its forehead, and it acts the same as [[Glimmer]], by lighting the path forward while the Kong moves around. The official site uses the wording "a Lightfish," suggesting that they are a species.<ref name=Lightfish/> However, in his official artwork, he is purple and has a mouth resembling that of an angler fish. | The Lightfish has a light on its forehead, and it acts the same as [[Glimmer]], by lighting the path forward while the Kong moves around. The official site uses the wording "a Lightfish," suggesting that they are a species.<ref name=Lightfish/> However, in his official artwork, he is purple and has a mouth resembling that of an angler fish. | ||
The Lightfish's in-game model was designed by Chris Seavor, former [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker the Squirrel]].<ref>conkerhimself (July 9, 2021). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't remember the other one. Long time ago..] ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 9, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193516/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:35:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Ger=Glimmer<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide | |Ger=Glimmer<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide. {{media link|German glimmer.jpg|Page 2}}.</ref> | ||
|GerM=Glimmer | |GerM=Glimmer | ||
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref>[http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html | |Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref>[http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64]. "Animales". ''Guías Nintendo''. Retrieved June 12, 2018. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194958/https://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:49:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | ||
|SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish | |SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish | ||
}} | }} | ||
