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Eh, comparing the shape between it and the concept art, it's really not too terribly different. It's the details that are different.
m (There's really not much more to it, if anything. He plays a bit part, and that's that.)
(Eh, comparing the shape between it and the concept art, it's really not too terribly different. It's the details that are different.)
 
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{{merge to|Glimmer the Angler Fish}}
{{character infobox
[[File:Glower.jpg|frame|right|Lightfish]]
|image=[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|200px]]<br>The Lightfish's in-game appearance
[[File:Glimmer the Lightfish.jpg|thumb|Official art]]
|species=Fish
The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html</ref> is an unplayable fish [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' in the [[Gloomy Galleon]] level. He acts in the same way as [[Glimmer the Angler Fish]], following the player around while lighting the way with the light on his forehead. He appears in the two sunken ships at the level, meaning that there might be two or that the two ships are connected somehow. The official site uses the wording "a Lightfish," suggesting that they're a species.<ref name=Lightfish/>
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
}}
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''. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]]{{Ref needed|reason=The source for this being "Lightfish" does not say anything about it being an Animal Friend, and the sources that do call it an Animal Friend are the ones that equate the Lightfish to Glimmer.}} in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. It only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]], where it follows the active [[Kong]] inside the sunken ships and helps them navigate its dark cabins by lighting up the path forward, much like [[Glimmer]] does in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Whenever it is nearby, a bubbling sound plays. The game's official site used the wording "a Lightfish" in reference to it, suggesting that the Lightfish is part of a species.<ref name=Lightfish/>
 
The German strategy guide and Spanish Nintendo website both refer to the Lightfish as Glimmer;<ref name=GermanGuide /><ref name=SpanishSite /> the former also features artwork of the Lightfish with a mildly different appearance, much more similar to the ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' Animal Friend.
 
The Lightfish was designed by Chris Seavor,<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><ref>conkerhimself (August 9, 2023). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Here's my original sketch....] ''Twitter''. Retrieved August 9, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230809162047/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Archived] August 9, 2023, 16:20:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> former [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker]].


In his official artwork, he is purple and has a more anglerfish-like mouth.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|Artwork from the German guide
Seavor Chris DK64 Lightfish concept art.jpg|Concept art of the Lightfish by Chris Seavor
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=グリマー
|Ger=Glimmer<ref name=GermanGuide>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide. {{media link|German glimmer.jpg|Page 2}}.</ref>
|JapR=Gurimā
|JapM=Glimmer
|Ger=Glimmer<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide, [[Media: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 Official ''Donkey Kong 64'' website (Guías Nintendo)] Section "Animales"</ref>
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref name=SpanishSite>[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
}}
}}
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==References==
==References==
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{{DK64}}
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[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Animal Buddies]]
[[Category:Animal Friends]]
[[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 characters]]
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