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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.
(It might be better to use the in-game appearance rather than the artwork for the infobox since the design is very different.) |
(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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|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]]) | ||
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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]] 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 '''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 | 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]]. | 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]]. | ||