Editing Cling

[[File:Button Bash DKCR.png|thumb|200px|Donkey Kong clinging to grass growing out of the ceiling in [[Button Bash]]]]
'''Clinging'''<ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' instruction booklet|page=14}}</ref> is a move in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its port, ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. It is used by [[Donkey Kong]] (and [[Diddy Kong]]. When the player [[jump]]s at [[climbing grass|green surfaces]] coating a ceiling or wall and holds {{button|wii|Z}} or {{button|wii|B}} (or {{button|wii|1}} with the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] alone), Donkey Kong clings to the surface. While clinging, Donkey Kong can climb up walls and across ceilings in order to avoid obstacles below, usually [[pit]]s. However, the [[Kong]]s are still vulnerable to [[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomp]]s. [[Hand Slap|Ground-pound]]ing is still possible while clinging to grass, aimed into the surface being clung to. Clinging and ground-pounding while clinging are prominently used to battle [[Mangoruby]] in [[Mangoruby Run]], as the arena consists mostly of green grass on circles Donkey Kong would walk off from.

Clinging is sometimes grouped with Donkey Kong's ability to [[grab]] [[swinging vine|vine]]s, chains, and [[barrel]]s, as both moves use the same button and involve grabbing hold of things. The digital instruction manual for {{a|DKCR3D}} lists both moves under the name "Grab."<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' digital instruction booklet|page=14|quote=Hold down {{button|3DS|L}}/{{button|3DS|R}} to pick up barrels and other objects or to grab on to grass, ropes, vines, etc.}}</ref> The official website for {{a|DKCRHD}} considers both moves as one skill, written as "Grab and Cling."<ref>{{cite|date=2024|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' product page|url=https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-switch/?srsltid=AfmBOoryd3RGUtcZYWJcJuNUEfNTNiZSUOaCl8pqBsaRYsm_5-yzYK6k|quote=Execute moves like Ground Pound, Roll, Blow, and Grab and Cling.|accessdate=January 4th, 2025}}</ref>

Clinging returns in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', where it has the same role. [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] are newly playable characters and so can also cling.

The move returns in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', acting the same and all playable characters can use it.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Fre=S'agripper<ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=fr|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' instruction booklet|page=36}}</ref>
|FreM=Cling
|Spa=Trepar<ref>{{cite|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=es-es|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' instruction booklet|page=58}}</ref>
|SpaM=Climb
}}

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[[Category:Donkey Kong moves]]
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