Editing Lightfish

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|200px]]<br>The Lightfish's in-game appearance
|species=Fish
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
}}
The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Banana Guide - Gloomy Galleon|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html|language=en-us|publisher=nintendo.com|accessdate=December 25, 2024}}</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>{{cite|author=conkerhimself|date=July 9, 2021|language=en|url=x.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19|title=Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't  remember the other one. Long time ago..|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 9, 2021|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210709193516/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885}}{{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=conkerhimself|date=August 9, 2023|url=x.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880|title=Here's my original sketch....|publisher=X|accessdate=August 9, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230809162047/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880}}{{dead link}}</ref> former [[Rare|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker]].

==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==
{{foreign names
|Ger=Glimmer
|GerC=<ref name=GermanGuide>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide|page={{file link|German glimmer.jpg|2}}}}</ref>
|GerM=Glimmer
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna
|SpaC=<ref name=SpanishSite>{{cite|language=es|url=guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html|title=Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64 "Animales"|publisher=Guías Nintendo|accessdate=June 12, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210709194958/https://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html}}</ref>
|SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Animal Friends]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 characters]]