| Latest revision |
Your text |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| __NOTOC__
| | [[Image:Sumo Kong.jpg|thumb|right|Sumo Kong.]] |
| {{character infobox
| | '''Sumo Kong''' is a large grey ape and one of the bosses in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. |
| |image=[[File:Sumo Kong.png|200px]]
| |
| |species=[[Kong]] | |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]]) | |
| |latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
| |
| }}
| |
| '''Sumo Kong''' is a large [[Kong]] who is a member of the [[Kong (boss group)|Kong boss group]] and the penultimate boss of ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. Sumo Kong has greenish brown fur and gray-blue shorts. A strike pattern appears around his right eye. Both his name and appearance are derived from a Japanese sport, {{wp|Sumo|sumo wrestling}}. | |
|
| |
|
| ==History==
| | In ''Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat'' Sumo Kong is the ruler of the [[Star Fruit Kingdom]], which is the sixteenth kingdom [[Donkey Kong]] ventures. Donkey Kong's battle with Sumo Kong takes place in space on an asteroid feild with [[Earth]] in the backround. After a long fist-fight with Sumo Kong, Donkey Kong was victorious in battle and went on to do battle with the collosal [[Ghastly King]]. |
| Sumo Kong is fought by [[Donkey Kong]] at the end of the [[Star Fruit Kingdom]], on an asteroid field within space, where [[Earth]] can be seen in the background. The battle requires quick reactions from Donkey Kong. When Sumo Kong is about to attack Donkey Kong, he must punch the side where Sumo Kong's arm is lifted. After this, Sumo Kong tries to push Donkey Kong with his hand. The player must clap to have Donkey Kong dodge or duck from Sumo Kong's attacks. After Sumo Kong takes a few more hits, he is defeated, and Donkey Kong can move on to face the final boss, the [[Ghastly King]]. | |
|
| |
|
| Sumo Kong and the other Kong bosses appear once more in the ending, during the ceremony, where they honor Donkey Kong's victory over the Ghastly King. | | Sumo Kong appears once more at the end of game ceremony, along with the other Kongs faced in the game to honor Donkey Kong's victory against the Ghastly King. |
|
| |
|
| ==Gallery== | | ==Trivia== |
| <gallery>
| |
| VsSumoKong.png|Donkey Kong preparing to fight Sumo Kong.
| |
| </gallery>
| |
|
| |
|
| ==Names in other languages==
| | * Sumo Kong speaks in a bizzare otherworldly-sounding voice. |
| {{foreign names
| |
| |Jpn=ヒャッカンコング
| |
| |JpnR=Hyakkan Kongu
| |
| |JpnM=From「百貫」(''hyakkan'', 375 kilograms, with「百」meaning 100 and「貫」being a Japanese unit of mass equivalent to 3.75 kilograms) and "Kong"
| |
| |Fre=Kongozuna
| |
| |FreM=Derived from「横綱」(''{{wp|Makuuchi#Yokozuna|yokozuna}}'') and "Kong"
| |
| |Ita=Kong Magnum
| |
| |ItaM=Referring to his tonnage}}
| |
|
| |
|
| ==Notes==
| | * The name Sumo Kong is obviously derived from the Japanese fighting style and sport, sumo wrestling. |
| *Sumo Kong is the only one of the Kong bosses who has a quiff rather than hair in a distinct style. | |
| *Sumo Kong's in-game files refer to him as "Akebono"; this refers to {{wp|Akebono Tarō}}, a Japanese-American sumo wrestler who became a popular professional wrestler during the time of the game's development.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat#Internal Names|Donkey Kong Jungle Beat § Internal Names]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved December 18, 2017.</ref>
| |
|
| |
|
| ==References==
| | [[Category: Enemies]] |
| <references/>
| | [[Category: Kongs]] |
| | | [[Category: Bosses]] |
| {{Kongs}}
| | [[Category: Characters]] |
| {{DKJB}}
| |
| [[Category:Kongs]] | |
| [[Category:Martial artists]] | |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat bosses]] | |
| [[de:Sumo Kong]] | |
