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{{character-infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Super Kong.png|220px]]<br>Super Kong's in-game model
|image=[[File:Super Kong.png|220px]]<br>Super Kong's in-game model
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|species=[[Kong]]
|species=[[Kong]]
}}
}}
{{Quote2|Super Kong? Bah, fiddlesticks. I could do a better job with my eyes tied behind my back! Now where did my cane get off to?|[[Cranky Kong]], ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' manual}}
{{quote|Super Kong? Bah, fiddlesticks. I could do a better job with my eyes tied behind my back! Now where did my cane get off to?|[[Cranky Kong]], ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' manual}}
The '''Super Kongs''' are clones of [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]], and represent them during the [[Super Guide]] mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''. Much like the Super Guides in other ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series installments, the Super Kongs assist the player with navigating levels, and feature slightly modified designs of their normal counterparts.<ref>Newton, James (November 9, 2010). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/11/if_donkey_kong_country_returns_is_too_hard_use_super_guide If Donkey Kong Country Returns is Too Hard, Use Super Guide]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved March 13, 2020.</ref>
'''Super Kong''' is a white version of [[Donkey Kong]] who appears in the [[Super Guide]] mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports. His clothes are blue instead of red. As per the Super Guide feature in games of the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series, Super Kong automatically clear levels that the player finds too difficult, while giving the player an example of how to play the level.  


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' / ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''===
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', if the player loses eight [[Extra life|lives]] in a level (or five in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''), the [[Professor Chops|Tutorial Pig]] appears and offers to activate the Super Guide. If the player selects yes, then Super Kong appears and completes the level for him.
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', if the player loses eight [[Extra life|lives]] in a level, and they are playing in single-player mode, the [[Professor Chops|tutorial pig]] appears and offers to activate Super Guide.<ref name="3Dmanual">{{cite|date=2013|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' digital instruction manual|publisher=Nintendo|language=en|page=9}}</ref> In New Mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' and Modern Mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'', the player only has to lose five lives. Tutorial pig is present at the start of the level and at any checkpoint. If the player activates Super Guide, the level resets and Super Kong appears. Super Kong then completes the level for the player. The route may involve opening a [[DK Barrel]], in which case [[Diddy Kong]]'s Super Kong counterpart joins Super Kong. The player does not keep any items collected by Super Kong, such as [[banana]]s, [[Banana Coin]]s, or [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Piece]]s.<ref>Newton, James (November 9, 2010). [https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2010/11/if_donkey_kong_country_returns_is_too_hard_use_super_guide If Donkey Kong Country Returns is Too Hard, Use Super Guide]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved March 13, 2020.</ref> This is to the point where trackers for those items do not appear on the screen. The player can press the {{button|wii|+}} button while Super Guide is activated to take control of Super Kong until the player reaches the goal or loses a life. In the silhouette levels, Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart remain visually distinct from the normal Kongs due to their blue clothes.


Any items collected by Super Kong, such as [[banana]]s, [[Banana Coin]]s, or even [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]], are not kept by the Kongs themselves. Super Kong always goes on a predetermined path to the end goal, meaning he does not access hidden areas or any [[bonus room]]s.
In the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] levels [[Cog Jog (level)|Cog Jog]], [[Switcheroo]], and [[Music Madness]], Super Kong does locate the hidden buttons that unlock [[Lift-off Launch]].


While Super Kong can be activated during the final boss level, [[Tiki Tong Terror]], the end cutscene still shows the normal Kongs as opposed to the Super Kongs, who appear in most other cutscenes.
If Super Kong is activated during [[Tiki Tong Terror]], the final boss level, the cutscenes preceding and concluding the battle against [[Tiki Tong]] show Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong as opposed to Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart. This is likely because the cutscenes [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country Returns#Movie gallery|Prebattle and Postbattle]] are pre-rendered.


It has been mentioned that the choice for the Super Kongs' attire to be blue instead of red was caused by the sunset levels of the game, which have Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in silhouette and their attires being the only aspects of their designs being shown in those levels. Therefore, this aesthetic required the Super Kongs' respective attires to be recolored to differentiate them.{{ref needed}}
Super Kong is sometimes described as invincible<ref name="3Dmanual"/>, though in practice this is because the playthrough Super Kong uses does not involve taking damage. If the player takes control of Super Kong, they can take damage.


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
A white-furred variant of Donkey Kong appears as a playable skin throughout the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, although it predates Super Kong and is not based upon him. The only time when this costume is used as an explicit reference to Super Kong is in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', where Professor Chops' [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] battle involves fighting a white-furred Donkey Kong, alluding to the connection between Professor Chops and Super Kong in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''.
A white-furred variant of Donkey Kong appears as a playable skin throughout the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. While this alternate color scheme predates Super Kong, it is used as an explicit reference to Super Kong in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' during Professor Chops' [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] battle. Aside from alluding to the connection between Professor Chops and Super Kong in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', the white-furred Donkey Kong in this spirit battle references Super Kong's invincibility by being able to escape from movement-disabling moves.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Super kong.png|Super Kong in a temple
Super kong.png|Super Kong in a temple
SuperDuo.png|Super Kongs in a silhouette level
SuperDuo.png|Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart in [[Sunset Shore]]
Super Diddy Kong.png|Model of Super Kong (Diddy Kong version)
Super Diddy Kong.png|Model of Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スーパードンキー
|JpnR=Sūpā Donkī
|JpnM=Super Donkey
|ChiS=超级咚奇
|ChiSR=Chāojí Dōngqí
|ChiSM=Super Donkey
|ChiT=超級咚奇
|ChiTR=Chāojí Dōngqí
|ChiTM=Super Donkey
|Ita=Super Kong
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:27, February 2, 2025

Super Kong
Super Kong
Super Kong's in-game model
Species Kong
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
“Super Kong? Bah, fiddlesticks. I could do a better job with my eyes tied behind my back! Now where did my cane get off to?”
—Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country Returns manual

Super Kong is a white version of Donkey Kong who appears in the Super Guide mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. His clothes are blue instead of red. As per the Super Guide feature in games of the Super Mario series, Super Kong automatically clear levels that the player finds too difficult, while giving the player an example of how to play the level.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country Returns, if the player loses eight lives in a level, and they are playing in single-player mode, the tutorial pig appears and offers to activate Super Guide.[1] In New Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Modern Mode of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, the player only has to lose five lives. Tutorial pig is present at the start of the level and at any checkpoint. If the player activates Super Guide, the level resets and Super Kong appears. Super Kong then completes the level for the player. The route may involve opening a DK Barrel, in which case Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart joins Super Kong. The player does not keep any items collected by Super Kong, such as bananas, Banana Coins, or Puzzle Pieces.[2] This is to the point where trackers for those items do not appear on the screen. The player can press the Plus Button button while Super Guide is activated to take control of Super Kong until the player reaches the goal or loses a life. In the silhouette levels, Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart remain visually distinct from the normal Kongs due to their blue clothes.

In the Factory levels Cog Jog, Switcheroo, and Music Madness, Super Kong does locate the hidden buttons that unlock Lift-off Launch.

If Super Kong is activated during Tiki Tong Terror, the final boss level, the cutscenes preceding and concluding the battle against Tiki Tong show Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong as opposed to Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart. This is likely because the cutscenes Prebattle and Postbattle are pre-rendered.

Super Kong is sometimes described as invincible[1], though in practice this is because the playthrough Super Kong uses does not involve taking damage. If the player takes control of Super Kong, they can take damage.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

A white-furred variant of Donkey Kong appears as a playable skin throughout the Super Smash Bros. series. While this alternate color scheme predates Super Kong, it is used as an explicit reference to Super Kong in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during Professor Chops' spirit battle. Aside from alluding to the connection between Professor Chops and Super Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns, the white-furred Donkey Kong in this spirit battle references Super Kong's invincibility by being able to escape from movement-disabling moves.

Gallery[edit]

  • Super Kong in a temple

    Super Kong in a temple

  • Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart in Sunset Shore

    Super Kong and Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart in Sunset Shore

  • Model of Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart

    Model of Diddy Kong's Super Kong counterpart

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スーパードンキー[?]
Sūpā Donkī 		Super Donkey
Chinese (simplified) 超级咚奇[?]
Chāojí Dōngqí 		Super Donkey
Chinese (traditional) 超級咚奇[?]
Chāojí Dōngqí 		Super Donkey
Italian Super Kong[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 2013. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D digital instruction manual. Nintendo (English). Page 9.
  2. ^ Newton, James (November 9, 2010). If Donkey Kong Country Returns is Too Hard, Use Super Guide. Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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Kongs
Kong characters
Baby Kong • Bink • Bluster Kong (Leo Luster) • Candy Clone • Candy Kong • Chunky Kong • Cranky Kong (Young) • Cranky Kong's great grandfather • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong (Baby, Robot) • Donkey Kong Jr. • Dread Kong • Driver • Eddie the Mean Old Yeti • Funky Kong • Ghastly King • Karate Kong • Kiddy Kong • Kong Fu • Lanky Kong • Mecha Donkey Kong • Mini Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) • Monkey Kong • Ninja Kong • Rabbid Cranky • Rabbid Kong (Mega) • Ringo • Snow Kong • Sumo Kong • Super Kong • Swanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Uncle Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Kong species
Chained Kong • Cyber Kong • Guerrilla • Helper Monkey • Kong • Manky Kong • Mini Diddy Kong • Mini Donkey Kong (toy) • Ninjape • Snow Ucky Kong • Uckykong
Donkey Kong's robots
Cannon Kong • Capture Kong • Catapult Kong • Circus Kong • Cool Kong • Crash Kong • Kongā
Kong groups
Donkey Kong's robots • Kong (boss group) • Kong Family
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard2 • Green Balloon2 • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud2 9-1: Crushin' Columns2 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2 • 9-7: Robo Factory2 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2 • 9-11/9-92: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • Mine Menace • Staff (3D · HD)
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