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The Hand Slap is a move in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' that can be used by Donkey Kong only, by pressing {{button|paddown}} and {{button|snes|Y}}/{{button|gbc|B}}/{{button|gba|B}}. The move can defeat most regular enemies, and it even rewards a free [[banana]] for each enemy beaten. In the Japanese version, Donkey Kong is rewarded a [[Banana Bunch]] for every third enemy that he Hand Slaps, including [[Krusha]]s, even though it does not defeat them. A Hand Slap can also defeat inactive [[Rock Kroc]]s in original Japanese releases and the [[Game Boy Advance]] version. If he uses a Hand Slap in certain areas on the ground or on tree tops, Donkey Kong can unearth a Banana Bunch or even an [[Extra Life Balloon]]. In the [[Game Boy Color]] remake, the Hand Slap is required to unearth a [[DK Sticker Pack]] in each level. In the Game Boy Advance remake, some boss arenas have a buried [[photograph]], which Donkey Kong can unearth with his Hand Slap. | The Hand Slap is a move in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' that can be used by Donkey Kong only, by pressing {{button|paddown}} and {{button|snes|Y}}/{{button|gbc|B}}/{{button|gba|B}}. The move can defeat most regular enemies, and it even rewards a free [[banana]] for each enemy beaten. In the Japanese version, Donkey Kong is rewarded a [[Banana Bunch]] for every third enemy that he Hand Slaps, including [[Krusha]]s, even though it does not defeat them. A Hand Slap can also defeat inactive [[Rock Kroc]]s in original Japanese releases and the [[Game Boy Advance]] version. If he uses a Hand Slap in certain areas on the ground or on tree tops, Donkey Kong can unearth a Banana Bunch or even an [[Extra Life Balloon]]. In the [[Game Boy Color]] remake, the Hand Slap is required to unearth a [[DK Sticker Pack]] in each level. In the Game Boy Advance remake, some boss arenas have a buried [[photograph]], which Donkey Kong can unearth with his Hand Slap. | ||
====''Donkey Kong Country Returns''==== | ====''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')==== | ||
The Hand Slap, referred to as the ground pound, reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' | The Hand Slap, referred to as the ground pound, reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS port]], its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch port]]. It has different controls in this game, being done by shaking the [[Wii Remote]] or [[Joy-Con]], or pressing certain buttons of the controller in the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. Ground pounding can only be done while standing still: the same inputs while moving perform a [[Roll Attack|Barrel Roll]] and the same inputs while [[Crouch]]ing cause the player to [[blow]]. Ground pounding is no longer a method of attacking enemies, though it does stun many of them. This occurs if the enemy is near the player, not necessarily on the same platform. Certain durable enemies, like [[Tiki Tank]]s, [[Pinchly|Pinchlies]], and the crabs of the [[Scurvy Crew]] boss fight, can be flipped over to make them vulnerable to other attacks. Ground pounds can open [[item container]]s, crack [[Cracked Block|blocks]], push [[Spinning Platform|trapdoors]], open [[Rambi]]'s [[Animal Crate|crate]]s, and trigger [[DK Plate]]s. | ||
In Multiplayer mode, [[Diddy Kong]] can perform his own variation, [[Popgun Pound]], | Ground pounding is one of the two actions available when [[cling]]ing onto [[Climbing grass|green surface]]s, angling the move into the surface being clung to. Donkey Kong uses one hand to hold the surface and the other to pound. This functionality is necessary to defeat [[Colonel Pluck]] in [[Feather Fiend]]. While mounted, Rambi can also ground pound. His version has him stomps the ground with his front feet, and has the additional effect of destroy stone blocks depicting Rambi's emblem. | ||
In Multiplayer mode, [[Diddy Kong]] can perform his own variation, the [[Popgun Pound]]. This version has him fire [[peanut]]s from the [[Popgun|Peanut Popgun]]s into the ground, which bounce forward to stun or distract enemies from afar. | |||
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''==== | ====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''==== | ||
The Hand Slap, referred to as the Ground Pound, reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' with the same role as in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. This time, [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] can also perform the move. Dixie's version involves her pounding the ground with her ponytail and Cranky with his cane. Unlike the other Kongs, Dixie's Ground Pound covers both sides. In the Nintendo Switch version, [[Funky Kong]] performs the move by pounding the ground with both hands simultaneously unlike Donkey Kong who alternates hands.<!--What does Funky Kong do?--> | The Hand Slap, referred to as the Ground Pound, reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' with the same role as in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. This time, [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] can also perform the move. Dixie's version involves her pounding the ground with her ponytail and Cranky with his cane. Unlike the other Kongs, Dixie's Ground Pound covers both sides. Blowing is not an action in this game. In the Nintendo Switch version, [[Funky Kong]] performs the move by pounding the ground with both hands simultaneously unlike Donkey Kong who alternates hands.<!--What does Funky Kong do?--> | ||
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series=== | ===''Super Smash Bros.'' series=== | ||
Revision as of 15:10, February 1, 2025
- This article is about Donkey Kong's special move. For the recurring special move, see Ground Pound.
The Hand Slap, also called ground pound[1][2] (alternatively Ground Pound[3]) or Ground Slap,[4][5] is one of Donkey Kong's attacks in the Donkey Kong Country games and the Super Smash Bros. series.
History
Donkey Kong Country series
Donkey Kong Country
The Hand Slap is a move in Donkey Kong Country that can be used by Donkey Kong only, by pressing 
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. The move can defeat most regular enemies, and it even rewards a free banana for each enemy beaten. In the Japanese version, Donkey Kong is rewarded a Banana Bunch for every third enemy that he Hand Slaps, including Krushas, even though it does not defeat them. A Hand Slap can also defeat inactive Rock Krocs in original Japanese releases and the Game Boy Advance version. If he uses a Hand Slap in certain areas on the ground or on tree tops, Donkey Kong can unearth a Banana Bunch or even an Extra Life Balloon. In the Game Boy Color remake, the Hand Slap is required to unearth a DK Sticker Pack in each level. In the Game Boy Advance remake, some boss arenas have a buried photograph, which Donkey Kong can unearth with his Hand Slap.
Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)
The Hand Slap, referred to as the ground pound, reappears in Donkey Kong Country Returns, its Nintendo 3DS port, its Nintendo Switch port. It has different controls in this game, being done by shaking the Wii Remote or Joy-Con, or pressing certain buttons of the controller in the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. Ground pounding can only be done while standing still: the same inputs while moving perform a Barrel Roll and the same inputs while Crouching cause the player to blow. Ground pounding is no longer a method of attacking enemies, though it does stun many of them. This occurs if the enemy is near the player, not necessarily on the same platform. Certain durable enemies, like Tiki Tanks, Pinchlies, and the crabs of the Scurvy Crew boss fight, can be flipped over to make them vulnerable to other attacks. Ground pounds can open item containers, crack blocks, push trapdoors, open Rambi's crates, and trigger DK Plates.
Ground pounding is one of the two actions available when clinging onto green surfaces, angling the move into the surface being clung to. Donkey Kong uses one hand to hold the surface and the other to pound. This functionality is necessary to defeat Colonel Pluck in Feather Fiend. While mounted, Rambi can also ground pound. His version has him stomps the ground with his front feet, and has the additional effect of destroy stone blocks depicting Rambi's emblem.
In Multiplayer mode, Diddy Kong can perform his own variation, the Popgun Pound. This version has him fire peanuts from the Peanut Popguns into the ground, which bounce forward to stun or distract enemies from afar.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
The Hand Slap, referred to as the Ground Pound, reappears in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze with the same role as in Donkey Kong Country Returns. This time, Dixie Kong and Cranky Kong can also perform the move. Dixie's version involves her pounding the ground with her ponytail and Cranky with his cane. Unlike the other Kongs, Dixie's Ground Pound covers both sides. Blowing is not an action in this game. In the Nintendo Switch version, Funky Kong performs the move by pounding the ground with both hands simultaneously unlike Donkey Kong who alternates hands.
Super Smash Bros. series
Hand Slap is Donkey Kong's down special move in Super Smash Bros. and every following game within the Super Smash Bros. series. It is executed by pressing the special move button while pressing the Control Stick or Circle Pad down. By performing the move, Donkey Kong rapidly slaps the ground, generating a small shockwave around him. This causes nearby opponents to get knocked upward and be damaged. The attack is very useful in the Multi-Man modes when Donkey Kong is surrounded by opponents, letting him launch all of them away, but it has no effect against aerial targets. The attack does take a while to use, but once used, all the player must do is hold the Control Stick or Circle Pad down and continuously tap the special move button. Donkey Kong will keep using the attack until the special move button stops being tapped, or Donkey Kong is hit by an opponent. Until Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Donkey Kong could not execute the move in mid-air. Though the move is not as useful in the air, it can still serve as a meteor smash. Additionally, the move can now break shields quite effectively, being able to break a full shield in 3 hits.
The Hand Slap has set knockback in Super Smash Bros. Melee, although in subsequent installments, it can send opponents with low damage high into the air, but the Hand Slap's low knockback scaling at higher percentages prevents it from being effective at KOing an opponent.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U also introduces two custom variants of Hand Slap:
- Focused Slap sacrifices attack range, but the shockwaves can stun and deal greater damage to opponents who are hit.
- Hot Slap creates a series of flame pillars in front of Donkey Kong, which can damage even airborne targets, but it has less range, and does not cover Donkey Kong's back. The attack deals more damage and knockback, and sends opponents flying sideways instead of upwards.
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
While absent from the original, the Hand Slap is added in New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, where several gimmicks make use of it, such as breakable floors, platforms that act as switches, and underground seeds that act as item containers.
Mario Golf: World Tour
In Mario Golf: World Tour, if Donkey Kong loses a hole or gets a bogey or worse, he performs a Hand Slap in anger.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
The Hand Slap, referred to as DK Ground Pound, appears in the Donkey Kong Adventure DLC of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as Donkey Kong's secondary weapon. This move deals damage to nearby enemies, with more damage being dealt to closer enemies. Once used, it cannot be used again for the following turn. The DK Ground Pound can be upgraded via Battle HQ, with each upgrade treated as a stronger weapon, and can deal additional damage to certain types of enemies and may inflict the Bounce Super Effect.
Dr. Mario World
In Dr. Mario World, Dr. Donkey Kong's skill in versus mode is to slam the ground twice, adding a row of Viruses to the bottom of the opponent's stage. Some portions may not have a Virus. This skill is improved with Dr. Donkey Kong's skill level, with one of the improvements being making the attack add a second row of Viruses.
Gallery
Donkey Kong Country screenshot
Super Smash Bros. artwork
Super Smash Bros. screenshot
Super Smash Bros. Melee screenshot
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS screenshot
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハンドスラップ[?] Hando Surappu |
Hand Slap | |
| Italian | Forza bruta[6] | Brute force | |
| Schiaffo[7][8] | Slap | ||
| Manata[?] | Handslap | Super Smash Bros. series | |
| Scouti la terra[9][10]/Scuotere la terra[11] | Shake the ground | ||
| Schianto a terra DK[?] | DK Ground Pound | Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle | |
| Russian | Лапошлеп[?] Laposhlep |
Paw Slap |
References
- ^ 2010. Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13.
- ^ 2010. Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 18.
- ^ 2014. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze instruction manual. Section 12. (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English).
- ^ Hodgson, David S. J. (June 17, 2003). Donkey Kong Country Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4334-1. Page 4.
- ^ 2009. New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian manual. Page 13.
- ^ 2000. Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color) European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 108.
- ^ 2003. Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 105.
- ^ 2010. Donkey Kong Country Returns Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 18.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Italian e-manual. Page 12.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Italian e-manual. Page 5.
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