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Character Breakdown: Donkey Kong: Just a Big Ol' Ape No Longer



The character of Donkey Kong in Smash is a bit complicated. As one of the original twelve, almost all of his moves were developed around DK from Donkey Kong Country, and it shows. Think of the iconic Donkey Kong elements: Bananas and Barrels. Yet neither of these appear in DK's moveset. Granted, these elements weren't established in 2000, but this basic moveset stands out when being used by our modern Donkey Kong. So let's start fixing this, shall we?

Donkey Kong's neutral special is the Giant Punch, a move that, as far as I can tell, has no origin from ANY Donkey Kong game. So let's make this move make some sense. I propose we make this move the Barrel.


Donkey Kong's been throwing barrels since 1981, and that became the main way of getting your partner in the Country series. This would give DK a slow-moving, rolling projectile.


Hey look! A dead meme!
The side special is also pretty terrible. It's called the Headbutt. It's a headbutt. Since Diddy Kong is not included in this hypothetical Super Smash Bros. Rebirth, let's make Donkey's side-B, Diddy's down-B, the Banana Peel. 

This would cover both of our iconic elements, and we would leave one classic move: the up-B. That pretty much covers it, so if you have any suggestions, leave them in the comments.


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