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Candy Kong is a character in the Donkey Kong series and the beautiful girlfriend of the iconic Donkey Kong, as well as being the actual first female "Kong" in the series. Although she is not a major protagonist, she is a supportive reappearing character in the series. In the first game she appears in, Donkey Kong Country, she manages Candy's Save Point where the heroes Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong can save their progress.
Candy Kong does not appear in the rest of the Donkey Kong Country games, but does appear in the Game Boy Advance remakes of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.
In Donkey Kong 64, Candy runs a music shop of her own, which is called "Candy's Music Shop". The instruments that she sells to the protagonists are important to the story, so it can be concluded that she contributed more to this game than she did to the other canon games.
She also appears in both DK: King of Swing and DK: Jungle Climber as a supportive character again.
Candy Kong once again appears in the latest Donkey Kong spin off, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. In that game, she manages Candy's Challenges, where the player has to complete a set of challenges for her.
As seen in a YouTube video by Rare member Transparentjinjo, she was to be a playable character in Diddy Kong Pilot. When she is about to be selected, she is blocked in selection and has Redneck Kong be the playable instead (selecting as Dixie Kong because the character selection is swapped). A highlighted character on the menu not aligned with their sepia background, as this was before it was in the process of being redesigned. Though, she is also seen on the Dogfights animated photo above the mode's text "DOGFIGHTS".
Super Smash Bros. series[]
Candy Kong appears as a collectible trophy in the Wii video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Trophy description[]
"Donkey Kong's rumored girlfriend--although nobody is quite sure if the rumor is true. With Candy's looks and elegance, she would be quite the catch. There's a mode in Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast where Donkey Kong must compete according to Candy's requests. Candy is also known to have run a music shop."
Other Media[]
Candy Kong appears in the cartoon series of Donkey Kong Country, though her look is very different the same concept is applied that she is Donkey Kong's girlfriend. Yet there is a difference about her portrayal in the cartoons, her personality in the cartoons is a lot different since she's pretty tempermental and slightly more tomboyish than how she's portrayed in the games.
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Game Appearances[]
| Year | Videogame | Console | Notes | Playable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Donkey Kong Country | SNES | First Appearance | No |
| 1999 | Donkey Kong 64 | Nintendo 64 | Only appearance on the Nintendo 64. | No |
| Diddy Kong Pilot | Game Boy Advance | Unreleased work that was originally intended to be the second appearance on the Game Boy Advance after Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers. | Yes | |
| 2005 | DK: King of Swing | Game Boy Advance | Final appearance on the Game Boy Advance. | No |
| 2007 | Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast | Wii | First appearance on the Wii. | No |
| 2007 | DK: Jungle Climber | Nintendo DS | Only appearance on the Nintendo DS. | No |
| 2008 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Wii | Trophy and Sticker in the game. | No |
| Characters in Donkey Kong | |
|---|---|
| Major Kongs | Candy Kong • Chunky Kong • Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Funky Kong • Kiddy Kong • Lanky Kong • Swanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Wrinkly Kong |
| Other Kongs | Manky Kong • Bluster Kong (Leo Luster) • Dread Kong • Eddie the Mean Old Yeti • Karate Kong • Kong Fu • Ninja Kong • Sumo Kong |
| Kremlings | King K. Rool • Kaptain Skurvy • Green Kroc • Kalypso • Kasplat • Kass • Kerozene • Kip • K. Lumsy • Klubba • Kludge • Klump • Kopter • Krusha • Kudgel • Kackle • Kritter • Klaptrap |
| Tiki Tak Tribe | Kalimba • Maraca Gang • Gong-Oh • Banjo Bottom • Wacky Pipes • Xylobone • Cordian • Tiki Tong |
| Snowmads | Pompy • Skowl • Ba-Boom • Fugu • Bashmaster • Lord Fredrik |