Instead of being able to freely switch Kongs, what happens is that you change to the other Kong if you get hit, assuming you’ve placed a Kong in reserve by opening a DK barrel.
They both move at the same speed and Donkey Kong’s floor-slapping special move has been excised, so their sprites are the only difference. That doesn’t matter so much, because in DKC4, both Kongs are essentially identical. I suppose the US equivalent would be Lil’ Kong.Īnyway, unlike in the original game you can only have one Kong on screen at a time, presumably due to the sprite limitations of the NES, and you can’t switch between them whenever you like. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but Diddy Kong must seem like kind of a weird name to non-British people, because “diddy” is a British word that means “small” and I don’t think it’s a word that gets much use overseas. Feel free to send me your hate mail, hardcore Diddy Kong fans. I’m sorry, I just can’t work up much enthusiasm for Diddy Kong.
