Baby Donkey Kong

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Baby DK swinging on a vine.

Baby Donkey Kong is Donkey Kong's younger self in Yoshi's Island DS. He appears on the scene at the beginning of World 2. He has a monogrammed bib, just like the current DK has a monogrammed tie. DK is the most powerful of the babies. He has multiple abilities that help the Yoshis many times:

• He can climb vines and chains, even hang onto a swinging rope and using the momentum to move forward.
• If the player presses ↓ and then the swallowing button (either Y or B depending on control settings), DK can do a shoulder charge that can break through dirt walls, some enemies, and tough blocks.
• Eggs thrown by Yoshi have an explosive effect – it is possible to defeat more than one enemy and activate ? Clouds, defeat enemies, or grab items just out of reach by a wall by the mini-blast.
• When a Yoshi ground pounds on poles, the pole goes all the way down on the first try, relating to DK's power.

Sports Appearances

Baby Donkey Kong is playable in Mario Super Sluggers for the Wii console. This is his first appearance in a Mario sports game.

Trivia

• Baby Kong, a character from Donkey Kong Country's TV adaption, is an earlier example of a baby version of Donkey Kong. However, strangely, the Baby Kong character was later retconned into a separate character and was henceforth known as Donkey Kong's nephew.
• Baby DK is the only Baby not to have a blue blanket to travel in, having a yellow one instead.
• Baby Donkey Kong uses a banana as a bat in Mario Super Sluggers.
• Mario Super Sluggers is the first and only game so far to have Baby Donkey Kong in 3-D.