Fun Fact: Another detail for Bayonetta being picked for Candy Kong is because her taunts involve her doing dance poses. In the GBA version of DKC1: Candy Kong has a rhythm mini game which she dances to the music and would strike a pose here and there.
@RiposteBK Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: those missing Lanky and Chunky verses are only missing from recent Smash games, and are still in the original version of the songs in Melee iirc
@the_bookworm8281 Жыл бұрын
Yeah. They shorted the song (alongside some of the other songs) to two minutes in SSB4 due to some memory issues with the game. The memory issues were fixed in Ultimate but unfortunately those shortened songs never got "unshortened".
@lylelylecrocodile2538 Жыл бұрын
@@the_bookworm8281 that explains why the Sonic the hedgehog (2006 E3) theme is shortened
@Xxblade17 Жыл бұрын
@@lylelylecrocodile2538 yeah
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
@@lylelylecrocodile2538 I think you mean His World (2006 E3 Version). Technically it is the full song with that particular version. Just like with the preview version of Fist Bump that was briefly memed like Guile's theme.
@RyutheWeredragon Жыл бұрын
Correct. For some reason they decided to trunciate the songs to a certain length starting in Wii U/3DS
@dsh12g Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Expresso was in DKC2! While he is not a rideable animal, you can train him with the golden feathers you collect in game and race him against others.
@thetrophygamer3606 Жыл бұрын
In the gba version
@julioornano8427 Жыл бұрын
The multi Diddy for lankys spirit could reference that he's the 'wild' or 'crazy' kong, thus a somewhat chaotic battle
@julioornano8427 Жыл бұрын
Also he has no style
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
@@julioornano8427 Fun Fact: Diddy Kong's Down B Banana, is a reference to Lanky Kong's battle with K Rool.
@KokonutOil Жыл бұрын
I think Squaks' stage being Great Cave Offensive could actually be referencing the DKC2 mining levels, due to his prevalence in those stages, and the fact that great cave offensive has a ton of crystals in the background, just like the mines.
@THEANIMEFANZ_ Жыл бұрын
Here is how the intro should be " he the learder of the bunch, you know him well, so here's some spirits I'll give you to tell"
@WolfDB Жыл бұрын
Actually, I think the main reason they chose DK to represent Rambi because, in DK64, Donkey Kong is the only one who can transform into Rambi
@julioornano8427 Жыл бұрын
Honestly though who else would it have been?..the only closest thing to rambi on the roster is bowser and that's only cause of his horns
@koopadude1 Жыл бұрын
And then there’s Chunky… He’s dead.
@cailieisidro5758 Жыл бұрын
Knew the meme is going to be brought up
@emoji3266 Жыл бұрын
@@cailieisidro5758 Dk… Chunky’s dead…. from the song on smash bros
@BandonicGokaiChange Жыл бұрын
The title seems so out of place, and I love it.(DAMMIT it’s changed😢)
@Uhhhhh1188 Жыл бұрын
Same. Don't know if I like it though. Hope it gets fixed
@Deor_Kiyoung Жыл бұрын
It’s fixed
@Aaronitmar Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome
@scwiby Жыл бұрын
@@Aaronitmar Luckily i took a screenshot when it was lowercase
@mariajimenafigueroa233 Жыл бұрын
What was the original title? EDIT: Nevermind
@msgameandcake628 Жыл бұрын
I must be missing some context about Ninja Kong. His whole thing seems to be overwhelming brute strength, but that is basically the one trait ninjas are NOT conventionally known for. My best guess is that there MUST be some cutscene action that emphasizes some more ninja qualities.
@MagillanicaLouM Жыл бұрын
No, he just has a ninja themed hairstyle and fights with relatively more acrobatic attacks than the other rival Kongs of Jungle Beat, as well as being the most evasive.
@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8 Жыл бұрын
"donkey kong smash ultimate spirit references origins" Good title
@JosephRiveraSantiago061710 ай бұрын
EVERY THe Legend of Zelda Spirit Origins (Pre-DLC)... where are you?
@Minochu96 Жыл бұрын
1:30 Donkey Kong Jr. is Modern Donkey Kong's father but the son of the original Donkey Kong, aka Cranky Kong Cranky Kong - Donkey Kong Jr. - Donkey Kong
@julioornano8427 Жыл бұрын
If you played dkc1 and saw the layout they gave you in ultimates adventure mode, you'd see the bullet bill represents his high speed aircraft that takes the kongs anywhere they've been at a high speed
@Bluegirl12345 Жыл бұрын
Are you gonna continue the series with Zelda spirits?
@ArcherBro Жыл бұрын
I wasn't the first one to make this joke but... HERE WE GO! "He has no body, only his soul. And it's up to you, to make him whole!"
@chrispork1443 Жыл бұрын
You missed one: Baron K. Roolenstien. Also, isn’t K. Rool the king of the Kremlings, like how Bowser is King of Koopas?
@tantamsooksuptavon Жыл бұрын
Baron doesn’t have a spirit battle
@chrispork1443 Жыл бұрын
@@tantamsooksuptavon Oh, he’s a summon. Is he doing a separate video for summon exclusive spirits?
@hectorcollazo8845 Жыл бұрын
Yes. 😎
@JZJ7777 Жыл бұрын
@@chrispork1443 I doubt it, because summonable spirits don’t have spirit battles.
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
4:02 It's also a reference to the opening to DKC where Cranky plays the theme on a crank-powered record player before DK drops a stereo on it that plays the DKC theme.
@369destroyer Жыл бұрын
Kip and Kalypso are odd characters, and if there's another DK game I kinda want to see what could be done with them in a traditional game.
@MagillanicaLouM Жыл бұрын
There are more Kremlings currently only unique to Barrel Blast. All great designs and personalities, hope they return whenever Kremlings are put in an actual DK game again
@_puduposting Жыл бұрын
A fun fact: the boss battle theme for the kip and kalypso battles comes for the fact Barrel Blast and Jungle Climber are from the same developers
@RyutheWeredragon Жыл бұрын
Dixie's Spirit can be updated to include Kiddy. I do think you should start mentioining these things even thouh they don't have a fight.
@JosephRiveraSantiago0617 Жыл бұрын
Starting with the DK Rap. Nice.
@gameyfirebro9645 Жыл бұрын
Wierd how DK and Pauline technically have two spirits.
@JIrish780 Жыл бұрын
You're doing good work, Aaronitmar. Keep it up.
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
16:31 Being Mario's companions, Yoshis are known for their jumping ability too. With their flutter jump ability making them stand out among the jumping abilities of other Mario characters since Mario Bros 2/USA (Toad obviously notwithstanding)
@JakeSm4sh Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite series is back
@hectorcollazo8845 Жыл бұрын
My fav Spirit battle in the DK series was definitely Kaptain K.Rool. Strange how a playable fighter's 2nd disguise shows up as a Spirir Lol. Either way, it was a nice fun, nostalgic callback to that gloriously difficult childhood boss fight.
@RickyRatte Жыл бұрын
Remember: since Cranky is the original DK and the current DKs grandfather, DK Jr. is DKs father or uncle.
@Sly88Frye Жыл бұрын
I always thought the bullet bills for the Funky spirit battle were supposed to reference flying in vehicles by Funky in the DKC games, maybe even in a way reference barrel cannons from the DKC games.
@CJ-ln5ov Жыл бұрын
Man, I love this series, but its been at least half a year since this upload. Did Aaron cancel this at some point?
@ivanperalta25237 ай бұрын
Possibly
@penprp Жыл бұрын
These are a ton of fun! Always glad to see them pop up on my feed.
@MoonlitLillypop Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for you to get to kingdom hearts spirits. I wanna see you try to explain the lore
@andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the Zelda one, also a video for Fire Emblem could be a cool addition for this series
@EmmaViv Жыл бұрын
It's probably worth noting that Spirits (especially in WoL) usually avoid using a character's default color, even when it would make more sense. I'm guessing this is to suggest that the fights aren't against the real fighter, but clones made by Galeem and Dharkon.
@princesshannah7 Жыл бұрын
You can do it!!! (Also wow, I'd never heard of Stanley before outside of his Spirit, so I definitely learned something new today!)
@qaert5152 Жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong is my favorite video game series, and I'm glad you covered its Spirits Origins !
@onepiece190993 Жыл бұрын
Wrinkly kong ghost scared me as a Kid on DK64
@elkarlo1593 Жыл бұрын
The Lanky and Chunky verses in the DK Rap are only missing from Smash Wii U and Ultimate, in Melee and Brawl the song is complete
@christianparrish3292 Жыл бұрын
I love how you used the donkey Kong 64 rap.
@jaxonjaxon9901 Жыл бұрын
Was able to screenshot the out of place video title before it got changed.
@maddestmike5791 Жыл бұрын
You forgot the Spirits for Dixie & Diddy and Baron K. Roolenstein.
@Daniel_Coffman Жыл бұрын
Actually, in the DK Junior fight, the main fighter is not a regular-sized DK. He's just not as tiny as a Poison Mushroomed/Lightninged DK. Corrin's dash attack also has them float momentarily, just like when you're using Enguarde's charge attack underwater.
@finalmix43757 ай бұрын
I hope you will continue this series
@catriamflockentanz Жыл бұрын
I catched an error regarding the Klap Traps. They didn't originate in Donkey Kong Country. That's merely "where" we learned their name. But their first appearance was undoubtedly years earlier in Donkey Kong Junior. Unless Rare came up with another form of giant-mawed tiny crocodile by themselves which I doubt.
@kaplooeygames8515 Жыл бұрын
Talks about mixing up the spirit battles via multiple Diddy Kongs as he mixes things up by adding Mii Fighters to the footage. Well done
@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg7 ай бұрын
aaron your not gonna believe we got new spirits for tears of the kingdom splatoon 3 pikmin 4 and xenoblade chronicles 3
@crybabybf1990 Жыл бұрын
Those Zingers are the reason why I stopped playing donkey Kong back then :')
@aystudio_ Жыл бұрын
the donkey kong spirits video is probably my favorite origin video by far!
@BudderPigGaming Жыл бұрын
Rambis colors may be a reference to the donkey kong glitch that turns rambi into a silver donkey kong
@tyketyke Жыл бұрын
it might not be intentional, but ice cave chant being the music for enguarde lines up with him being playable in two of the four ice levels in DKC2 (arctic abyss and his section in animal antics)
@apex2000 Жыл бұрын
I hope this series lasts long enough to cover all the spirits, including the DLC stuff, like that cool Final Fantasy stuff.
@tyrabrasher Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could do animal crossing spirits?
@kirbyofthestarsfan Жыл бұрын
12:14 Huh? it's obvious they went for white DK to represent Rambi since that's much closer to grey than the black one
@Nathaniel_E_Dearing Жыл бұрын
No Tiki Tong spirit? I guess other than the Hands, the closest character abilitywise would be Bayonetta, and even then, that would only work for his hands.
@gormottigrebel9978 Жыл бұрын
Honestly giant DK would work well, also people say modern kirby gets snubbed in smash but modern DK is even worse off
@Antonio-is2cnАй бұрын
Please continue this series...
@h.hamis007 Жыл бұрын
I think that the white Donkey Kong in the Rambi spirit could be reference to a funny glitch that you can do with Rambi in Donkey Kong Country 1
@RoadrunnerMoose Жыл бұрын
20:07- Actually Zingers first appear in the second level, Ropey Rampage near the later half of the level.
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
11:11 I mean, he was left out of Barrel Blast. Both Tiny and Lanky were in that game and it was the last time either of them appeared... Course the DK franchise has had a pretty rough history following DK 64, which in recent years is not helped by the mismanagement with the unreleased Sheik game tearing apart Retro Studios...
@caleb.e78804 ай бұрын
18:44 Game Ove....Nevermind
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
1:48 DK Jr. is Donkey Kong's dad in DKC but is notably absent.
@Minochu96 Жыл бұрын
no, DK Jr. is modern DK's father and Cranky Kong is DK's grandfather Cranky Kong (original arcade Donkey Kong) Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong
@mattwo7 Жыл бұрын
@@Minochu96 Oh you're right. Wonder what happened to him. Is he the unused Fedora Kong from DKL?
@orangeslash1667 Жыл бұрын
@@mattwo7 Fun Fact: Diddy Kong was originally an updated donkey Kong Jr, before Nintendo said no name it something else. So when Diddy Kong became a big name in gaming, Donkey Kong Jr. became Obsolete.
@TheLegoMaster261 Жыл бұрын
Donkey Kong is my favorite fictional character.
@SakataLouis Жыл бұрын
That's right Aaron, the color purple in fact matches the color purple
@thisisasupersayin376 Жыл бұрын
The idea of the checkpoint pig using the Super Guide for self-defense is a very blursed idea, I hope it sees use in fanworks
@grimace9670 Жыл бұрын
5:25 my name is skylar white yo
@NamedNameless1 Жыл бұрын
I wish KZbin would actually notify me of uploads, that would be nice.
@oceanthegachaalphadragon35482 ай бұрын
Did he stop the series
@Wolf-ge7iz Жыл бұрын
I still love that intro! Lol!
@GamerFunOriginallyAarush Жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@Wolf-ge7iz Жыл бұрын
Bra vo! I loved your opening! Lol!
@catluvr2 Жыл бұрын
Stanley was my first spirit in Smash.
@cailieisidro5758 Жыл бұрын
Not only do I have to agree with your opinion why Diddy Kong was picked for Squitter’s spirit but Diddy Kong is also said to be a spider monkey
@ken-kenperez1465 Жыл бұрын
I hope you make this videos about all of the spirits that appear in other game franchises in your next videos.
@PatrickIsBackAtWar Жыл бұрын
I was playing Splatoon 3, and you were one of the players in the square.😁
@GodsMAySpeed Жыл бұрын
Lol
@bluberry3297 Жыл бұрын
oh is new dk dk jr :O
@goatles9423 Жыл бұрын
Distant Planet might have been chosen for Ninja Kong's fight to match the rain that happens in his Jungle Beat encounter, but does the rain even appear on the omega form of the stage?
@Sly88Frye Жыл бұрын
Too bad they didn't include Kiddy Kong yet they included Kremlings from DK Barrel Blast? WTF?
@supersem6635 Жыл бұрын
King K rool and Lord Fredoricson (or how was he named again????) have similar moves so that's another reason why king k rool is chosen for his spirit battle.
@superbrycestudios500610 күн бұрын
If Stanley debuted in the game of watch series, then villager should not have been chosen as a possessed spirit since Mr. game of watch from why should he be chosen, has the exact animation as Stanley.
@felixmckinney7132 Жыл бұрын
Theory : Stanley the bug man is The Stanley parable
@blossom6309 Жыл бұрын
I wish wario world have spirits with luigi mansion ghosts dry bones and also wario land characters dk 64 jungle beat
@alexandru18 Жыл бұрын
3:23 hah i knew it That cranky was the og dk but hey can you do more spirit origins?
@TheSwordsman100 Жыл бұрын
I don't get why you incorrectly stated that the Donkey Kong from the Donkey Kong and Lady spirit to be a earlier version of the current day DK, only to later get it right with the Cranky Kong spirit. Did you mean to do it with Jr., who might be the current day DK grown up?
@jjoshi4858 Жыл бұрын
I keep telling my friends that Zinger saved my life
@yoshiandtailsfan8797 Жыл бұрын
It feels weird seeing the title in lowercase.
@dohko3060 Жыл бұрын
All Lower Caps Huh EDIT: This Was Made When The Tittle Of This Video Was All Lower Caps
@tobiassantino6277 Жыл бұрын
That's Funky Kong from the thumbnail looks likes a: Funky kong.exe 😰
@Ryno12345able Жыл бұрын
Wait, tiny's shink function has a time limit, I had no idea
@davidhill8565 Жыл бұрын
Request: Boxing Ring title origins (English and Japanese)
@Exotix7 Жыл бұрын
You sure Sumo Kong isn’t physically stronger?
@dieguetotube Жыл бұрын
So Good :)
@dieguetotube Жыл бұрын
@aaronitmar, ‼️there is a scammer trying to take advantage off your viewers, telling us we won prices 😢
@tephnotfound6 ай бұрын
n Kiddy?
@KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva Жыл бұрын
Did I have a stroke or did you miss Baron K. Roolenstein?
@JZJ7777 Жыл бұрын
He did, but that’s because Baron doesn’t have a spirit battle.
@Xxblade17 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@fishnim1927 Жыл бұрын
Milk is great
@jofounta4550 Жыл бұрын
1 minute I don’t even know how I did that
@Stoploggingoutplz37 Жыл бұрын
And there is chunky _____ he’s dead
@chrispork1443 Жыл бұрын
So if Candy is DK’s girlfriend, does the Mario Vs. DK series take place before DK Country?
@MagillanicaLouM Жыл бұрын
Consider that series an alternate universe or staged. Best way to make sense of a lot of games in the Mario/DK verse. Mostly the Mario side though, the DK series can otherwise follow a relatively clear timeline and even the more ambiguous ones can fit pretty nicely still when moved around
@superjumpbros64 Жыл бұрын
Noice
@eliteshinx8884 Жыл бұрын
What’s the name of the song playing during cranky kings segment?