How "Ninja" is... DONKEY KONG!? - Which Ninja

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[@GaijinGoombah]

Get FlexiSpot C7 ergonomic chair at bit.ly/4dOecWi and use my code ''24BFC7'' to save extra $50 on the C7 ergonomic chair. THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYONE! Yeah I had no idea there was ANYTHING ninja related to Donkey Kong! HOLY crap was it a surprise!

[@peternguyen7530]

You think Ninja Kong is so ninja, there's also this baboon viking from Tropical Freeze who used bombs in his boss battle, plus Bushin no Jutsu to make 2 more baboons. Yes, really.

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

we are you going to talk about Kojiro Sasaki and Soji Okita in Record of Ragnarok being a best or worst samurai

[@MikanPachi]

Funny enough my best friend who's a doctor recamended I get an ergonomic chair for my back since i have artrithis and degenerative disk disease. I might look into this

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

@@peternguyen7530 You mean Ba-Boom, The Boisterous the 3rd boss in Tropical Freeze

[@BR-jw7pm]

When you inevitably make a vid on Ninja Peach, you should know that the Tv Tropes page for Princess Peach Showtime actually mentioned you!

[@mathphysicsnerd]

Seems to me that the main Kong family are collectively more "ninja" that the ape character named such. Invisibility, shrinking, using local crops as improvised weaponry that are almost all a form of gun, using local wildlife for aid in travel and straight-up muscle power, a proclivity to travel way up high whenever possible, usage of a least one of K. Rool's own soldiers to help spoil his plans, working to sabotage the final boss' machinations before facing them directly (more applicable to the earliest games) and no doubt a (banana) bunch of other Japanese cultural references thrown in.

[@karlhnedkovsky5214]

So about Diddy's peanut guns...

[@Pika250]

Forgot to mention monkeyport? Talk about going long distances very fast (in one case, even reaching the top of the crocodile isle fortress to ultimately enter hideout helm). Yeah, cranky *_really_* took it to the fridge in dk64...

[@SylviaMoonbeam1127]

So, TLDR, the titular Ninja Kong isn’t himself a ninja… but he is likely the Samurai or Shogun in charge of the fortress

[@gmsloep]

Just like Hattori Hanzo!

[@AzureMoebius22]

[Insert Goomba Aneurysm Noises Here]

[@mangamanzx]

Honestly... I think Bushido Kong would have been better as the name for this kong than "ninja kong" since honestly a samurai with ninja minions would totally be historically feasable, honestly calling him "ninja" was defenitely a mistranslation

[@yveltal1249]

Upon finally watching this video (as other times I just had it as background noise during my last hours at work), I noticed that in the Wiki, it's stated that in Spanish and one of 2 French versions, the monke is called "Samurai Kong", and in Italian it's "Kong Fu". Pretty ironic to me, as my main language is Spanish lmbo

[@lizardlord4k]

My biggest takeaway from this is I now know the context for the "Naruto run" after all these years, thank you Gaijin.

[@korn7809]

I wonder why merathon runners don't use it if it's so efficient. In Naruto it's most likely just easier for the animators.

[@Derpinator01]

I could be wrong, but I think the flamethrower hog is a reference to Jiraya's giant fire-breathing toad. Also, I understand not wanting to examine Sumo Kong with how Jungle Beat as a whole is bananas. [I am not sorry for the pun.]

[@GaijinGoombah]

A few people pointed out the Jiraiya thing and that would check out! Also I was only joking. Sumo kong might be fun!

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

@@GaijinGoombah I have NO IDEA if you'll ever see this but: Crosscode episode? The game doesn't just have a ninja DLC outfit for lea,but a whole area with beetle samurai & misdile-launching panda robots & that one thing that goes "doink" in a sidequest & TWO WHOLE SUN WUKONG BOSSES. And as a whole there's a lot of love & charm put into this pixel RPG Wanderbots + WervynAnix did REALLY GOOD walkthroughs of the game,please go watch them.

[@heroofmobius6616]

This is the most bananas thing I’ve ever heard. Look I couldn’t help it.

[@rynodragon2316]

B-A-N-A-N-A’s

[@matthewroberts198]

I love your profile pic❤😍. Sly Cooper and Persona 5? Chef's Kiss🤌

[@wrathshorts2894]

Go to the corner and think about what you've done.

[@heroofmobius6616]

@ thanks I made it my self.

[@AndrewDavis-sj6mb]

A giant spider in a Donkey Kong 🎮 WOOOOAAAAAHHHHHH

[@Fanatic_Foremem]

okay it's actually funny how using the five second skip to get through the sponsor resulted in hearing you say "chair" in different tones.

[@LycanDreams9159]

Donkey Kong jungle beat is a fire ass game. They absolutely should make a sequel and expand on the ninja kong. The game had ninja and sumo Kong they could absolutely make a whole game inspired by cultural ninja and samurai based inspiration.

[@thattallnerd1283]

14:40 More like ninja related KONG-cepts

[@Rumcake256]

oh damn I've been really wanting a chair, so this is actually perfect timing. OH MY GOD AND YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTION LEG ROOM TO CROSS LEGS

[@joinmarch76]

The whole using a boar as a flamethrower thing kinda reminds me of Johnny Horton's Battle of 1814. Specifically the verse about using an alligator as a cannon.

[@graywolfdracon]

And now I have that song stuck in my head. At least it's a good one.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Speaking of Ninja Kong, who else remembers in Kong skull Island where Kong used a chain with a boat propeller against the Skullcrawlers almost like a kusarigama and then he made a wooden sword out of a tree

[@thedemonlord275]

Huh...didn't think about it that way

[@zaptoid6212]

You should “Witch Ninja” Big the Cat next. He’s got blue, he’s got frog, ect.

[@troperhghar9898]

8:00 about the ambush ninja monkeys, yes they're not wearing blue but it is a massive rainstorm I think black would actually be more effective

[@VerdantRange]

If I were to recommend a character for Which Ninja, it'd be Agent 47 from the Hitman games, especially in the current Hitman: World of Assassination game. He can't take much damage, but he's all about using whatever item he can get his hands on to complete his mission, covert infiltration, disguising himself in numerous ways, and covertly killing his targets or doing so in a way that won't alert anyone. Not top of that, not only does he have ninja based outfits and weapons he can have in his arsenal like shuriken, tanto, but he also has modern equivalents like his wide variety of silenced pistols, flash grenades and explosives. And to a really cool thing is he's not invincible. If he gets caught, unless he can quickly take out who caught him, he'll soon be swarmed and killed by the level's guards.

[@ActionPackedJack]

His methods have more in common with historical ninja than those of the vast majority of ninja we see in fiction. However, this series tends to only cover characters that are referred to as ninja.

[@ActionPackedJack]

His methods have more in common with historical ninja than those of the vast majority of ninja we see in fiction. However, this series tends to only cover characters that are referred to as ninja.

[@OhryusDraela]

Glad to see this series return!!! Love your content man been watchin since the EARLY days

[@denischen8196]

Throughout the 3D Mario games, Mario can wall jump, midair spin, triple jump, long jump, climb and jump off poles, and can chain them together to cross large gaps and reach new heights. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, there are levels where you are chased by Shadow Clone Marios. You can point at the screen to throw Star Bits at enemies to stun them, and speedrunners can rapidly throw a bunch of Star Bits with perfect accuracy, just like ninjas throwing shuriken! Can you do a video on How "Ninja" is Mario?

[@adventurejedi2490]

I was not expecting this video, but still a good video, Gaijin. Here's some characters you could cover in the future: Gray Fox (Metal Gear) Daredevil (Marvel) Vega (Street Fighter) Ra's Al Ghul (DC) Corvo (Dishonored) Raizo (Ninja Assassin) Yoruichi Shihoin and Soi Fon (Bleach) Hanzo (Hunter x Hunter)

[@BeaglzRok1]

Bro hit the double paste post

[@adventurejedi2490]

@BeaglzRok1 Just fixed it. Thanks for catching that 👍

[@AzureMoebius22]

Let's not forget Serai (Sea of Stars)

[@500werewolf]

Well, we finally found one that broke him. Never thought it'd be Donkey Kong of all franchises.

[@CrazyGamerDragon64]

Some of the enemies that Donkey Kong fights in the Durian Kingdom are not exclusive to that specific kingdom, he fights giant boars, spiders, puffer fishes, bees and the like in other levels as well

[@Olimar92]

Sumo Kong, the special boss fight that has no levels before it (If memory serves) and takes place on a falling meteor. Plus you're basically doing a Sumo Match.

[@Insanonaga]

Nah, he does. Both of his levels take place in space, and are pretty easy to platinum rank so I don’t blame you for forgetting

[@ImminDragon]

You say that the spider is unreasonably large, but gigantification is actually a running part of the Donkey Kong games, so that's probably just the game lore being applied. That likely is intended to be that spider.

[@ahedjehad8514]

so... his level is more ninja than the actual titular ninja kong, and he acts like a rikishi and looks like a yakuza member...i don't even....

[@starmaker75]

Huh never expected like a apes with ninjas

[@bluekirby64]

I actually didn't know this Ninja Kong was called Ninja Kong until i got his spirit in Super Smash Bros Ultimate(keep in mind I've never played this game and up until that point the only thing i knew about Ninja Kong was what he looked like)and my first thought after learning his name was this guy is to bulky to be a Ninja

[@trace1506]

So… big monke, big ninja?

[@coolgreenbug7551]

So basically, I’m ninja

[@armorbearer9702]

(14:06) Reminds me of the Trick House in Pokémon.

[@Meals-sh9fs]

Maybe it's based on that?

[@stalkermike]

How did I miss this videos release? Well glad I found it early enough to watch it. Nicely done. I love It. I've always loved donkey Kong games, never played that one but it's fun to see all the references to Ninja's in the stages even if they might feel a little forced for a character who isn't really that ninja themselves.

[@Maswartz226]

It's not "out" yet, it's still unlisted.

[@elmerzcosta]

It was release just now, like 18 seconds ago

[@stalkermike]

@elmerzcosta I realized that now. Didn't realize it hadn't come out yet. Lol

[@EggsyO.Benedict7065]

15:00 Lol, Sumos in Space

[@EggsyO.Benedict7065]

But you got to admit, that concept alone in a Donkey Kong game nonetheless is absolute insanity and I love it

[@gexianhen]

During all donkey kong games u can find "jutsus" like enemies hiding in barrels or crates. Explosive barrels, trap or hidden rooms, barrels that throw snakes or bees, even the final boss "faking" is dead ( with credit roll included) only to try suckerpunch you is a jutsu

[@Eramiserasmus]

Enjoying this episode of "Which Ninja," especially with the unexpected reveal of Donkey Kong's ninja skills.

[@superspider64]

Goomba you'd better have a good case for this! EDIT: You got Lucky, Goomba

[@vindurza]

That chair is 100% gold got one love it and my legs and back have never felt better as a gamer and artist It works so well

[@ricardoj376]

Heck yeah! It feels it's been ages since the last which Ninja!

[@BleachFan9891]

Never once did I expect to see Donkey Kong on Which Ninja

[@MagicalMaster]

Just looking at the title I had to say: I'm sorry, what?! I will edit the comment after watching. Edit: I think the increasing popularity of the ninja in their own home country and the fact that most if not all Nintendo games are made in Japan means we're likely to find a lot to dig through in any Nintendo Franchise.

[@Narutonarutonaruto85]

I never thought to ask for a Which Ninja on Donkey Kong but I'm certainly not complaining.

[@rubytrix0]

Ninja coconut gun

[@MrMoron-qn5rx]

like he said: wooden cannons and obsessed with gunpowder. if they could, ninjas would have done it. hell i'd be surprised if they didnt try it. take a gun, cover it in wood, and put it on a branch. that way you have a hidden gun ready for your retreat

[@Heatstruct]

I've waited *YEARS* for this episode! It's a legitimate early Christmas gift for me!

[@EduSolsa]

That game was fun. Hopefully we can get a new one with Ninja Kong having even more shinobi skills to reference

[@adhambarbour]

Oh boy OH BOI!!! This was everything I was praying for and then some! Gaijin you absolutely DELIVERED on this video and I can't stop laughing.🤣❤

[@TheZajicekfarber]

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was such an amazing game. I've always wished it would come back again someday, but even if it was re-released it would never be as fun without the bongos.

[@BR-jw7pm]

When you inevitably make a vid on Ninja Peach, you should know that the Tv Tropes page for Princess Peach Showtime actually mentioned you!

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

Welcome back "Which Ninja"!

[@Animogx]

Your Which Ninja videos never disappoint, it's because of them that I want to play an Arcane Trickster in D&D as a Ninja, and have modeled a character in the novel I am trying to after your points on how to Ninja

[@someguycalledgoober155]

Every time I hear "Ninja used guns" now I think about Jontohil2 shouting out "SPY HAS A GUN!"

[@Kalebfenoir]

See, I thought the spider was a reference to the Tsuchigomo monster, in addition to the orb weaver, just because that monster was also associated with rebel clans that might have used ninja? I think you did an episode on it and it's origins. Looking at Ninja Kong, the first thing I thought of was "Akuma but ape? Ape-kuma?" He's got those evil empty eyes and the top-knot. Lol. And I figured that top-knot was fuzzy cuz... it matched the rest of his fur. Wouldn't make sense for him to have a weirdly silky pony tail if the rest of him was fuzzy velour. Lol

[@theblackdrago155]

The instant no to sumo Kong was hilarious

[@girl1213]

I've finally gone bananas with ninja and kongs. Two things I like that I didn't think would go together. And yet here it is!

[@airmanon7213]

Makes me wonder how one would compare and contrast the various groups of enemies culturally speaking... (Kremlings, Tiki Tak Tribe, and Snowmads, for examples)

[@bossbradley]

I stopped everything I was doing!

[@triforceriku9135]

4:19 yeah, why haven't you? That AND Murasame Castle is something i wanna see you cover someday

[@dejaypage1575]

Must be rough on Lil’ G though given DK smashed his kin

[@DarknessGuard]

It's so perfect, Ninjas are supposed to be anrywhere you least expect it... Should also have a part 2 that specifically looks at DK64 for it's "Ninja-ness".

[@CIoudStriker]

This screams for yet another series: WHICH SUMO!

[@ZaghnolJenkins]

Yeah, why hasn't there been a Ganbare Goemon video yet? Those two games we got on N64 were my jam! I know you'd do that series great justice.

[@hyperdragondx9584]

Its nice to see which ninja again, hears to more in the future!....also, we oughta get an episode for alien baltan whose subtitle is "space ninja"

[@maddestmike5791]

I honestly never thought about these, awesome video. ^^

[@wolfhurricane897]

Who knew the DK game that would be analyzed would be the one that is the most bananas? That's...well bananas.

[@kodeekupcs]

Love editing the orky video! Can't wait for more green skins too!

[@barbaratemple]

Could you do a Which Ninja on Moriarty the Patriot? I feel you could do a lot with this between William's cunning and care to make sure they leave without a trace, Fred's mastery of the art of disguise, Moran's skill with guns, and probably some other things I am either forgetting or overlooking.

[@Emerald_Bandit]

Been waiting for this since you mentioned it on the Unexpectables!

[@n00bmanQ]

This is just my guess/interpretation, but perhaps the flame shooting boar with the ninja monkey on its back might be a reference to Jiraiya and his famous fire breathing toad.

[@thepeternetwork]

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat... isn't that the game where DK decides to beat the crap out of every living thing he sees using the Kongo Bongo controller?

[@fireaza]

4:16 I've been saying this for years! You've avoided one of the most famous ninja-themed game franchises for far too long! Do it!!

[@jabre7761]

Havent seen this channel in like 6 years. Didn't know you still made videos lol

[@jeromemorales1602]

4:16 YES WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE A MYSTICAL NINJAS VIDEO YET! Sorry but for years since this series started I have been wondering when you guys would finally tackle one of my childhood favorites, Mystical Ninja, loved that game as a kid and you could get a lot out of the four main characters from that series, please when you get a chance please do Mystical Ninjas you won't regret it.

[@ShinKyuubi]

Can confirm the spider thing....I live in one of the states in the US where this species has invaded and become pretty common now...I live next to the woods and it's not uncommon during the late summer months into early winter when it gets too cold for them to survive (my state has very mild fall and winters mostly except in extreme cases) for my house to be SURROUNDED by the things. Lordy do those females get BIG....the golden webs they weave are beautiful but also in my case...functional. I LET some of them stick around to help control hornets...particularly the rather large European ones that get as big as two inches long and as thick as my thumb...don't want THOSE things in the house, I've had it happen before so I'm not above letting 4 or 5 Japanese golden orb weavers build their web around my home to act as a barrier.

[@robbiewalker2831]

7:43: Pocket Sand!

[@uchennaerechukwu255]

Gah!!

[@AzureMoebius22]

Which Ninja episode for Dale Gribble when?

[@KasumiKenshirou]

That ninja house reminds me a lot of the Winchester Mystery House. "Which Ninja" on Sarah Winchester?

[@Cri_Jackal]

10:00 Would like to comment on something here. The Pikmin series has a basically identical type of creature, known as the Fiery Blowhog, which in universe are implied to have evolved from actual pigs. They too breath fire out of their snout. So either this Donkey Kong enemy is a Pikmin reference, or there's some underlying myth that both of these series are referencing.

[@darienb1127]

At first I thought this was gonna be about DK himself, and I wanna bring up the fruit based weaponry that the Kongs have in DK64. If ninja manged to see those things in action, I feel like the course of history would shift.

[@digunder14]

surprised he did not get gimgam to fire his shoota right next to his ear, that is plenty loud like an air horn but more orky XD

[@fletchking-teamdream7598]

We've gotta have Princess Peach Showtime on a Which Ninja episode.

[@insanemakaioshin]

Requests: Which Ninja - Naruto Uzumaki, Anbu (Naruto), Fire Temple (Naruto), Hagoromo (Naruto), DoA Which Samurai - Samurai from Naruto Which Assassin - Ra’s al Gul, King Hassan (fate), Hundred faced Hassan, Cursed Arm Hassan

[@Agent719]

Ah. Seeing how ninja the rest of the stage is, I can see why they chose that for his name, even though the big ape himself isn't one.

[@Kelux]

Yeeah! Jungle Beat! YEEAAAH, Donket Kong!~ You ain't walkin out of this one unscathed, Goomba Boy!~ I bet theres more!

[@Larper64]

4:17 I have been asking myself that for years.

[@HarryHeath-x9h]

Hey @GaijinGoombah I've been a fan of yours for a long time and I love the videos where you create your own characters based on real japanese history. So I was thinking how about creating another Original character again....but this time with their own lore! I would love a video like that! He'll you could make it a series of videos or something! I would live to see that! 😀🤟 but anyways! Keep up the good work You two (yes I mean both you and your goombah freind Gaijin) anyways bbbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee!

[@AJ-vj7xj]

Little G: how is this historically accurate? How is it possible!?

[@PregnantOrc]

Just because you haven't seen any ninjas in any given game does not mean there are no ninjas in said game. Kind of a key to being one

[@rexstocephirxiii4263]

I always thought that the Naruto run was to keep from jostling or losing the ninja tools tucked up their sleeves.

[@whitecomix4915]

This would've been like an April fool joke.

[@Devlerbat]

I think "silly nonsensical facsimile or parody of ninja culture" was the tone they were aiming for. If I am right then it looks like they did a good job.

[@warrenbradford2597]

There is also a dark, kung-fu kong in one of newer Donkey Kong. The yakuza kong is not the only eastern element from this franchise.

[@Gotmilk0112]

Yes, we NEED a video about Ganbare Goemon. Even if you were to just do the first SNES one that was released in the US, that game itself has enough JP culture crammed in it to fill out an entire video, easily.

[@videakias3000]

then do how much of a ninja is phoenix wright. just kidding, he is not, I just wanted to throw the first non-ninja that popped to my head.

[@danielstokes2127]

DK doesn’t care if ninja or not he just wants his bananas back!

[@KingNerdius]

So Ninja Kong is actually more like Hatori Hanzo, the warlord who utilized Ninja in his “kong”quest

[@BlackTungsten]

I don't suppose we could take a trip to Paragon City (City of Heroes: Homecoming) to view the Ninja power archetypes on Scrappers, Stalkers, Blasters, and Masterminds?

[@christiancarter5712]

This just reminds me about the time my daughter shocked me ( see, my daughter and I have watched which ninja together for a long time, her first which ninja was genji) when she told me her favorite ninja was Ghostface....I laughed then I thought about it now I just can't unsee it..😢

[@Biggggg5]

You know the digging and pit traps got me started on thinking… are Team Rocket, particularly the anime trio of Jesse, James, and Meowth, Ninja?

[@lunatic0verlord10]

4:18 Hope you cover Yae at the same time.

[@CoffeeManiac20]

Speaking of Naruto. Can you do an analysis of Shino Aburame. To me he’s the personification of ninja. Quiet, never fights directly, uses misdirection and his clan are the best in infiltration and assassination, face and eyes are covered etc

[@jackthunderbolt4307]

Low key i miss when it was gaijin and goombah going back and forth

[@samvanduyn9045]

I’m just patiently waiting for an episode on Chipp Zanuff from guilty gear(who is my favorite fictional ninja)

[@SeantheDracunyan76]

Donkey kong has so many weird side characters

[@timwoods2852]

So, that fur is a gray-blue. At least from what I can see, and it is very close to the sky's color in the background. Maybe since "Ninja" Kong knows his mountain home is always stormy he adapted a more gray-blue to better match the environment. In that context, his arm tattoos could be lightning since real lightning is purple.

[@AzureMoebius22]

Some ninja I've seen are really quite good. Then there are some I never understood. Which ones are good? Which ones are bad? Hey, everybody, it's Which Ninja.

[@TheEbrithil2]

To be fair, the way you interpret every funny animal enemy, everything could be historical. Which isn't bad per se, because video games are just of the historical progression of art, but I still think some connections are a bit flimsy