Funky Kong (ASB)

❮		#02 Donkey Kong	#03 Link (BotW)		❯
Funky Kong is an unlockable playable character in Arcade Smash Bros. and makes his first debut in the series as a playable fighter. He was confirmed at October 18th, 2021 alongside with Hector. Funky Kong is classified as fighter #02ε and is unlocked by playing a match with (TBA). He's officially Donkey Kong's Echo Fighter and the first one to be a clone of a veteran counterpart in this game.
Toshihide Tsuchiya reprises his role as Funky Kong in this game by recycling voice clips from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch, and some voice clips from Mario Kart Wii, a Mario spin-off game. Tsuchiya also shares the same role for King K. Rool. 
== Differences from Donkey Kong ==
=== Aesthetical ===
* While Donkey Kong only wears his iconic tie, Funky Kong uses full clothing, differenciating from each other.
* His face shows more his teeth than his counterpart when grinning.
* His personality is more carefree and 'cooler' instead of being more gorila like.
* His idle animations are more energetic and shines more through his personality, similar to Daisy.
* His entry animation is Funky Kong escaping out of his barrel and strike a pose while standing with his surfboard in the air. This resembles to his level entry in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
** The barrel also has the letters "FK" in purple instead of "DK".
* Taunts:
** His side taunt picks up his surfboard and poses in a smug manner.
** His up taunt stays straight up and points his hand into the air and grins onto the screen. It resembles much to the artwork of Mario Super Sluggers and Mario Kart Wii.
** His down taunt beats his fist to his chest many times and smiles with his teeth wide open, widen his eyebrows in surprise. This resembles to Funky Kong finding a secret bonus area in Tropical Freeze.
* Victory animations:
** His first victory animation is Funky Kong landing on the ground while his surfboard buries onto the arena and Funky Kong crosses his arms while grinning towards the screen. This resembles to the results screen after the bonus game in Tropical Freeze.
** His second victory animation is him pointing to himself with his thumbs in recognition, appealing to the crowd and strike a cool pose at the end. This resembles his victory animation in Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast.
** His third victory animation is him striking various cool poses while flexing himself and laugh triumphly to his victory at the end.
* His losing animation is the same as Donkey Kong, but he claps while smiling.
=== Special moves ===
* Surfin' Kong:
** While Spinning Kong hits multiple times, Surfin' Kong, both the aerial version and the grounded version, is a move that hits away opponents in one hit. It resembles to Donkey Kong's old mechanic from the previous iterations of Smash.
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** For his grounded version, he spins with his surfboard holding sideways while he holds with his arm on the ground.
* Funky Konga:
** Funky Konga Beat is a remastered version of Donkey Kong's old Final Smash, Konga Beat. Funky Kong beats rapidly to the bongos while emitting a lot of shockwaves that pull to himself. It's a lot more reliable and deals a ton amount of damage.
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==Moveset==
 	Name 	Damage 	Description
Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Forward tilt 	 	 	
Up tilt 	 	 	
Down tilt 	 	 	
Dash attack 	 	 	
Forward smash 	 	 	
Up smash 	 	 	
Down smash 	 	 	
Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks
Neutral aerial 	 	 	
Forward aerial 	 	 	
Back aerial 	 	 	
Up aerial 	 	 	
Down aerial 	 	 	
Grab & throws 	Grab & throws 	Grab & throws 	Grab & throws
Forward throw 	 	 	
Back throw 	 	 	
Up throw 	 	 	
Down throw 	 	 	
Special moves 	Special moves 	Special moves 	Special moves
Neutral special 	Giant Punch 	 	
Side special 	Headbutt 	 	
Up special 	Surfin' Kong 	 	
Down special 	Hand Slap 	 	
Final Smash 	Funky Konga Beat