Junior (II)

Junior (II), also known as Pinkly Kong by fans is the pink equivalent of Donkey Kong Jr. controlled by player two in Donkey Kong Jr. Math and its re-releases, including the port featured on Doubutsu no Mori, its overseas conversion titled Animal Crossing, and its enhanced variation titled Doubutsu no Mori e+. Here, Junior (II) and Donkey Kong Jr. compete to solve various equations of either addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Junior (II) has all the same abilities as the main Donkey Kong Jr., and his only difference is his pink fur. In the game manual, due to the print being in black and white, both Juniors have the same sprite-based artwork. Unlike Donkey Kong Jr., Junior (II)'s relation to Donkey Kong, let alone Donkey Kong Jr. himself, has never been established.
==Behind the scenes==
===Etymology===
Junior (II) is named after Donkey Kong Jr., and has the number two written in Roman numeral form, within parentheses, to indicate that he is player two's character. On the same page as Junior (II) in Donkey Kong Jr. Maths instruction booklet, Donkey Kong Jr. himself is titled Junior (I), with one written in roman numeral form. Given that the identifiers are used to denote who is controlled by which player, it is possible that the two Juniors actually share a name, given that the name Junior is ambiguously used throughout the manual.
==Trivia==
*Junior (II)'s status as being the second player's character whose only distinction is its color is similar to how Luigi started out as a palette swap of Mario in Mario Bros..
==References==
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