Wrinkly Kong
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“Those naughty crocodiles! All they want to learn is how to fight and squash monkeys, Tsk!”
—Wrinkly Kong, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Wrinkly Kong is a major recurring character in the Donkey Kong series.
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Biography
Wrinkly Kong is an elderly female gorilla. She is very kind-hearted and usually offers helpful hints and other services (such as game-saving) to the adventuring Kongs. She has been shown to be a schoolteacher, religious monk, an adherent of physical fitness and exercise and even a gamer. She passed away some time in between Donkey Kong Country 3 and Donkey Kong 64, though still appears as a spirit, offering help as always.
In the Games
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Wrinkly first appears. She appears the headmistress of the Kong Kolleges on Crocodile Isle, apparently trying (unsuccessfully) to teach the Kremlings subjects such as math. She offers Diddy and Dixie the ability to save. Each Kong Kollege location allows them to save once for free, but every time after that they must pay with Banana Coins. Wrinkly also offers useful tips about various things in the game. Some pieces of information are free, but others cost coins.
Donkey Kong Land 2
In Donkey Kong Land 2, her role is the same as in DKC2.
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wrinkly appears in her Save Caves dotted around the Northern Kremisphere. As before, she will offer Dixie and Kiddy Kong the ability to save, though this time they need not pay. When they visit, she is shown doing various things such as exercising, sleeping, or playing Super Mario 64 on her new Nintendo 64. She also keeps an eye on the Banana Birds that Dixie and Kiddy rescue throughout their adventure.
In the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, she is shown as being a monk rather than an exercising fanatic. She now only has one cave in the game, known as Wrinkly's Retreat, and she also no longer saves the player's game, as that can now be done at any time on the map screen by going to the pause menu. She still, however, watches over the banana birds that the player rescues.
Donkey Kong Land III
In Donkey Kong Land III, her role is the same as in DKC3, aside from caring for the Banana Birds (which are not in the game).
Donkey Kong 64
In Donkey Kong 64, each of the world's lobbies contains five color-coded Wrinky Kong doors (one for each playable Kong). Walking up to one of these doors will cause Wrinkly Kong's ghost to appear and give hints to the current Kong.
Relations with other characters
- Donkey Kong: She is Donkey Kong's mother.
- Cranky Kong: She is Cranky Kong's wife, although their marriage appears to have soured over time.
Quotes
From Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- "Those naughty crocodiles! All they want to learn is how to fight and squash monkeys, Tsk!"
- "When you see Kaptain K. Rool, can you ask him if he has done his homework?"
- "Have you been to see my husband Cranky? He complains a little, but he does know everything about this island."
- "Come on in and sit down, children. I'm sure all that running around has made you tired."
- "I hope you're better behaved than those reptiles. Why, I even caught one sharpening his sword in class yesterday!"
