Editing Diddy Kong (SSBB)

|name         = Diddy Kong  

|image       = [[File:Diddy Kong SSBB.jpg|250px|Diddy Kong]]

|game         = SSBB

|tier         = A+

|ranking     = 4}}

'''Diddy Kong''' ({{ja|ディディーコング}}, ''Didī Kongu''), commonly known as just '''Diddy''', is a character for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. He is unique, distinct among the cast for his charm and gaiety. Unlike in most ''Donkey Kong'' games and ''Mario'' spinoffs, where Diddy Kong has a cartoonish voice, Brawl has him using a high-pitched chimpanzee-like voice. He is also the first playable character to be introduced from the ''Donkey Kong'' universe since the [[Super Smash Bros.|original game]], much like [[Lucas]]' appearance from the [[EarthBound (universe)|''EarthBound'' universe]].

He currently ranks 4th on the [[tier list]] (the highest-ranked of any ''Mario'' character including sub-series characters). This is, of course, thanks to his solid [[Banana Peel (move)|Bananas]] that give him great control of the ground and great setup and damage-racking potential (by attacking opponents that have slipped on them), as well as providing good defense, making them one of the best projectiles in the game, giving him a very strong control of the ground. Additionally, he has quick attack speed, good mobility, a solid [[down aerial]] [[meteor smash]], good [[grab]] range, and powerful throws, which aid in his ability to control the stage. However, his primary [[recovery]] move travels in a linear fashion, is easily [[edgehog]]ged, and can be stopped by stage lips. Additionally, his few KO moves, while fast and reliable when fresh, stale quickly and are largely dependent on his Banana Peels for a setup. Regardless of the flaws, Diddy Kong has excellent matchups, having very few disadvantageous matchups, and has very strong tournament results.

Diddy Kong is a quick, mid-lightweight character. He is capable of [[wall cling]]ing and [[crawl]]ing. Diddy Kong has a sliding [[Dash attack canceled up smash|DACUS]], which racks up a lot of damage. Many of his attacks have good speed and have decent power to back them. His KO power is low due to his few KO moves and a general weakness in his smashes, which [[Stale move negation|stale]] very quickly if he uses them too much for racking damage, which forces a reliance on meteor smashes for early KOs.

Diddy also has two projectiles: his [[Peanut Popgun]] and [[Banana Peel (move)|Banana Peel]]s. Peanut Popgun, while not particularly strong, is a decent mid-range move for racking up easy damage. In comparison, his Banana Peels, which have the property of tripping opponents, form a much more integral part of his metagame, as they combo well into his other moves, and allow him to setup KOs. The [[glide toss]] option provided by the Banana Peels is invaluable, as it allows Diddy to rapidly approach and retreat. If an opponent is tripped by a thrown Banana Peel, Diddy can follow up with another glide tossed Banana to continue the combo, and end with a down or forward smash for a KO. In conjunction with his quick dash attack, large grab range, and powerful throws, Bananas provide Diddy with excellent ground options and stage control. Banana Peels can also help him escape certain chaingrabs, such as {{SSBB|King Dedede}}'s, and certain grab releases. However, as Banana Peels are items, they can be used against Diddy even by opponents without [[reflection|reflectors]].

Diddy's other special moves [[Monkey Flip]] and [[Rocketbarrel Boost]] comprise his above average recovery. Besides being a useful move to rack up damage, Monkey Flip can be used as a [[meteor smash]] if Diddy uses its grab option in midair (it can also be used as a [[sacrificial KO]], but this is not useful because the meteor smash is much more reliable and safer); it also can be used to gain horizontal distance in tandem with [[Rocketbarrel Boost]] to make up for Diddy's poor air speed. Diddy will not be able to use [[Rocketbarrel Boost]] if he uses Monkey Flip's attack option in midair, but he will retain his midair jump. The former move provides great vertical distance if sufficiently charged, but it leaves Diddy vulnerable while charging, and he needs to charge to move left or right at all. Potential edgeguarders will still have to watch out for the meteor hitbox on the bottom of Rocketbarrel Boost, as well as the rocketbarrels themselves, which function as powerful explosive projectiles if the attack is interrupted after releasing the charge. Diddy's [[barrel jump]] can also improve his recovery, acting like a second midair jump while Rocketbarrel Boost can still be used.

Diddy possess a decent aerial game. His forward aerial has above average knockback and surprising range, making it a viable KO move and useful for edgeguarding, though it has the most landing lag out of all of his aerials. His back aerial, up aerial, and neutral aerial are all relatively fast, with the former being another decent option for edgeguarding and a very quick way to grab bananas in midair, though the latter is rarely used in competitive play. His down aerial is a solid meteor smash (similar to {{SSBB|Wolf}}'s down aerial) with some startup lag.

In summary, Diddy Kong is a fast, medium-weight character with agile moves that combo well from his versatile Banana Peels. His KO power is poor, forcing a reliance on racking up a very large amount damage in order to KO, and he generally relies on his bananas to set up KOs. On counterpick stages, his Banana Peels are not as useful as on [[neutral stages]], making it more difficult for a Diddy player to win a set if they do not win the first match.  

''"[[DK]]'s buddy toys with foes using nimble acrobatic moves."''

|'''Move'''

|'''Description'''

|colspan="2"|'''Segment'''

|'''Damage'''

|<span class="explain" title="90=straight up, 180=behind">'''Angle'''</span>

|colspan="2"|'''Hit Frames'''

|<span class="explain" title="Base knockback">'''BKB'''</span>

|<span class="explain" title="Weight-based knockback">'''WBKB'''</span>

|colspan="2"|<span class="explain" title="For applying stickers">'''Type'''</span>

|rowspan="11"|[[Neutral attack]]||rowspan="11"|Combo Swat||rowspan="11"|Slaps twice, then turns around and kicks with one foot and keeps it raised, while repeatedly hitting by lashing his tail out. First hit can set-up a grab if jab-cancel or even a buffered down smash.||rowspan="3"|Hit 1||Hand||rowspan="3"|3%||80||rowspan="3"|3||rowspan="3"|4||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|100||rowspan="3"|10||rowspan="3"|{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=3}}

|Arm||60

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|rowspan="3"|Hit 2||Hand||rowspan="3"|2%||80||rowspan="3"|11||rowspan="3"|12||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|100||rowspan="3"|10||rowspan="3"|{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=3}}

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|Arm||60

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|-

|rowspan="3"|Hit 3||Foot||rowspan="3"|2%||90||rowspan="3"|24||rowspan="3"|25||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|100||rowspan="3"|15||rowspan="3"|{{AttackType|type=Foot|effect=Normal|t=3}}

|Body||80

|-

|rowspan="2"|Infinite||Tail||2%||rowspan="2"|60||rowspan="2" colspan="2"|2, 8, 13,<br>15, 20, 23<br>(24-frame loop)||rowspan="2"|0||rowspan="2"|100||rowspan="2"|8||rowspan="2"|{{AttackType|type=Tail|effect=Normal|t=2}}

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|Tip||1%

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|rowspan="3"|[[Forward tilt]]||rowspan="3"|Lean Punch||rowspan="3"|Places both arms together above his head. Stands on one foot, leaning to the side and punching with both fists together above his head. Good KO move at high percentages.||colspan="2"|Fists||11%||rowspan="3"|*||rowspan="3"|10||rowspan="3"|13||rowspan="3"|10||rowspan="3"|100||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=3}}

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|colspan="2"|Arms||9%

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|colspan="2"|Body||8%

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|[[Up tilt]]||Jump Swipe||colspan="3"|Swats in the air above him with a slap and looks similar to an uppercut. Quick and can combine with other attacks. This can be used to juggle at low damage percentages and KO at very high percentages with higher knockback than his up smash.||7%||80||6||12||28||130||0||{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=1}}

|rowspan="3"|[[Down tilt]]||rowspan="3"|Low Clap||rowspan="3"|While crouching, slaps forward. Combos well into more down tilts and even a down smash. Extremely useful for racking up damage at low percentages. Has a trip chance of 40%.||colspan="2"|Hands||rowspan="3"|7%||60||rowspan="3"|4||rowspan="3"|6||rowspan="3"|15||rowspan="3"|75||rowspan="3"|0||rowspan="3"|{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=3}}

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|colspan="2"|Body||40

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|rowspan="4"|[[Dash attack]]||rowspan="4"|Cartwheel||rowspan="4"|Does a cartwheel spin, resembling the one from the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' games. A great move due to having almost absolutely no ending lag and combines well with his up smash.||rowspan="2"|Hit 1||Grounded||rowspan="2"|3%||270||rowspan="2"|9||rowspan="2"|13||rowspan="2"|70||rowspan="4"|50||rowspan="2"|0||rowspan="4"|{{AttackType|type=Foot|effect=Normal|t=4}}

|Aerial||58

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|colspan="2"|Hit 2||2%||285||14||18||0||15

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|colspan="2"|Hit 3||4%||68||20||23||24||70

|-

|rowspan="8"|[[Up smash]]||rowspan="8"|Fliparound||rowspan="8"|Hops a little and does a sort of cartwheel, hitting three times with extremely low knockback (weakest up smash in the game in terms of knockback). Fills in combos, can rack up damage easily.||rowspan="4"|Hit 1||Hand||rowspan="7"|{{ChargedSmashDmgSSBB|5}}||rowspan="3"|95||rowspan="4"|5||rowspan="4"|7||rowspan="7"|0||30||rowspan="7"|30||rowspan="4"|{{AttackType|type=Hand|effect=Normal|t=4}}

|colspan="2"|Explosion||20%||70||40||90||{{AttackType|type=Explosive|effect=Flame|t=1}}

|}

*Breaks out of a DK barrel and claps his hands above him.

===[[Taunts]]===

*Up: Throws his hat into the air, which lands on his head. This is actually his victory pose from DKC, after he defeats a boss or wins in a bonus room.

*Side: Does a playful fighter's stance and cackles threateningly showing his teeth.

*Down: Claps his hands four times, changing feet as he does so.

===[[Idle pose]]s===

*Jumps in place.

*Scratches his rump and shakes his fur.

===[[Victory pose]]s===

===[[Crowd|Cheer]]===

[[File:Diddy Kong Cheer NTSC Brawl.ogg|thumb|Diddy Kong's NTSC and PAL cheer]]

Di-ddy Kong!

:''See also: [[:Category:Diddy Kong professionals (SSBB)]]''

 

*{{sm|ADHD|USA}}

*{{sm|Felix|USA}}

*{{sm|Gnes|USA}}

*{{sm|NinjaLink|USA}}

*{{sm|Suinoko|Japan}}

*{{sm|Zinoto|USA}}

Diddy Kong was initially a high tier character, ranked 11th on the first tier list (September 2008). However, Diddy Kong players such as {{Sm|NinjaLink}} and {{Sm|ADHD}} showed how powerful his Banana Peels were, utilizing them to created damage-racking combos, defense, and stage control, bringing Diddy Kong into the top tiers, with him rising to 7th on the second tier list (January 2009), 5th on the third (June 2009), then 3rd on the fourth and fifth lists before surpassing long-time #2 character {{SSBB|Snake}} by the sixth tier list (July 2011). Though {{SSBB|Olimar}} and the {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} have since surpassed him, he still remains at 4th place on the eighth (current) tier list, as of April 2013.

==Role in the ''[[The Subspace Emissary]]''==

Then, Diddy Kong comes out of a forest into [[The Lake]]. When he gets to the lake where a crashed Arwing is seen, [[Rayquaza]] comes out of the water and grabs Diddy Kong. Then {{SSBB|Fox}} jumps out of the Arwing which is now on fire due to an attack from Rayquaza. Fox uses his [[Fox Illusion]] and [[Reflector]] to send Rayquaza back into the lake and save Diddy Kong. Fox then makes a hand signal for Diddy to come with him to fight Rayquaza until it faints. After Rayquaza's defeat, Fox begins to leave, but Diddy drags him along to help rescue DK. They battle a Shadowbug clone of Bowser, but upon defeating it, the real Bowser attacks them and Fox flees, dragging Diddy to safety.

Later, Fox and Diddy get ambushed by Bowser again, who fires a shot at both of them from his Dark Cannon. Diddy is hit and cloned by Shadowbugs, while Fox dodges the shot. {{SSBB|Falco}} arrives just in time and destroys the Dark Cannon, but Bowser gets away in his Koopa Clown Car while the Shadowbug Diddy grows twice its normal size. Fox revives Diddy, who is shocked at what has happened. Diddy Kong and the two Star Fox pilots then fight the Giant Shadowbug Diddy Kong Clone. After the fight, Diddy drags Falco along with him and Fox as they continue through the jungle. Eventually they see Donkey Kong's trophy on a ship in chains. Diddy is mad at this as he, Fox and Falco board the [[Great Fox]].

After, Diddy Kong is ejected out of Falco's Arwing and shoots peanuts at the Primids on the skiff that has DK's trophy on it. He lands on the skiff while Captain Falcon and Olimar jump to the aid of the little chimp. They revive Donkey, then the Kongs and Captains fight a horde of Primids on the little platform. After they have defeated them, Diddy and Donkey Kong do a little dance as Falcon and Olimar watch. As Falco gives a thumbs-up to Diddy, Diddy makes a "thank-you" screech. The four then head into the Subspace Bomb Factory. Diddy, {{SSBB|Olimar}}, {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, and {{SSBB|Captain Falcon}} then attempt to infiltrate the Bomb Factory where they fight their way through various armies of [[Primid]]s, R.O.B. units, and other enemies, they reach where all the bombs are and where the [[Ancient Minister]] is standing in melancholy and coincidentally meeting Samus & Pikachu there, where they earlier entered the Bomb Factory another way.

After meeting up with Samus and Pikachu, Diddy Kong tries to stop the [[R.O.B. Squad]] members who are setting off [[Subspace Bomb]]s. He shrieks at R.O.B. to do something, but R.O.B. is melancholy and won't attack his people. Captain Falcon calls his [[Falcon Flyer]] to escape the doomed factory. They all pile into the ship while [[Meta Ridley]] appears. Diddy can be chosen to fight this boss. After Meta Ridley is defeated, Diddy helps the heroes as the continue their journey into Subspace.

At the entrance to Subspace all the characters (except {{SSBB|Wario}}, {{SSBB|King Dedede}}, {{SSBB|Bowser}}, {{SSBB|Luigi}}, {{SSBB|Ness}}, {{SSBB|Ganondorf}}, {{SSBB|Sonic}} and, to a lesser extent, {{SSBB|Wolf}}, {{SSBB|Toon Link}} and {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}) are all preparing to invade the subspace. After Ganondorf and Master Hand are defeated by Tabuu, Diddy and the rest of the heroes catch a glimpse of the evil power among them. In a single blow Tabuu defeats all of the characters and turned them into trophies. He is later revived by Kirby, Ness, King Dedede and Luigi and joins them to defeat Tabuu.

 

*4. [[The Jungle]]  

*6. [[The Lake]]

*18. [[The Swamp]]

*20. [[Outside the Ancient Ruins]]

*27. [[The Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II)]]  

*28. [[Entrance to Subspace]] (Stage #28)

*31. [[The Great Maze]] (if rescued in [[Subspace (Part I)]]

*Diddy Kong (''Mario Hoops 3-on-3!''): [Leg] attack +28

==[[Palette swap (SSBB)#Diddy Kong|Costumes]]==

[[Image:Diddy Kong Palette (SSBB).png|frame|center|Diddy Kong's alternate costumes in SSBB]]

==Trophy==

Diddy Kong's trophy is obtained by clearing [[Classic Mode]] with Diddy Kong.

[[File:Diddy Kong - Brawl Trophy.png|100px|thumb|Diddy Kong's trophy in ''Brawl'']]

''Donkey Kong's little buddy. He's famous for his quickness and his long tail. He usually plays second banana to DK, but he teamed up with his girlfriend, Dixie, to rescue DK when he got captured. He's spent some time playing music and competing in races, and he's also an expert at using barrels.''

{{Trophy games|console1=SNES|game1=Donkey Kong Country|console2=N64|game2=Donkey Kong 64}}

*He is one of the few characters (the others being {{SSBB|Pokémon Trainer}}, {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} and {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}) to have a "Defeated/No Contest" pose different from the traditional hand clapping. Instead, in a reference to his defeated pose from ''Donkey Kong Country'', he removes his cap and shakes his head while scratching the back of his scalp.

*In the Subspace Emissary, the Giant False Diddy Kong uses his third costume (which resembles Dixie Kong), unlike other false characters which have their neutral colors.

*Diddy Kong's voice borrows some sound clips from the [[mariowiki:Ukiki|Ukiki]] in ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]]''.

*Diddy Kong, {{SSBB|Samus}}, {{SSBB|Fox}}, {{SSBB|Pikachu}} and {{SSBB|Lucas}} are the only characters in the Subspace Emissary to fight more than 2 bosses (excluding boss re-creations in the Great Maze). Diddy Kong can be chosen to fight [[Rayquaza]] at [[The Lake]], [[Meta Ridley]] at [[The Subspace Bomb Factory (Part II)]], and [[Tabuu]] in the final battle at Tabuu's Residence.

*[http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=239113# Diddy Kong Character Guide on SWF]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDE9kKzj9F8&feature=related Diddy Kong's hitbox size of each of his moves]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPmfYiuCCY4&feature=feedu Diddy Kong's Moves - History Behind ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', by CrappyCaptureDevice (main video)] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQcWOPivz2U (addendum)]

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