subdirectory_arrow_right Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
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It turns out that this particular name was already used for this enemy back in the Japanese localization of Donkey Kong 64. In the bestiary within the official Japanese DK64 guidebook, they are named フリップフラップ (Furippufurappu), which of course translates to Flipflap in English.
Scan from Japanese DK64 guidebook:
https://www.mariowiki.com/images/4/4a/DK64_Shogakukan_P13.jpg
Japanese DK King of Swing website:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bbkj/story/index.html
English DK King of Swing manual:
https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DK-King-of-Swing-Game-Manual.pdf
https://www.mariowiki.com/images/4/4a/DK64_Shogakukan_P13.jpg
Japanese DK King of Swing website:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bbkj/story/index.html
English DK King of Swing manual:
https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DK-King-of-Swing-Game-Manual.pdf
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It was Toshiharu Izuno of Nintendo that proposed the team to utilize the Donkey Kong character license for the game. At first, it was originally planned to use original characters, but the decision to use the Donkey Kong IP was done to give the project more global appeal.
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