Candy Kong is a character of the Donkey Kong series, created by Rare and owned by Nintendo. She first appeared in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and allowed the player to save their game. In the Game Boy Color version, which allowed the player to save their progress at any time in the game, her role was altered into that of a manager of mini-games. In the Game Boy Advance port, she ran a dance studio minigame instead, and the music was completely different than her Save Point in the SNES version. She was the first female character throughout the Donkey Kong series, although Dixie Kong was the first playable female character who first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest. She appears to be very tall, much taller than Donkey Kong.
Candy Kong also appeared in Donkey Kong 64; in this game, she provided instruments for DK and company to use against the Kremling Krew and had on headphones, instead of a bow. She also distracted King K. Rool while Funky Kong fired his weapon at the King at the end of the final boss fight. She would go on to make a brief appearance in the Game Boy Advance game with a much different appearance than usual – she wore a bikini top and very short shorts. She also has a cameo in the GBA port of Donkey Kong Country 2 where she is in Swanky Kong’s quiz show. She makes another brief cameo appearance in the game DK King of Swing for the Game Boy Advance where she is seen cheering on Donkey or Diddy as they go on their adventure. She also makes a cameo in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 3. She appeared in one of Funky’s mini games.
Candy was also a regular on the Donkey Kong Country animated series as well. She was voiced by Joy Tanner. However, in the series, she looked completely different from the pink-clad blonde seen in the games. Also, on the show, she worked at the barrel factory run by Bluster Kong, her boss, who constantly hit on her. Candy sometimes had a goal of buying the factory. Time to time, she had lunch with Donkey Kong. This version of Candy also showed off a very quick temper.
