The big ape who started it all for Nintendo has found himself in many heated battles with several worthy foes over the years. Something about the alluring and treasured banana hoard seems all too tempting for the Kong family's rivals to resist.

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Never being a group to take such potassium plundering lying down, the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong family has fought a wide array of baddies to keep their island and their beloved fruit safe. The adversaries of the Kong’s have proꦆvided some memorable moments over the years — these are the fights that make us want to fire up the games and start crushing Kremlins with the DK crew!

10 ꦜ Belcha (Donkey Kong Country 3)

A large baby gorilla sits in front of a giant barrel with evil eyes

Just as George Washington Carver found over o🍒ne hundred uses for the peanut, the Kong family has probably found over one hundred uses for the common barrel.

Fr🌠om plains to watercraft, and even rockets, there have been some truly iconic barrel-based inventions, but none of ꦦthem quite reach the level of a giant, sentient, barrel spewing barrel. The first boss of Donkey Kong Country 3, Belcha, was a unique and challenging way to start off one of the best adventures of the series.

9 ✃ Mole Miner Max And Mole Traꦉin (Donkey Kong Country Returns)

A gorilla makes a big jump from one mine cart to another line of carts

While the Tikis were not the most original or interesting replacements for the Kremlings, this did n🦩othing to deter Donkey Kong Country Returns from being an unmistakably triumphant and long-awaited come-back for the series.

Boss fights were also ap♍proached differently, with one of the most unconventional being the fight against Mole Miner Max — the entire battle takes place on the iconic DKC mine carts. It was also fun to pound the tiki masks a few extra times as 🐲payback after a tough boss fight.

8 🅘 🌟Lord Fredrik (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze)

An anthropomorphic walrus with viking attire

Donkey Kong Tropical Free🌄ze gave us a new cast of villains that were neither the Tikis nor the original Kremlings of the Rare titles. The Snomads of Tropical Freeze were a fun and colorful cast that created memorable enemies and boss fights.

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The final boss, Lord Fredrik, was a distinct encounter for the diverse amount of challenge, the design, and his imposing figure. That's without mentioning 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the use of metal music, which felt like a throwback to the sounds of theও earlier DKC battles.

7 Bleak (Donkey Kong Country 3)♌

A monkey in pink in the foreground facing a snowman in a top hat

Bouncing off of enemies' heads seems to be all the rage, especially in Nintendo platformers. Every so often though, a boss fight will change the formula and shake up the gameplay in a refreshing way.

Bleak, the snowman boss from Donkey Kong Country 3, requires you to take all you have learned at periodic stops at Cranky’s ball-throwing minigames — and then use it to bring down the fourth world's big baddy.

6 Dogadon (Donkey Kong 64) 🍌 ꦯ

A giant ape punches a giant dragon creature

Although Donkey Kong 64 reuses a few of its bosses, the second encounters were never t🐼he same and saw these enemies utilize new tactics. Dogadon, first seen in Angry Aztec in a fight with Diddy, appears again to take o💛n the lovable Chunky in Fungi Forest.

With a quickly sinking platform, the fight creates a sense of urgency and tension the whole way through. There is also nothing more satisfying than showing the boss who's boss with Chunky’s mean straight right.

5 Ki🦂ng K. Rool (Donkey Kong C💞ountry)

A reptile in a crown and a monkey trying to jump on his head on a pirate ship

As our first introduction to the Kremling King, the finale of Donkey Kong Country is planted firmly in our hearts the same way the first time we droꦓpped the bridge on Bowser in Super Mario Bros is.

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Not only is the fight with K. Rool a fun and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:challenging test ꧅of precision and tiജming, but it's also taken to a whole other level with one of the most iconic and rocking songs in video games.

4 🥀Dread Kong (Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat) ღ

An ape with red eyes and dread locks winds up a punch at another ape

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat gave us a more detailed look into the Kongs of DK Island and the kingdoms they inhabit. With Dread Kong acting as the keeper🐈 of the threshold for the first kingdom, you know you are in for something a little different in this game.

Dread Kong was the perfect way to test the limits of the bongo mechanics and introduce one of the enigmatic new Kongs. Although he is not the hardest boss of the game, Dread Kong se🐠ts the tone for one of DK’s most unique adventures.

3 💖 Mad Jac🌸k (Donkey Kong 64)

A deranged duck like creature with human hands in gloves

Undoubtedly the nightmare fuel for many of us as children, the first time we meet Mad Jack is nothing short of terrifying. Serving as the boss of the Frantic Factory, an already creepy𒈔 place with even creepier music, Mad Jack is memorable for his signature Joker-like laugh, and the unique platforming challenges his fight offers.

You’ll be tired of hearing Tiny shout “wee” as you float between platforms by the end, but this boss fight is one etched in our brains for its frightening aesthetic and out of the box (no pun in꧒tended) platforming trial.

2 Donkey👍🦋 Kong (Donkey Kong 94)

A large ape tries to crush a mustachioed man

Although Donkey Kong is not the main playabl🉐e characte๊r in this sequel to the arcade original, he is an important one and the driving force behind the events of the game.

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After playing through 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:one of the best games𒅌 the Gameboy has to offer, get ready to face a supersized Donkey Kꦆong as he tries to smash you into a fine Mario puréeℱ.

1 King K. Rool (Donkey Kon෴g 64) 🔯

A reptilian creature in boxing attire with a belt and crown descends into a ring from the rafters

A good final boss fight presents a distinct challenge disproportionate to the rest of the game. A great final boss fight pr꧃esents such a challenge while also requiring the player to utilize all the skills they have acquired o🐼ver the course of the adventure.

Then, there are final boss fights like King Krusha K. Rool in Donkey Kong 64. Utilizing the unique skills, instruments, and weapons of every Kong, Donkey Kong 64’s final boss feels like a knockdown, drag-out boxing match, making it one of♔ the most satisfying enemies to defeat when the final blow is struck.

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