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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*''Donkey Kong Country'' game designer [[Gregg Mayles]] expressed a dislike of Winky as a player character, sarcastically saying "<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Rattly]] and Winky] ''had rubbish controls and hits to test player skill. Good design.''"<ref>Ghoulyboy (June 23, 2017). [https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/878320216819646467 They had rubbish controls and hits to test player skill. Good design. As was Squitter, that @WinkySteve scoffed at and said wouldn't work]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved June 27, 2017. ({{media link|Twitter Ghoulyboy 2017-06-23 tweet Winky.png|Screenshot}}.) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210531044331/https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/878320216819646467 Archived] May 31, 2015, 04:43:31 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> Gregg's brother and ''Donkey Kong Country'' character designer [[Steve Mayles]] similarly stated "''it was always best to never get on the frog.''"<ref>WinkySteve (June 23, 2017). [https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/878247482962137089 Yes, it was always best to never get on the frog.] ''Twitter''. Retrieved June 27, 2017. ({{media link|Twitter WinkySteve 2017-06-23 tweet Winky.png|Screenshot}}.) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230418235824/https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/878247482962137089 Archived] April 18, 2023, 23:58:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | *''Donkey Kong Country'' game designer [[Gregg Mayles]] expressed a dislike of Winky as a player character, sarcastically saying "<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Rattly]] and Winky] ''had rubbish controls and hits to test player skill. Good design.''"<ref>Ghoulyboy (June 23, 2017). [https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/878320216819646467 They had rubbish controls and hits to test player skill. Good design. As was Squitter, that @WinkySteve scoffed at and said wouldn't work]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved June 27, 2017. ({{media link|Twitter Ghoulyboy 2017-06-23 tweet Winky.png|Screenshot}}.) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210531044331/https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/878320216819646467 Archived] May 31, 2015, 04:43:31 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> Gregg's brother and ''Donkey Kong Country'' character designer [[Steve Mayles]] similarly stated "''it was always best to never get on the frog.''"<ref>WinkySteve (June 23, 2017). [https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/878247482962137089 Yes, it was always best to never get on the frog.] ''Twitter''. Retrieved June 27, 2017. ({{media link|Twitter WinkySteve 2017-06-23 tweet Winky.png|Screenshot}}.) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230418235824/https://twitter.com/WinkySteve/status/878247482962137089 Archived] April 18, 2023, 23:58:24 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||