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[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|thumb|The Lightfish as shown in-game]]
{{character infobox
[[File:DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|thumb|Official art]]
|image=[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|200px]]<br>The Lightfish's in-game appearance
The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html Gloomy Galleon]. ''nintendo.com''. February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC snapshot via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Lightfish has a minor role, and it only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]] where it helps the active [[Kong]] navigate the dark cabins of the sunken ships.
|species=Fish
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
}}
The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html Gloomy Galleon]. ''nintendo.com''. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]]{{Ref needed|reason=The source for this being "Lightfish" does not say anything about it being an Animal Friend, and the sources that do call it an Animal Friend are the ones that equate the Lightfish to Glimmer.}} in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. It only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]], where it follows the active [[Kong]] inside the sunken ships and helps them navigate its dark cabins by lighting up the path forward, much like [[Glimmer]] does in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Whenever it is nearby, a bubbling sound plays. The game's official site used the wording "a Lightfish" in reference to it, suggesting that the Lightfish is part of a species.<ref name=Lightfish/>


The Lightfish has a light on its forehead, and it acts the same as [[Glimmer]], by lighting the path forward while the Kong moves around. The official site uses the wording "a Lightfish," suggesting that they are a species.<ref name=Lightfish/> However, in his official artwork, he is purple and has a mouth resembling that of an angler fish.
The German strategy guide and Spanish Nintendo website both refer to the Lightfish as Glimmer;<ref name=GermanGuide /><ref name=SpanishSite /> the former also features artwork of the Lightfish with a mildly different appearance, much more similar to the ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' Animal Friend.


The Lightfish's in-game model was designed by Chris Seavor, former [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker the Squirrel]].<ref>conkerhimself (July 9, 2021). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't  remember the other one. Long time ago..] ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 9, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193516/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:35:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
The Lightfish was designed by Chris Seavor,<ref>conkerhimself (July 9, 2021). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't  remember the other one. Long time ago..] ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 9, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193516/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:35:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref><ref>conkerhimself (August 9, 2023). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Here's my original sketch....] ''Twitter''. Retrieved August 9, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230809162047/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Archived] August 9, 2023, 16:20:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> former [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker]].
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|Artwork from the German guide
Seavor Chris DK64 Lightfish concept art.jpg|Concept art of the Lightfish by Chris Seavor
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Ger=Glimmer<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide. {{media link|German glimmer.jpg|Page 2}}.</ref>
|Ger=Glimmer<ref name=GermanGuide>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide. {{file link|German glimmer.jpg|Page 2}}.</ref>
|GerM=Glimmer
|GerM=Glimmer
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref>[http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64]. "Animales". ''Guías Nintendo''. Retrieved June 12, 2018. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194958/https://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:49:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref name=SpanishSite>[http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64]. "Animales". ''Guías Nintendo''. Retrieved June 12, 2018. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194958/https://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:49:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
|SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish
|SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish
}}
}}
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Animal Buddies]]
[[Category:Animal Friends]]
[[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 Characters]]

Latest revision as of 08:58, June 4, 2024

Lightfish
The Lightfish as it appears in Donkey Kong 64
The Lightfish's in-game appearance
Species Fish
First appearance Donkey Kong 64 (1999)

The Lightfish[1] is an Animal Friend[citation needed] in Donkey Kong 64. It only appears in Gloomy Galleon, where it follows the active Kong inside the sunken ships and helps them navigate its dark cabins by lighting up the path forward, much like Glimmer does in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Whenever it is nearby, a bubbling sound plays. The game's official site used the wording "a Lightfish" in reference to it, suggesting that the Lightfish is part of a species.[1]

The German strategy guide and Spanish Nintendo website both refer to the Lightfish as Glimmer;[2][3] the former also features artwork of the Lightfish with a mildly different appearance, much more similar to the Donkey Kong Country 2 Animal Friend.

The Lightfish was designed by Chris Seavor,[4][5] former Rareware game designer and voice actor of Conker.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Glimmer[2] Glimmer
Spanish Glimmer, Pez Linterna[3] Glimmer, the Lantern Fish

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide. Gloomy Galleon. nintendo.com. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Donkey Kong 64 official German guide. Page 2Media:German glimmer.jpg.
  3. ^ a b Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64. "Animales". Guías Nintendo. Retrieved June 12, 2018. (Archived July 9, 2021, 19:49:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ conkerhimself (July 9, 2021). Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't remember the other one. Long time ago.. Twitter. Retrieved July 9, 2021. (Archived July 9, 2021, 19:35:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  5. ^ conkerhimself (August 9, 2023). Here's my original sketch.... Twitter. Retrieved August 9, 2023. (Archived August 9, 2023, 16:20:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)