#xananab

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61. Xananab (DK: Jungle Climber)

Name: Xananab

Debut: DK: Jungle Climber

The 2000s were a... strange time for Donkey Kong. After Rare was bought by Microsoft and before Retro had taken over the Country series, it was like Nintendo just didn’t know what to do with those funny primates! So in that time, we got a bongo rhythm game, a bongo platforming game, a bongo racing game, and not one, but TWO peg grabbing-based platforming games. Now, I’m sort of biased toward King of Swing thanks to the inclusion of playable Wrinkly Kong... but WOW! Xananab is simply wonderful!

Xananab is an alien from Planet Plantaen, which is, of course, shaped like a banana. They land on Earth in their Banana Spaceship, which is, of course, shaped like a banana. So when DK sees it, he tries to knock it out of the sky to eat it! Xananab fights back, mistaking the Kongs for the Kremlings, who have stolen their Crystal Bananas, which are of course, shaped like bananas. The ship will shoot missiles, which are, of course, shaped like carrots.

After this wacky misunderstanding, the Kongs agree to help Xananab. Hooray! Friendship! Friendship is even better when it involves simians and/or sentient bananas, you know.

But enough backstory, let’s talk design. This design is absolutely perfect. A sentient banana with all banana features besides a pair of big cartoon eyes, which are ALWAYS welcome. And as for personality? So polite! Even after the Kongs destroy their ship, Xananab apologizes for attacking them! Such manners!

But the best part? The way they talk.

“As my way of saying thank you thank you bo bank you, have some bananas!”

That’s right. This banana’s pattern of speech is “banana nana fo fana” style! That is one of the most charming things I have ever discovered!

Finally, Xananab, like a lot of characters from this strange era of Donkey Kong, got a trophy in Brawl, with the following description:

“A banana alien that shows up as Donkey Kong and company are enjoying a relaxing vacation on the beach. Traveling by spaceship from their banana planet, they mistake the Kongs for enemies and attack. As such, the Kongs retaliate by destroying their ship. To top it off, their superpowerful crystal banana is stolen by the Kremlings.“

New Papercraft has been published on PaperCraftSquare: Link: http://www.papercraftsquare.com/donkey-kong-xananab-free-papercraft-download.html Paper Craft Name: Donkey Kong - Xananab Free Papercraft Download Description:

This papercraft is Xananab, a member of a species of aliens who resemble humanoid, partially peeled bananas and an ally of the Kong Family; Xananab originates from the banana shaped Planet Plantaen, based on the game DK: Jungle Climber of Donkey Kong series. The paper model was created by Danimpeo.

In DK: Jungle Climber, Xananab, for unexplained reasons, ventures to the top of Sun Sun Island on Donkey Kong's planet in his Banana Spaceship with the precious cargo of five powerful Crystal Bananas. After landing on Sun Sun Island, Xananab was apparently attacked by King K. Rool and his Kremling Gang, who stole his Crystal Bananas and quickly fled with them.

When Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Cranky Kong arrived at the peak of Sun Sun Island to investigate the Banana Spaceship, they were attacked by Xananab and his Banana Spaceship. Once the Banana Spaceship is destroyed, Xananab, realizing that Donkey, Diddy and Cranky weren't Kremlings, apologized to them and explained his story to them. After hearing Xananab's predicament and learning that without his Banana Spaceship he would not be able to reclaim the Crystal Bananas, Donkey, Diddy and Cranky decide to help him.

Throughout DK: Jungle Climber, Xananab will appear in cutscenes, occasionally giving advice and in some levels, where he will activate a Spirowarp, a portal making machine, for Donkey Kong if one is brought to him. Once King K. Rool was defeated on Planet Plantaen and all the Crystal Bananas were given back to him, Xananab, as thanks for their help in defeating the Kremling Gang, gave Donkey, Diddy and Cranky a large amount of bananas. Once the trio finished eating and the Crystal Bananas were returned to their rightful place, Xananab brought DK, Diddy, Cranky and King K. Rool back to Earth.

For collecting every item and completing every level in the game, Xananab rewards the Kongs by using a Spirowarp to give them a banana as big as, if not bigger, than the Banana Spaceship. Xananab also appears as a Trophy and a Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. [Source: mariowiki]

You can download this papercraft model here: Donkey Kong - Xananab Free Papercraft Download