Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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In this video I wanted to do a history deep dive on old fighting games. I began by looking towards Super Smash bros 64, an underrated fighting game that has gems for characters. There is the main grappler Donkey Kong, but let's see what's different. I want to cover Donkey Kong as I think his design is unique For being the first platform grappler.

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0:00 - the introduction to the video premise
1:22 - what does a Platform grappler do?
1:50 - introduction to Super Smash Bros 64!
5:31 - Introduction to Donkey Kong
7:07 - What made him weak in the meta?
9:00 - What made him Fun And Unique for being first
13:01 - the people who made him work what we can take away from the video