The Jungle King (ネイティブワーク Neitibu Wāku, lit. "Native Work") is a Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts. It is gained automatically through the storyline when locking the heart of Deep Jungle; the world where Tarzan lives. While not the greatest Keyblade, its long reach does prove useful against fast Heartless as well as Heartless attacking in large groups. Jungle King is notably the first Keyblade Sora receives after the Kingdom Key, and the only Keyblade from the original game to not appear in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.
Appearance
The Jungle King appears to be a wooden key fastened with brown and violet leather strips. The hilt has thorns extruding from it, and the key's teeth are wooden spokes. The keychain is attached to the hilt via a carabiner, and its token is one of the blue butterflies that hid the keyhole in Deep Jungle. This keyblade also has one of the largest lengths in the game.
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Trivia
Although this Keyblade did not appear in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the original screenshots and magazine articles showed Sora using it in certain battles. The entire episode in the Deep Jungle was taken out due to the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs still holding copyright over "Tarzan" and not permitting Disney to re-use it, and hence, the Keyblade was dummied out and can only be accessed with the Game Shark accessory for the Gameboy. However, on some game review sites, screenshots show Sora in battle with a Jungle King attack card shown at the top of his deck.
Gallery
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Card from CoM when being made and accessed with a gameshark