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{{Species-infobox
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|title=Electroid
|image=[[File:Electroids.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:Electroids.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
}}
'''Electroids''' are enemies which appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. They are purple electric spheres with two eyes, which are locked in round cages full of a violet matter. Generally, Electroids make an electricity line, linking each other. They only appear in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] area in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', and only appear in [[Frozen Frenzy (level)|one level]] in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''. In the former, they move near holes and narrow tunnels that the [[Kong]]s must pass. In [[Switcheroo]], they can be eliminated if the Kongs activate the colored switch platforms that the Electroids are contacted in, causing them to be pushed out of the area.
'''Electroids'''<ref>Knight, Michael. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide. Page 27.</ref> are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. They appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being purple in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' while displaying a bluish tint in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' to correspond to the game's arctic theme. Electroids are usually encountered in groups, forming electrical links between each other that damage the [[Kong]]s when touched.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', Electroids only appear in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] levels, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the [[Kong]]s' path. Electroids can generally not be defeated except if the Kongs throw a [[BuckBomb]] at one. In the level [[Switcheroo]], Electroids hover in front of [[red and blue blocks]], which appear in the background. When [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the enemy is pushed off-screen.
 
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
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In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', Electroids are the only returning enemy from the previous game's Factory world. They only appear in one level, [[Frozen Frenzy (level)|Frozen Frenzy]]. They either hover in place or along a set path in midair. Some of them appear beneath platforms with wired vines on either side; tilting the platform too low on one side causes the corresponding wire to make contact with an Electroid, creating a current of electricity throughout the entire mechanism that can harm the Kongs.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=デンキボール<ref>「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:DKR Shogakukan P24.jpg|page 24]].</ref>
|JapR=Denki Bōru
|JapM=Electric Ball
}}
 
==References==
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Electroids might represent the spiritual successors of the [[Spark]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]''; as electric entities with dot-like cartoony eyes, they can be compared to [[Li'l Sparky|Li'l Sparkies]] or [[Hot Head]]s from the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise.
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze enemies]]

Latest revision as of 21:37, November 28, 2022

Electroid
An Electroid in Donkey Kong Country Returns
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

Electroids[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and its Nintendo Switch port. They appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being purple in Donkey Kong Country Returns while displaying a bluish tint in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze to correspond to the game's arctic theme. Electroids are usually encountered in groups, forming electrical links between each other that damage the Kongs when touched.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Electroids only appear in the Factory levels, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the Kongs' path. Electroids can generally not be defeated except if the Kongs throw a BuckBomb at one. In the level Switcheroo, Electroids hover in front of red and blue blocks, which appear in the background. When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the enemy is pushed off-screen.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

A pair of Electroids in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Electroids are the only returning enemy from the previous game's Factory world. They only appear in one level, Frozen Frenzy. They either hover in place or along a set path in midair. Some of them appear beneath platforms with wired vines on either side; tilting the platform too low on one side causes the corresponding wire to make contact with an Electroid, creating a current of electricity throughout the entire mechanism that can harm the Kongs.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese デンキボール[2]
Denki Bōru
Electric Ball

References[edit]

  1. ^ Knight, Michael. Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Page 27.
  2. ^ 「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook), page 24.