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A Kremling Krew cast photo from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
A Kremling Krew cast photo from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.

The Kremling Krew, or just Kremlings for short, are the main enemies of the Donkey Kong games. They are a legion of anthropomorphic crocodiles led by King K. Rool and exist simply to get in Donkey Kong and friends' way. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Donkey Kong (Japanese:ドンキーコング), often shortened to DK, is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. ... Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... Donkey Kong (Japanese:ドンキーコング), often shortened to DK, is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. ...


The Kremlings first appeared in Donkey Kong Country in 1994, by Rareware. There, they were following the orders of K. Rool to steal Donkey Kong's famed banana hoard. The drone archetypes that appeared in this game would set a template for future Kremling designs to follow. Donkey Kong Countrys title screen. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Golden R Rare logo as of 2005. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... Donkey Kong (Japanese:ドンキーコング), often shortened to DK, is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. ...


The Kremlings returned in 1995 with Donkey Kong Land and again in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. In that game, following the self-proclaimed Kaptain K. Rool's fashion sense, virtually every Kremling was dressed in pirate fatigues, some even going as far as amputating arms or legs. This trend continued into the game's psuedo-sequel Donkey Kong Land 2. It should also be noted that the game took place on Crocodile Isle, the Kremling's home island. The island was subsequently destroyed at the end of both games. Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy. ... The first level of gameplay. ... Jump to: navigation, search A pirate digging a grave. ... Donkey Kong Land 2 was the sequel to 1995s Game Boy hit, Donkey Kong Land. ... Spoiler warning: Crocodile Isle was the home of the Kremlings before it was destroyed by Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong over the span of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2. ...


In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, K. Rool had been ousted as the Kremling leader and replaced with the robot KAOS. Although, it was later found that K. Rool was the controller of KAOS, and under the persona of "Baron K. Roolenstein". In accordance with this, the Kremling designs in this game were moderately different from the designs in the earlier games. This style was kept for Donkey Kong Land III a year later. A screenshot depicting one of Donkey Kong Country 3s protagonists, Kiddy Kong. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... KAOS can mean: KAOS 89. ... Donkey Kong Land III was the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land trilogy of games for the original Game Boy. ...


In Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64, a sole Kremling by the name of Krunch was available as a playable character. As the story goes, his mission was to investigate Diddy Kong's visit to Timber's Island and find out if the monkey was hatching some sort of anti-Kremling plot. Krunch was set to return in Diddy Kong Pilot for the Game Boy Advance, however, the game was refit into Banjo Pilot after Rare was sold to Microsoft in 2002. Jump to: navigation, search Diddy Kong Racing is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. ... The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... Krunch is in the top-left corner of this picture Krunch, one of the anthropomorphic crocodiles from the Donkey Kong games, was in Diddy Kong Racing as a playable character. ... Jump to: navigation, search Diddy Kong is a talking monkey in the Donkey Kong series of video games. ... Diddy Kong Pilot game was presented originally in E3 2001 by Rareware / Nintendo for GameBoy Advance. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Game Boy line is the best-selling handheld to date The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... Banjo-Pilot is a video game for the Game Boy Advance featuring characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series of video games. ... Jump to: navigation, search Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) (HKSE: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with global annual sales in the tens of billions of US dollars and nearly 60,000 employees in more than 90 countries. ...


The Kremlings returned in Donkey Kong 64 in 1999. There, once again under the command of King K. Rool, the Kremlings returned to a look more accurate to the original Donkey Kong Country than DKC2 or 3. Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... Donkey Kong Countrys title screen. ...


The classic Kremling designs returned in the port of Donkey Kong Country for Game Boy Color, and after that, they disappeared for a while, only warranting a brief cameo in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Jump to: navigation, search Super Smash Bros. ...


In 2003, Donkey Kong Country was once again ported, this time to the Game Boy Advance. This brought about the return of the Kremlings, and a year later, they appeared in the port of Donkey Kong Country 2 for the GBA, as well as the sports game Mario Power Tennis and the music game Donkey Konga. In 2005, the Kremlings returned as the main foes in DK King of Swing for Game Boy Advance, and made appearances in Mario Superstar Baseball and Donkey Konga 2 for the GameCube. Jump to: navigation, search The Game Boy line is the best-selling handheld to date The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a handheld videogame console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. ... Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mario Superstar Baseball, known in Japan as Super Mario Stadium Miracle Baseball (スーパーマリオスタジアム ミラクルベースボール), is a video game that was developed by Namco and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube in 2005. ... Donkey Konga 2 is the sequel to Donkey Konga for the Nintendo GameCube, a game where you must pound on a special, barrel-like controller called the DK Bongos along with a selected song. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ...


Strangely, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the apparent successor to the Donkey Kong series on the GameCube, did not feature any Kremlings whatsoever, though a passing reference is made to them at the beginning of the game. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Categories: Donkey Kong games | GameCube games | 2005 computer and video games | Computer and video game stubs ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ...


The Kremlings were also a frequent part of the Donkey Kong Country TV series, once again appearing as the main villains. Strangely, they were never referred to as "Kremlings" in the entire span of the program.


Notable types of Kremlings

Kritters are the grunts of the Kremling army. They walk on two legs and wander back and forth, though in some games they will attempt to attack. They are adorned in either gold-plated shoulderpads or skull-adorned biker jackets. Krunch was of this latter variety. Outside of normal Donkey Kong games, they have appeared in Mario Power Tennis and will be featured as goalies in Super Mario Strikers. Krunch is in the top-left corner of this picture Krunch, one of the anthropomorphic crocodiles from the Donkey Kong games, was in Diddy Kong Racing as a playable character. ... Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. ... Super Mario Strikers (Mario Smash Football in Europe) is a soccer video game being developed exclusively for Nintendos GameCube console. ...


Klaptraps are low-to-the-ground crocodiles that continually snap their jaws while walking around. This makes frontal attacks on them impossible. Klaptraps are very popular amongst Nintendo's second and third parties, having appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Mario Power Tennis. In the TV Show, they were used merely as ammunition that was fired from guns and bit like termites. One particularly large Klaptrap (about Diddy's size) appeared in a few episodes and was called Junior. Klaptraps are the only Kremlings to exist before the Donkey Kong Country series; they are the minor enemies in Donky Kong Jr., and they function exactly as they do in the later games. Klaptraps are a species of fictitious crocodilian from the Super Mario/Donkey Kong Nintendo video games series. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; (NASDAQ: NTDOY), (TYO: 7974)) is a Japanese company originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Super Smash Bros. ... Mario Power Tennis, known in Japan as Mario Tennis GC (マリオテニスGC), is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2004. ... Families Mastotermitidae Kalotermitidae Termopsidae Hodotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae Reference: Earthlife as of 2002-07-26 A termite (also known as a white ant) is any member of the order Isoptera, a group of social insects that eat wood and other cellulose-rich vegetable matter. ...


Klumps are fat, bumbling Kremlings decked out in military attire. Their hard hats make it impossible for smaller characters to damage them, though a frontal attack will defeat them. In Donkey Kong 64, they threw unripe explosive oranges and could only be defeated by the DK Crew's ripe explosive oranges . In the animated TV series, only one Klump was featured, and he was K. Rool's general. Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ...


Krushas are muscular Kremlings with camouflage tank-tops. These appear to be the strongest Kremlings. In Donkey Kong Country, the blue ones can only be beaten by DK jumping on them. There were also grey ones that were stronger and could only be defeated by having barrels thrown at them. This particular Kremling also appeared as an unlockable character to play as in Donkey Kong 64 's VS mode. Like Klump, only one Krusha was featured in the TV series. This Krusha was K. Rool's bodyguard, who had a childlike IQ and enjoyed watching "Sing Along with Uncle Swampy". Anolis caroliensis showing blending camouflage and counter-shading. ... Donkey Kong Countrys title screen. ... Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ...


Krashs are regular Kremlings who attempt to drive minecarts into the players in the minecart levels of Donkey Kong Country. Donkey Kong Countrys title screen. ...


Kutlasses are small pirate Kremlings who carry two large cutlasses (hence the name). When they see Diddy Kong or Dixie Kong, they will charge and swing their swords, resulting in them getting stuck in the ground. This presents a moment of opportunity for the player to jump on them and defeat them. Incidentally, the animated series also had a character named Kutlass, but he worked for Kaptain Skurvy and looked sort of like K. Rool with a lighter color scheme. This article is about the sword. ... Jump to: navigation, search Diddy Kong is a talking monkey in the Donkey Kong series of video games. ... Dixie Kong is one of the playable characters in many of the Donkey Kong games. ... Kaptain Skurvy is a fictional character created for the animated series based on the Super NES video game Donkey Kong Country. ... A color scheme is the choice of colors used in design for a range of mediums. ...


Kasplats are burly Kremlings spread through Donkey Kong 64. Each Kasplat has a piece of Snide's blueprint for the Blast-O-Matic laser, and every Kong can defeat their specific Kasplat to retrieve the blueprint and return it to Snide in return for a Golden Banana. Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ... Snide the Weasel was featured in Donkey Kong 64. ... Jump to: navigation, search The range of sizes in which lasers exist is immense, extending from microscopic diode lasers (top) to football field sized neodymium glass lasers (bottom) used for inertial confinement fusion. ... Golden Bananas are the primary items to collect in Donkey Kong 64. ...


Koshas are small Kremlings dressed in Viking clothing that wielded giant spiked clubs. They appeared in Donkey Kong 64 and are very similar to Kutlass. Jump to: navigation, search The name Viking is a borrowed word from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ...


Klobbers are Kremlings that hide in barrels. They first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2, and later re-appeared in Donkey Kong 64. When the characters ventured near them, they would pop out and attempt to push them around by knocking into you. The green ones just knocked your Kong around, while the yellow ones caused bananas to fall from your character by the 10-banana bunch, while the black ones caused extra lives to fly out. Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ...


Kabooms are like Klobbers, only they hid in TNT barrels. They also first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2, and also re-appeared in Donkey Kong 64. Needless to say, if the characters were hit by one of these they would explode. Jump to: navigation, search Donkey Kong 64 is an adventure/platform video game developed by Rareware for the Nintendo 64. ...


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Kremlings at AllExperts (3089 words)
The Kremlings were also a frequent part of the Donkey Kong Country TV series, once again appearing as the main villains.
Koins are Kremlings who wear helmets made of metal buckets with a skull and cross-bones picture on it that carry shields made of trash-can lids with a DK Coin on it.
Kritters are the grunts of the Kremling army.
Karakter Kremling Krew [Kremlings, Nintendo Donkey Kong Country] (919 words)
Kremlings (Kremling Krew) zijn de hoofdvijanden voor Donkey Kong en zijn vrienden in onder andere de DKC-serie.
Krashs zijn normale Kremlings die in mijnkarretjes rijden (in de daarvoor bestemde levels) en tegen DK aan proberen te botsen.
De Kremlings zijn een leger die King K. Rool tot zijn beschikking heeft om de Kong dwars te zitten.
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