Editing Arich

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Arich Artwork - Donkey Kong Country 3.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of Arich
|full_name=Arich the Spider<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #51, page 60.</ref>
|species=Spider
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
'''Arich''' is a giant red spider who appears as a boss in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Its name comes from the word "arachnid", which is a classification term used to describe spiders.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In its debut appearance, Arich is the second boss of the game, appearing at the end of [[Kremwood Forest]] in the boss stage, [[Arich's Ambush]]. Its name is featured in the world's [[secret cave]], Arich's Hoard.

During the boss fight, Arich is hanging from a thread of web, and to attack it, [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] must ram a [[Barrel]] into its jaw. Arich's attacks consist of bouncing up and down slowly in an attempt to crush the [[Kong]]s, and by spitting out bouncing green balls of venom. Arich is defeated when the Kongs hit its jaw four times. Upon being defeated, Arich falls over onto its back and drops the [[Patch (item)|Patch]], which [[Funky Kong]] uses to construct the [[Hover Craft]] at [[Funky's Rentals]].

In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Arich has a different battle theme than the other bosses. It shares this theme with [[Kroctopus]].

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Arich returns in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', where it appears as the third boss. It is fought at the end of [[Blackforest Plateau]], in the boss stage, [[Arich Attack]]. Arich's size was greatly reduced for this version, although the boss fight is similar to the ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' battle, minus the barrels. Arich first spits out three balls of venom. The Kongs must jump on its head to attack it, rather than use a barrel at its jaw like in the previous game. After each hit, Arich bounces around at a faster rate in an attempt to crush them. After the Kongs bounce onto its head four times, Arich is defeated.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Arich Artwork - Donkey Kong Country 3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
DKC 3 Arich Artwork.jpg|[[Dixie]] and [[Kiddy]] fleeing from Arich
DKC 3 Nintendo Player's Guide Arich.png|[[Nintendo_Power#Player's Guides|Player's Guide]] version of the artwork
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Arich DKC3 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Arich DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Arich DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
DKLIII GBC Arich sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKC3 GBA Arich sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Arich - DKC3 Screenshot.png|Arich's Ambush in the SNES version
Arich-DKL3.png|Arich Attack
Arich - DKC3 GBA Screenshot.png|Arich's Ambush in the GBA version
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アーリック (''DKC3'')<br>''Ārikku''<br>アリック (''DKL3'')<br>''Arikku''
|JapM=Arich
|Ger=Arich
|GerM=-
|Ita=Arich
|ItaM=-
}}

==Trivia==
*The [[secret cave]] in Kremwood Forest is named "Arich's Hoard". This name may either imply that Arich kept a [[Banana Bird]] in captivity at [[King K. Rool]]'s request, or that this cave was used by Arich as a larder until K. Rool commandeered it in order to trap a Banana Bird.

==References==
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[[Category:Arachnids]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! bosses]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III bosses]]
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