Editing Crocodile Isle

{{about|the original island from [[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]|King K. Rool's artificial island in [[Donkey Kong 64]]|[[Crocodile Isle (Donkey Kong 64)]]}}
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:Crocodile Isle DKC2.png|256px]]
|ruler=[[King K. Rool#Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Kaptain K. Rool]]
|inhabitants=[[Kremling]]s
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' (GBA) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}} 
{{quote2|Have you been to see my husband Cranky? He complains a little, but he does know everything about this island.|[[Wrinkly Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]}}
'''Crocodile Isle''' (also known as the '''Kremling island''' and '''Krem Island''')<ref>'''Swanky Kong''': "''On the Kremling island map, how many small wasps hover around the wasp hives?''" - ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''</ref><ref>'''Swanky Kong''': "''What is the name of the Kremling island that you are on?''" - ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' vol. 76, Page 23. "'''''CAPTURED''' Dixie and Diddy won't go it alone when they reach Krem Island on their search for Donkey Kong.''"</ref> is a large, mountainous island and the main setting of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. It is also the originating location of the [[Kremling]]s, the [[Kremling Krew]]'s capital base of operations, and the neighboring island to [[Donkey Kong Island]].
==Description==
Crocodile Isle directly contrasts with Donkey Kong Island, which features a thriving ecosystem and plentiful wildlife. Crocodile Isle has a dark and murky environment with lots of pollution and barrenness, as evidenced by the dead trees, mining, [[toxic waste]], and garbage. This was caused by [[King K. Rool|K. Rool]]'s pollution and waste of natural resources.<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide. Page 46. "'''''JUNGLE JINX''' It looks like K. Rool hasn’t heard about preserving the rain forests. Here he’s dumping bunches of giant tires in Diddy and Dixie’s path!''"</ref>

A large pirate ship is docked at the rocky coast of Crocodile Isle. A large sculpted crocodile head follows after it, at the very bottom of the isle. An isolated volcanic region and a few mine shafts are hosted within the sculpted head. Most of the lower region consists of swamps: one of them features a massive shipwreck and another has an abandoned, derelict amusement park built upon it. [[Zinger]] hives and [[bramble]] infestations are also common areas.

The higher altitudes of Crocodile Isle are colder and very windy. This shift occurs in a spooky woods following after the swamps and amusement park. Lastly, [[K. Rool's Keep]] appears at the peak and is the highest altitude of Crocodile Isle. Due to its high elevation, there are a few frozen, arctic caverns in the tower.

Crocodile Isle is seemingly in close proximity to Donkey Kong Island to the southeast, as said island is visible from two locations on the isle. A hidden location also appears somewhere in Crocodile Isle, and it does not appear on the main world map, the Lost World. A large volcano-shaped altar, [[Krocodile Kore]], appears in the center of the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]], and it serves as the island's core.

[[Cranky Kong]] is shown to be knowledgeable about Crocodile Isle, even knowing about the secret Lost World.<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2'' Instruction Booklet, Nintendo, 2004, p. 18 "'''''CRANKY KONG''' Even old Cranky Kong is getting on the entrepreneurial spirit! He's opened a small outlet where you learn more about the "history" and "culture" of Crocodile Isle.''"</ref><ref>'''Cranky Kong''': "''"I reckon I'd found all the Kremkoins and completed the so called 'Lost World'. Oh well, can't expect everything from our first game, can we?''" - ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''</ref>

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
[[File:Crocodile Isle last moments.png|thumb|The Kongs witnessing Crocodile Isle sinking underwater in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''{{'}}s ending]]
During the events of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] travel to Crocodile Isle in search for [[Donkey Kong]]. If they manage to defeat [[Kaptain K. Rool]] a second time, in Krocodile Kore, he falls into Krocodile Kore's volcano, which creates an explosion resulting in the entire Crocodile Isle sinking into the sea. However, K. Rool manages to escape on a raft, laughing. Donkey Kong, Diddy, and Dixie witness all of these events from a distance.

In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', the story behind Crocodile Isle is a retelling of that from ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', where Diddy and Dixie go to rescue Donkey Kong. As a result of defeating Kaptain K. Rool in the Lost World, the entire Crocodile Isle explodes and simultaneously sinks into the ocean. This time, K. Rool is not seen escaping the isle. There are only a few differences with Crocodile Isle: the map layout is reversed, two of the worlds were merged into a volcanic-swamp hybrid, [[Krem Cauldron]], and a single [[Klubba's Kiosk]] appears on the main world map, left of Gloomy Gulch.

Crocodile Isle retained its reversed layout in the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''.

===''Donkey Kong 64''===
[[File:K. Rool's Mobile Island Fortress.png|thumb|left|100px|The newly constructed Crocodile Isle from ''Donkey Kong 64''.]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', a [[Crocodile Isle (Donkey Kong 64)|newly constructed Crocodile Isle]] appears, now equipped with powerful weapons to aid in the destruction of [[Donkey Kong Island]].

===Other appearances===
====''Donkey Kong Country'' television series====
Though Crocodile Isle never directly appeared on the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]], several Kremling characters such as King K. Rool and [[Kaptain Skurvy]] would sometimes mention the "swamps back home".<ref>'''K. Rool''': "''Oh, my favourite part is going back to the swamplands to play gator-games with all my slithering siblings.''" — The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights, ''Donkey Kong Country''</ref><ref>'''Kaptain Skurvy''': "''That's 'cause as a young 'un, ye played with 'em, and set the swamps on fire, burnin' us outta house and home.''" — The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights, ''Donkey Kong Country''</ref>
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====''Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald''====
In the obscure Donkey Kong comic ''[[Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald]]'', Crocodile Isle never made a direct appearance, though several locations ventured through in the comic, such as a [[Krem Quay|Krochead and a crashed ship-filled swamp]], along with the "[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost Land]]", are obviously based off areas of Crocodile Isle.

====''Animal Crossing: New Horizons''====
Crocodile Isle is mentioned in [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'']] by Captain Gullivarrr, in dialogue added to the July 3, 2020 update. If the player finds Gullivarrr, he may say, "Folks be fearin' me buccaneerin' from Crocodile Isle to [[Keelhaul Key]]..."

==List of worlds==
*[[Gangplank Galleon (world)|Gangplank Galleon]]: The scuttled remains of [[Gangplank Galleon|K. Rool's ship]] from the previous game, now depicted as being much larger. [[Krow]] is fought here.
*[[Crocodile Cauldron]]: A magma-filled cave fairly close to sea level, appearing in the various iterations of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. [[Kleever]] is fought here.
*[[Krem Quay]]: A polluted marshland that was the island's former main port, appearing in the various iterations of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. [[Kudgel]] is fought here.
*[[Krem Cauldron]]: A combination of the above two areas, exclusive to ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. Kleever is fought here.
*[[Krazy Kremland]]: The island's amusement park, currently in disrepair and with a massive Zinger infestation. [[King Zing]] is fought here.
*[[Gloomy Gulch]]: A haunted forest of dead trees, some of which have sinister faces. [[Kreepy Krow]] is fought here.
*[[K. Rool's Keep]]: Kaptain K. Rool's fortress atop the icy summit. In the SNES version, there is no boss here, but in the GBA version, [[Kerozene]] is fought here.
*[[The Flying Krock]]: A massive flying battleship connected to K. Rool's Keep via a long ladder that goes through the [[bramble]] thickets. [[King K. Rool#Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Kaptain K. Rool]] is fought here.
*[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]]: A mysterious underground jungle whose many entrances are guarded by [[Klubba]]. Kaptain K. Rool is fought a second time here.

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
*<u>'''SNES instruction booklet'''</u> (page 20): ''As the home port of Kaptain K. Rool's cutthroat pirates. Crocodile Isle is teeming with all types of Kremlings. There's even more variety of terrain on this than there was in Donkey Kong Country. And K. Rool definitely has the home turf advantage here.''
*<u>'''''Nintendo Power'' vol. 76'''</u> (page 26): ''The home island of K. Rool holds creatures that bite and sting and crush and claw - rats on the shipwrecks, bees in the hives, porcupines in the woods, pufferfish in the sea.''
*<u>'''''Nintendo Power'' vol. 79'''</u> (page 15): ''King K. Rool now fancies himself a pirate, taking on the title of "Kaptain" and ordering his Kremlings to dress up as peg-legged buccaneers. In the best (worst?) pirate tradition, they've kidnaped Donkey Kong and are holding him for ransom in their lair on Crocodile Isle. Now it's Diddy and Dixie's turn to play hero, swinging, jumping and bopping their way across six massive worlds (each with multiple stages) in search of their hapless comrade!''
*<u>'''United Kingdom ''Nintendo Magazine System'' vol. 34'''</u> (page 20): ''K. Rool's island is host to all manner of biting things, stinging things and crawling things!''
*<u>'''GBA instruction booklet'''</u> (page 26): ''As the hideout of Kaptain K. Rool's cutthroat pirates, Crocodile Isle is teeming with Kremlings of all kinds, and there's an even greater variety of terrain on this island than in Donkey Kong Country. Going sightseeing? Here's what to look for!''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Crocodile Isle DKL2.png|Crocodile Isle in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Crocodile Isle GBA.png|Crocodile Isle in the Game Boy Advance port
DKL2-Ending.png|Crocodile Isle sinking underwater in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''{{'}}s ending
Crocodile Isle DKC2 GBA sinking.png|Crocodile Isle sinking underwater in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake
DKC2GBA Crocodile Isle ending.png|Game Boy Advance sinking sprite
DK Isles.png|A map depicting Donkey Kong Island and Crocodile Isle, used as a backdrop in the file select screen.
Crocodile Isle Concept.jpg|Concept artwork of Crocodile Isle
Crocodile Isle - Design hardware.jpg|Crocodile Isle being designed
</gallery>

==Theme==
{{media table
|file1=DKC2 SNES Welcome to Crocodile Isle.oga
|title1=Welcome to Crocodile Isle
|description1=The main map from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|file2=DKC2 SNES Boss Bossanova.oga
|title2=Boss Bossanova
|description2=Boss battle theme in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' which is an arrangement of "Welcome to Crocodile Isle"
|file3=DKC2 Crocodile Isle K Rool.oga
|title3=Crocodile Cacophony
|description3=K. Rool's battle theme in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' which is an arrangement of "Welcome to Crocodile Isle"
|file4=Crocodile Isle (SSBU).oga
|title4=Crocodile Cacophony
|description4=An excerpt of the arrangement from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', featuring "Welcome to Crocodile Isle"
}}

==Names in other languages==
;Crocodile Isle
{{foreign names
|Jap=クレムリン{{hover|島|とう}}<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 6.</ref>
|JapR=Kuremurin-tō
|JapM=Kremling Isle
|Spa=Isla Cocodrilo
|SpaM=Crocodile Isle
|Fre=Île Croco
|FreM=Croco Isle
|Ger=Krokodil Insel
|GerM=Crocodile Isle
|Ita=Isola dei Coccodrilli<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 20</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' back of the Italian boxart</ref> <small>(''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'')</small>
|Ita2=Crocodile Island<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' on [https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Super-Nintendo/Donkey-Kong-Country-2-Diddy-s-Kong-Quest-276907.html Nintendo.it]; retrieved on July 19, 2023</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual, pag. 24</ref> <small>(''Donkey Kong Land 2'')</small>
|Ita3=Isola Krodilla <small>(''Donkey Kong Country 2'')</small>
|ItaM=Crocodile Isle
|Ita3M=Krodile Isle; probably meant to be a protmanteau of "coccodrillo" (crocodile) and "gorilla"
}}
;Kremling island
{{foreign names
|Spa=Isla Kremling
|SpaM=Kremling island
|Fre=Île Kremling
|FreM=Kremling island
|Ger=Kremlinginsel
|GerM=Kremling island
|Ita=Isola dei Kremling
|ItaM=Kremlings' island
}}

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