Snomads

The Snomads are a new group of villains set to debut in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, replacing the Kremlings from the original trilogy, and the Tiki Tak Tribe from Donkey Kong Country Returns. The group consists of various arctic animals, (penguins, owls, rabbits, sealions, walruses, etc.) sporting viking gear and wielding weapons. The sails of their ships, their flags, banners, and some of their clothes all have their insignia (a large white snowflake) on them.

Background:
The Snomads (for unspecified reasons) arrive on Donkey Kong Island, and attempt to take it over, making sure to deal with Donkey Kong and his family first, by blasting them all the way to the Mangrove island, prompting them to start traversing five different islands to get back home. While the Kongs are gone, the Snomads proceed to freeze the island over, and steal the monkeys' unguarded Banana Hoard

Trivia:

 * It is to note that the vikings appear to have taken over all the islands that Donkey Kong and co. are traversing, as their minions are present in all the levels.
 * However, the only island they actually froze over was DK Island.
 * The name "Snomads" is a pun on "nomads"
 * When the player loses a life, the Snomads' insignia appears on the screen.