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:''This article is about the enemy from'' Donkey Kong Country 3. ''For information about the currency in the'' [[Mario (series)|Mario series]], ''see [[Coin|here]].''
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|image=[[File:Koindk.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Koin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|image=[[Image:Koindk.jpg|200px]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[1996]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|affiliation=[[King K. Rool]]
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' (remake) ([[2005]])
|variants=[[Koindozer]]
|related=[[Koindozer]]
}}
}}
'''Koins''' are a type of [[Kremling]] that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Koins wear a bucket on their head and carry around a trash can lid as a shield, and a [[DK Coin]] is attached to it. Their name is a pun on "coin". By defeating the Koin, [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] can acquire its DK Coin. To defeat a Koin, the [[Kong]]s often have to throw a [[Iron Barrel|Steel Barrel]] at the wall behind Koin, causing it to bounce off and roll into Koin from behind.


==History==
'''Koins''' are [[Kremling]]s encountered in every level of the games ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Koins wear buckets on their head and carry a shield which has a [[DK Coin]] attached to it.
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', a Koin appears in every level, usually at the end, moving its shield in whichever direction Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong are in. If the Kongs approach a Koin from either the front or try to jump on it, the Koin uses its shield to bounce the Kongs backward. If the Kongs throw a Steel Barrel at the Koin's armor, it bounces off. If the Kongs replay a level where they have collected its DK Coin, the DK Coin no longer appears on the Koin's shield. In certain circumstances, some Koins can only be defeated if a [[Bazuka]] shoots a Steel Barrel at the Koin, in which case the Kongs have to use a [[Switch Barrel]] to change Bazuka's [[Barrel]]s or [[TNT Barrel]]s into Steel Barrels. In a few levels, the Kongs have only a single chance to defeat the Koin, if they can only get a nearby Steel Barrel by crossing a [[No Animal Sign]] with an [[Animal Friend]]. If Dixie and Kiddy are unsuccessful, they have to restart the level for another chance at defeating the Koin. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Koin is categorized with the other [[Kremling]]s as part of the [[Kremling Kreeps]] category.


Koins have a pink variant in the level [[Koindozer Klamber]], named [[Koindozer]]s. Unlike Koins, Koindozers (which cannot be defeated) attempt to defeat the Kongs by pushing them into the pits with their shields.
If the [[Kong]]s approach a Koin, he will simply bash them away; if they attempt to jump on him he will simply raise his shield and block the jump. Koins are immune to almost any kind of attack.  Even [[TNT Barrel]]s are useless against them. Fortunately, [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and/or [[Kiddy Kong]] can defeat a Koin by using a [[Steel Keg]]. They have to throw the Steel Keg over him, which will then rebound off a wall (sometimes the Kongs must find another way to defeat Koin using the Steel Keg) and hit Koin in the back, defeating him and giving Dixie and Diddy a DK Coin as reward. [[Image:KoinPA.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Koin''', as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].]]Most of the time, Koins are found near the beginning or the end of the level.


Certain levels of the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]] allow for the Kongs to defeat a Koin using a [[TNT Barrel]] instead, such as in [[Surf's Up]], by having the resulting explosion while Koin faces upward, defeating it.
On a side note, some Koins can only be defeated with the assistance of a Kremling enemy named [[Bazuka]]. In some levels, the Steel Keg required to defeat Koin is obtained by bringing an [[Animal Buddy]] past the [[No Animal Sign]]. In these cases, the Kongs only get one chance to defeat Koin; if they fail, they must replay the entire level to get another chance.


===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
A dark pink tinted version of Koin called [[Koindozer]] is encountered in the level "[[Koindozer Klamber]]". Koindozers are much more aggressive than their green brethren, chasing the Kongs and attempting to bash them into pits.
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Koins are mostly the same as in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', except they do not appear in underwater levels, where DK Coins appear by themselves instead. The Kongs automatically obtain a DK Coin from defeating Koin.


==Profiles and statistics==
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Koins are absent in underwater levels since they do not have a seperate cave area like those in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. Instead, the DK Coin is hidden in the level much like they were in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Land 2''.
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
*'''Instruction manual:''' ''This defensive baddy will protect the [[DK Coin]] at all costs.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction manual|page=19|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=American English}}</ref>


==Gallery==
==Trivia==
<gallery>
*According to the game's credits, Koins belong to the "[[Kremling Kreeps]]" enemy class.
Koin DKC3 side artwork.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' artwork
*The name Koin derives from the words "Coin" and "Kremling" or Donkey Kong Country's developers spelling every word that starts with "C" in titles with a "K".
Koin DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
*In the Game Boy Advance version of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', it is possible to defeat Koin with a regular or TNT Barrel. However, this can only be done in certain levels.
Koin DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Koin DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite
DKL3 GBC Koin sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' sprite
DKC3 GBA Koin sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA) sprite
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in Other Languages==
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{{Foreignname
|Jap=コイン
|Jap=コイン
|JapR=Koin
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|JapM=Koin
|JapM=Koin
|Ita=Koin
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}}


==References==
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