Editing Shuri

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Shuri DKC2 art.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|variants=[[Scubi]]
}}
'''Shuries'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKC2 Manual 28-29.jpg|page 29]].</ref> are starfish enemies that first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. They appear in the underwater areas of [[Donkey Kong Island]] and [[Crocodile Isle]]. Their name is an abbreviation of {{wp|shuriken}}, a spinning weapon which incidentally resembles a starfish. Shuries are shaped like a shuriken, and they spin like one while moving around.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Shuries appear in many underwater levels, starting with [[Lockjaw's Locker (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lockjaw's Locker]]. There are two color variants, orange and pink, and they have slightly distinctive behavior. The orange Shuries spin through the water and bounce off the walls. The pink Shuries await [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] in a corner, and upon noticing them, the Shuri rapidly spins in the Kongs' direction. Like other enemies, if the [[Kong]]s get hit by Shuri, the player loses a Kong. Shuries can only be defeated by [[Enguarde the Swordfish]].

In the ending's Cast of Characters, Shuries appear under the [[Submerged Seadogs]] category.

====''Donkey Kong Land 2''====
Shuries also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. Due to the [[Game Boy]]'s monochromatic palette, Shuries do not appear in their color variants.
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====''Donkey Kong 64''====
Shuries make another appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They are uncommon enemies who are only encountered in a few underwater areas. Shuries are larger than in their previous appearances. Only the orange Shuries reappear, and they were made slightly larger. The Shuries retain their attack patterns from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. It is possible to defeat a Shuri using Oranges, but this can only be accomplished in one of [[Angry Aztec]]'s temples, and it does not yield any melon slices for doing so. No other attack works on it, not even Enguarde in [[Gloomy Galleon]].

The game introduces a purple variant of Shuri in scuba gear, named [[Scubi]].

====''DK: King of Swing'' / ''DK: Jungle Climber''====
Shuries also appear in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' and its sequel ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', where their attack patterns still remain the same.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:ShuriKun.png|thumb|150px|A Shuri in ''Super Mario-Kun'']]
A Shuri makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. The last part of the book has a series of comics based on ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Shuri.
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==Gallery==
===Sprites===
<gallery>
Shuri DKC2.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
Shuri DKL2.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''
Shuri DKC2GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)
Shuri-DKKOS.png|''[[DK: King of Swing]]''
Shuri DKJC.png|''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Arctic Abyss 2.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
ShuriBQ.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
Shuri.jpg|''Donkey Kong 64''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=シュリ
|JapR=Shuri
|JapM=Transliterated from the English name
|Spa=Shuri
|SpaM=Same as English name
|Ita=Shuri
|ItaM=-
}}

==Trivia==
*Shuri was originally intended to be an enemy in the first ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.<ref>{{media link|DKC general naming.jpg|Early DKC general naming sheet}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Echinoderms]]
[[Category:DK: Jungle Climber enemies]]
[[Category:DK: King of Swing enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 enemies]]
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