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{{articleabout|a mechanical foe first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''|a human character from ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' also named Buzz|[[Buzz (character)]]}}
{{distinguish|Buzzer}}
{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Buzz
|image=[[File:Green Buzz.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Buzz from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''  
|image=[[File:Buzz2.jpg|200px|]]<br>Artwork of a '''Buzz''' from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''  
|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!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] port) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|related=[[Zinger]]<br>
|subject_origin=[[Zinger]]
|relatives=[[Killer bees]]
|comparable=[[Mechanical Zinger]]
}}
}}
{{quote2|Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' manual, page 19}}
'''Buzzes''', also named '''Green Zingers'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' volume 91, pages 59-61.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51, page 20.</ref> and '''Buzzers''',<ref>''Nintendo Official Magazine'' issue 54, pages 46-50, 52-53.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51, pages 16 and 18-23.</ref> are robotic wasps<ref>{{media link|Twitterpost Buzz.jpeg|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Mark Stevenson}}</ref> that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, although their body and wings appear to be organic.


{{LLQuote|Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' manual, page 19}}
Buzzes act as the successor to [[Zinger]]s, an organic wasp species from the first two installments of both the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series. Buzzes are comparable to Zingers in numerous ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similar to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant (once named a '''Red Zinger'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 91, page 59.</ref>), which are almost completely invulnerable, except to certain objects such as [[TNT Barrel]]s.


'''Buzzes''' are robotic bees that are found in the games ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They, for the most part, replace the bee enemies, [[Zinger]]s, from the first two games in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' series. Just like Zingers, they are immune to jump attacks. Buzzes are robotic; their legs are metal and they have a buzzsaw in their abdomen. However, their bodies seem to be organic, as do their wings.
Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz," which can represent the sound made by bees while flying or the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.
 
Buzzes' name is a play on words of the onomatopoeia "buzz", representing the sound that bees make when they fly, and the buzzsaw in their abdomens.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', Buzzes are very common, usually posing as obstacles. There are two Buzz variants. Green Buzzes can be defeated by a thrown [[barrel]] or by a certain [[Animal Friend]], but the tougher red Buzzes can only be defeated by a [[TNT Barrel]], an [[Invincibility Barrel]], with the [[fireball]]s launched by [[Kroc]] in [[Krack Shot Kroc]], or with the [[Rocket Barrel]] (SNES version only).
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Buzzes are the most common enemy, especially the green variant. They cannot be defeated by [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but can be defeated by most other attacks, such as throwing a [[barrel]] at them or attacking them with an [[Animal Friend]]. Red Buzzes can usually only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an [[Invincibility Barrel]], although in [[Krack Shot Kroc]], a red Buzz gets defeated if hit by one of [[Kroc]]'s [[fireball]]s. In the final level [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]], the [[Rocket Barrel]]'s exhaust flames can defeat Red Buzzes, which turn black when defeated, although in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, this does not defeat them.
 
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', because of the [[Game Boy]]'s monochromatic screen, Buzzes do not have color variations. They have the same behavior as the green Buzzes in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. The [[Game Boy Color]] port reflects this by giving every Buzz a green sprite.


Buzzes are absent in [[Lakeside Limbo]], [[Skidda's Row]], [[Koindozer Klamber]], [[Poisonous Pipeline]], and all underwater stages.
===''Diddy Kong Pilot'' (2003 version)===
In the 2003 iteration of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', both purple and blue Buzzes appear as homing weapons that racers can use. The original red and green Buzzes do not appear in the game.


===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Purple Buzzes home in on the nearest opponent (similar to [[Red Shell]]s in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series). They appear in quantities of either one, two, or three. A Blue Buzz instead homes on the racer in first place (similar to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shells]] in the ''Mario Kart'' series), and it can only be obtained by racers in lower places. When either type crashes into a racer, they briefly fall down and bounce onto the ground. The player can dodge a Buzz by either using a [[Zinger]] or by performing a loop by pressing {{button|GBA|L}} and Up on the {{button|GBA|pad}}.
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', Buzzes behave the same way they did in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'', but are colored grey due to the Game Boy's color limitations. This means that the game lacks the red variation of the enemy, therefore, every single Buzz can be defeated with regular barrels. In the Game Boy Color version (which was exclusive to Japan), they are all colored green.


===''Diddy Kong Pilot''===
Purple Buzzes were replaced with Fire Eggs, and blue Buzzes were replaced by the Saucer of Peril in the final version, ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''.
Beta footage for the [[List of Cancelled Games and Vaporware|cancelled]] Game Boy Advance game ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' reveals that pink Buzzes were going to appear in the game as items. When used, Buzz would home in on the nearest pilot and cause them to crash on contact. The game would have also featured a blue variant, which would home in on the lead driver (similar to [[Spiny Shell (Mario Kart)|Spiny Shells]] in ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'').<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sg7SYh1lWqQ</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Buzz2.jpg|A red Buzz
Doorstop Dash DKC3 art.jpg|Artwork of green Buzzes in [[Doorstop Dash]]
KastleKAOS.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes chasing [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] outside [[Kastle Kaos]]
Pipeline DKC3 group art.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes and a [[Krimp]] chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong in [[Demolition Drain-Pipe]]
Donkey Kong Country 3 Player's Guide.jpg|A swarm of red Buzzes on the cover of the game's [[Nintendo Player's Guide]]
</gallery>
===Sprites===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Red Buzz.png|A red Buzz
Buzz DKC3 green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz2.jpg|A pink Buzz
Buzz DKC3 red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Green Buzz.jpg|A green Buzz
Buzz-RocketBarrelDefeat-DKC3.png|A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
BuzzPA.PNG|A Buzz, as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].
Buzz DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Buzz DKP.png|Buzz as it would have appeared in ''Diddy Kong Pilot''.
Buzz DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
Buzz DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKP03 Blue Buzz.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)]]''
DKP03 Pink Buzz.png|''Diddy Kong Pilot''
Buzz DKC3 GBA green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
Buzz DKC3 GBA red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Names in other languages ==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=バズ
|Jap=バズ
|JapR=Bazu
|JapR=Bazu
|JapM=Buzz
|JapM=Buzz
|Ita=Buzz
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*Although Buzzes are colored pink in one of their official artworks, there are no Buzzes in-game with that color.


==References==
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Revision as of 09:09, April 14, 2024

Not to be confused with Buzzer.
Buzz
Artwork of a green Buzz from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Buzz from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)
Subject origin Zinger
Relatives
Comparable

Template:Quote2 Buzzes, also named Green Zingers[1][2] and Buzzers,[3][4] are robotic wasps[5] that appear in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, although their body and wings appear to be organic.

Buzzes act as the successor to Zingers, an organic wasp species from the first two installments of both the Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land series. Buzzes are comparable to Zingers in numerous ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similar to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant (once named a Red Zinger[6]), which are almost completely invulnerable, except to certain objects such as TNT Barrels.

Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz," which can represent the sound made by bees while flying or the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.

History

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Buzzes are the most common enemy, especially the green variant. They cannot be defeated by Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong directly, but can be defeated by most other attacks, such as throwing a barrel at them or attacking them with an Animal Friend. Red Buzzes can usually only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an Invincibility Barrel, although in Krack Shot Kroc, a red Buzz gets defeated if hit by one of Kroc's fireballs. In the final level Rocket Rush, the Rocket Barrel's exhaust flames can defeat Red Buzzes, which turn black when defeated, although in the Game Boy Advance version, this does not defeat them.

Donkey Kong Land III

In Donkey Kong Land III, because of the Game Boy's monochromatic screen, Buzzes do not have color variations. They have the same behavior as the green Buzzes in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. The Game Boy Color port reflects this by giving every Buzz a green sprite.

Diddy Kong Pilot (2003 version)

In the 2003 iteration of Diddy Kong Pilot, both purple and blue Buzzes appear as homing weapons that racers can use. The original red and green Buzzes do not appear in the game.

Purple Buzzes home in on the nearest opponent (similar to Red Shells in the Mario Kart series). They appear in quantities of either one, two, or three. A Blue Buzz instead homes on the racer in first place (similar to the Spiny Shells in the Mario Kart series), and it can only be obtained by racers in lower places. When either type crashes into a racer, they briefly fall down and bounce onto the ground. The player can dodge a Buzz by either using a Zinger or by performing a loop by pressing L Button and Up on the +Control Pad.

Purple Buzzes were replaced with Fire Eggs, and blue Buzzes were replaced by the Saucer of Peril in the final version, Banjo-Pilot.

Gallery

Artwork

Sprites

  • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

  • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

  • A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

  • Donkey Kong Land III

    Donkey Kong Land III

  • Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

    Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

  • Diddy Kong Pilot

    Diddy Kong Pilot

  • Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

    Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

  • Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

    Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バズ
Bazu
 Buzz

Italian Buzz
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References

  1. ^ Nintendo Power volume 91, pages 59-61.
  2. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51, page 20.
  3. ^ Nintendo Official Magazine issue 54, pages 46-50, 52-53.
  4. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51, pages 16 and 18-23.
  5. ^ Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Mark StevensonMedia:Twitterpost Buzz.jpeg
  6. ^ Nintendo Power volume 91, page 59.
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Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
Prisoners Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Kong* • Lanky Kong* • Tiny Kong* • Chunky Kong*
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Brothers Bear Bachelor* • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus* • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kracka* • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolates* • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rose* • Shell • Ski • Star
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Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
Cotton Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrier† • Kroctopus Krush*
Pacifica* Dingy Drain-Pipe* • Stormy Seas* • Sunken Spruce* • Cliffside Blast* • Ripcurl Reef* • Surf's Up* • Barbos's Barrier
Kaos Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
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* Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version
† Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version
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Donkey Kong Land III
Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Niknak • Rekoil • Skidda • Sneek
Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion
Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic
Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack
Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy Kaos
Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K Rool Duel
Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K Rools Last Stand
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • KONG Letters • Propellerpack • Star • Toboggan
Miscellaneous Gallery • Glitches • Media • Cards • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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