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[[Image:croctopus.jpg|right|frame|A '''Croctopus'''.]] | [[Image:croctopus.jpg|right|frame|A '''Croctopus'''.]] | ||
A '''Croctopus''', as the name suggests is an octopus-like enemy found underwater in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. These creatures attack the [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] by spinning their sharp, poisonous tentacles at any passers by. Their tentacles are even fatal to the Kongs ally [[Enguarde the Swordfish]]. Purple Croctopus move in fixed patterns around blocks of coral reef, while in the level "[[Croctopus Chase]]", several of them chase to Kongs for a long stretch. | A '''Croctopus''', as the name suggests is an octopus-like enemy found underwater in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. These creatures attack the [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] by spinning their sharp, poisonous tentacles at any passers by. Their tentacles are even fatal to the Kongs ally [[Enguarde the Swordfish]]. Purple Croctopus move in fixed patterns around blocks of coral reef, while in the level "[[Croctopus Chase]]", several of them chase to Kongs for a long stretch. | ||
Croctopus's also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', their appearance and attack tactics are relatively the same as ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'s'' Croctopus. | Croctopus's also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', their appearance and attack tactics are relatively the same as ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'s'' Croctopus. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* The color scheme of a Croctopus is similar to that of the [[Wikipedia:Blue Ringed Octopus|Blue Ringed Octopus]], an extremely poisonous type octopus. | |||
* Several Octopus, similar in appearance to a Croctopus appear in the game ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''. | |||
* In the GameBoy Advance remake of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]'' a boss named [[Kroctopus]] appears. Despite the similar name Kroctopus is extremely different from a Croctopus, Kroctopus is large, green, has three eyes and crab-like claws on the end of it's tentacles. | * In the GameBoy Advance remake of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]'' a boss named [[Kroctopus]] appears. Despite the similar name Kroctopus is extremely different from a Croctopus, Kroctopus is large, green, has three eyes and crab-like claws on the end of it's tentacles. | ||
Revision as of 20:16, January 26, 2007
File:Croctopus.jpg
A Croctopus.
A Croctopus, as the name suggests is an octopus-like enemy found underwater in Donkey Kong Country. These creatures attack the Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong by spinning their sharp, poisonous tentacles at any passers by. Their tentacles are even fatal to the Kongs ally Enguarde the Swordfish. Purple Croctopus move in fixed patterns around blocks of coral reef, while in the level "Croctopus Chase", several of them chase to Kongs for a long stretch. Croctopus's also appear in Donkey Kong Land, their appearance and attack tactics are relatively the same as Donkey Kong Country's Croctopus.
Trivia
- The color scheme of a Croctopus is similar to that of the Blue Ringed Octopus, an extremely poisonous type octopus.
- Several Octopus, similar in appearance to a Croctopus appear in the game Banjo-Tooie.
- In the GameBoy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble a boss named Kroctopus appears. Despite the similar name Kroctopus is extremely different from a Croctopus, Kroctopus is large, green, has three eyes and crab-like claws on the end of it's tentacles.
