Krow

Template:Character-infobox Krow is a large Mini-Necky and King K. Rool's "eye in the sky" encountered as the first boss of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. In both games, Krow is fought in the boss level Krow's Nest at the end of Gangplank Galleon. After his boss fight, Krow dies and is later fought under his ghost alias, Kreepy Krow, at Gloomy Gulch.

History

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Diddy and Dixie Kong battling Krow

In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Diddy and Dixie fight Krow at Krow's Nest at the end of Gangplank Galleon.

Krow's ghost leaving his body

In the first half of the battle, Krow picks up a large egg from his nest and hurls it at the Kongs. Later into the battle, Krow's other tactic is ramming his head into his nest. This causes a few large eggs to individually fall from the nest, and one lands on the ground. In both parts of the battle, the Kongs can attack Krow by either throwing or running into him with a large egg. After taking four hits, Krow is defeated and relinquishes the Kremkoin he was guarding. In the Game Boy Advance version, it is revealed that Krow died as his spirit can be seen leaving him and floating away). Diddy and Dixie later fight Krow in his ghostly form, Kreepy Krow, at Gloomy Gulch.

During the ending's Cast of Characters, Krow is classified under the Barnacled Bosses category with the other bosses.

Donkey Kong Land 2

Diddy fighting Krow in Donkey Kong Land 2

Krow reappears in Donkey Kong Land 2, reprising his role as the boss of Gangplank Galleon. There are some differences during his battle.

At the start of the fight, he flies up to his nest and grabs an egg and swoops down at the Kongs, then releases the egg he is holding. Like in Donkey Kong Country 2, Diddy and Dixie can pick up the egg and throw it at Krow to attack him. After Krow's first hit, Krow attempts to fly up to his nest and repeats the step where he flies up to his nest, grabs an egg, swoops at the Kongs, then tries to attack the Kongs with the egg. The Kongs must once again throw the egg at Krow to damage him. Then, Krow follows the Kongs where they walk from up above to release eggs from his nest at the Kongs. The spinning eggs do not fall on the ground properly, but ones that fall straight down hit the ground so that the Kongs can use the egg as a weapon against Krow. When the Kongs hit Krow after he repeats this step again, Krow loses the battle and leaves behind a Kremkoin. The Kongs can then move on to Krem Cauldron.

Like in Donkey Kong Country 2, Krow returns in Gloomy Gulch as Kreepy Krow. In the game, Kreepy Krow has the same in-game sprite as Krow. During the ending Cast of Characters, Krow falls under "The Baddies" category.

Physical appearance

Krow is a black Mini-Necky. He has beady black eyes and the tip of his beak is red. Like most pirates, Krow has a black tricorn hat with a skull on it. He also has a brown belt with a gold buckle around his body. Krow has three yellow claws on each of his two talons. Krow's name is a word play on the animal "crow", despite Neckies more closely resembling vultures than crows.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Cast of Characters)

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  Donkey Kong Land 2 (Cast of Characters)

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  Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA (Cast of Characters)

Sprites

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  Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)

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  Donkey Kong Land 2

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  Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゾッキー Zokkī	Zocky, based on Necky
Italian	Korvo	Krow