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|image=[[File:Kuro.png|160px]] | |image=[[File:Kuro.png|160px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]]) | ||
| | |parent_species=[[Nitpicker]] | ||
| | |related=[[Hawks]]<br>[[Kaibādo]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit | '''Kuro''', originally referred to as '''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit computer conversion</ref>, are flying corvid [[Nitpicker]]s that make their debut in the ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' arcade game. In most versions, they sport thick beaks and flap their wings in a brisk pace while flying. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Donkey Kong'' series=== | ===''Donkey Kong'' series=== | ||
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|footer=Birds in various different ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' versions | |footer=Birds in various different ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' versions | ||
|image1=DKJ Arcade Bird.png | |image1=DKJ Arcade Bird.png | ||
|width1=16 | |width1=16 | ||
|image2=DKJrNESCrow.png | |image2=DKJrNESCrow.png | ||
|width2=16 | |width2=16 | ||
|image3=DKJr2600Nitpicker.png | |image3=DKJr2600Nitpicker.png | ||
|width3=16 | |width3=16 | ||
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Kuro, referred to as '''Nitpickers'''<ref>Instruction manual for Atari 2600 home conversion</ref><ref>Instruction manuals for ColecoVision and Intellivision home conversions</ref><ref>Instruction manual for Atari 7800 home conversion</ref> or '''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8/>, make their first appearance in [[Stage 4 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|stage 4]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Like the Nitpickers in [[Stage 2 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|stage 2]], these Birds similarly fly horizontally across the screen, descending progressively as they meet its margins. They flee off-screen after performing four such flights. Unlike those Nitpickers, they do not bombard [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] with [[egg]]s, and are designed to look more like ravens in most versions, given their dark coloration and chubby structure. They can be defeated the same way nonetheless, as falling [[fruit]] can put an end to them. | |||
====''Donkey Kong | ====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)==== | ||
A | A single Kuro nest can be seen in the Game Boy ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', in [[Stage 9-4]] of the [[Tower (world)|Tower]], a boss stage that resembles stage 4 from ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' It spawns two Kuro birds on-screen at a time. After rising slowly from their nest, Kuro fly horizontally across the room, moving down a short distance and turning back upon meeting the room's limits. They perform three complete flights, and flee outside the map of the stage afterwards. Kuro can not be practically defeated, as the stage they appear in presents no means of combat against them. They now attempt to drop eggs on [[Mario]] if they fly above him. Unless they are avoided, or deflected with a [[handstand]], these eggs can plummet down on the character and cause him to lose a life. | ||
Kuro are identical in behavior to [[Hawks]] and [[Kaibādo]], which are other successors of [[Nitpicker]]s. | |||
===Family BASIC=== | |||
In the [[Family BASIC]] accessory to the [[Family Computer]], it is known as Nitpicker and is one of three programmable bird characters. It also makes a cameo on the Message Board. | |||
===''WarioWare Gold''=== | ===''WarioWare Gold''=== | ||
Birds | In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', two Birds have to be avoided by Donkey Kong Jr. as he climbs two ropes in the third difficulty of the [[Donkey Kong Jr. (microgame)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] microgame. They fly on a straight line from left to right, across the ropes. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
DKGB Crow.png|Sprite of a Kuro | |||
DKGB Crow.png|Sprite of a | Kuro KC.png|A Kuro, as illustrated in volume 30 of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] manga | ||
Kuro KC.png|A | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap= | |Jap=クロ<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP#37 Page 75.]</ref><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 30 of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, [[Media:Donkey Kong GB characters KC.jpg|page 51]]</ref> | ||
|JapR=Kuro | |||
|JapM="Black" after their Game Boy coloration; also a play on the English word "[[Crow]]" | |||
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}} | }} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{DKJR}} | {{DKJR}} | ||
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[[Category:Corvids]] | [[Category:Corvids]] | ||
[[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy) | [[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy) Enemies]] | ||
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jr. | [[Category:Donkey Kong Jr.]] | ||