Clambo
- Not to be confused with Giant Clam, a notable Clambo who appears in Donkey Kong Land, and is alternatively named Clambo as well.
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 Artwork from Donkey Kong Country | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country (1994) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) (2003) | ||
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Clambos, generically named clams,[1] are underwater enemies first appearing in Donkey Kong Country. They are clams with a pair of eyes and a long tongue.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country[edit]
Clambos are enemies in Donkey Kong Country. They appear on the seafloor in some of the underwater levels. They repeatedly open and close their shells, and spit out one to five pearls at a time in a fixed direction whenever they open their shell, damaging the player character if a pearl touches them. Some Clambos spit out varying numbers of pearls, and the trajectory of them differs for each one. Clambos cannot be defeated by Enguarde, whom they even damage on contact, like with Croctopus.
During the game's pre-production, Clambo was known as Ms. Clamity.[2]
Donkey Kong Land[edit]
Clambos are enemies in Donkey Kong Land. They appear in Nautilus Chase only. Clambos have a different design, since they lack eyes and a tongue, and face upwards instead of left or right. Clambos still open and close their shell repeatedly, but they do not spit out pearls.
The second boss is a giant Clambo named the Giant Clam, who is fought at Seabed Showdown at the end of Kremlantis. Although it is a boss, the Giant Clam is based on the Clambos from Donkey Kong Country, as it can spit out pearls and has a very similar design to the point of the Clambos' Donkey Kong Country artwork being reused for the Giant Clam. The Giant Clam has the added ability to move around underwater, and it can also aim where it shoots out its pearls.
During the boss fight against Giant Clam, there is a Clambo-like sponge[3] positioned at the corner of the screen. Its only purpose is that its shell can bounce the pearls spit out by the Giant Clam back at it. When the sponge is hit by a pearl, its shell flicks open briefly, revealing two eyes, before it reappears, usually in another corner.
Club Nintendo[edit]
Some Clambos can be seen in the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong Country." One of them bites a Chomps which is trying to attack Diddy and Donkey Kong, in order to attack the Kongs itself.
Profiles[edit]
Donkey Kong Country[edit]
| Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) enemy | |||
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| Clambo | |||
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| Worlds | Kongo Jungle Vine Valley |
Levels | Coral Capers Clam City |
| Scrapbook page | 2 | ||
| Photograph location | In Clam City, located in a hidden alcove above a Clambo, shortly after the letter O. | DK Attack point value | N/A |
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Clambo spits pearls at you when you swim past.[4]
- English:
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Clambo.
Donkey Kong Country artwork
Donkey Kong Country sprite
Donkey Kong Country comic
Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
Printable Game Boy Printer graphic from Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クランボー[?] Kuranbō |
Clambo | |
| Spanish | Clambo[?] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ "Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes[sic] not-so-favourite things!" – Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special). EMAP (British English). Page 14.
- ^ Ghoulyboy (11:56, September 14, 2015). #DKCrevealed unused stuff - big sheet of names, locked up animals with 'too Zelda' keys and a whole level.. Twitter (British English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ "Tackling this Boss on the swim places our boys in a more precarious position than they’d like. Clambo fires pearls the size of cannon balls from the safety of its shell. They’re valuable, sure, but the damage they cause is more costly. The only other object in Clambo’s lair is a sponge, which chooses to disappear and reappear in random comers of the room. What folly is this!" – 1995. Donkey Kong Land, Nintendo Magazine System (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet. EMAP (British English). Page 15.
- ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country manual. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 30.
