Editing Crocodile Isle

|image=[[File:Crocodile Isle DKC2.png|256px]]<br>The original Crocodile Isle in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''

'''Crocodile Isle''' (also known as the '''Kremling island'''<ref>{{cite|author=Swanky Kong|quote=On the Kremling island map, how many small wasps hover around the wasp hives?|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Swanky Kong|quote=What is the name of the Kremling island that you are on?|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''}}</ref> and '''Krem Island'''<ref>{{cite|date=September 1995|title=''Nintendo Power'' vol. 76|page=23|quote='''<u>CAPTURED</u>:''' Dixie and Diddy won't go it alone when they reach Krem Island on their search for Donkey Kong.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>) is a large mountainous island and the main setting of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. It is also the originating location of the [[Kremling]]s, the [[Kremling Krew]]'s capital base of operations, and the neighboring island to [[Donkey Kong Island]]. After being destroyed, it was replaced by an artificial island built by [[Snide]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=Bihldorff, Nate, Jason Leung, and Drew Williams|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Player's Guide|page=7|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|quote=<u>'''SNIDE</u>:''' Once he was K. Rool’s mechanical mastermind, but then the ungrateful monarch stole Snide’s Blueprint of the king’s floating island and gave the hapless henchman the royal boot.}}</ref>

[[File:Crocodile Isle GBA.png|thumb|left|110px|Crocodile Isle in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance remake]]]]

[[File:Crocodile Isle last moments.png|thumb|The Kongs witnessing Crocodile Isle sinking underwater in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''{{'}}s ending]]

{{quote|Have you been to see my husband Cranky? He complains a little, but he does know everything about this island.|[[Wrinkly Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]}}

During the events of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] travel to Crocodile Isle in search for [[Donkey Kong]]. If they manage to defeat [[Kaptain K. Rool]] a second time, in Krocodile Kore, he falls into Krocodile Kore's volcano, which creates an explosion resulting in the entire Crocodile Isle sinking into the sea. However, K. Rool manages to escape on a raft, laughing. Donkey Kong, Diddy, and Dixie witness all of these events from Donkey Kong Island.

Crocodile Isle directly contrasts with Donkey Kong Island, which features a thriving ecosystem and plentiful wildlife. Crocodile Isle has a dark and murky environment with lots of pollution and barrenness, as evidenced by the dead trees, mining, [[toxic waste]], and garbage. This was caused by [[King K. Rool|K. Rool]]'s pollution and waste of natural resources.<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|page=46|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1995|quote='''<u>JUNGLE JINX</u>:''' It looks like K. Rool hasn’t heard about preserving the rain forests. Here he’s dumping bunches of giant tires in Diddy and Dixie’s path!}}</ref> However, Crocodile Isle is seemingly in close proximity to Donkey Kong Island to the southeast, as said island is visible from two locations on the isle. A hidden location also appears somewhere in Crocodile Isle, and it does not appear on the main world map, the Lost World. A large volcano-shaped altar, [[Krocodile Kore]], appears in the center of the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]], and it serves as the island's core.

Shipwrecks surround Crocodile Isle. A large sculpted crocodile head follows after it, at the very bottom of the isle. An isolated volcanic region and a few mine shafts are hosted within the sculpted head. Most of the lower region consists of swamps: one of them features a massive shipwreck and another has an abandoned, derelict amusement park built upon it. [[Zinger]] hives and [[bramble]] infestations are also common areas.

The higher altitudes of Crocodile Isle are colder and very windy. This shift occurs in a spooky forest following after the swamps and amusement park. Lastly, [[K. Rool's Keep]] appears at the peak, atop a cluster of carved K. Rool heads known as Mount Kremore.<ref>{{file link|Crocodile Isle Concept.jpg}}</ref> The castle is the highest altitude of Crocodile Isle, and due to its high elevation, there are a few frozen caverns in the tower's foundation.

[[Cranky Kong]] is knowledgeable about Crocodile Isle, even knowing about the secret Lost World.<ref>{{cite|quote=''Even old Cranky Kong is getting on the entrepreneurial spirit! He's opened a small outlet where you learn more about the "history" and "culture" of Crocodile Isle.''|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2004|page=26|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Cranky Kong|quote=I reckon I'd found all the Kremkoins and completed the so called 'Lost World'. Oh well, can't expect everything from our first game, can we?|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''}}</ref>

*[[Gangplank Galleon (world)|Gangplank Galleon]]: The scuttled remains of [[Gangplank Galleon|K. Rool's ship]] from the previous game, now depicted as being much larger. [[Krow]] is fought here.

*[[Crocodile Cauldron]]: A magma-filled cave fairly close to sea level. [[Kleever]] is fought here.

*[[Krem Quay]]: A polluted marshland that was the island's former main port. [[Kudgel]] is fought here.

*[[Krazy Kremland]]: The island's amusement park, currently in disrepair and with a massive Zinger infestation. [[King Zing]] is fought here.

*[[Gloomy Gulch]]: A haunted forest of dead trees, some of which have sinister faces. [[Kreepy Krow]] is fought here.

*[[K. Rool's Keep]]: Kaptain K. Rool's fortress atop the icy summit. No boss is fought here, though [[Kerozene]] is in [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance remake]].

*[[The Flying Krock]]: A massive flying battleship connected to K. Rool's Keep via a long ladder that goes through the [[bramble]] thickets. [[King K. Rool#Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Kaptain K. Rool]] is fought here.

*[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]]: A mysterious underground jungle whose many entrances are guarded by [[Klubba]]. Kaptain K. Rool is fought a second time here.

[[File:Crocodile Isle DKL2.png|frame|Crocodile Isle in ''Donkey Kong Land 2'']]

In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', the story behind Crocodile Isle is a retelling of that from ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', where Diddy and Dixie go to rescue Donkey Kong. As a result of defeating Kaptain K. Rool in the Lost World, the entire Crocodile Isle explodes and simultaneously sinks into the ocean. This time, K. Rool is not seen escaping the isle. There are only a few differences with Crocodile Isle: the map layout is reversed, two of the worlds were merged into a volcanic-swamp hybrid, [[Krem Cauldron]], and a single [[Klubba's Kiosk]] appears on the main world map, left of Gloomy Gulch.

[[File:Mechanical Crocodle Isle.png|thumb|150px|left|The new Crocodile Isle]]

{{quote|SQUAWK! He's back, DK! King K. Rool's island is just over there!|[[Squawks]]|[[Donkey Kong 64]]}}

A new version of Crocodile Isle<ref>{{cite|quote=The Islands: The once idyllic Kong Isle now has an unpleasant neighbor in the form of K. Rool's massive mechanical Crocodile Isle. This monstrosity towers over our homeland, with the ridiculously named Blast-o-Matic device ready to reduce it to rubble. Between them, these two contrasting islands conceal the entrances to all the levels.|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' instruction booklet|page=29}}</ref> (also referred to as '''Crocodile Rock''',<ref>{{cite|author=Bihldorff, Nate, Jason Leung, and Drew Williams|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|page=49|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''K. Rool's Mobile Island Fortress''',<ref>{{cite|author=Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=14|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=December 1, 1999|isbn=0-7615-2279-4|language=en-us}}</ref> and '''K. Rool Island'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bihldorff, Nate et al.|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=128}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000304171035/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/dkisles.html|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Banana Guide|accessdate=June 2, 2024}}</ref>) returns in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', where it has been converted into a massive naval fortress by [[Snide]].<ref>{{cite|quote=The former chief technician of King K. Rool's is primarily responsible for the design and construction of the floating fortress and the Blast-o-matic.|author=Snide's bio|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' German website}}</ref> The ship is gray and green and features several metal pieces over the original stone island. It has iron patches, a bronze head, red eyes, a golden crown, a wooden bridge, gray floors, pipes, five doors and red propellers. Crocodile Isle has an engine allowing it to move through the sea by using the ships' two screws. [[K. Lumsy's Prison]] is connected to Crocodile Isle through a cable. The base of Crocodile Isle is mainly operated and serviced by [[Kritter]]s, although in some cutscenes, they are shown to have little knowledge about the machinery and rely mostly on force to keep its base operational. A large laser cannon named the [[Blast-o-Matic]] is installed in the center of the ship, and the machine is also maintained by Kritters. King K. Rool resides in a chamber resembling a throne room. The final level, [[Hideout Helm]], takes place inside Crocodile Isle, and the Kongs can explore areas such as the ship control room and the throne room.

 

During the game's opening, King K. Rool orders his servants to move Crocodile Isle to the [[DK Isles]], where he attempts to use the Blast-o-Matic to destroy Kong Isle to take revenge on [[Donkey Kong]] and his friends. Though later, an argument starts between the two Kritters in charge of the steering wheel, as they cannot decide whether to move the ship to the right or to the left. The purple [[Klaptrap]] who controls the steering wheel gets distracted by the argument, and the ship crashes against a rock, breaking the Blast-o-Matic. After this, the [[Kremling]]s fix the Blast-o-Matic while Donkey Kong is distracted by King K. Rool's guards. During the game, a few levels are accessed from different parts of Crocodile Isle, including K. Lumsy's Prison. The last level, Hideout Helm, is located at the top of the Kremling base. The [[Kong]]s come here to shut down the Blast-o-Matic and battle K. Rool, though the latter flees in his [[Kremling craft|aircraft]] before being defeated. In the [[Game Over]] sequence, King K. Rool aims the Blast-o-Matic out from Crocodile Isle directly at Kong Isle.

 

*[[Frantic Factory]]: A hazardous toy factory filled with various mechanical foes, roughly corresponding to [[Kremkroc Industries, Inc.]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. [[Mad Jack]] is fought here.

K. Rool's Mobile Island Fortress (K. Lumsy's Prison).png|[[K. Lumsy's Prison]]

K. Rool's Mobile Island Fortress (inside).png|[[Snide's H.Q.]]

Though Crocodile Isle never directly appeared on the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]], several Kremling characters such as King K. Rool and [[Kaptain Skurvy]] would sometimes mention the "swamps back home".<ref>{{cite|author=K. Rool|quote=Oh, my favorite part is going back to the swamplands to play gator games with all my slithering siblings.|title=The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights, ''Donkey Kong Country''}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Kaptain Skurvy|quote=That's 'cause as a young 'un, ye played with 'em, and set the swamps on fire, burnin' us outta house and home.|title=The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights, ''Donkey Kong Country''}}</ref>

In the obscure Donkey Kong comic ''[[Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald]]'', Crocodile Isle never made a direct appearance, though several locations ventured through in the comic, such as a [[Krem Quay|Krochead and a crashed ship-filled swamp]], along with the "[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost Land]]", are obviously based off areas of Crocodile Isle.

 

Crocodile Isle reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as part of King K. Rool's Final Smash, in which he fires the Blast-o-Matic at Donkey Kong Island. While primarily based on the iteration from ''Donkey Kong 64'', the island has been redesigned, now being a natural island like the original instead of a naval fortress. The top is now shiny and golden, while the body of it has been simplified.

*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''As the home port of Kaptain K. Rool's cutthroat pirates. Crocodile Isle is teeming with all types of Kremlings. There's even more variety of terrain on this than there was in Donkey Kong Country. And K. Rool definitely has the home turf advantage here.''<ref>{{cite|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=20|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>

*'''''Nintendo Power'' vol. 76:''' ''The home island of K. Rool holds creatures that bite and sting and crush and claw - rats on the shipwrecks, bees in the hives, porcupines in the woods, pufferfish in the sea.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 76|page=26|date=September 1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

*'''''Nintendo Power'' vol. 79:''' ''King K. Rool now fancies himself a pirate, taking on the title of "Kaptain" and ordering his Kremlings to dress up as peg-legged buccaneers. In the best (worst?) pirate tradition, they've kidnapped Donkey Kong and are holding him for ransom in their lair on Crocodile Isle. Now it's Diddy and Dixie's turn to play hero, swinging, jumping and bopping their way across six massive worlds (each with multiple stages) in search of their hapless comrade!''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79|page=15|date=December 1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

*'''''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK):''' ''K. Rool's island is host to all manner of biting things, stinging things and crawling things!''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' Volume 34|page=20|date=July 1995}}</ref>

*'''Instruction booklet''' (Game Boy Advance version): ''As the hideout of Kaptain K. Rool's cutthroat pirates, Crocodile Isle is teeming with Kremlings of all kinds, and there's an even greater variety of terrain on this island than in Donkey Kong Country. Going sightseeing? Here's what to look for!''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) manual|page=26|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

 

DK Isles.png|A map depicting Donkey Kong Island and Crocodile Isle, used as a backdrop in the file select screen of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''

K. Rool's Mobile Island Fortress.png|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''

Crocodile Isle DKC2 GBA sinking.png|Crocodile Isle sinking underwater in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake

SSBU Blast-o-Matic Spirit.png|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''<br>([[Blast-o-Matic]] [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]])

|Jap=クレムリン{{ruby|島|とう}}<ref>{{cite|date=1995|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=6|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>

|Ita=Isola dei Coccodrilli<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' Italian booklet|page=20}}</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' back of the Italian boxart</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' English-Italian manual|page=40}}</ref>

|ItaN=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', ''Donkey Kong 64''

|Ita2=Crocodile Island<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/it-it/Giochi/Super-Nintendo/Donkey-Kong-Country-2-Diddy-s-Kong-Quest-276907.html|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''|publisher=Nintendo of Italy|language=it|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=24}}</ref>

|Ita2N=''Donkey Kong Land 2''

|Ita3=Isola Krodilla

|Ita3N=''Donkey Kong Country 2''

|Ita3M=Krodile Isle; probably meant to be a portmanteau of ''coccodrillo'' ("crocodile") and "gorilla"