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| | [[Image:Karbine.gif|thumb|right|A '''Karbine''', as seen in ''Donkey Kong Country 3's'' end-of-game scrapbook.]] |
| |image=[[File:Karbine DKC3 artwork.jpg|200x200px]]<br>Artwork of a Karbine from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
| | '''Karbines''' are small owl-like creatures that are only encountered in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
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| |latest_appearance=[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|''Donkey Kong Country 3'']] ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
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| '''Karbines''' are small robotic owl-like enemies that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They are named after {{wp|carbine}}s, which are firearms similar to a rifle or musket. Karbines carry large cannons similar to those of [[Bazuka]]s. | |
| ==History==
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| ===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
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| [[File:FireballFrenzy-GBA.png|thumb|left|The Kongs moving across a horizontal rope and avoiding the Karbines' fireballs in the Game Boy Advance version]]
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| In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Karbines only appear in [[Fire-Ball Frenzy]], where they are the main obstacle. Karbines only appear in the background where they shoot [[Fireball (obstacle)|fireballs]] at [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]]. Some Karbines follow the [[Kong]]s while shooting, but stop following them after a certain point. After shooting a fireball, Karbine pauses for a few seconds before firing out the next one. Karbines cannot be defeated. Karbines often appear together in small groups, firing in succession from right to left rhythmically. Sometimes, in groups of threes, the first and third Karbines fire simultaneously, followed by the middle one. Some Karbines shoot out three fireballs in a row before pausing. There are four Karbines that appear just before Fire-Ball Frenzy's [[Level Flag]]. After a while, the Karbine stops following Dixie and Kiddy. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a photograph of a Karbine appears under the [[Flying Fiends]] category.
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| In the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|version]], some Karbines have shorter intervals between shooting fireballs, which means that the Kongs have less time to avoid their fireballs.
| | Karbines are the main obstacles in the level "[[Fire-Ball Frenzy]]" in the area [[Mekanos]], this is also the only level they are found in. Karbines do not attack [[Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, instead they rely on large cannons they carry which shoot large fireballs at the Kongs. Karbines can not be defeated in any way, they can only be avoided. |
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| ===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
| | In the Game Boy Advance remake, some of the attacks of Karbines are made more difficult to avoid, such as the place where 3 Kurbines shoot at least a tenth of a second after the first, has been harder and less time was added to escape. |
| {{rewrite-expand|section=yes|include information on fireball patterns in ''Donkey Kong Land III''}}
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| In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Karbine appear in four levels: [[Karbine Kaos]], [[Bazuka Bombard]], [[Kuchuka Karnage]], and [[Barrel Boulevard]]. Karbine's name is featured in their first level appearance, Karbine Kaos, where [[Squitter the Spider|Squitter]] also appears. Squitter is shown to be invulnerable to Karbine's fireballs as long as he remains on the ground. | |
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| Karbine's fireballs share the same sprite as [[Bleak]]'s [[snowball]]s in ''Donkey Kong Land III''. In the [[Game Boy Color]] port, this includes the color palette, as both have a faint purple color.
| | == Trivia == |
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| ==Gallery==
| | * It is unknown if Karbines have any affiliation with the [[Kremling Krew]]; though it is possible they do as they wield cannons similar to the ones the Kremling Krew soldiers [[Bazuka]]s do. |
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| Karbine DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
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| Karbine DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
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| Karbine DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite
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| DKLIII GBC Karbine sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' sprite
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| DKC3 GBA Karbine sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA) sprite
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
| | * Karbines have a small resemblance to [[Pidgits]], owl-like enemies from the [[Mario]] series of games. |
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| |Jap=カービン
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| |JapR=Kābin
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| |JapM=Karbine
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| ==Trivia==
| | *Karbines did not appear in ''Donkey Kong Country 3's'' semi-sequel, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 3]]''. |
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| |footer=Karbine's original design.
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| |image1=KarbineDKC3.png
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| |alt1=Artwork of the first design.
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| |image2=Karbine proto design ingame.png
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| |alt2=The original Karbine in a Nintendo Power screenshot.
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| |image3=Karbine robot design ingame.jpg
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| |alt3=The original Karbine in a UK Nintendo Magazine System screenshot.
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| *Karbine originally appeared as a chrome-plated robotic humanoid with a glowing red visor and helicopter propellers,<ref>{{cite|author=playtonicalMark|date=November 3, 2016|url=x.com/playtonicalMark/status/794153307329675264|title=Response by Mark Stevenson|publisher=X|accessdate=May 26, 2017|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210610075123/https://twitter.com/playtonicalMark/status/794153307329675264}}</ref> as seen in page 33 of volume 89 of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' and page 24 of volume 90 of the same magazine, as well as page 84 of issue 50 of the United Kingdom's ''Nintendo Magazine System''.
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| ==References==
| | {{Birds}} |
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| {{DKC3}}
| | [[Category: Donkey Kong Enemies]] |
| {{DKL3}}
| | [[Category: Donkey Kong Species]] |
| [[Category:Owls]]
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| [[Category:Robots]]
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| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]] | |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]] | |
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