Editing Koin

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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Koindk.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|full_name=Commandeer Koin<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Players_Guide_SNES_Donkey_Kong_Country_3_Dixie_Kongs_Double_Trouble_199/page/n71/mode/2up|quote='''COMMANDEER KOIN:''' You'll need Bazuka's help to get the DK Coin. Ride Bazuka's barrels over the gap. Hit the Switch Barrel above and to the left of Bazuka. Backtrack to Koin. Now the Steel Barrels will take him out.|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide|author=Rareware|publisher=Nintendo|website=Internet Archive|date=1996|language=en|page=101|accessdate=March 24, 2025}}</ref>
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|variants=[[Koindozer]]
}}
'''Koins''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. These [[Kremling]]s wear a bucket on their head and carry around a trash can lid as a shield, and a [[DK Coin]] is attached to it. Their name is a pun on "coin". By defeating the Koin, [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] can acquire its DK Coin. To defeat a Koin, the [[Kong]]s often have to throw a [[Iron Barrel|Steel Barrel]] at the wall behind Koin, causing it to bounce off and roll into Koin from behind.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Koins are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. They appear in every level, usually at the end, moving its shield in whichever direction Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong are in. If the Kongs approach a Koin from either the front or try to jump on it, the Koin uses its shield to bounce the Kongs backward. If the Kongs throw a Steel Barrel at the Koin's armor, it bounces off. If the Kongs replay a level where they have collected its DK Coin, the DK Coin no longer appears on the Koin's shield. In certain circumstances, some Koins can only be defeated if a [[Bazuka]] shoots a Steel Barrel at the Koin, in which case the Kongs have to use a [[Switch Barrel]] to change Bazuka's [[Barrel]]s or [[TNT Barrel]]s into Steel Barrels. In a few levels, the Kongs have only a single chance to defeat the Koin, if they can only get a nearby Steel Barrel by crossing a [[No Animal Sign]] with an [[Animal Friend]]. If Dixie and Kiddy are unsuccessful, they have to restart the level for another chance at defeating the Koin. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Koin is categorized with the other [[Kremling]]s as part of the [[Kremling Kreeps]] category.

Koins have a pink variant in the level [[Koindozer Klamber]], named [[Koindozer]]s. Unlike Koins, Koindozers (which cannot be defeated) attempt to defeat the Kongs by pushing them into the pits with their shields.

In certain levels of the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], a Koin can be defeated from a [[TNT Barrel]], such as in [[Surf's Up]], from the resulting explosion while Koin faces upward.

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Koins are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They are mostly the same as before, except DK Coins appear by themselves in all underwater stages instead.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=This defensive baddy will protect the [[DK Coin]] at all costs.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction manual|page=19|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>}}
{{multilang profile
|type=Player's Guide description
|Eng=Koin deflects frontal assaults with his trusty shield so you'll have to find a way to attack him from behind with a Steel Barrel. Your reward will be a DK Coin.<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan; Munson, Terry; Shinoda, Paul|date=1996|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide|page=12|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=American English}}</ref>}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Koin DKC3 side artwork.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Koin DKC3.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Koin DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Koin DKLIII sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''
DKL3 GBC Koin sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKC3 GBA Koin sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=コイン
|JpnR=Koin
|JpnM=Koin
|Ita=Koin
}}

==References==
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{{Kremlings}}
{{DKC3}}
{{DKL3}}
[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Kremling Krew]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
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