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[[File:Ice dragon conceptart.png|thumb|260px|Concept artwork of an ice dragon]]
[[File:Ice dragon conceptart.png|thumb|260px|Concept artwork of an ice dragon]]
An '''ice dragon'''<ref name="ice-dragon">"In addition to launching frozen minions into the air, he can use his horn to send '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles''' crashing down onto your platform. After these '''ice dragons''' fly out of his horn, watch the top of your screen." — von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide, page 225</ref> is an airborne entity serving [[Lord Fredrik]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. Ice dragons are produced by Lord Fredrik's [[Horn (object)|horn]] and cast ice wherever they fly. One of them first appears in the game's prologue and partakes in helping the [[Snowmads|Snowmad]] crew conquer [[Donkey Kong Island]]. Later in the game, during the final boss fight, several ice dragons are used as weapons against the [[Kong]]s. It is worth to be noted that the game's [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide once refers to ice dragons as '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles'''<ref name="ice-dragon"/>.
'''Ice dragons'''<ref name="ice-dragon">"In addition to launching frozen minions into the air, he can use his horn to send '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles''' crashing down onto your platform. After these '''ice dragons''' fly out of his horn, watch the top of your screen." — von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide. Page 225.</ref> are airborne entities produced by [[Lord Fredrik]]'s [[Horn (object)|horn]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. One of them first appears in the game's prologue, producing a blizzard on [[Donkey Kong Island]] and freezing it in the process, which is followed by the [[Snowmads]] settling on the island.


[[File:IceDragon DKCTF.jpg|thumb|left|An ice dragon, diving onto the arena in [[Lord Fredrik|Volcano Dome]]]]
[[File:IceDragon DKCTF.jpg|thumb|left|An ice dragon, diving onto the arena in [[Lord Fredrik|Volcano Dome]]]]
In the prologue, Lord Fredrik is brought a magic horn used to release ice dragons. A powerful blow in the instrument turns into one such creature. The monster then flies out, cleaving the air rapidly while surrounded by thick layers of clouds and fog. The dragon produces weather-changing winds and is set to glide into Donkey Kong Island. [[Donkey Kong]] and his friends, who are celebrating his birthday at the time, are blasted far away by the winds, and the island is left to be transformed into an arctic wasteland by the dragon alone. The outcome of the event is the Snowmad conquest of the island.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XOjlhR0YhR0?t=1m1s Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Intro & Opening Cutscene (Wii U)] posted by GameXplain, starting from where Lord Fredrik is brought his horn. Retrieved February 1, 2017.</ref>


Lord Fredrik employs ice dragons again during the battle in Volcano Dome, this time as means of weaponry against the Kongs. The dragons dive down onto the arena, after signaling their coming with falling ice sheds. When colliding with the ground, they turn a patch of its surface into solid ice, making it slippery. Ice dragons can damage the Kongs if they crash onto them, depleting a heart from their heart meter.
Lord Fredrik employs ice dragons again to attack the [[Kong]]s during the battle in [[Volcano Dome]], using them in two ways. In one of Lord Fredrik's attacks, ice dragons launch from his horn in the background plane and crash down onto the arena to create slippery patches on the ground. When Lord Fredrik is on the same platform as the Kongs, they can also be sent horizontally towards them.
 
The game's [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide also refers to ice dragons as '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles'''.<ref name="ice-dragon"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:10, September 14, 2020

Concept artwork of an ice dragon, unlocked in the Extras menu after collecting all Puzzle Pieces in Frozen Frenzy
Concept artwork of an ice dragon

Ice dragons[1] are airborne entities produced by Lord Fredrik's horn in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. One of them first appears in the game's prologue, producing a blizzard on Donkey Kong Island and freezing it in the process, which is followed by the Snowmads settling on the island.

Scene from the Battle of Stramford Bridge in 1066 depicting King Harald Hardrada using armed forces against two English soldiers.
An ice dragon, diving onto the arena in Volcano Dome

Lord Fredrik employs ice dragons again to attack the Kongs during the battle in Volcano Dome, using them in two ways. In one of Lord Fredrik's attacks, ice dragons launch from his horn in the background plane and crash down onto the arena to create slippery patches on the ground. When Lord Fredrik is on the same platform as the Kongs, they can also be sent horizontally towards them.

The game's Prima guide also refers to ice dragons as dragon-shaped ice projectiles.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "In addition to launching frozen minions into the air, he can use his horn to send dragon-shaped ice projectiles crashing down onto your platform. After these ice dragons fly out of his horn, watch the top of your screen." — von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Prima Official Game Guide. Page 225.
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong*
Supporting Don Zunāna • Funky Kong • Professor Chops • Rambi • Squawks • Tawks*
Bosses Pompy • Skowl • Ba-Boom • Fugu • Bashmaster • Lord Fredrik
Other Big Squeekly • Goats • Mugly • Skittler • Snippys
Enemies Snowmad Tucks (Archy · Archy (fire) · Big Sphen · Boom Bird · Painguin Tucks · Papa Painguin · Pengatcha 1-gō · Pointy Tucks · Soary · Speedy Tucks · Speedy Tuff Tucks · Trench Tucks · Tuff Tucks) • Fluff (Harey · Harold · Tuff Fluff) • Hootz (Blue Hootz · Hot Hootz · Puffton · Tuffton) • Ice dragon • Lemmington • Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie · Fish Poker Pops · Walbrick · Walnut)
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Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Blue Balloon • Capsule Toy Machine • Crash Guard • Flying banana • Gold Heart • Green Balloon • Heart • Heart Boost • KONG Letters • Mysterious relic • Puzzle Piece • Red Balloon
Projectiles Barrel • Kong Barrel • Water Sack • Watermelon Fuse Bomb
Miscellaneous Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bell • Burlap Hanging Sack • Climbing grass • Collapsible Underwater Grass • Cracked Block • Current • Item container • Item Handle • Pile of leaves • Purple Flower Platform • Rambi Crate • Rolling leaf • Slot Machine Barrel • Snowflake Shield • Spinning Platform • Spring Platform • Swinging vine • Vine-Triggered Platform • Zip-Line Vine
Vehicles Log Canoe • Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Obstacles Avalanche • Chunk of ice • Electroid • Fireball • Fire Floor • Giant Spiked Nut • Hanging TNT • Icicle • Proximity mine • Snowball • Snowflake • Sting Tentacle • Tornado • Volcanic debris
Moves Cane Bounce • Cartwheel Attack • Charge • Cling • Corkscrew • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Helicopter Spin • Ranged attack • Roll Attack
Levels Lost Mangroves 1-1: Mangrove Cove • 1-2: Shipwreck Shore • 1-3: Canopy Chaos • 1-4: Trunk Twister • 1-A: Zip-Line Shrine • 1-B: Busted Bayou • 1-K: Swinger Flinger • 1-BOSS: Big Top Bop
Autumn Heights 2-2: Windmill Hills • 2-2: Mountain Mania • 2-3: Horn Top Hop • 2-4: Sawmill Thrill • 2-5: Alpine Incline • 2-6: Wing Ding • 2-A: Crumble Cavern • 2-B: Rodent Ruckus • 2-K: Bopopolis • 2-BOSS: Mountaintop Tussle
Bright Savannah 3-1: Grassland Groove • 3-2: Baobab Bonanza • 3-3: Frantic Fields • 3-4: Scorch 'n' Torch • 3-5: Twilight Terror • 3-6: Cannon Canyon • 3-A: Rickety Rafters • 3-B: Bramble Scramble • 3-K: Precarious Pendulums • 3-BOSS: Triple Trouble
Sea Breeze Cove 4-1: Deep Keep • 4-2: High Tide Ride • 4-3: Amiss Abyss • 4-4: Irate Eight • 4-5: Sea Stack Attack • 4-6: Current Capers • 4-A: Rockin' Relics • 4-B: Shoal Atoll • 4-K: Spinning Spines • 4-BOSS: Fugu Face-Off
Juicy Jungle 5-1: Harvest Hazards • 5-2: Reckless Ride • 5-3: Fruity Factory • 5-4: Panicky Paddles • 5-5: Jelly Jamboree • 5-6: Frosty Fruits • 5-A: Beehive Brawl • 5-B: Jammin' Jams • 5-K: Platform Problems • 5-BOSS: Punch Bowl
Donkey Kong Island 6-1: Homecoming Hijinxs • 6-2: Seashore War • 6-3: Aqueduct Assault • 6-4: Blurry Flurry • 6-5: Forest Folly • 6-6: Cliffside Slide • 6-7: Frozen Frenzy • 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem • 6-A: Dynamite Dash • 6-B: Icicle Arsenal • 6-K: Slippy Spikes • 6-BOSS: Volcano Dome
Secret Seclusion 7-1: Levitation Station • 7-2: Rocket Rails • 7-3: Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous Extras • Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info Gallery • Media • Staff
* Exclusive to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch
Related Play Nintendo activities:
A matching game to flip over • Can’t-miss games • The multiplayer way • Which Kong could fit your style? • Who’s that toy?
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