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|image=[[File:Flotsam.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a blue Flotsam from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|image=[[File:Flotsam.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 3 JP|Donkey Konga 3]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 3 JP|Donkey Konga 3]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|comparable=[[Manta]]
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'''Flotsams''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. These spotted stingrays inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]]. Their name is derived from the word "flotsam", which is leftovers from a shipwreck.
'''Flotsams''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. These spotted stingrays inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]]. Their name is derived from the word "flotsam", which is leftovers from a shipwreck.
==History==
==History==
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Revision as of 14:08, July 17, 2024

Flotsam
A Flotsam
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Konga 3 (cameo) (2005)
Comparable

Flotsams are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These spotted stingrays inhabit the waters of Crocodile Isle. Their name is derived from the word "flotsam", which is leftovers from a shipwreck.

History

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / Donkey Kong Land 2

Flotsams are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. They behave identically in both games. Flotsams are common underwater enemies appearing in nearly every water-involved level. They simply float through the water and make no real effort in attacking Diddy Kong or Dixie Kong. However if the Kongs are in the path of a Flotsam, it will continue to swim forward, not needing to avoid contact. Flotsams can be defeated from Enguarde only.

Flotsams appear in blue and green varieties in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest only. Blue Flotsam swim in only one direction, while the green Flotsam can change their direction from left to right, especially after reaching a wall. In the remake, the blue and green Flotsams were changed to purple and yellow, respectively.

Super Mario-kun

Flotsam
Flotsam in Super Mario-kun

A Flotsam makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 of Super Mario-kun. The last part of the book has a series of comics based on Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Flotsam.

Donkey Konga 3

In Donkey Konga 3, Flotsam makes a cameo appearance in Freestyle Zone, as one of the enemies whose artwork appears on screen as the player hits the DK Bongos.

Profiles and statistics

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Floatsam[sic] is a stingray that cruises ceaselessly back and forth.[1]

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Flotsam.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フロートサム[?]
Furōtosamu
Flotsam
German Floatsam[?] Floatsam
Spanish Flotsam[?] -

References

  1. ^ Nintendo (1995). Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest manual. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.