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|image=[[File:Kosha DK64.png|200px|]]
|image=[[File:Kosha DK64.png|200px]]<br>Model from ''Donkey Kong 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|subject_origin=[[Kutlass]]
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|comparable=[[Kutlass]]
|notable=[[Giant Viking Kremling]]
|notable=[[Giant Viking Kremling]]
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'''Koshas'''<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' instruction booklet, page 31. "[…] ''but I wouldn't stray into the path of the club-wielding Koshas if I were you, which happily I'm not.''"</ref>, referred to as '''Clubbies''' in the Versus Books and [[Prima Games]] guides<ref>Lockhart, Ryan. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide. Page 4.</ref><ref>Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. [[Media:DK64 Prima 15.jpg|Page 15]].</ref> and '''Viking Kremlings''' in the BradyGAMES guide<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Strategy Guide. Pages 78, 82, 116, 117, 120.</ref>, are small, olive-skin [[Kremling]]s which only appear in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Although they are small, Koshas are formidable, and they wear a gray viking helmet and carry around a large, spiked club. Their name plays on the word "cosh," another name for club.
[[File:Kosha.png|thumb|left|A Kosha in Gloomy Galleon]]
[[File:Kosha.png|thumb|left|A Kosha in Gloomy Galleon]]
Koshas appear in four levels: [[Gloomy Galleon]], [[Fungi Forest]] (at night), [[Crystal Caves]], and [[Creepy Castle]]. Three Koshas also appear in the lobby to Creepy Castle. They struggle to carry around their heavy club, which they try to smash the [[Kong]]s with. If the active Kong gets squished by Kosha's club, they lose two [[watermelon|melon]] slices of their health. If a Kosha swings its club overhead and misses the Kong, it struggles lifting its club for a few seconds; in this regard, they are similar to [[Kutlass]]es from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. If a Kong throws an [[orange]] at a Kosha as it notices, the Kosha will whack the orange away, rendering it ineffective.
'''Koshas''',<ref>{{cite|date=1999|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' instruction booklet|page=31|quote=[…] but I wouldn't stray into the path of the club-wielding Koshas if I were you, which happily I'm not.}}</ref> also named '''Clubbies'''<ref>{{cite|author=Lockhart, Ryan|publisher=Versus Books|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide|page=4|language=en-us|date=1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=[[Media:DK64 Prima 15.jpg|15]]|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=December 1, 1999|isbn=0-7615-2279-4|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Viking Kremlings''',<ref>{{cite|isbn=1-56686-909-9|language=en-us|date=1999|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Strategy Guide|page=78, 82, 116, 117, 120|publisher=Bradygames}}</ref> are small, olive-skin [[Kremling]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Their name plays on the word "cosh," another name for club. Koshas appear in [[Gloomy Galleon]], [[Fungi Forest]] (at night), [[Crystal Caves]], and [[Creepy Castle]] (including its lobby in [[DK Isles]]). Although they are small, Koshas are formidable, and they wear a gray viking helmet and carry around a large, spiked club, but struggle to carry it around. A Kosha tries to smash the player character with its club, costing them two [[watermelon|melon]] slices if hit, though if a Kosha swings its club overhead and misses, it struggles lifting its club for a few seconds, a characteristic comparable to [[Kutlass]]es in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. A Kosha's helmet allows it to withstand most attacks, and a Kosha's club allows it to deflect any [[orange]]s thrown at it. A Kosha can be defeated either from a Kong's musical instrument move, their [[Super Slam|shockwave ability]], by [[Chunky Kong]] hitting them while under the effect of [[Hunky Chunky]], or from an orange if it is off-guard. A Kosha's defeat animation shows it yelling while falling, then its club hits its head. A Kosha's spoils from being defeated are two [[Watermelon|melon slices]]. Koshas have an idle animation where they accidentally drop their club onto their head, slightly flattening them.
 
Koshas can withstand most attacks due to their helmet. The Kongs can only defeat them by either using their instrument move, their [[Super Slam|shockwave ability]], by [[Chunky Kong]] hitting them while under the effect of [[Hunky Chunky]], or if they throw an orange at Kosha while it is off-guard. When a Kosha gets defeated, it yells as it falls, then its club hits its head.
 
Koshas drop two melon slices when they are defeated. They are the only enemy that both requires a special move to defeat and releases melon slices from being defeated. Other enemies that can only be defeated by special move (such as [[Klump]]) release three oranges when defeated.
 
Koshas have an idle animation where they accidentally drop their club onto their head, slightly flattening them.


A [[Giant Viking Kremling|gigantic Kosha]] is stationed near the top of Crystal Caves. It periodically smashes the ceiling of the cave, creating violent tremors that send stalactites raining down in the level. [[Tiny Kong]] must fight it to stop the stalactites from falling.
A [[Giant Viking Kremling|gigantic Kosha]] is stationed near the top of Crystal Caves. It smashes the ceiling of the cave at regular intervals, creating violent tremors that send stalactites raining down in the level, though defeating it stops the stalactites from falling.
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クラッバ<ref>「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:DK64 Shogakukan P13.jpg|page 13]].</ref>
|Jap=クラッバ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:DK64 Shogakukan P13.jpg|13]]}}</ref>
|JapR=Kurabba
|JapR=Kurabba
|JapM=Klubba; same as a [[Klubba|Kremling with a spiked club]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|JapM=Klubba; same as a [[Klubba|Kremling with a spiked club]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''

Latest revision as of 17:24, August 5, 2024

Kosha
A Kosha from Donkey Kong 64.
Model from Donkey Kong 64
First appearance Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Variant of Kremling
Comparable
Notable members
Kosha as seen in Donkey Kong 64
A Kosha in Gloomy Galleon

Koshas,[1] also named Clubbies[2][3] or Viking Kremlings,[4] are small, olive-skin Kremlings in Donkey Kong 64. Their name plays on the word "cosh," another name for club. Koshas appear in Gloomy Galleon, Fungi Forest (at night), Crystal Caves, and Creepy Castle (including its lobby in DK Isles). Although they are small, Koshas are formidable, and they wear a gray viking helmet and carry around a large, spiked club, but struggle to carry it around. A Kosha tries to smash the player character with its club, costing them two melon slices if hit, though if a Kosha swings its club overhead and misses, it struggles lifting its club for a few seconds, a characteristic comparable to Kutlasses in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. A Kosha's helmet allows it to withstand most attacks, and a Kosha's club allows it to deflect any oranges thrown at it. A Kosha can be defeated either from a Kong's musical instrument move, their shockwave ability, by Chunky Kong hitting them while under the effect of Hunky Chunky, or from an orange if it is off-guard. A Kosha's defeat animation shows it yelling while falling, then its club hits its head. A Kosha's spoils from being defeated are two melon slices. Koshas have an idle animation where they accidentally drop their club onto their head, slightly flattening them.

A gigantic Kosha is stationed near the top of Crystal Caves. It smashes the ceiling of the cave at regular intervals, creating violent tremors that send stalactites raining down in the level, though defeating it stops the stalactites from falling.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クラッバ[5]
Kurabba
Klubba; same as a Kremling with a spiked club from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

References[edit]

  1. ^ "[…] but I wouldn't stray into the path of the club-wielding Koshas if I were you, which happily I'm not." – 1999. Donkey Kong 64 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America. Page 31.
  2. ^ Lockhart, Ryan (1999). Donkey Kong 64 Official Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). Page 4.
  3. ^ Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica (December 1, 1999). Donkey Kong 64 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-2279-4. Page 15.
  4. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt (1999). Donkey Kong 64 Official Strategy Guide. Bradygames (American English). ISBN 1-56686-909-9. Page 78, 82, 116, 117, 120.
  5. ^ 「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 13.