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|image=[[Image:Knocka2.jpg|200px|]]''
|image=[[File:Knocka DKC3 artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Knocka from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
|first_appearance=''[[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]])
|affiliation=[[King K. Rool]], [[TNT Knocka| TNT Knockas]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' (remake)
|collapsed=true
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|variants=[[Klasp]]<br>[[Kracka]]<br>[[Kuchuka]]
}}
}}
'''Knockas''' are green lanky [[Kremling]]s who hide in green barrels with faces painted on them. Knockas are encountered in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
'''Knockas''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. These green lanky [[Kremling]]s hide in green [[barrel]]s with menacing faces painted on them. They are the successor of [[Klobber]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', but Knockas are different mainly from the fact that they wear a barrel with a noticeably different appearance from regular barrels. Knockas have two variants, [[Klasp]]s and [[Kuchuka]]s; the former climbs across a horizontal [[rope]] while hiding inside a [[TNT Barrel]], while the latter stays inside a purple barrel and throws bombs at [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]].


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' Knockas are fairly common enemies, encountered in a large amount of levels. Knockas have an attack pattern similar to an earlier enemy named [[Klobber]]; a Knocka will wait hidden in its barrel, if either [[Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] pass by a Klobber will spring forth out of its barrel and begin trying to ram the Kongs. Since a Klobber cannot directly hurt a Kong they will try and ram them into either another enemy or an abyss.
Knockas are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. They hide in their barrel at first, dormant, until being approached by [[Dixie Kong]] or [[Kiddy Kong]], then the Knocka begins to run after them. Knockas cannot damage the player characters directly and opt for trying to push them into another enemy or a pit instead. A Knocka can be defeated if the [[Kong]] [[jump]]s onto it, picks up the Knocka, and throws it at a surface. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Knocka is categorized under the [[Kremling Kreeps]].


A Knocka can be defeated by simply jumping on it, this will knock it back into its barrel. Once back in its [[barrel]] a Knocka can simply be picked up and thrown away. In later levels of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' two barrel wearing sub-species of Knockas, [[Klasp]]s and [[Kuchuka]]s are encountered. Also in the Game Boy Advance remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' an explosive version of Knockas, [[TNT Knocka]]s are encountered in one level of the game.
In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], Knockas use the same voice clips as Klobbers from the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|previous game]]. Additionally, the remake also introduces [[Kracka]]s, a variant of Klasp behaving like Knockas.


===''Donkey Kong Land III===
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' Knockas, along with Klasps and Kuchukas, are still semi-common enemies. The game erroneously lists Knockas as [[Krusha]]s, however, yet aside from the name, there is no real difference between the Knockas of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' and ''Donkey Kong Land III''.
Knockas, named '''[[Krusha]]s''' in the ending, appear with the same role in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. In the Japanese [[Game Boy Color]] release, a Krusha changes from green to red only while being carried, using the exact sprite and palette as a barrel when carried.


===''Donkey Kong Country 3===
==Profiles==
[[Image:KnockaPA.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Knocka''', as seen in [[Dixie Kong]]'s Photo Album.]]
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Knockas return in this game, apart from the fact that they now have different voices, they are exactly the same as they are in the original ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''.
;Level appearances
*[[Tidal Trouble]]
*[[Krevice Kreepers]]
*[[Konveyor Rope Klash]]
*[[Creepy Caverns]]


==Game Appearances==
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
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;Level appearances
|-
*[[Liftshaft Lottery]]
!width=50%|Title
*[[Vertigo Verge]]
!width=20%|Description
*[[Tundra Blunda]]
!width=20%|Release Date
*[[Jungle Jeopardy]]
!width=10%|System/Format
*[[Footloose Falls]]
|-
*[[Rockface Chase]]
|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''
*[[Clifftop Critters]]
|Enemy 
*[[Rickety Rapids]]
|1996
*[[Bazuka Bombard]]
|[[SNES]]
*[[Kuchuka Karnage]]
|-
*[[Haunted Hollows]]
|''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''
|Enemy
|1997
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' (remake)
|Enemy
|2005
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|}


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
*According to the game's credits, Knockas belong to the "[[Kremling Kreeps]]" enemy class.
<gallery>
<br clear=all>
Knocka DKC3.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Knocka DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Knocka DKLIII sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''
Knocka DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKC3 GBA Knocka sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノッカ
|JapR=Nokka
|JapM=Knocka
|Jap2=クルーシャ
|Jap2R=Kurūsha
|Jap2M=Krusha (''Donkey Kong Land III'')
}}
 
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{{DKL3}}
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{{Kremlings}}
[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
[[Category:Kremling Krew]]
[[Category:Kremling Krew]]
[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
[[category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
[[de:Knocka]]

Latest revision as of 16:37, September 19, 2024

Knocka
Artwork of a Knocka from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Knocka from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005)
Variant of Kremling
Variants

Knockas are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. These green lanky Kremlings hide in green barrels with menacing faces painted on them. They are the successor of Klobbers from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, but Knockas are different mainly from the fact that they wear a barrel with a noticeably different appearance from regular barrels. Knockas have two variants, Klasps and Kuchukas; the former climbs across a horizontal rope while hiding inside a TNT Barrel, while the latter stays inside a purple barrel and throws bombs at Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

Knockas are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. They hide in their barrel at first, dormant, until being approached by Dixie Kong or Kiddy Kong, then the Knocka begins to run after them. Knockas cannot damage the player characters directly and opt for trying to push them into another enemy or a pit instead. A Knocka can be defeated if the Kong jumps onto it, picks up the Knocka, and throws it at a surface. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Knocka is categorized under the Kremling Kreeps.

In the remake, Knockas use the same voice clips as Klobbers from the previous game. Additionally, the remake also introduces Krackas, a variant of Klasp behaving like Knockas.

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

Knockas, named Krushas in the ending, appear with the same role in Donkey Kong Land III. In the Japanese Game Boy Color release, a Krusha changes from green to red only while being carried, using the exact sprite and palette as a barrel when carried.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

Level appearances

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

Level appearances

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ノッカ[?]
Nokka
Knocka
クルーシャ[?]
Kurūsha
Krusha (Donkey Kong Land III)