Flotsam

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 JP (cameo) (2005)
Comparable Manta

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 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 JP

In Donkey Konga 3 JP, 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

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Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy
Flotsam
	Worlds	-	Levels	-
	Scrapbook page	4	Photograph location	In Lockjaw's Locker, after the letter G

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

Gallery

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

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (blue)

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (green)

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Land 2

Names in other languages

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