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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Electroid
|image=[[File:Electroids.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:Electroids.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|comparable=[[Li'l Sparky]]<br>[[Spark]]
}}
}}
'''Electroids'''<ref>Knight, Michael. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide. Page 27.</ref> are enemies which appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.
'''Electroids'''<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=27|date=November 21, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4|language=en-us}}</ref> are enemies in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'']] series. They appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being a deep purple in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' while displaying a bluish tint in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' to correspond to the game's arctic theme. Electroids are usually encountered in groups, forming electrical links between each other that damage the [[Kong]]s when touched.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'', Electroids are largely encountered in [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] levels, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the Kongs' path. They can generally not be defeated except if the Kongs throw a [[BuckBomb]] at one. In the level [[Switcheroo]], Electroids hover in front of [[red and blue blocks]], which appear in the background. When the Kongs activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the enemy is pushed off-screen.


Electroids resemble encaged spheres of electric matter with two eyes. They are purple in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' but in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' they gain a bluish tint, which corresponds to the game's arctic theme. Electroids are usually in groups, in which they generate electrical links between each other to form a plasma barrier; these barriers prevent the Kongs from passing take away a heart point upon contact.
They also appear in the [[Cloud (world)|Cloud]] level [[Robo Factory]] as an obstacle for Kongs not to activate the robot. The energy produced by Electroids activate some pistons that fall when they pass through these, which can damage the Kongs.


==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns''===
[[File:Electroid.png|thumb]]
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', Electroids only appear in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] levels, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the [[Kong]]s' path. Electroids can generally not be defeated except if the Kongs throw a [[BuckBomb]] at it. In the level [[Switcheroo]], Electroids hover in front of [[reversible walls]], which appear in the background. When [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the walls extend out from the background and push it off-screen.
Electroids are the only enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (and its [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]) returning from the previous game's Factory world. They only appear in one level, [[Frozen Frenzy (level)|Frozen Frenzy]]. They either hover in place or along a set path in midair. Some of them appear beneath platforms with wired vines on either side; tilting the platform too low on one side causes the corresponding wire to make contact with an Electroid, creating a current of electricity throughout the entire mechanism that can harm the Kongs.


===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
==Names in other languages==
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', Electroids are the only returning enemy from the previous game's Factory world. They only appear in one level, [[Frozen Frenzy (level)|Frozen Frenzy]]. They either hover along a set path in midair or in place. Some of them appear beneath platforms with wired vines on either side. By touching a wire, an Electroid creates a current of electricity throughout the entire object. The Kongs must avoid getting in contact with the electricity or otherwise they lose health. This means if the Kongs tilt a platform too far, then the wire touches Electroid, thus electrocuting the whole platform and injuring the Kongs.
{{foreign names
|Jpn=デンキボール
|JpnR=Denki Bōru
|JpnM=Electric Ball
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|DKR Shogakukan P24.jpg|24}}|date=2010}}</ref>
}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Electrical Creatures]]
[[Category:Electrical creatures]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze enemies]]

Latest revision as of 18:16, February 17, 2025

Electroid
Electroids in Donkey Kong Country Returns
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Comparable

Electroids[1] are enemies in the Donkey Kong Country series. They appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being a deep purple in Donkey Kong Country Returns while displaying a bluish tint in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze to correspond to the game's arctic theme. Electroids are usually encountered in groups, forming electrical links between each other that damage the Kongs when touched.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, Electroids are largely encountered in Factory levels, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the Kongs' path. They can generally not be defeated except if the Kongs throw a BuckBomb at one. In the level Switcheroo, Electroids hover in front of red and blue blocks, which appear in the background. When the Kongs activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the enemy is pushed off-screen.

They also appear in the Cloud level Robo Factory as an obstacle for Kongs not to activate the robot. The energy produced by Electroids activate some pistons that fall when they pass through these, which can damage the Kongs.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

A pair of Electroids in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Electroids are the only enemies in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (and its port) returning from the previous game's Factory world. They only appear in one level, Frozen Frenzy. They either hover in place or along a set path in midair. Some of them appear beneath platforms with wired vines on either side; tilting the platform too low on one side causes the corresponding wire to make contact with an Electroid, creating a current of electricity throughout the entire mechanism that can harm the Kongs.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese デンキボール[2]
Denki Bōru
Electric Ball

References[edit]

  1. ^ Knight, Michael (November 21, 2010). Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-47102-4. Page 27.
  2. ^ 2010. 「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 24Media:DKR Shogakukan P24.jpg.