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|image=[[File:Kosha DK64.png|200px|]]
|image=[[File:Kosha DK64.png|200px]]<br>Data-based render
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ({{y|1999}})
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|comparable=[[Kutlass]]
|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.
'''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 in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They are olive [[Kremling]]s with gray viking helmet. They have a large, spiked club that they struggle to drag along with them, sometimes flattening themselves with it by mistake. They are found at [[Gloomy Galleon]], [[Fungi Forest]] (at night), [[Crystal Caves]], and [[Creepy Castle]] (including its lobby in [[DK Isles]]). If the player character is hit by Kosha, they lose two [[watermelon|melon]] slices. Koshas are resistant and can be defeated either from an [[orange]] explosion if they do not see the player character, a musical instrument move, the [[Super Slam|shockwave ability]], or [[Hunky Chunky]]. A Kosha yells when defeated before being hit by its own club and dropping two [[Watermelon|melon slices]].


==History==
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.
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
[[File:Kosha.png|thumb|left|A Kosha in Gloomy Galleon]]
In ''Donkey Kong 64'', Koshas appear in four levels, [[Gloomy Galleon]], [[Fungi Forest]] (at night), [[Crystal Caves]], and [[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 weapon 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 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.
==Gallery==
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Kosha.png|Screenshot
</gallery>


Koshas drop two watermelon 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.
==Naming==
 
Their name plays on the word "cosh," another name for club.
Koshas have an idle animation where they accidentally drop their club onto their head, slightly flattening them.
===Names in other languages===
 
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.
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==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>
|Jpn=クラッバ
|JapR=Kurabba
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=February 20, 2000|isbn=4-09-102831-4|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>
|JapM=Klubba; same as a [[Klubba|Kremling with a spiked club]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|JpnR=Kurabba
|JpnM=Klubba; same as a [[Klubba|Kremling with a spiked club]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
}}
}}



Latest revision as of 08:53, March 22, 2025

Kosha
A Kosha from Donkey Kong 64.
Data-based render
First appearance Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Variant of Kremling
Comparable
Notable members

Koshas,[1] also named Clubbies[2][3] or Viking Kremlings,[4] are in Donkey Kong 64. They are olive Kremlings with gray viking helmet. They have a large, spiked club that they struggle to drag along with them, sometimes flattening themselves with it by mistake. They are found at Gloomy Galleon, Fungi Forest (at night), Crystal Caves, and Creepy Castle (including its lobby in DK Isles). If the player character is hit by Kosha, they lose two melon slices. Koshas are resistant and can be defeated either from an orange explosion if they do not see the player character, a musical instrument move, the shockwave ability, or Hunky Chunky. A Kosha yells when defeated before being hit by its own club and dropping two melon slices.

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.

Gallery

Naming

Their name plays on the word "cosh," another name for club.

Names in other languages

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

  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. ^ February 20, 2000. 「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). ISBN 4-09-102831-4. Page 13.