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{{Species-infobox
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|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]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
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'''Electroids'''<ref>Michael Knight, ''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]]''. They resemble encaged spheres of purple electric matter and sport two eyes. Electroids can be seen levitating in mid-air, usually forming electrical bonds between members of the same species. This leads to the creation of dangerous plasma barriers, which would be harmful to pass.
'''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 ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|its port]], as well as ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its port]]. Electroids appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being 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'' / ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''===
Electroids are encountered in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] levels only, 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 one. In the level [[Switcheroo]], Electroids hover in front of [[red and blue blocks]], which appear in the background. When [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] activate switch platforms that an Electroid passes over, the enemy is pushed off-screen.


Electroids are only present in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] area of ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', and later return in only [[Frozen Frenzy (level)|one level]] of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''. In the former, they move near holes and narrow tunnels that the [[Kong]]s must pass. In [[Switcheroo]], some Electroids hover in front of [[Reversible Wall|reversible walls]] initially seen in the background. The enemies can be pushed over and eliminated if the said walls are extended out of their slots. Otherwise, Electroids are invincible, and will drain one heart from the Kongs' health meter upon contact with the primates. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', they have a bluish tint, in step with the arctic theme of the game. They are the only former enemies from the factory to make another appearance in the game.  
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.


Electroids might represent the spiritual successors of the [[Spark]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]''; as electric entities with dot-like cartoony eyes, they can also be visually compared to [[Li'l Sparky|Li'l Sparkies]] or [[Hot Head]]s from the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise.
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
[[File:Electroid.png|thumb]]
Electroids are the only enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' 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.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=デンキボール<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>
|JapR=Denki Bōru
|JapM=Electric Ball
}}


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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 15:34, July 27, 2024

Electroid
Electroids in Donkey Kong Country Returns
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

Electroids[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its port, as well as Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its port. Electroids appear as electric spheres with two beady eyes, being 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 / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D[edit]

Electroids are encountered in the Factory levels only, moving near gaps and narrow passages in the Kongs' path. Electroids 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 Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong 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 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.