Squidly: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Tag: Mobile edit
No edit summary
Tag: Mobile edit
 
(3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
|image=[[File:Squidly DKCR.png|224px]]
|image=[[File:Squidly DKCR.png|224px]]
|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 Returns 3D]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|variants=[[Electrasquid]]
|variants=[[Electrasquid]]
}}
}}
[[File:BlowholeBound.png|thumb|left|[[Donkey Kong]] attacks some Squidlys at [[Blowhole Bound]].]]
[[File:BlowholeBound.png|thumb|left|[[Donkey Kong]] attacks some Squidlys at [[Blowhole Bound]].]]
'''Squidlys'''<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=26|date=November 21, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4|language=en-us}}</ref> (also pluralized as '''Squidlies'''),<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=18|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> also known as '''Squiddles'''<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=26|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> (pluralized as '''Squiddless'''<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=48, 49, 56|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> or '''Squiddles'''),<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=168, 172, 173|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|its port]]. They are squid-like torpedos that are indefinitely fired from [[Squid Shot]]s. Squidlys have an electrical variant named [[Electrasquid]]. When fired out from a Squid Shot, Squidlys slowly move in a straight line, either left or right (depending on where the Kongs are located). Squidlys get destroyed once they hit a wall, or they damage [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] upon contact. The [[Kong]]s can defeat a Squidly by jumping on them.
'''Squidlys'''<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=26|date=November 21, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4|language=en-us}}</ref> (also pluralized as '''Squidlies'''),<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=18|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> also known as '''Squiddles'''<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=26|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> (pluralized as '''Squiddless'''<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=48, 49, 56|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> or '''Squiddles'''),<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=168, 172, 173|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports. They are squid-like torpedos that are indefinitely fired from [[Squid Shot]]s. Squidlys have an electrical variant named [[Electrasquid]]. When fired out from a Squid Shot, Squidlys slowly move in a straight line, either left or right (depending on where the Kongs are located). Squidlys get destroyed once they hit a wall, or they damage [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] upon contact. The [[Kong]]s can defeat a Squidly by jumping on them.


Squidlys seem to have design origins from the {{wp|orthoceras}}, a {{wp|genus}} of extinct {{wp|cephalopod}}s with external shells and no feeding tentacles, similar to Squidly.
Squidlys seem to have design origins from the {{wp|orthoceras}}, a {{wp|genus}} of extinct {{wp|cephalopod}}s with external shells and no feeding tentacles, similar to Squidly.
Line 13: Line 13:
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SquidShot DKCR.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''
Squidly.png|Concept artwork
Squid Shot.png|Close-up of a Squid Shot
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=トビーカ
|Jpn=トビーカ
|JapR=Tobīka
|JpnR=Tobīka
|JapM=Corruption of「トビイカ」(''tobi'ika'', "flying squid")
|JpnM=Corruption of「トビイカ」(''tobi'ika'', "flying squid")
|Ita=Malacaro
|Ita=Malacaro
|ItaM=An anagram of ''calamaro'' ("squid")
|ItaM=An anagram of ''calamaro'' ("squid")

Latest revision as of 22:06, January 21, 2025

Squidly
Squidly
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Variants
Blowhole Bound
Donkey Kong attacks some Squidlys at Blowhole Bound.

Squidlys[1] (also pluralized as Squidlies),[2] also known as Squiddles[3] (pluralized as Squiddless[4] or Squiddles),[5] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. They are squid-like torpedos that are indefinitely fired from Squid Shots. Squidlys have an electrical variant named Electrasquid. When fired out from a Squid Shot, Squidlys slowly move in a straight line, either left or right (depending on where the Kongs are located). Squidlys get destroyed once they hit a wall, or they damage Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong upon contact. The Kongs can defeat a Squidly by jumping on them.

Squidlys seem to have design origins from the orthoceras, a genus of extinct cephalopods with external shells and no feeding tentacles, similar to Squidly.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トビーカ[?]
Tobīka
Corruption of「トビイカ」(tobi'ika, "flying squid")
Italian Malacaro[?] An anagram of calamaro ("squid")

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 26.
  2. ^ Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa (May 24, 2013). Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-161497. Page 18.
  3. ^ Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa (May 24, 2013). Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-161497. Page 26.
  4. ^ Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa (May 24, 2013). Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-161497. Page 48, 49, 56.
  5. ^ Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa (May 24, 2013). Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-161497. Page 168, 172, 173.