Puftup
- Not to be confused with Pufftup, a similar enemy in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
| Puftup | |||
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 Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | DK: Jungle Climber (2007) | ||
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Puftups are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These porcupine fish[1] inhabit the waters of Crocodile Isle. Puftup's name is a reference to its ability to get "puffed up".
History
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / Donkey Kong Land 2
Puftups are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Puftups puff themselves up whenever the Kongs approach them. Depending on their color, some Puftups puff themselves up until they explode and release spikes in four direction; if a blue-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every cardinal direction, and if a green-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every ordinal direction. The brown Puftups do not explode, and they deflate themselves shortly after inflating. Puftups can be defeated by Enguarde, although he is still vulnerable to Puftup's spikes. In the remake, all Puftups are brown, regardless of behavior. In the cast roll, a Puftup is categorized under the "Submerged Seadogs" category.
Puftups are also enemies in Donkey Kong Land 2. Their only difference is that they never explode to attack. Puftups commonly swim up and down puffing in and out.
Donkey Kong 64
Puftups are enemies in Donkey Kong 64. They were changed to purple. Puftups are usually stationary and act more like hazards than enemies: if the active Kong approaches a Puftup, it explodes like an aquatic mine. Puftoss, the boss of Gloomy Galleon and fourth overall boss, is a large Puftup. A few mobile Puftups appear in the surrounding water during the boss fight against King Kut Out.
DK: Jungle Climber
Puftups are enemies in DK: Jungle Climber. They were changed to silver, and they inhabit the bog of Ghost Island. A deflated Puftup can be defeated from a charge attack.
Profiles and statistics
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
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| Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy | |||
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| Puftup | |||
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| Worlds | - | Levels | - |
| Scrapbook page | 4 | Photograph location | In Clapper's Cavern |
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Slowly, but steadily, Puftup rises from the depths, getting bigger and bigger as he puffs himself up. Watch out for his spines![2]
- English:
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Puftup.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | パフタップ[?] Pafutappu |
Puftup | |
| Spanish | Puftup[?] | - |
Trivia
- Puftups were originally going to appear in Donkey Kong Country.[1] Their
show them with a blue tail and fins.[3]
- In Banjo-Tooie, the Donkey Kong 64 Puftups were recycled into the Swellbelly enemy, which behaves nearly the same as Puftups from Donkey Kong 64: The only differences are that it is orange, has green eyes and mouth instead of red, and is fought slightly differently, swelling larger but not exploding.
References
- ^ a b Early Donkey Kong Country general naming sheet
- ^ Nintendo (1995). Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest manual. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 31.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved June 3, 2024.
| DK: Jungle Climber | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Playable | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong |
| Non-playable | Candy Kong • Cranky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Xananab | |
| Enemies and obstacles | Bramble • Click-Clack • Flipflap • Flitter • Ghost • Klobber • Kritter • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spike • Zinger | |
| Bosses | Banana Ship • Junklomp • Mega Amp • Draglinger • King K. Rool | |
| Items | Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Crystal Banana • Crystal Star • DK Coin • Gem • Hammer • KONG Panels • Oil barrel • Torch • Wings | |
| Objects | Booster Barrel • Cannon Barrel • DK Barrel • Exit • Giant flower • Handle Peg • Iron Barrel • Jack Peg • Mine • Peg • Peg Board • Question Barrel • Rock • Spike • Spirowarp • Spinner Barrel • Spinning Peg • Switch Peg • TNT Barrel | |
| Worlds | Sun Sun Island • Lost Island • Ghost Island • Chill 'n' Char Island • High-High Island • Wormhole • Extra Stages | |
| Minigames | Rolling Panic • Banana Grab • Speed Climb • Throw 'n' Crush • Orange Picker • Booster Battle • Banana Bonanza | |
