Snaggles
| Snaggles | |||
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 A Snaggles as it appears in-game | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018) | ||
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Snaggles are acquatic enemies in the Donkey Kong Country series that resemble chubby great white sharks. They periodically jump high above the water, making a barking noise similar to a puppy's.
History
Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
In Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Snaggles appear in levels of the Beach world and a Ruins level, Damp Dungeon. They have a repeated pattern of peeking out of the water for a few seconds and then performing a high jump out of it, attempting to bite Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
Snaggles have a variant named Yellow Snaggles, which immediately jump out the water, sometimes without prior warning. A larger variant appears at the end of Damp Dungeon.
The Prima Guide for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D refers to Snaggles as Nibbles;[1] however, the in-game gallery still refers to the enemy as Snaggles.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port, they appear in Lost Mangroves and Sea Breeze Cove. Snaggles act the same way as they did in Donkey Kong Country Returns on the surface, and chase the Kongs if they see them underwater. Snaggles can only be defeated by the Kongs throwing a barrel at it, or by Cranky Kong's cane.
Gallery
Concept artwork
A Snaggles in the level, Sloppy Sands
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラングィ[?] Rangwi |
Possibly from a partial corruption of「乱杭歯」(rangui-ba, "uneven teeth") | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 岚古鲨[2] Lángǔ Shā |
From the Japanese name and「鲨」(shā, "shark") | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 嵐古鯊[3] Lángǔ Shā |
From the Japanese name and「鯊」(shā, "shark") | |
| French (NOE) | Squalus[?] | Latin form of squale ("shark") | |
| German | Knabberhai[?] | Nibble Shark | |
| Italian | Sgranocchio[?] | Nibble/Crunch; same as Muncher | |
| Lithuanian | sneglius[4] | ? | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Tubarôncio[5] | From tubarão ("shark") and the suffix -ôncio that can be found at the end of various Portuguese names | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Tiburoncio[?] | From tiburón ("shark") |
References
- ^ Knight, Michael; Musa, Alexander. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Page 26.
- ^ 迪迪刚的矿车之旅扩展关卡. LEGO.com (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved May 8, 2023. (Archived September 28, 2023, 01:39:41 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 狄狄剛的礦車兜風. LEGO.com (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved May 8, 2023. (Archived September 23, 2023, 21:26:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Kongo Didžio važinėjimo kasyklos vežimėliu papildomas rinkinys. LEGO.com (Lithuanian). Retrieved April 2, 2024. (Archived April 1, 2024, 20:43:49 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Super Mario - Pacote de Expansão - Percurso no Vagonete do Diddy Kong. legostore.com.br. Retrieved April 2, 2024. (Archived April 1, 2024, 20:42:10 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
