Buzz (enemy)
- Not to be confused with Buzzer.
| Buzz | |||
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 Artwork of a Buzz from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005) | ||
| Subject origin | Zinger | ||
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Buzzes, also named Green Zingers[1][2] and Buzzers,[3][4] are robotic wasps[5] that appear in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, although their body and wings appear to be organic. Buzzes are comparable to Zingers in several ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similar to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant (once named a Red Zinger[6]), which are almost completely invulnerable, except to certain objects such as TNT Barrels. Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz," which can represent the sound made by bees while flying or the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.
History
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! / Donkey Kong Land III
Buzzes are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They behave identically between both games, though only the green type appears in the latter. Buzzes cannot be defeated by Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong directly, but can be defeated by most other attacks, such as throwing a barrel at them or attacking them with an Animal Friend. Red Buzzes can usually only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an Invincibility Barrel, although in Krack Shot Kroc, a red Buzz gets defeated if hit by one of Kroc's fireballs. In the final level Rocket Rush, the Rocket Barrel's exhaust flames can defeat Buzzes, which turn black when defeated, although in the remake, this only defeats green Buzzes and does not make them turn black.
Unused appearances
Diddy Kong Pilot (2003 version)
In the 2003 iteration of Diddy Kong Pilot, both purple and blue Buzzes appear as homing weapons that racers can use. Neither red nor green Buzzes make an appearance. Purple Buzzes home in on the nearest opponent (similar to Red Shells in the Mario Kart series). They appear in quantities of either one, two, or three. A Blue Buzz instead homes on the racer in first place (similar to the Spiny Shells in the Mario Kart series), and it can only be obtained by racers in lower places. When either type crashes into a racer, they briefly fall down and bounce onto the ground. The player can dodge a Buzz by either using a Zinger or by performing a loop by pressing 
and Up on the 
. Purple Buzzes were replaced with Fire Eggs, and blue Buzzes were replaced by the Saucer of Peril in the final version, Banjo-Pilot.
Profiles
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
- Instruction manual: Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.[7]
Gallery
Artwork
A red Buzz
Artwork of green Buzzes in Doorstop Dash
Artwork of two red Buzzes chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong outside Kastle Kaos
Artwork of two red Buzzes and a Krimp chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong in Demolition Drain-Pipe
A swarm of red Buzzes on the cover of the game's Nintendo Player's Guide
Sprites
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Land III
Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong
Diddy Kong Pilot
Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バズ[?] Bazu |
Buzz | |
| Italian | Buzz[?] | - |
References
- ^ December 1996. Nintendo Power volume 91. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 59-61.
- ^ December 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51. Page 20.
- ^ March 1997. Nintendo Official Magazine issue 54. Page 46-50, 52-53.
- ^ December 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 51. Page 16 and 18-23.
- ^ Confirmed by former Rare employee Mark Stevenson on Twitter
- ^ December 1996. Nintendo Power volume 91. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 59.
- ^ Nintendo (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! manual. Nintendo of America. Page 19.
