Bristles
- This article is about the enemy in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! For the enemy in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, see Bristle.
Bristles | |
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Artwork of a Bristles 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 | Spiny |
Bristles are orange hedgehog enemies encountered mainly in waterfall levels and jungle levels in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They have spiky quills that injure Dixie and Kiddy Kong when touched. To defeat a Bristles, Dixie or Kiddy must roll into it from the front, because otherwise, the Kongs will be hurt from the Bristles' spiky quills, much like with Spinies from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Unlike Spinies, Bristles are immune to a team up throw, which even damages the Kong thrown. Alternatively, a Bristles can be defeated either from a barrel or a Steel Keg being thrown at it, or from Squawks spitting a coconut at it. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Bristles is categorized as part of the Terrorfirma Tuff Guys.
A unique type of Bristles appears in Konveyor Rope Klash of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, and they curl up before tossing themselves at Dixie and Kiddy. While curled up, a Bristles can be defeated only from a barrel. In the Game Boy Advance version, this type is also in the Cranky's Dojo minigame, where Cranky has to deflect thirty of them successfully as they bounce his way.
Profiles and statistics
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
- Instruction manual: Tough hedgehog baddy with a roll attack. Defeat this guy only from the front.[1]
- Level appearances
- Springin' Spiders
- Tracker Barrel Trek
- Fire-Ball Frenzy
- Barrel Drop Bounce
- Krack Shot Kroc
- Konveyor Rope Klash
- Stampede Sprint
- Dingy Drain-Pipe (Game Boy Advance version only)
Donkey Kong Land III
- Level appearances
Gallery
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ブリッスルズ[?] Burissuruzu |
Bristles | |
Italian | Bristles[?] | - |
References
- ^ Nintendo (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Redmond, WA: Nintendo of America. Page 19.