Krockhead

Krockhead
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (2004)
Variant of	Kremling

Krockheads (also formatted as KrocHeads, Krocheads, Kroc Heads, or Krokheads and also known as Krocs) are primitive Kremlings appearing in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. They are only seen by their head, hence their name, and can be found in swamp and lava environments, usually in groups. Krockheads slightly resemble a giant crocodile named sarcosuchus, due to the bulbous tip of the snout. They also resemble the gharial, but the Krockhead's snout is not as thin as the gharial's.

History

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, showing a Krockhead partially submerged

Krockheads are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. They appear in two colors, green and brown (changed to bright red in the remake), each having their own traits. Krockheads usually serve as dormant platforms that Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong can jump from to travel across the lava or swamp. The main difference between green and brown Krockheads is that if the Kongs jump on a brown one, it opens its mouth wide, causing them to be sent high into the air. The player can hold left or right on to control which direction the Kongs go. Some brown Krockheads bounce them higher than others. In some of the swamp levels, Krockheads continuously bob themselves up and down in the water, requiring the Kongs to time their jumps accordingly or else they sink into the swamp with the Krockhead. Krockheads are the main feature in Krockhead Klamber, as the name would suggest, and the second half of the level has some green Krockheads that emerge to the surface temporarily upon touching a Krockhead Barrel. Brown Krockheads do not submerge into the swamp nor are they affected by Krockhead Barrels.

Donkey Kong Land 2

Krockheads are enemies in Donkey Kong Land 2. Both types return from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Similarly as before, Krockheads are first encountered in Hothead Hop. Krockheads appear in Kleaver's Kiln, where they emerge from the level every time Kleaver is hit by a kannonball, and the player characters can jump from them to go to the other side of the arena; if they wait too long, the Krockheads go back into the lava. Krockheads once again appear in their namesake level, Krockhead Klamber. Unlike Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, a Krockhead appears in the ending's cast of characters, under "The Baddies" with the other enemies and bosses.

Profiles

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy
Krockhead
	Worlds	Crocodile Cauldron Krem Quay Krazy Kremland	Levels	Hot-Head Hop Barrel Bayou Krockhead Klamber Mudhole Marsh
	Scrapbook page	7	Photograph location	In Barrel Bayou

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    The green heads make great stepping stones and the brown heads are excellent springboards for reaching those high places.

• Player's Guide: These primitive Kremlings inhabit swamps and are not quick to attack. With their springy jaws, they make great stepping stones and catapults, but be careful that they don't sink out of sight just as you're making your leap.

• Game Boy Advance

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    The green heads make great stepping stones, while the brown heads are handy springboards for reaching those high places.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Krockhead.

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  Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (brown)

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (green)

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (brown)

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  Screenshot from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

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  Sprite from Donkey Kong Land 2

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クロコヘッド[?] Kurokoheddo	Krockhead
	ジャンピングクロコヘッド[?] Janpingu Kurokoheddo	Jumping Krockhead
Italian	Krockapo[?]	Kroc-head, capo ("head") is written with a K