Kritter

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Kritters (also called Kremlings in the Prima Games guide for Donkey Kong 64[1]) are Kremlings found in almost all games of the Donkey Kong series. Kritters are the most common type of Kremlings, being the foot soldiers of the Kremling Krew. Their leader is a corpulent reptile named King K. Rool. Kritters come in a variety of colours, most commonly green and blue.

History

Donkey Kong series

A Kritter holding an "R" letter in the Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country.

Kritters first appear in Donkey Kong Country where, along with Gnawtys and Zingers, they are the most common enemies. Regular green Kritters (oddly recolored purple in the Game Boy Advance remake of the game) attack by simply walking forward into the Kongs, whereas other colors can jump at the Kongs; red Kritters jump up and down, but stay at one location; blue Kritters jump while moving forward; yellow Kritters jump back and forth in a set path; gray Kritters hop a few times before jumping, while moving forward. Kritters also appear in Donkey Kong Country's pseudo-sequel for the Game Boy, Donkey Kong Land. In this game, all Kritters are the same color due to the Game Boy's color limitations.

In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2, Kritters are replaced with Klomps, Kremlings that wear tattered red and white shorts and have a peg leg. Also another Kremling called Kaboing, whom has two peg legs replaces Donkey Kong Country's jumping Kritters. It has been surmised by some that Kaboings and Klomps are Kritters in pirate clothing, which is a safe assumption as Kritters have a large resemblance to these two enemies.

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III, Kritters are once again replaced, this time by a type of Kremling called Kobbles, who are surprisingly rare in the former game while extremely common in the latter. Jumping Kritters are also replaced with enemies called Re-Koils, who are orange and bounce on their tails.

In the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3, Kritters appear as enemies in Funky Kong's minigames. Here, the Kongs will have to avoid attacking Kritters while doing a task (such as moving explosive mines), though sometimes the Kongs will have to race and/or battle Kritters.

After an abscence of four years, Kritters return in Donkey Kong 64 as semi-common enemies. In this game all Kritters wear leather jackets with a skull-and-crossbones emblem on it. Here Kritters attack the Kongs by punching and biting. The Kritters in this game appear skinnier and have fewer muscles. A few uncommon red Kritters appear in the level Frantic Factory and a minigame. These Kritters will pop out of barrels, flail their arms, and then very quickly retreat back into their barrel.

During the boxing match between the Kongs and K. Rool, there are two Kritters that ring the bell to start the match. They both wear tuxedo versions of the regular Kritters' outfits. Whenever K. Rool is down for the count, they ring the bell before the count gets to 10 (they always ring it at 8) in humorous cutscenes. They ring the bell by pressing one of the red buttons on either side of the bell. After Tiny wins her round, they both slam down on each of their buttons at the same time, resulting in the bell breaking, which makes it impossible for them to save K. Rool from losing the match after Chunky beats him. There are more Kritters wearing their uniform, as shown when they are pulling the stage light off of K. Rool's head, but these two are the only notable ones. One of them seems to be the leader of the duo. The other is quite dim and silly. For example, when they are waving to the crowd, the dim one is waving the wrong way, and he fails to realize this until the other Kritter rings the bell.

Kritters (simply called Kremlings in the game) also appear in DK: King of Swing, here they are given a new appearance. Kritters here can swing from pegs like Donkey Kong and sometimes attack by throwing things such as rocks and bombs. Kritters are also playable in the game's Jungle Jam Mode after unlocking six gold medals in said mode. Kritters also appear in DK: Jungle Climber. They have the same attacks from their previous appearance.

The Kritter appears as a playable character in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast and has the same stats as Donkey Kong. He has a similar appearance to the Kritters featured in DK: King of Swing and is a rival of Donkey Kong.

Mario series

A Kritter prepares to swing his bat in Mario Super Sluggers.
A green Kritter gets ready to swing his bat.

In Mario Power Tennis, Kritters appear in DK Jungle Court, watching the players play tennis. This marks their first game appearance outside of the Donkey Kong series.

In Super Mario Strikers, Kritters are the game's goalies. There is also a robotic Kritter as the goalie of the Super Team. Kritters are immune to any attacks, and they knock any players on contact, but they can be stunned if they block a strong hit. They can deflect Super Strikes if the Super Strike is bad. If a player attempts a Super Strike near the Kritter, the Kritter jumps and kicks the player far. Kritters reappear as goalies in the game's sequel, Mario Strikers Charged. Again, they are immune to attacks from both items and characters, but they are vulnerable to Skillshots. The goalie is also immune to all Super Abilities except Fire Storm! and Crystal Smash!. The goalie can kick nearby players away if the players charge the ball too close to the goal or if they fail a Skillshot or trick. Finally, the player can take control of the Kritter to block Mega Strikes.

Four different colored Kritters, along with King K. Rool, are playable in Mario Super Sluggers. All four Kritters have good fielding abilities, but are on the slow side with their running skills. Each Kritter has good chemistry with King K. Rool, but their chemistry with any of the Kongs are quite bad, even though they are members of the DK Wilds.

Super Smash Bros. series

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Kritters are only represented as trophies. However, green and blue Kritters do make their appearance as enemies in the Smash Run mode, exclusively for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Green ones will bite three time in a row, and blue ones will spin like a tornado.

Club Nintendo

A blue Kritter attacked Diddy Kong and Donkey Kong in a cave in the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong Country". He gets scared by Donkey Kong's huge shadow, projected onto the wall by Squawks' torch. Donkey Kong ultimately defeats him by throwing a Barrel at him. Like every character in the comic, the Kritter was able to speak.

Donkey Kong Country novel

An individual Kritter (said to be a "common Kremling who rose through the ranks by being extra-nasty") appear as an antagonist in the final chapter. After the Kongs board the Gangplank Galleon, Donkey Kong throws mini-barrels at Kritter, who shrug off the attack and taunt Donkey Kong. In response, the gorilla hand slaps the floor, causing Kritter to crash to the lowest deck of the ship.

Donkey Kong Country TV show

A Kritter weilding a Klap-Blaster on the Donkey Kong Country television series.
A Kritter as seen on the Donkey Kong Country animated series.

In the Donkey Kong Country animated series, Kritters (voiced by Lawrence Bayne) occasionally appeared; here they had the same appearance as the ones in the Donkey Kong Country game, but with shorter tails and unconnected eyes. Green Kroc, a minion of Kaptain Skurvy and character of this TV show, is also a Kritter.

Physical appearance

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An original Kritter, with gold-plated shoulder pads.

Kritters originally had gold shoulder pads, knee pads and a bluish-green skin tone, though various other colour variations appeared too, such as purple and burgundy. In Donkey Kong 64, they have a bright green skin tone and wore leather clothing and a belt with a skull-and-crossbones belt buckle on it.

As of Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast and Mario Super Sluggers, Kritters are significantly more muscular, especially in their chest and arms, with a rounder snout and head. Their current design also consists of tattered tan pants and spiked wristbands, and having the same skull themed belt as in Donkey Kong 64.

List of level appearances

Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Land

Official profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Name Image Game Description
Kritter (Goalie) BrawlTrophy183.png Wii Mario Strikers Charged An underling of King K. Rool and the one and only goalie of Super Mario Strikers. In other words, it doesn't matter what team you play as--your goalie is going to be Kritter. Despite being at the very bottom of the Kremling ranks, he's responsible for what many might consider to be the toughest AND most important field position.
Kritter BrawlTrophy324.png SNES Donkey Kong Country A member of the Kremlings. Led by King K. Rool, Kritters are the grunts of the army. They appear frequently in Donkey Kong Country in green, purple, blue, and other color variations--the blue ones will jump after Donkey Kong. Kritters also appear in Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast, pounding those barrels in pursuit of Donkey Kong.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Name Image Description
Kritter Kritter Trophy.png Kremlings are King K. Rool's minions from the Donkey Kong series, and they come in both green and blue varieties. Green ones will try to bite you repeatedly, and their last bite hurts the most! Blue ones will swipe at you with their sharp claws. Neither really knocks you back, so it's easy to get hit several times by them.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Name Image Appears in Description
Kritter Kritter trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U SNES Donkey Kong Country (11/1994)
N64 Donkey Kong 64 (11/1999)
These enemies are part of King K. Rool's Kremling gang in the Donkey Kong series. Depending on their color, they move and attack in different ways. Unfortunately for them, Donkey Kong tends to take them out before they even know what is going on. On a separate note, you can actually play as a Kritter in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast!

Mario Super Sluggers

Name Bio Ability Bat Glove Stats
Green Kritter A brute whose glove hides his slow feet. Keeper Catch Left Right Pitch 4/10
Bat 7/10
Field 7/10
Run 3/10
Blue Kritter A true brute with a good arm! Keeper Catch Left Right Pitch 5/10
Bat 6/10
Field 7/10
Run 3/10
Red Kritter A true brute who wields a big bat. Keeper Catch Left Right Pitch 3/10
Bat 8/10
Field 7/10
Run 3/10
Brown Kritter A true brute who can run a bit. Keeper Catch Left Right Pitch 3/10
Bat 7/10
Field 7/10
Run 4/10

Gallery

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References

  1. ^ Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica. Donkey Kong 64 Prima Official Game Guide. Page 16.

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