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|image | |image=[[File:Mekanos.png|200px]]<br>Map in the original version<br>[[File:Mekanos DKC3 GBA.png|200px]]<br>In the Game Boy Advance version | ||
|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' | |game=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' | ||
|levels=5 | |levels=5 | ||
|before=[[Cotton Top Cove|<<]] | |before=[[Cotton Top Cove|<<]] | ||
|after=[[K3|>>]] | |after=[[K3|>>]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote2|The most beautiful flowers used to grow around here, but they died back when those awful machines came!|[[Bramble (character)|Bramble]]|Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!}} | {{quote2|The most beautiful flowers used to grow around here, but they died back when those awful machines came!|[[Bramble (character)|Bramble]]|Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!}} | ||
'''Mekanos''', also named '''Mekanos Island'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 89, page 37.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 90, page 33.</ref> or the '''Island of Mekanos''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 91, page 56.</ref> is the fourth world of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', but can also be accessed as the third world (and vice versa for [[Cotton Top Cove]]). It is an island filled with large factories and pipelines, located in the [[Northern Kremisphere]]. [[Bazooka]] is the [[Brothers Bear|Brother Bear]] of Mekanos, and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] must visit his [[Bazooka's Barracks|barracks]] to give him the [[bowling ball (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!)|bowling ball]] to reach the [[secret cave]], "Sky High Secret", held up by a large claw. The name "Mekanos" is a combination of "mecha" and "{{wp|Mykonos}}", an island in Greece. | '''Mekanos''', also named '''Mekanos Island'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 89, page 37.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 90, page 33.</ref> or the '''Island of Mekanos''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 91, page 56.</ref> is the fourth world of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', but can also be accessed as the third world (and vice versa for [[Cotton Top Cove]]). It is an island filled with large factories and pipelines, located in the [[Northern Kremisphere]]. [[Bazooka]] is the [[Brothers Bear|Brother Bear]] of Mekanos, and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] must visit his [[Bazooka's Barracks|barracks]] to give him the [[bowling ball (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!)|bowling ball]] to reach the [[secret cave]], "Sky High Secret", held up by a large claw. The name "Mekanos" is a combination of "mecha" and "{{wp|Mykonos}}", an island in Greece. | ||
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According to [[Bramble (character)|Bramble]], Mekanos was once a beautiful island filled with plant life, but after the [[Kremling Krew]] invaded the Northern Kremisphere, they built machines and factories over it, even deforesting the trees in the area (as seen in the level [[Ripsaw Rage]]).<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide. Page 60. "'''''RIPSAW RAGE''' The Kremlings will stop at nothing, not even cutting down an entire forest, to get you.''"</ref> Mekanos is similar to [[Kremkroc Industries, Inc.]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' as both are heavily polluted industrial areas. Mekanos is more forest-based, complete with many warehouses, factories, pipelines, and a logging area. Mekanos also has a dam that separates the central lake from its sea inlet. | According to [[Bramble (character)|Bramble]], Mekanos was once a beautiful island filled with plant life, but after the [[Kremling Krew]] invaded the Northern Kremisphere, they built machines and factories over it, even deforesting the trees in the area (as seen in the level [[Ripsaw Rage]]).<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide. Page 60. "'''''RIPSAW RAGE''' The Kremlings will stop at nothing, not even cutting down an entire forest, to get you.''"</ref> Mekanos is similar to [[Kremkroc Industries, Inc.]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' as both are heavily polluted industrial areas. Mekanos is more forest-based, complete with many warehouses, factories, pipelines, and a logging area. Mekanos also has a dam that separates the central lake from its sea inlet. | ||
==Levels== | |||
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FireBall Frenzy DKC3.png|'''[[Fire-Ball Frenzy]]'''<br>The first level, Fire-Ball Frenzy takes place in a [[Kremling]] factory where the main obstacle is [[Karbine]]s, which launch fireballs from the background at Dixie and Kiddy. | FireBall Frenzy DKC3.png|'''[[Fire-Ball Frenzy]]'''<br>The first level, Fire-Ball Frenzy takes place in a [[Kremling]] factory where the main obstacle is [[Karbine]]s, which launch fireballs from the background at Dixie and Kiddy. | ||
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KAOS Karnage DKC3.png|'''Boss level: [[Kaos Karnage]]'''<br>The boss level, Kaos Karnage takes place in a small factory where the Kongs fight a green robot named [[KAOS]]. | KAOS Karnage DKC3.png|'''Boss level: [[Kaos Karnage]]'''<br>The boss level, Kaos Karnage takes place in a small factory where the Kongs fight a green robot named [[KAOS]]. | ||
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==Profiles== | ==Profiles== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:25, January 20, 2024
| Mekanos | |
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 Map in the original version  In the Game Boy Advance version | |
| Game | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! |
| Level(s) | 5 |
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- “The most beautiful flowers used to grow around here, but they died back when those awful machines came!”
- —Bramble, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Mekanos, also named Mekanos Island[1][2] or the Island of Mekanos,[3] is the fourth world of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, but can also be accessed as the third world (and vice versa for Cotton Top Cove). It is an island filled with large factories and pipelines, located in the Northern Kremisphere. Bazooka is the Brother Bear of Mekanos, and Dixie and Kiddy Kong must visit his barracks to give him the bowling ball to reach the secret cave, "Sky High Secret", held up by a large claw. The name "Mekanos" is a combination of "mecha" and "Mykonos", an island in Greece.
According to Bramble, Mekanos was once a beautiful island filled with plant life, but after the Kremling Krew invaded the Northern Kremisphere, they built machines and factories over it, even deforesting the trees in the area (as seen in the level Ripsaw Rage).[4] Mekanos is similar to Kremkroc Industries, Inc. from Donkey Kong Country as both are heavily polluted industrial areas. Mekanos is more forest-based, complete with many warehouses, factories, pipelines, and a logging area. Mekanos also has a dam that separates the central lake from its sea inlet.
Levels[edit]
Fire-Ball Frenzy
The first level, Fire-Ball Frenzy takes place in a Kremling factory where the main obstacle is Karbines, which launch fireballs from the background at Dixie and Kiddy.
Demolition Drain-Pipe
The second level, Demolition Drain-Pipe takes place inside of a large pipe system that the Kongs have to travel through while riding in a toboggan.
Ripsaw Rage
The third level, Ripsaw Rage involves having to avoid a giant saw as it cuts its way upward through the trees.
Blazing Bazukas
The fourth level, Blazing Bazukas takes place in a factory where several Bazukas shoot barrels out from their cannon, and the use of Switch Barrels and Squitter is required to complete the level.
Low-G Labyrinth
The fifth level, Low-G Labyrinth takes place inside a pipeline. It is filled a green mist that lowers the gravity, causing the Kongs to move slowly yet jump high. Quawks' assistance is required in the second part of the level.
Boss level: Kaos Karnage
The boss level, Kaos Karnage takes place in a small factory where the Kongs fight a green robot named KAOS.
Profiles[edit]
- Player's Guide (page 5): The toxic terrors lurking among the rusted ruins on the industrialized island of Mekanos are not for the faint of heart. This world contains some of the toughest challenges in the game, especially when you're searching for Bonus Coins.
- Nintendo Power vol. 89 (page 36): Slime from the heavily industrialized island of Mekanos is polluting the water north of Funky Kong's rental shop. There's been some strange going-on late at night around the factories and wild tales about low gravity gases in underground chambers. Could this be where Diddy and Donkey are monkeying around?
- Nintendo Power vol. 91 (page 56): After Dixie and Kiddy broke out of the gooey webs in Arich's Ambush, they found a patch to seal the hole in Funky Kong's Hovercraft. Now you can use the Hovercraft to glide across the rocks and sail to the Kremling factory on the Island of Mekanos. After you clean up this toxic waste dump, you'll finally kind Kaos the Robot.
Gallery[edit]
Render of the Mekanos factory
Desktop wallpaper of Dixie and Kiddy in a Mekanos factory
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | メカノス工場の島[5] Mekanosu Kōjō no Shima |
Mekanos Factory Island |
| French | Mékanos |
Mekanos |
| German | Mekanos |
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| Italian | Mekanos |
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| Spanish | Mekanos |
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References[edit]
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 89, page 37.
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 90, page 33.
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 91, page 56.
- ^ M. Arakawa. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide. Page 60. "RIPSAW RAGE The Kremlings will stop at nothing, not even cutting down an entire forest, to get you."
- ^ Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō「クレミス島マップ」fold-out
