| Army | |||
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 Artwork from Donkey Kong Country | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country (1994) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) | ||
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Armies[1] are small armadillo enemies which first appear in Donkey Kong Country.
HistoryEdit
Donkey Kong Country / Donkey Kong LandEdit
Armies are enemies in Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land. They behave identically between both games. Armies attack by rolling into a ball and careening toward the Kongs. Donkey Kong can defeat an Army by jumping on it once, regardless if the enemy is inside its shell or not. Diddy Kong must jump on an Army twice to defeat it, as when he jumps on a curled up Army, Diddy forces it to its normal position. While an Army is not curled up, Diddy can jump on it another time to defeat it. In Donkey Kong Country only, Army's defeat sound is a higher-pitched version of that of Donkey Kong's, though not in the remakes.
Club NintendoEdit
One purple-colored Army is an enemy in Club Nintendo comic, "Donkey Kong Country." It has the ability to speak, like the other enemies. Army is the first enemy that attacks Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, the latter defeating it with a stomp.
Donkey Kong Country novelEdit
An individual Army appears as an antagonist in the Donkey Kong Country novel. While the Kongs are exploring the abandoned mines, Army and Slippa ambush the group. Donkey Kong throws a barrel at Army and the force of the impact knocks him down the tunnel.
Donkey Kong BananzaEdit
In Donkey Kong Bananza, Armies appear in the Planet Core, behaving identically to Rolluskoids. This marks the first game appearance of Armies since the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country, released 22 years prior. The Armadillo fossils that are found in the Radiance Layer are fossilized Armies.
Unused appearancesEdit
Donkey Kong 64 has unused armadillo enemies, presumably Armies. Although Armies do not appear, the first boss, Army Dillo, is an Army.
An Army appears near the end of the trailer in Donkey Kong Racing.
ProfilesEdit
| Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) enemy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | ||||
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Worlds | Kongo Jungle Gorilla Glacier Chimp Caverns |
Levels | Ropey Rampage Slipslide Ride Boss Dumb Drum (fifth and final pair) Rope Bridge Rumble Misty Mine Platform Perils |
| Scrapbook page | 1 | |||
| Photograph location | Hand Slapping an Army | DK Attack point value | 5500 |
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Army will curl into an armored ball to protect himself from your attacks.[2]
- English:
Donkey Kong LandEdit
GalleryEdit
ArtworkEdit
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country
Sprites and modelsEdit
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
ScansEdit
MiscellaneousEdit
Artwork used for a puzzle based on Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アーミー[?] Āmī |
Army | |
| French | Army[?] | - | |
| Italian | Army[3][4] | - | |
| Spanish | Army[?] | - |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
- ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.
- ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country - Libretto di istruzioni (Instruction booklet). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian). Page 28-29.
- ^ Carlos Jose Castro Quinga. In-game name from the ending of Donkey Kong Country. Italian. Retrieved from YouTube.
