Knocka
Artwork of a Knocka from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Knocka 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 (Game Boy Advance) (2005)
Variant of Kremling
Variants

Knockas are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. These green lanky Kremlings hide in green barrels with menacing faces painted on them. They are the successor of Klobbers from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, but Knockas are different mainly from the fact that they wear a barrel with a noticeably different appearance from regular barrels. Knockas have two variants, Klasps and Kuchukas; the former climbs across a horizontal rope while hiding inside a TNT Barrel, while the latter stays inside a purple barrel and throws bombs at Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong.

HistoryEdit

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!Edit

Knockas are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. They hide in their barrel at first, dormant, until being approached by Dixie Kong or Kiddy Kong, then the Knocka begins to run after them. Knockas cannot damage the player characters directly and opt for trying to push them into another enemy or a pit instead. They speed up as the game progresses. A Knocka can be defeated if the Kong jumps onto it, picks up the Knocka, and throws it at a surface. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Knocka is categorized under the Kremling Kreeps.

The remake also introduces Krackas, a variant of Klasp behaving like Knockas. In said remake, Knockas' run speeds are consistent, unlike before.

Donkey Kong Land IIIEdit

Knockas, named Krushas in the ending, appear with the same role in Donkey Kong Land III. In the Japanese Game Boy Color release, a Krusha changes from green to red only while being carried, using the exact sprite and palette as a barrel when carried.

Donkey Kong BananzaEdit

Knocka is mentioned in the fake credits sequence in the middle of King K. Rool's boss fight in Donkey Kong Bananza, where they are credited for "NETWORK KODING".

ProfilesEdit

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!Edit

Level appearances

Donkey Kong Land IIIEdit

Level appearances

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ノッカ[?]
Nokka
Knocka Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
クルーシャ[?]
Kurūsha
Krusha Donkey Kong Land III
Italian Knocka[1] -

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 2025. Donkey K.Ong Bananza Kredits. Nintendo of Europe (Italian).