Koin

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Not to be confused with Coin. Koin Artwork of a Koin 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 (remake) (2005) Related species Koindozer “This defensive baddy will protect the DK Coin at all costs.” —Donkey Kong Country 3 manual, page 19 Koins are Kremlings encountered in every level of the games Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. Koins wear buckets on their heads and carry trash can lids with DK Coins attached to them as shields, with their name deriving from the latter. According to the game's credits, Koins belong to the "Kremling Kreeps" enemy class. A Koin, as seen in Dixie Kong's Photo Album Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong can defeat a Koin by using a Steel Keg; oftentimes, they have to throw the Steel Keg over him, which will then rebound off a wall and hit Koin in the back, defeating him and giving Dixie and Kiddy a DK Coin. If the Kongs themselves approach a Koin from the front, he will knock them away; if they attempt to jump on him, he will raise his shield and block the jump. Most of the time, Koins are found near the beginning or the end of the level. After the DK Coin is collected, a Koin will be left with just the trash can lid. Some Koins can only be defeated with the assistance of Bazukas and Switch Barrels. In other levels, the Steel Keg required to defeat Koin is obtained by bringing an Animal Friend past the No Animal Sign. In these cases, the Kongs only get one chance to defeat Koin; if they fail, they must replay the entire level to get another chance. Multiple Koins with a dark pink tint, dubbed the Koindozer Klan, are encountered in the level "Koindozer Klamber". Koindozers are much more aggressive than their green brethren, chasing the Kongs and attempting to bash them into pits. In Donkey Kong Land III, Koins are absent in underwater levels, since they do not have a separate cave area like those in Donkey Kong Country 3. Instead, the DK Coin is hidden in the level, much like they were in Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2. In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, it is possible to defeat a Koin with a regular or TNT Barrel, which is not possible to do in the original SNES version. However, this can only be done in certain levels. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese コイン Koin Koin [Edit] Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong Prisoners Banana Birds • Queen Banana Bird • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Kong* • Lanky Kong* • Tiny Kong* • Chunky Kong* Animal Friends Ellie the Elephant • Enguarde the Swordfish • Parry the Parallel Bird • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider • Quawks Brothers Bear Bachelor* • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus* • Baron K. Roolenstein Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer Bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kracka* • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile Shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy Items Banana • Bowling Ball • Bear Coin • Bonus Coin • Box of Chocolates • Cog • DK Coin • Extra Life Balloon • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green Banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No. 6 Wrench • Patch • Present • Rose • Shell • Ski • Star Objects Animal Barrel • Animal Crate • Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Booster Barrel • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Barrel • Ghost Barrel • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Rocket Barrel • Star Barrel • Steel Keg • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Tracker Barrel • Warp Barrel Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl Cotton-Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus Pacifica* Dingy Drain-Pipe* • Stormy Seas* • Sunken Spruce* • Cliffside Blast* • Ripcurl Reef* • Surf's Up* KAOS Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline Krematoa Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush Miscellaneous Barrel-Blastapalooza * Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version. [Edit] Donkey Kong Land III Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong Animal Friends Ellie the Elephant • Enguarde the Swordfish • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • King K. Rool Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy KAOS Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K. Rool Duel Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K. Rool's Last Stand Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel Other items and objects Banana • Bear Coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • Toboggan Miscellaneous Memory [Edit] Kremlings Characters Congazuma • Dragon Kremling • General Klump • Giant Viking Kremling • Green Kroc • Jr. Klap Trap • K. Lumsy • Kalypso • Kaptain Skurvy • Kass • Kerozene • King K. Rool • King Kut Out • Kip • Klubba • Kleever • Kludge • Krunch • Krusha • Kudgel • Kutlass • Lizard-Head Kremling • Mega AMP • Quint Skurvy • Resident Demon • Robo-Kritter Species Bazuka • Bones • Ghost • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Kasplat • Klampon • Klank • Klaptrap • Klasp • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klump • Knocka • Kobble • Koin • Koindozer • Kop • Kopter • Kosha • Kracka • Krash • Krimp • Kritter • Krockhead • Krook • Krumple • Kruncha • Krusha • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Kutlass • Purple Klaptrap • Re-Koil • Robokremling • Rockkroc • Skidda • Shroom