Lurchin
- This article is about the enemy introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. For the enemy in Wario: Master of Disguise, see Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise).
| Lurchin | |||
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 Artwork of a Lurchin 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 Bananza (cameo) (2025) | ||
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Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. These sea urchin-like creatures appear in water-based settings, including riversides, boardwalks, and underwater. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment that connects both shells. Lurchin's face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins. In both games, Enguarde fights a large Lurchin boss known as Barbos.
History
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. They do not attack Dixie or Kiddy Kong directly, but remain either stationary or move up and down in a set path while opening and closing their shell instead. Some Lurchins move more quickly than others. Because of their spiky shell, a Lurchin hurts the Kongs on contact. A Lurchin can be defeated from Enguarde's sword stab, like other underwater enemies, but Lurchins are unique in that Enguarde can damage them only while their squishy portion is exposed, because touching Lurchin's spiky shell similarly damages Enguarde. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Lurchin is featured as a photograph within the "Aquatic Attackers" enemy class. In the remake, Lurchins in Ripcurl Reef are cosmetically different, having a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center.
Donkey Kong Land III
Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Land III. They act the same as before, except in Barbos' boss stage, Barbos Bastion, where when Barbos directs a few Lurchins after Enguarde, one of them moves slowly before stopping and opening its shell; while the Lurchin is exposed, it can be stabbed by Enguarde to launch back into Barbos, with a possibility of also bouncing off the walls in the process.
Profiles and statistics
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
- Level appearances
- Tidal Trouble (Bonus Level only)
- Bazza's Blockade (Bonus Level only)
- Fish Food Frenzy
- Floodlit Fish
- Pot Hole Panic
- Barbos's Barrier
- Poisonous Pipeline
- Dingy Drain-Pipe (remake only)
- Stormy Seas (remake only)
- Sunken Spruce (remake only)
- Ripcurl Reef (remake only)
Donkey Kong Land III
- Level appearances
- Seabed Shanty
- Coral Quarrel
- Jetty Jitters
- Riverbank Riot
- Surface Tension
- Deep Reef Grief
- Ugly Ducting
- Haunted Hollows
Gallery
Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Sprite from Donkey Kong Land III
Sprite from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong
Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)
Sprite of the golden variant from Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)
An unused color variant of Lurchin in Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance), later replaced by the golden variant
A Lurchin alongside a Nibbla and Koco in 4koma Gag Battle
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | リラーチ[?] Rirāchi |
Relurch |
