Re-Koil

Re-Koil
Artwork of a Re-Koil from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) (1996)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)
Variant of	Kremling
Comparable Kritter Kaboing

“His springy tail can propel him towards players at speed - beware!”

—Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet, page 18

Re-Koils are orange Kremlings with a springy tail. They are weak members of the Kremling Krew and common enemies that appear in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They are the successor to jumping Kritters from Donkey Kong Country and Kaboings from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.

Re-Koils always stick their tongue out and have their eyes point in opposite directions. Re-Koils have four fingers and three toes, and they are one of the few Kremlings with claws on their hands. They have a yellow belly, and the front of their tail is also yellow.

History

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

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Re-Koils continuously bounce on their tail, either in one spot or back and forth. Some Re-Koils bounce on their tail without getting off the ground. If a Re-Koil lands on Dixie Kong or Kiddy Kong, that Kong gets injured. The Kongs can defeat a Re-Koil by either rolling into it just before it lands, jumping onto it, or hitting the Re-Koil with a barrel. Due to their high-bouncing ability, the Kongs can sometimes use Re-Koils to reach higher areas or out-of-reach items.

In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a photograph of a Re-Koil appears under the "Kremling Kreeps" category.

Re-Koils appear in eight levels, most of which take place in a mountain or inside a mill:

• Murky Mill
• Riverside Race
• Squeals on Wheels
• Kreeping Klasps
• Tracker Barrel Trek
• Krack Shot Kroc
• Koindozer Klamber
• Criss Kross Cliffs

In the Game Boy Advance version, Re-Koils appear in three more levels, and each of them appear in the exclusive world Pacifica: Dingy Drain-Pipe, Stormy Seas, and Cliffside Blast.

Donkey Kong Land III

A Rekoil as it appears in its titular level, Total Rekoil, in Donkey Kong Land III

In Donkey Kong Land III, Re-Koils, or Rekoils as their name is spelled in game, act the same as in the previous game. They first appear in the level Total Rekoil, which as its name suggest, have Rekoils as the main feature and enemy. In the Japanese Game Boy Color port, Rekoils have a yellow sprite.

Rekoils appear in 16 levels, double the number of their level appearances in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!:

• Total Rekoil
• Liftshaft Lottery
• Miller Instinct
• Jungle Jeopardy
• Footloose Falls
• Karbine Kaos
• Rockface Chase
• Tropical Tightropes
• Clifftop Critters
• Rickety Rapids
• Bazuka Bombard
• Stalagmite Frights
• Kuchuka Karnage
• Haunted Hollows
• Barrel Boulevard
• Ghoulish Grotto

Gallery

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  Re-Koil compressing its tail

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

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  In Dixie Kong's Photo Album

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  Donkey Kong Land III sprite

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  Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong sprite

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リコイル Rikoiru	Re-Koil

Trivia

Unused model of a Re-Koil from Donkey Kong 64

• Re-Koils may have been inspired by Tigger from the Winnie-the-Pooh, as both are orange and use their tail for a spring.
• An unused model of a Re-Koil exists within the kiosk demo of Donkey Kong 64; it is unknown if Re-Koil was planned to be an enemy or the file exists as a placeholder.