Snaggles
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| Snaggles | |||
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![]() A Snaggles as it appears in-game | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025) | ||
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Snaggles are aquatic enemies in the Donkey Kong Country series that resemble chubby great white sharks. They periodically jump high above the water, making a barking noise similar to a puppy's.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D / HD)[edit]
In Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports, Snaggles appear in levels of the Beach world and a Ruins level, Damp Dungeon. They have a repeated pattern of peeking out of the water for a few seconds and then performing a high jump, attempting to bite Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
Snaggles have a variant named Yellow Snaggles, which immediately jump out the water, sometimes without prior warning. A larger variant appears at the end of Damp Dungeon.
The Prima Guide for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D refers to Snaggles as Nibbles;[1] however, the in-game gallery still refers to the enemy as Snaggles.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]
In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port, they appear in Lost Mangroves and Sea Breeze Cove. Snaggles act the same way as they did in Donkey Kong Country Returns on the surface, and chase the Kongs if they see them underwater. Snaggles can only be defeated by the Kongs throwing a barrel at it, or by Cranky Kong's cane.
Gallery[edit]
- A Snaggles in the level, Sloppy Sands
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラングィ Rangwi | Possibly from a partial corruption of「乱杭歯」(rangui-ba, "uneven teeth") | [2] | |
| Bosnian | Snaggles | - | [3] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 岚古鲨 Lángǔ Shā (Mandarin) Làahmgú Sā (Cantonese) | From the Japanese name and "鲨" (shā / sā, "shark") | [4] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 嵐古鯊 Lángǔ Shā (Mandarin) Làahmgú Sā (Cantonese) | From the Japanese name and「鯊」(shā / sā, "shark") | [5] | |
| Croatian | Snaggles | - | [6] | |
| Czech | Snaggles | - | [7] | |
| Danish | Snaggles | - | [8] | |
| Dutch | Snaggles | - | [9] | |
| Estonian | Snaggles | - | [10] | |
| Finnish | Snaggles | - | [11] | |
| French (Canada) | Squalus | Latin for "shark" | [12] | |
| French (Europe) | [13] | |||
| German | Knabberhai | Nibble Shark | [14] | |
| Greek | Snaggles | - | [15] | |
| Hungarian | Snaggles | - | [16] | |
| Italian | Sgranocchio | From sgranocchiare ("to munch"); shared with Muncher | [17] | |
| Korean | 스내글스 Seunaegeulseu | Transliteration of the English name | [18] | |
| Latvian | Snaggles | - | [19] | |
| Lithuanian | Sneglius | From the English name and the suffix -ius that can be found at the end of various Lithuanian names | [20] | |
| Norwegian | Snaggles | - | [21] | |
| Polish | Snaggles | - | [22] | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Tubarôncio | From tubarão ("shark") and the suffix -ôncio that can be found at the end of various Portuguese names | [23] | |
| Portuguese (Europe) | Snaggles | - | [24] | |
| Romanian | Snaggles | - | [25] | |
| Serbian | Snegls | Snaggles | [26] | |
| Slovak | Snaggles | - | [27] | |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Tiburoncio | From tiburón ("shark") | [28] | |
| Spanish (Europe) | [29] | |||
| Swedish | Snaggles | - | [30] | |
| Turkish | Snaggles | - | [31] |
References[edit]
- ^ Knight, Michael; Musa, Alexander. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Page 26.
- ^ ディディーコング の トロッコライド. LEGO.com (Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2024. (Archived January 13, 2024, 03:39:21 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 71425 Diddy Kongova vožnja rudničkim kolicima set za proširenje. SOLIDEX d.o.o. (Bosnian). Retrieved April 1, 2024 from svijetkockica.ba. (Archived November 28, 2023, 16:19:51 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
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- ^ 狄狄剛的礦車兜風. LEGO.com (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved May 8, 2023. (Archived September 23, 2023, 21:26:15 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Vožnja rudarskim kolicima Diddyja Konga – proširena staza. BRAVOSTORE (Croatian). Retrieved April 1, 2024 from lstore.hr. (Archived April 1, 2024, 20:06:22 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
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