Gnawty: Difference between revisions

In ''Donkey Kong Country'', Gnawties are among the most common and weakest of enemies, along with [[Kritter]]. Gnawties wander aimlessly in a single direction, and [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] get injured if they come in contact with a Gnawty. The [[Kong]]s can defeat a Gnawty by using any attack, including jumping on it, rolling into it, or throwing a [[Barrel]] at it.

Gnawties have a brown-fur variant that moves around on a [[millstone]], somewhat similar to the functionality of a {{wp|hamster wheel}}. They appear in two temple-themed levels, both in which they appear throughout: [[Millstone Mayhem]] and [[Temple Tempest]]. In contrast to regular Gnawties, this type cannot be defeated due to their millstone being indestructible. Some millstone-riding Gnawties chase the Kongs down a path until the Gnawty hits into a dead-end wall, while some others attempt to stop them from moving back and forth in a set pattern. These Gnawties stand in the center hole of the millstone, although in the [[Game Boy Color]] version, they stand on top of the millstone.

[[Very Gnawty]] and [[Really Gnawty]], two bosses from the game, are notable members of the Gnawty species. Both of them are stronger than normal Gnawties, as they take more hits to defeat, and move around by hopping instead of walking. The former boss is colored green while the latter one is brown, which reflects the colors of both types of Gnawties. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, all Gnawties were recolored to blue, including the millstone variant, and the colors of Very Gnawty and Really Gnawty were swapped, with the latter taking on a blue color.