Mekanos
| Mekanos | |
|---|---|
 Map in the original version  In the Game Boy Advance version | |
| Game | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! |
| Level(s) | 5 |
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- “The most beautiful flowers used to grow around here, but they died back when those awful machines came!”
- —Bramble, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Mekanos, also named Mekanos Island[1][2] or the Island of Mekanos,[3] is recognized as the fourth world of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, but can also be accessed as the third world (and vice versa for Cotton Top Cove). It is an island filled with large factories and pipelines, located in the Northern Kremisphere. Bazooka is the Brother Bear of Mekanos, visiting his barracks to give him the bowling ball is required to reach the secret cave, "Sky High Secret", held up by a large claw. The name "Mekanos" is a combination of "mecha" and "Mykonos", an island in Greece.
According to Bramble, Mekanos was once a beautiful island filled with plant life, but after the Kremling Krew invaded the Northern Kremisphere, they built machines and factories over it, even deforesting the trees in the area (as seen in the level Ripsaw Rage).[4] Mekanos is similar to Kremkroc Industries, Inc. from Donkey Kong Country as both are heavily polluted industrial areas. Mekanos is more forest-based, complete with many warehouses, factories, pipelines, and a logging area. Mekanos also has a dam that separates the central lake from its sea inlet.
LevelsEdit
Fire-Ball Frenzy
The first level, Fire-Ball Frenzy takes place in a Kremling factory where the main obstacle is Karbines, which launch fireballs from the background at Dixie and Kiddy.
Demolition Drain-Pipe
The second level, Demolition Drain-Pipe takes place inside of a large pipe system that the Kongs have to travel through while riding in a toboggan.
Ripsaw Rage
The third level, Ripsaw Rage involves having to avoid a giant saw as it cuts its way upward through the trees.
Blazing Bazukas
The fourth level, Blazing Bazukas takes place in a factory where several Bazukas shoot barrels out from their cannon, and the use of Switch Barrels and Squitter is required to complete the level.
Low-G Labyrinth
The fifth level, Low-G Labyrinth takes place inside a pipeline. It is filled a green mist that lowers the gravity, causing the Kongs to move slowly yet jump high. Quawks' assistance is required in the second part of the level.
Boss level: Kaos Karnage
The boss level, Kaos Karnage takes place in a small factory where the Kongs fight a green robot named KAOS.
ProfilesEdit
- Player's Guide: The toxic terrors lurking among the rusted ruins on the industrialized island of Mekanos are not for the faint of heart. This world contains some of the toughest challenges in the game, especially when you're searching for Bonus Coins.[5]
- Nintendo Power vol. 89: Slime from the heavily industrialized island of Mekanos is polluting the water north of Funky Kong's rental shop. There's been some strange going-on late at night around the factories and wild tales about low gravity gases in underground chambers. Could this be where Diddy and Donkey are monkeying around?[6]
- Nintendo Power vol. 91: After Dixie and Kiddy broke out of the gooey webs in Arich's Ambush, they found a patch to seal the hole in Funky Kong's Hovercraft. Now you can use the Hovercraft to glide across the rocks and sail to the Kremling factory on the Island of Mekanos. After you clean up this toxic waste dump, you'll finally kind Kaos the Robot.[7]
GalleryEdit
Render of the Mekanos factory
Desktop wallpaper of Dixie and Kiddy in a Mekanos factory
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | メカノス Mekanosu Kōjō no Shima |
Mekanos Factory Island |
| French | Mékanos |
Mekanos |
| German | Mekanos |
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| Italian | Mekanos |
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| Spanish | Mekanos |
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ (October 1996). Nintendo Power Volume 89. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 37.
- ^ (November 1996). Nintendo Power Volume 90. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 33.
- ^ (December 1996). Nintendo Power Volume 91. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 56.
- ^ "RIPSAW RAGE The Kremlings will stop at nothing, not even cutting down an entire forest, to get you." – Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 35, 60.
- ^ Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 5.
- ^ (October 1996). Nintendo Power Volume 89. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 36.
- ^ (December 1996). Nintendo Power Volume 91. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 56.
- ^ Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō「クレミス
島 マップ」fold-out