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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Kuro.png|160px]]
|image=[[File:Kuro.png|160px]]<br>Artwork of a Bird from ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]])
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|parent_species=[[Nitpicker]]
|subject_origin=[[Crow]]
|related=[[Hawks]]<br>[[Kaibādo]]
|variant_of=[[Nitpicker]]
|relatives=[[Hawks]]<br>[[Kaibādo]]
}}
}}
'''Kuro''', originally referred to as '''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port</ref>, are flying corvid [[Nitpicker]]s that make their debut in the ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' arcade game. In most versions, they sport thick beaks and flap their wings in a brisk pace while flying.
'''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8>Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port</ref> are flying corvid [[Nitpicker]]s that make their debut in the ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' arcade game. In most versions, they sport thick beaks and flap their wings in a brisk pace while flying.
 
==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
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|footer=Birds in various different ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' versions
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|width1=16
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|image2=DKJrNESCrow.png
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'''Birds''',<ref name=Atari8/> also referred to as '''Nitpickers''',<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, and Coleco Adam ports</ref><ref>Instruction manual for Atari 7800 port</ref> make their first appearance in the [[Chain Scene]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Like the Nitpickers in the [[Jump Board Scene]], these Birds similarly fly horizontally across the screen, descending progressively as they meet its margins. They flee off-screen after performing four such flights. Unlike those Nitpickers, they do not bombard [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] with [[egg]]s, and are designed to look more like ravens in most versions, given their dark coloration and chubby structure. They can be defeated the same way nonetheless, as falling [[fruit]] can put an end to them.
Kuro, referred to as '''Nitpickers'''<ref>Instruction manuals for Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, and Coleco Adam ports</ref><ref>Instruction manual for Atari 7800 port</ref> or '''Birds'''<ref name=Atari8/>, make their first appearance in [[Stage 4 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|stage 4]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Like the Nitpickers in [[Stage 2 (Donkey Kong Jr.)|stage 2]], these Birds similarly fly horizontally across the screen, descending progressively as they meet its margins. They flee off-screen after performing four such flights. Unlike those Nitpickers, they do not bombard [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] with [[egg]]s, and are designed to look more like ravens in most versions, given their dark coloration and chubby structure. They can be defeated the same way nonetheless, as falling [[fruit]] can put an end to them.


In the Atari 2600 port, a single bird flies left to right at the bottom of the stage. In the Intellivision port, they fly off the left or right side of the screen rather than doing their zigzag routine.
In the Atari 2600 port, a single bird flies left to right at the bottom of the stage. In the Intellivision port, they fly off the left or right side of the screen rather than doing their zigzag routine.


====''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''====
====''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''====
A lone Kuro, known as a nitpicker, appears in the +-×÷ Exercise mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''. It hovers over the chains, showing which position Donkey Kong Jr. should fill. It will also show where Junior made his mistakes.
A lone Bird (known as a "nitpicker")<ref>''Donkey Kong Jr. Math'' instruction booklet, pages 9 and 10.</ref> appears in the +-×÷ Exercise mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''. It hovers over the chains, showing which position Donkey Kong Jr. should fill. It will also show where Junior made his mistakes.


====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)====
====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)====
A single Kuro nest can be seen in the Game Boy ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', in [[Stage 9-4]] of the [[Tower (world)|Tower]], a boss stage that resembles stage 4 from ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' It spawns two Kuro birds on-screen at a time. After rising slowly from their nest, Kuro fly horizontally across the room, moving down a short distance and turning back upon meeting the room's limits. They perform three complete flights, and flee outside the map of the stage afterwards. Kuro can not be practically defeated, as the stage they appear in presents no means of combat against them. They now attempt to drop eggs on [[Mario]] if they fly above him. Unless they are avoided, or deflected with a [[handstand]], these eggs can plummet down on the character and cause him to lose a life.
A [[Bird Nest]] can be seen in the Game Boy ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', in [[Stage 9-4]] of the [[Tower (world)|Tower]], a boss stage that resembles the Chain Scene from ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' It spawns two Birds on-screen at a time. After rising slowly from their nest, Birds fly horizontally across the room, moving down a short distance and turning back upon meeting the room's limits. They perform three complete flights, and flee outside the map of the stage afterwards. Birds can not be practically defeated, as the stage they appear in presents no means of combat against them. They now attempt to drop eggs on [[Mario]] if they fly above him. Unless they are avoided, or deflected with a [[handstand]], these eggs can plummet down on the character and cause him to lose a life.
 
Kuro are identical in behavior to [[Hawks]] and [[Kaibādo]], which are other successors of [[Nitpicker]]s.


===Family BASIC===
Birds are identical in behavior to [[Hawks]] and [[Kaibādo]], which are other successors of [[Nitpicker]]s.
In the [[Family BASIC]] accessory to the [[Family Computer]], it is known as Nitpicker and is one of three programmable bird characters. It also makes a cameo on the Message Board.


===''WarioWare Gold''===
===''WarioWare Gold''===
In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', two Birds have to be avoided by Donkey Kong Jr. as he climbs two ropes in the third difficulty of the [[Donkey Kong Jr. (microgame)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] microgame. They fly on a straight line from left to right, across the ropes.
In ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'', two Birds have to be avoided by Donkey Kong Jr. as he climbs two ropes in the third difficulty of the [[Donkey Kong Jr. (microgame)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] microgame. They fly on a straight line from left to right, across the ropes.
===Other appearances===
In the [[Family BASIC]] accessory to the [[Family Computer]], it is one of three programmable bird characters. It also makes a cameo on the Message Board.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
|name=クロ (JP) / Bird (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Kuro.png|150px]]
|shusshin=フライ{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=いじわる
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＧＢ|ゲームボーイ}}ドンキー
|desc='''<big>いじわるカラスだ！{{ruby|逃|に}}げろ</big></b><br>
{{ruby|一定|いってい}}の{{ruby|間隔|かんかく}}でタマゴを{{ruby|落|お}}つことしてくる、とても{{ruby|迷惑|めいわく}}なカラスのモンスター。{{ruby|上|うえ}}も{{ruby|横|よこ}}もさわれないし、ぶつけるものち{{ruby|何|なに}}ちないので、ひたすら{{ruby|逃|に}}げ{{ruby|回|まわ}}ろう。<ref name=Daijiten>「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''). [https://i.imgur.com/Jr5Go9J.jpeg Page 75].</ref>
|origin=Fly clan
|disposition=Ill-tempered
|game_appearances=GB Donkey
|eng_desc='''''<big>You nasty crows! Get out of here!</big>'''''<br>
''A very annoying crow monster that drops its eggs at regular intervals. You can't touch it from above or to the side, and you can't hit it with anything, so just run away from it.''
}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
DKGB Crow.png|Sprite of a Kuro
DKGB Crow.png|Sprite of a Bird
Kuro KC.png|A Kuro, as illustrated in volume 30 of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|KC Deluxe]] manga
Kuro KC.png|A Bird, as illustrated in volume 30 of the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=クロ<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP#37 Page 75.]</ref><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 30 of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, [[Media:Donkey Kong GB characters KC.jpg|page 51]]</ref>
|Jap=ニットピッカー<ref name=BASIC>Family BASIC handbook.</ref>
|JapR=Kuro
|JapR=Nittopikkā
|JapM="Black" after their Game Boy coloration; also a play on the English word "[[Crow]]"
|Jap2=トリさん<ref name=BASIC/>
|Jap2R=Tori-san
|Jap3=クロ<ref name=Daijiten/><ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 30 of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, [[Media:Donkey Kong GB characters KC.jpg|page 51]]</ref>
|Jap3R=Kuro
|JapM=Nitpicker
|Jap2M=Bird{{wp|Japanese honorifics#San|-san}}
|Jap3M=From「黒」(''kuro'', black), after their Game Boy coloration; also a play on the English word "crow"
|Fre=Oiseau<ref name=int>''Donkey Kong Junior'' Atari computer version manual (International)</ref>
|Fre2=Rapace<ref>French ColecoVision manual</ref>
|FreM=Bird
|Fre2M=Raptor
|Ger=Vogel<ref name=int/>
|Ger2=Geier<ref>German ColecoVision manual</ref>
|GerM=Bird
|Ger2M=Vulture
|Ita=Uccellaccio<ref name=int/>
|Ita2=Uccello<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Italian booklet</ref>
|ItaM=Bad bird
|Ita2M=Bird
|Spa=Pájaro<ref name=int/>
|SpaM=Bird
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Corvids]]
[[Category:Corvids]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy) Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong (Game Boy) enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jr.]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jr. enemies]]

Latest revision as of 20:29, March 7, 2024

Bird
Artwork of a Bird.
Artwork of a Bird from Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten
First appearance Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
Latest appearance WarioWare Gold (2018)
Variant of Nitpicker
Subject origin Crow
Relatives

Birds[1] are flying corvid Nitpickers that make their debut in the Donkey Kong Jr. arcade game. In most versions, they sport thick beaks and flap their wings in a brisk pace while flying.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong series[edit]

Donkey Kong Jr.[edit]

Birds in various different Donkey Kong Jr. versions
Birds in various different Donkey Kong Jr. versions
Birds in various different Donkey Kong Jr. versions
Birds in various different Donkey Kong Jr. versions

Birds,[1] also referred to as Nitpickers,[2][3] make their first appearance in the Chain Scene of Donkey Kong Jr. Like the Nitpickers in the Jump Board Scene, these Birds similarly fly horizontally across the screen, descending progressively as they meet its margins. They flee off-screen after performing four such flights. Unlike those Nitpickers, they do not bombard Donkey Kong Jr. with eggs, and are designed to look more like ravens in most versions, given their dark coloration and chubby structure. They can be defeated the same way nonetheless, as falling fruit can put an end to them.

In the Atari 2600 port, a single bird flies left to right at the bottom of the stage. In the Intellivision port, they fly off the left or right side of the screen rather than doing their zigzag routine.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math[edit]

A lone Bird (known as a "nitpicker")[4] appears in the +-×÷ Exercise mode of Donkey Kong Jr. Math. It hovers over the chains, showing which position Donkey Kong Jr. should fill. It will also show where Junior made his mistakes.

Donkey Kong (Game Boy)[edit]

A Bird Nest can be seen in the Game Boy Donkey Kong, in Stage 9-4 of the Tower, a boss stage that resembles the Chain Scene from Donkey Kong Jr. It spawns two Birds on-screen at a time. After rising slowly from their nest, Birds fly horizontally across the room, moving down a short distance and turning back upon meeting the room's limits. They perform three complete flights, and flee outside the map of the stage afterwards. Birds can not be practically defeated, as the stage they appear in presents no means of combat against them. They now attempt to drop eggs on Mario if they fly above him. Unless they are avoided, or deflected with a handstand, these eggs can plummet down on the character and cause him to lose a life.

Birds are identical in behavior to Hawks and Kaibādo, which are other successors of Nitpickers.

WarioWare Gold[edit]

In WarioWare Gold, two Birds have to be avoided by Donkey Kong Jr. as he climbs two ropes in the third difficulty of the Donkey Kong Jr. microgame. They fly on a straight line from left to right, across the ropes.

Other appearances[edit]

In the Family BASIC accessory to the Family Computer, it is one of three programmable bird characters. It also makes a cameo on the Message Board.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

クロ (JP) / Bird (EN)
Artwork of a Bird.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
出身しゅっしん フライ族ぞく Place of origin Fly clan
性格せいかく いじわる Disposition Ill-tempered
登場とうじょうゲーム ＧＢゲームボーイドンキー Game appearances GB Donkey
いじわるカラスだ！逃にげろ

一定いっていの間隔かんかくでタマゴを落おつことしてくる、とても迷惑めいわくなカラスのモンスター。上うえも横よこもさわれないし、ぶつけるものち何なにちないので、ひたすら逃にげ回まわろう。[5]

You nasty crows! Get out of here!

A very annoying crow monster that drops its eggs at regular intervals. You can't touch it from above or to the side, and you can't hit it with anything, so just run away from it.

Gallery[edit]

  • Sprite of a Bird

    Sprite of a Bird

  • A Bird, as illustrated in volume 30 of the Kodansha manga

    A Bird, as illustrated in volume 30 of the Kodansha manga

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ニットピッカー[6]
Nittopikkā
トリさん[6]
Tori-san
クロ[5][7]
Kuro
 Nitpicker

Bird-san

From「黒」(kuro, black), after their Game Boy coloration; also a play on the English word "crow"

French Oiseau[8]
Rapace[9]
 Bird
Raptor
German Vogel[8]
Geier[10]
 Bird
Vulture
Italian Uccellaccio[8]
Uccello[11]
 Bad bird
Bird
Spanish Pájaro[8]
 Bird

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Instruction manual for Atari 8-bit port
  2. ^ Instruction manuals for Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision, and Coleco Adam ports
  3. ^ Instruction manual for Atari 7800 port
  4. ^ Donkey Kong Jr. Math instruction booklet, pages 9 and 10.
  5. ^ a b 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Page 75.
  6. ^ a b Family BASIC handbook.
  7. ^ Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 30 of the KC Deluxe manga, page 51
  8. ^ a b c d Donkey Kong Junior Atari computer version manual (International)
  9. ^ French ColecoVision manual
  10. ^ German ColecoVision manual
  11. ^ Donkey Kong Jr. Italian booklet
[Edit]
Donkey Kong Jr.
Characters Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong • Mario
Enemies Snapjaw • Nitpicker • Spark • Drop* • Bird
Items Fruit • Key
Objects Chain • Jump Board • Pole
Rounds Vine Scene • Jump Board Scene • Mario's Hideout • Chain Scene
Other Gallery • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
* Only appears in the Coleco Adam version
[Edit]
Donkey Kong (arcade) / Donkey Kong (GB)
Characters Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr.* • Mario • Pauline
Arcade levels 25m • 50m • 75m • 100m
Game Boy levels* Construction Site Stage 0-1 • Stage 0-2 • Stage 0-3 • Stage 0-4
Big-City Stage 1-1 • Stage 1-2 • Stage 1-3 • Stage 1-4 • Stage 1-5 • Stage 1-6 • Stage 1-7 • Stage 1-8
Forest Stage 2-1 • Stage 2-2 • Stage 2-3 • Stage 2-4 • Stage 2-5 • Stage 2-6 • Stage 2-7 • Stage 2-8 • Stage 2-9 • Stage 2-10 • Stage 2-11 • Stage 2-12
Ship Stage 3-1 • Stage 3-2 • Stage 3-3 • Stage 3-4 • Stage 3-5 • Stage 3-6 • Stage 3-7 • Stage 3-8
Jungle Stage 4-1 • Stage 4-2 • Stage 4-3 • Stage 4-4 • Stage 4-5 • Stage 4-6 • Stage 4-7 • Stage 4-8 • Stage 4-9 • Stage 4-10 • Stage 4-11 • Stage 4-12
Desert Stage 5-1 • Stage 5-2 • Stage 5-3 • Stage 5-4 • Stage 5-5 • Stage 5-6 • Stage 5-7 • Stage 5-8 • Stage 5-9 • Stage 5-10 • Stage 5-11 • Stage 5-12
Airplane Stage 6-1 • Stage 6-2 • Stage 6-3 • Stage 6-4 • Stage 6-5 • Stage 6-6 • Stage 6-7 • Stage 6-8
Iceberg Stage 7-1 • Stage 7-2 • Stage 7-3 • Stage 7-4 • Stage 7-5 • Stage 7-6 • Stage 7-7 • Stage 7-8 • Stage 7-9 • Stage 7-10 • Stage 7-11 • Stage 7-12
Rocky-Valley Stage 8-1 • Stage 8-2 • Stage 8-3 • Stage 8-4 • Stage 8-5 • Stage 8-6 • Stage 8-7 • Stage 8-8 • Stage 8-9 • Stage 8-10 • Stage 8-11 • Stage 8-12 • Stage 8-13 • Stage 8-14 • Stage 8-15 • Stage 8-16
Tower Stage 9-1 • Stage 9-2 • Stage 9-3 • Stage 9-4 • Stage 9-5 • Stage 9-6 • Stage 9-7 • Stage 9-8 • Stage 9-9
Allies* Jumper • Monchee
Abilities* Crouch • Handstand / Handstand Jump • Backflip • Wire Spin • Roll
Items and objects 1 UP Heart* • Bird Nest • Bolt • Conveyor Belt • Door* • Hammer • Ice Block* • Jump Stand* • Key* • Ladder • Lift • Parasol, Hat & Bag • Road* • Rope* • Rope (wire)* • Super Hammer* • Switch* • Trash Can*
Enemies and obstacles Aqua Man* • Arumajiron* • Barrel • Bird* • Bowbow* • Bukubuku* • Cannon* • Cement tub • Chikuchiku* • Dorakyū* • Dōryī* • Dotty* • Dust Man • Faiachū* • Fire • Fireball • Furafurawā* • Gessori* • Giant Donkey Kong* • Golem* • Gyātoru* • Hawks* • Icicle* • Jack • Kaibādo* • Kānyī* • Miira* • Ottō* • Oil* • Oil drum • Penpen* • Purupuru* • Rappy* • Robo NO.1* • Rokkun* • Sairesu* • Sir Shovalot* • Skeleton* • Snapjaw* • Sniper* • Spark* • Sukōpī* • Thwomp Platform* • Tododesu* • Tsutan'ōmen* • Walking Block* • Wire Trap*
Other 25m Theme • Gallery (Game Boy) • Media (Game Boy) • Opening • Staff (Game Boy)
* Only in Donkey Kong (GB)
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