Part 6

Learn about the enemies in Part 6 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, including Tiki pops, Screaming pillars, Awks, Rawks, Frogoons, and more.

This section details various enemies encountered in Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Tiki pop: Stu, the boss of the ruins, will toss these exploding tikis at you when he is getting desperate. Tiki pops only appear during this fight.

Tiki seeker: These tikis have mastered the art of interdimensional travel, and will pop in just long enough to fire an arrowhead at you. They are only found in the golden temple.

Screaming pillar: These stone idols will sleep until one of the Kongs gets nearby, then they will scream, and slam into the ground, trying to squash you. Ground-pounding them sometimes reveals hidden items! You will find them in the jungle, as well as the ruins.

Awk: These blue, flightless birds are great at what they do: moving endlessly in a single direction, not paying attention to anything whatsoever. Take them out with a jump or roll attack. Awks can usually be found in the jungle.

Rawk: The red, slightly smarter cousin of the awk will charge at any simians that draw near, increasing their threat level very slightly. Like awks, they can be found in the jungle levels.

Frogoon: These green, frog-like enemies will jump straight up into the air, hover for a little bit, then drop back down. A jump or roll will take care of them. With a few exceptions, these guys usually stick to the jungle.

Hopgoon: This yellow subspecies of frogoon will always jump forward a little bit when they hop, making it slightly harder to deal with a large group of them. Like their cousins, they can be found in the jungle levels.

Chomp: These come in many sizes and varieties. Red ones will try to bite at the Kongs, yellow ones will shoot globules at them, blue ones will act like vines to lure the unsuspecting monkeys in, and green ones will try to act as mushroom platforms. They are found mainly in the forest, but also in the jungle.

Mimic: Beware that innocent-looking bush silhouette, for it might actually be a mimic! Found only in Sunset Shore, these baddies will pretend to be normal bushes until a Kong gets too close!

Snaps: These orange crabs scuttle around, looking for Kongs to pinch. They're pretty weak, though, and can be taken out with either a roll or jump attack. While primarily found on the beach, there are several other places on the island where snaps reside.

Pinchly: This type of crab has developed a fashion sense, as... interesting as it is; they all wear striped bandanas. To protect against roll attacks, they keep their pincers at their sides. Jump on top though, and they will get nervous and put their pincers up, leaving them open to a roll attack. Pinchlies can be found in all of the same places snaps are found.

Squid shot: These gizmos somehow find a limitless supply of squidlies to fire out at the Kongs. Who set these things up anyway? They are stationed on the beach, as well as on the cliff.

Squidly: Squidlies are nothing more than squid shot ammo. You can jump off of these to reach high places.

Electrasquid: Sadly, squid shots also fire these guys out sometimes, and you'll be in for a shock if you try to jump on one.

Snaggles: For sharks, these guys spend a lot of time out of water. Gray snaggles will poke their heads out of the water before they jump up to bite. Orange snaggles, on the other hand, will jump up without warning. Both types can be found on the beaches of Donkey Kong Island.

Jellybob: These electric jellyfish are indigenous to the beach, and can somehow fly. They usually hang out in gaps between platforms, and pop up every now and then. To defeat them, throw an item at them.

Squiddicus: This giant octopus can be found on the Stormy Shore. His spiked tentacles really hurt, so make sure you don't touch them.

Stilts: These strange birds like to walk around on bamboo stilts; hit them once with a jump or roll attack, and they'll ditch the stilts, making them shorter but faster. These guys live in the ruins.

Toothberry: These cute but deadly furballs live in the ruins and forest, and come in three colors. Blue ones are weaker, and only take one attack to defeat. Red ones are stronger, and can withstand two attacks. Yellow ones have learned to work together, and will stack up in groups of five, and topple over onto potential threats.

Cageberry: This practially-named creature is simply a toothberry that has been locked in a cage. The Kongs can ground-pound near one of them to stun it, then use the cage as a platform.

Squeekly: While these bat-like enemies can be found all over the island, they are most abundant in the caves. The common type of squeekly simply flies forward in a straight line, but you can meet the whole family in the Crowded Cavern.

Mole miner: These busybodies are contstantly at work mining crystals from the caves. They will ride around in mine carts, but if you intrude on their territory, you might have to answer to their pickaxes.

Buzzbite: These painful little guys ride around on the sides of platforms, trying to clip a little bit of the Kongs' hides. They should be avoided at all costs, and can usually be found in the forest, as well as the secret stages throughout the island. Sometimes you will find them on fire, but this doesn't really add to their threat level.

Cling cobra: Get it? CLING cobra? It's a pun. Anyway, these snakes will travel along climbable surfaces in the forest, trying to intercept an unwary ape. The Kongs can keep up with them, though, so avoiding them altogether is the best tactic.

Skittler: These forest-dwelling spiders will drop down from ceilings, at which point they can be taken care of with either a jump or roll attack. Just try not to disturb an entire nest of baby skittlers, okay?

Bopapodamus: Hippos on sticks. Yep. They make for great launching points, but if you try to approach one from the side, it will smack you silly. Jump on them four times, and they will fall over. Interestingly, these guys are found