#Enguarde

[thattscherry]

Donkey Kong Country animal buddies, Sonic-ified!

[lady-zephyrine]

Animal Buddies...Animal Friends...

[dixieforsmash]

News: Enguarde was almost included into Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze! Maybe next time, buddy. #DixieKongFacts Full news story: https://nintendoeverything.com/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze-almost-brought-back-enguarde/

[raindingrandom]

Art: Shantae as Enguarde the Swordfish

An art piece I did earlier this year.

References used:

Enguarde's renders from Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

The sprites for Shantae's transformations from Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

[chrismas95]

this art is

so kind. it make me happy

[dixieforsmash]

The foot thing is interesting (and Kongfusing), but I never knew there even was a render for Enguarde from DK64!

As the Enguarde Arena in Donkey Kong 64 (seen in a minigame unlocked after collecting 6 Banana Fairies and accessed only through the main menu, not available in the game's actual adventure mode) is experienced only from inside the pools of water, it is extremely difficult to notice that the arena is shaped like a giant footprint. This can be only seen clearly by zooming out the camera in a model viewer.

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[ninebaalart]

Animal Tokens

[hi-there-cake]

OH MY GOD MILES EDGEWORTH

[lemmylemons]

Clearing out all my old docs and my old stuff from when I was like 12 and ... Guys the misfits are fucking 3 years old

I have had these OCS FOR 3 YEARS.

God my edgy OCS from when I was like 12 have stuck with me so long ... I'm almost 16 god damn.

*takes a long drag from a cigarette* this is it

[dixieforsmash]

I’ve always wanted to see the other animal buddy crates in a similar style to the Rambi crate from returns. This is really cool art and concept!

More Mario Kart icons! This time I decided to tackle Donkey Kong's animal friends, specifically the ones from the first game: Rambi, Expresso, Winky, Enguarde, and Squawks are all here and accounted for! I'd like to do the ones from the other games too, but that'll be for a different time.

All of these icons are inspired from Rambi's animal crate in Returns and Tropical Freeze!

Of course, since Rambi is the only animal friend to appear in those games, I had to do the rest on my own. I think they all came out pretty well, and I think they suit the atystyle well. I had considered basing them off of the crates from the Rare trilogy since that's where they actually appeared, but I thought this would be more fun. Maybe I'll do alternate icons for that later.

For now though, I take pride in planting the idea of a frickin' rhinoceros tearing up the Mario Kart tracks riding Mr. Scooty. Or Eunguarde trying to ride a bike with his lack of legs. Possibilities are endless!

[crazyk-imagine]

Enguard your Highness

Pairing: Arthur Pendragon x Lost Princess!reader

Characters: Arthur Pendragon, Merlin, Percival, Gwaine, Lost Princess!reader

Warnings: Fluff, minor angst, open ending, the knights are dorks, but they mean well, I forgot how much I love this group of dollapheads, my boys are back, Merlin is lowkey bestie, Arthur is slow to recognizing people, Uther is a butt, he is the annoyance of my life, but needed for the plot

Word Count: 1k

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“There seems to be someone more worthy of wielding a sword than you,” Merlin tells his highness.

“Shut up, Merlin,” Arthur mumbles, watching with bated breath as you fight the bandits, all on your own.

-

Gwaine and Percival sneak up behind where the rope holding them is, whispering to Merlin, who latches onto Arthur.

The blond tries to shove him off, not understanding why he’s holding him.

“Merlin, get off-”

They tumble to the floor.

Merlin lays there out of breath, trying to get the oxygen back into his lungs as the two knights pull the prince off his servant.

-

You fall to your knees, reaching for your dagger as a hand pulls you back to him.

You spin around, kicking the nameless man in the face; he falls back, howling in pain, giving you the opportunity to take his life before he could take yours.

You take deep breaths, unsure of what to do next.

Finally remembering the two idiots in the net, you push yourself up and brush off the dirt and leaves.

Your eyes rake over the four, furrowing your brows at the sight of the three and- “Merlin?”

Arthur furrows his brows, “you two know each other?”

“How would we-”

You rushed towards him before he could finish his sentence.

The speed you used, caused your hood to fall, exposing your face.

The three are shocked, the sight of such a handsome maiden as yourself hugging, Merlin.

Gwaine and Percival could see it happening but Arthur, he’s going through a mental crisis.

You pull back and look over his figure, acting as though you're his mother. "Have you been eating? You look thinner."

He lightly shoves your hands off him, embarrassed at the sight.

“I can’t believe you were a dollop head and got caught.”

His jaw drops. “It wasn’t me.”

“Really? Who then?”

Gwaine snickers under his breath.

Percival smacks his shoulder, “we should really get a move on if we’re to make it back to Camelot by nightfall.”

Your gaze meets the tallest one’s. “Follow me, you’re nearly there.”

“Why should we trust you?” Arthur can’t help but ask.

“I am the one who rescued you before your knights could arrive.”

He pouts and stares at the ground.

You glance at Merlin who shakes his head with a smile. “Alright, now that we’ve had our temper tantrums, we can move on.”

The three share a look and smirk, wondering how you were going to deal with the future king once this was all over.

You pause in front of them.

Merlin takes a step forward, knowing you wouldn’t stop unless something was wrong.

The future king furrows his brows at your behavior. “What’s-”

You switch places with Arthur before he could blink.

They all rush forward, trying to get an eye on where you fell.

Your hand shoots up and Arthur is the first to grab it, followed by his knights who hook their hands under your arms to pull you up.

You huff before realizing you're laying on the future king’s chest.

His mouth opens and before any other thoughts could swirl around in his mind, you’re up and ready to continue.

“Are you sure you’re fine to continue?” Percival asks, the concern evident in his voice.

You brush him off, “I’m fine. We’re almost there.”

-

The five of you continue on your journey.

You stop before the entrance to Camelot. “This is where I leave you.”

“Wait- you’re leaving?” Merlin asks.

“Merlin, I can’t stay here-”

“Why not?” The prince asks. “Why can’t you?”

“Who’s going to help others who fall into the bandits' traps?”

“No one if you’re dead,” he points out the morbid fact you’ve thought about once or twice.

“I-” You take a deep breath, suddenly it hurts to stand up. You furrow your brows at the pain, realizing when it happened.

Merlin rushes towards you, knowing before you could lose your ability to keep upright. “Hey, hey. Where is it?” His hand soaked, filling him with fear and dread, “I need you to tell where-”

Your nails dig into his arm, your other hand wrapping around yourself.

“It hurts,” you whimper.

He nods, “I know but you need to stay awake.”

You nod, the urge to sleep overtaking your ability to think properly.

Arthur rushes to help him, asking Merlin to release you. “I got her.”

Percival and Gwaine open the doors, letting the blond rush through as they all head for Gaius.

“Ah Merlin just in-”

The older man’s eyes fall on your bleeding and unconscious form. “Set her down here.”

He reaches for bandages and applies pressure. “What happened?”

-

You open your eyes and wince at the light shining through and the fact that the pain of where the dagger hit you is.

Merlin enters, not realizing you have woken up and are actively trying to sneak out.

He turns, a smile breaking across his face until he realizes what you’re doing. “You should be resting.”

“I will be, when I’m gone.”

“You’re not leaving.”

“You were stabbed.”

“It’s just a flesh wound.”

“You could have died.”

“And I didn't, therefore I was destined to help you. Now, if I could-” You pause at the sound of the door creaking and find the- “your majesty,” you bow, sucking in your bottom lip to keep you from wincing.

“I’m pleased to see you’ve awake, I know Arthur will be happy to hear it.” Uther steps into the room, Gaius and Merlin make themselves scarce and work in the corner.

“I do have one question, why have you not returned home, princess?”

You lower your gaze, wondering how he knew.

“I’m happy to see my goddaughter is not dead,” he tells you with a smile.

-

You raise your head and force a smile, not wanting the people of Camelot to know what you’re feeling.

Arthur holds his hand out for you, “you didn’t tell me we knew each other.”

He pulls out the chair for you.

“I don’t like talking about it.”

He wants to ask why but his father interrupts by asking for a toast.

-

You hang by the door, wanting to leave and never return but knowing you’d leave friends behind hurt you, your chest aches at the thought.

The blond watches from afar, wondering what thoughts swirl around your mind.

He’s grown close to you within the last few months of you staying but still feels as though he can’t figure you out.

[thattscherry]

heres both parts of DKC animal buddies Sonic-ified + a bonus Quawks!

[suppermariobroth]

In Donkey Kong Country 2, Animal Buddies count as enemies for the purpose of “Destroy Them All” bonus rooms. These bonus rooms each contain a specific number of enemies and spawn a Kremkoin when all of them are defeated.

However, if the bonus room contains a No Animal Sign and is entered with an Animal Buddy, the Animal Buddy dying upon passing the No Animal Sign will count as an enemy dying, adding to the counter and allowing the bonus room to be finished by defeating one fewer enemy.

In the bottom footage, note how the first Flotsam stingray enemy is deliberately left alive. Leaving any enemy alive would normally cause the Kremkoin to not spawn, however, upon Enguarde turning into bananas at the end, the Kremkoin does spawn as it counts his death as a defeated enemy, bringing the count back up to the full number of enemies in the room.

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[sirwow]

Enguard!

i think they should be allowed to a be a bit silly on the clock

[raindingrandom]

I tried speedrunning DKC today (for reference, I'm not a speedrunner).

I forgot this could happen in Poison Pond. :v

[krimsonkatt]

Goblin Guard

An enemy found in my game Chronicles Meteorfall. They are a vicious fiend-type terror that along with their weaker brethren of regular goblins tend to raid villages in large hordes. They used to be a huge nuisance for the people of Banna before the barrier was created by Archbishop Amadeus to protect the town from monster invasions. Goblins guards are more rare than regular goblins, but they are more developed than the regular goblins and usually lead the goblin's raiding parties.

In battle, Goblin Guards use the typical goblin art of "Goblin Punch", but can also use Cleaving Blow and Enguard. On Hard Mode, goblin guards can also use the paladin art "Shield Bash."