D.D.
- This article is about an enemy from the Wario Land series. For information about the character whose name is abbreviated "DD" in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, see Diddy Kong.
| D.D. | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |
| First appearance | Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) |
| Latest appearance | Wario Land II (1998) |
D.D.s[1] (short for Dangerous Duck)[1] are enemies in the Wario Land series, appearing only in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and Wario Land II. D.D.s are anthropomorphic ducks, wearing striped bandanas and goggles, and members of Captain Syrup's pirate crew, the Black Sugar Gang. D.D. wield a boomerang as a weapon and have an attack pattern reminiscent to that of a Boomerang Brother. When a D.D. spots Wario, it will stop walking, swing its boomerang in its hand three times, and then throw it at Wario, damaging him if it hits him. D.D.s can be stunned and picked up, but since D.D.s are one of the heavier enemies, Wario is slowed as he moves around while carrying one.
D.D.s received some changes in Wario Land II, which made them and their boomerangs slightly smaller, and the latter spin faster. In the Game Boy Color version, they are usually given an orange, mint green, and dark blue palette, though four D.D.s in the level Defeat four ducks!, where Wario has to find and defeat four of them, were given a deep red, blue, and black color palette.
Additionally, in Wario Land II, an unlockable minigame titled Flagman D-D can be accessed after achieving a 100% completion rating. It features a D.D. as a host, along with a White puff and a Gugi.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]
- Japanese Virtual Console manual: アヒルの海賊兵です。ワリオを見つけると、ブーメランを投げてきます。[2] (They are duck pirate soldiers. When they find Wario, they throw boomerangs at him.)
- English manual: The Dangerous Duck is a boomerang-throwing baddie. When Wario sees the weapon coming, he should duck too.[1]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | |||||
| Tribe | Pirate | |||||
| おしゃら | Disposition | Acting grown-up | ||||
| ランド３ | Game appearances | Land 3 | ||||
| Pirate duck boomerangs! The black gang pirates' assault duck soldiers. When Wario approaches, they throw boomerangs at him. Watch out for the timing when the boomerang doesn't fly, and try to knock them down with a body slam. | ||||||
Gallery[edit]
Sprite from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Sprite from Wario Land II
Screenshot from Wario Land II
The Flagman game hosted by a D.D., Wario Land II
A D.D. as depicted in the Super Mario Kodansha manga
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | D.D.[4][3] |
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| French | C. C. |
Short for coin-coin ("quack-quack") |
| German | Dangerous Duck |
From English manual description |
| Italian | Papero Pericoloso[5] D.D.[6] |
Dangerous Duck - |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Nintendo (1994). Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 20.
- ^ Nintendo. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console manual, section 15. Nintendo (Japanese).
- ^ a b (1994). 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 114.
- ^ Nintendo (1994). Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land Japanese instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 20.
- ^ Nintendo (1994). Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 117.
- ^ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Virtual Console) Italian e-manual. Page 15.
| Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters | Wario • Brown Sugar Pirates • Mario | ||
| Bosses | Spiked Koopa • Minotaur • Penguin • Devil's Head • Bobo • Ghost • Captain Syrup • Genie | ||
| Worlds | Rice Beach • Mt. Teapot • Sherbet Land • Stove Canyon • SS Tea Cup • Parsley Woods • Syrup Castle | ||
| Power-ups | Bull Pot • Dragon Pot • Garlic Pot • Jet Pot • Star | ||
| Collectibles | ? Block • 1 Gold Coin • 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • 3-Up Heart • Heart • Key • Treasure | ||
| Enemies and obstacles | Batto Shuruken • Bee Fly • Big • Bō • Bucket Head • Chicken Duck • D.D. • Demon Bat • Dropper • Floater • Gaugau • Goboten • Guragura • Harisu • Helmut • Knight • Konotako • Kōmori Missile • Lance • Maizō • Mine • Muncher • Paidan • Pecan • Penkoon • Pikkarikun • Pinwheel • Piranha Plant • Pirate Goom • Pouncer • Skewer • Sparky • Spiked ball • Togemaru • Ukiwani • Wanderin' Goom • Watch • White puff • Yadorā • Yarikuri Obake | ||
| Miscellaneous | Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff | ||
| Wario Land II | |
|---|---|
| Main characters | Wario • Captain Syrup |
| Supporters | Gull • Hen • Owl • Turtle |
| Bosses | Awabō • Big Kamukamu • Bobo • Cave master • Dunk • Ghost • Giant bee • Giant snake • Giant spear man • Mecha Kuri |
| Chapters | Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 2* • Chapter 2** • Chapter 3 • Chapter 3* • Chapter 4 • Final Chapter • Final Chapter* • Final Chapter** • The Really Final Chapter |
| Conditions | Ball • Bouncy Wario • Bubble Wario • Crazy Wario • Fat Wario • Flat Wario • Frozen Wario • Hot Wario • Puffy Wario • Tiny Wario • Zombie Wario |
| Enemies | Bee • Bird • Chūta • Cook • D-Bat • D.D. • Drill • Flame • Gaugau • Ghost • Grunt • Gugi • Inamazu • Kamukamu • Pecan • Penguin • Pirate Goom • Pogo Guy • Punch • Rooster • Tobī • Togemen • Tsuriuo • Utsutsubo • Weight • White puff • Wizard • Yukimaru • Zombie |
| Objects | 10 Gold Coin • 100 Coin • Alarm clock • Big Block • Bonfire Block • Brick • Coin • Doughnut block • Enemy Block • Ice block • Kotsuheri • Lance • Spike • Stove • Switch |
