Buzzbite

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Buzzbite
Concept art of Buzzbite from Donkey Kong Country Returns
Concept artwork
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Variants
Comparable

Buzzbites are insect-like enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. They inhabit several levels of the game, namely Jagged Jewels, Vine Valley, and Five Monkey Trial. Buzzbites rapidly rotate their legs around their stubby bodies in order to move along platforms, walls, and grassy layers. Their appearance is that of a purple colored beetle with cream and violet striped legs. The Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima guide claims that Buzzbites are completely indestructible,[1] whereas they can actually be defeated with a barrel. Buzzbites will harm Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong upon direct contact and drain a heart from their health counter, but can be avoided with a jump.

Firebites are an alternate version of Buzzbites that can only be encountered in Perilous Passage. Though they behave the same as Buzzbites, they also leave short fire trails behind them.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese グルット
Gurutto		 From「グルグル」(guruguru, an onomatopoeia for spinning) and possibly "tot" [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 旋旋虫
Xuán xuán chóng		 Trichinella [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 旋旋蟲
Xuán xuán chóng		 Trichinella [?]
Dutch Buzzbite - [?]
Italian Punzolo Possibly from punzar (the Spanish verb "to puncture") and the Italian diminutive -olo [?]
Korean 빙글바이트
Binggeulbaiteu		 Buzzbite [?]
Portuguese (Brazilian) Zumbicho From zumbido ("buzz") and bicho ("critter") [2]
Spanish (European) Zumbicho From zumbido ("buzzing sound") and bicho ("bug") [?]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ "You can’t defeat them. Just jump over them, since they will cause harm if they touch you." – Knight, Michael. Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-47102-4. Page 26.
  2. ^ Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - Galeria de Imagens / Image Gallery (Português). imgur. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong c
Supporting Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Whale • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • Tiki Tong
Other Elephant • Giraffe • Zebra
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Banana Mirror • Crash Guard b • Green Balloon b • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Spiked shaft (Jagged Jewels) b • Spiked shaft (Tiki Tong Terror) • Trapdoor • Tar pit
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Jet • Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Crouch • Grab • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Jump • Kong Roll • Peanut Popgun • Run • Helicopter Spin c
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud b 9-1: Crushin' Columns b • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers b • 9-3: Spiky Surprise b • 9-4: Mischievous Moles b • 9-5: Topsy Turvy b • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall b • 9-7: Robo Factory b • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano b • 9-1a/9-9b: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Valentine's Day Cards • Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD ) • Iwata Asks • "Mine Menace" • Staff (3D · HD )
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