Ice dragon: Difference between revisions

An '''ice dragon'''<ref name="ice-dragon">"In addition to launching frozen minions into the air, he can use his horn to send '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles''' crashing down onto your platform. After these '''ice dragons''' fly out of his horn, watch the top of your screen." — von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Game Guide, page 225</ref> is an airborne entity serving [[Lord Fredrik]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. Ice dragons are produced by Lord Fredrik's blowhorn and cast ice wherever they fly. One of them first appears in the game's prologue and partakes in helping the [[Snowmad]] crew conquer [[Donkey Kong Island]]. However, later in the game, during the final boss fight, several ice dragons are used as weapons against the [[Kong]]s. It is worth to be noted that the game's [[Prima]] guide once refers to ice dragons as '''dragon-shaped ice projectiles'''<ref name="ice-dragon"/>.

When he is introduced in the prologue along with the rest of the [[Snowmad]] fleet, Lord Fredrik is brought a heavy, magic blowhorn, used to release ice dragons. A powerful blow in the instrument turns into one such creature. The cold monster flies out, cleaving the air rapidly whilst surrounded by thick layers of clouds and fog. The dragon is set to glide down to [[Donkey Kong Island]] as it produces weather-changing winds. [[Donkey Kong]] and his friends, who are celebrating his birthday at the time, get flung by the winds, and the island is left to be tranformed into an arctic wasteland by the the dragon's might. The outcome of the event is the Snowmad conquest of the island.<ref>[https://youtu.be/XOjlhR0YhR0?t=1m1s Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Intro & Opening Cutscene (Wii U) ] posted by GameXplain, starting from where Lord Fredrik is brought his blowhorn. Retrieved February 1, 2017.</ref>