Donkey Kong Country / Mechanics

Barrels, bananas and Animal Buddies

Identify the tools that give extra lives, recovery, movement and secret access.

Edition covered

Original 1994 SNES release. This hub does not use the altered Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance level sets and saving systems.

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Item directory

Pick it up and throw it to knock out enemies in its path.

Break it open to bring back your missing Kong partner.

The level's midpoint: break it to restart from here after losing a life.

Explodes on impact, defeating enemies that a normal barrel cannot.

Collect 100 bananas for an extra life.

Awards one extra life.

A gold animal token; collect three of the same kind to enter a bonus stage.

Rambi attacks with his horn and can open weak walls. Enguarde gives underwater stages an offensive option the Kongs lack on their own.

Know your barrels. A DK Barrel restores a missing Kong, while a Star Barrel records a midway restart point.
Collect without losing the route. A hundred bananas awards an extra life.
Use the companion's ability. Rambi attacks with his horn and can open weak walls.

FIELD NOTE

Before spending a barrel, check the nearby walls and routes for a possible secret entrance.

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