This level starts out pretty basic. Make your way to the right and jump into the barrel. It will shoot you to another barrel, which then shoots you through a stone block to a third barrel. This one moves up and down. Time your shot to hit the K KONG letter, and break through some more stone to reach yet another barrel.
Continue shooting from barrel to barrel. For some barrels, you will have to use correct timing in order to hit the next one so you don’t fall and have to start the level over. When you get to solid ground again, head right. Pound the ground near a gourd, and pick up the Puzzle Piece that shoots out.
Keep going right and pick up the DK Barrel to get Diddy Kong. Then jump into another barrel. This will turn to change directions. Shoot out of the barrel when it is facing the O KONG letter. Then, drop back in and shoot toward the next barrel.
This next barrel points down, to the right and to the left. To get a Puzzle Piece, shoot out when it is pointed straight down. Then shoot to the right to continue.
Once you get back on the ground, move to the right and pound a trapdoor near some fan flowers to enter a bonus area. Jump into a barrel. The object is to shoot back and forth between two barrels on opposite sides of the area and collect all the coins and bananas within the time limit. You must time your shots so you don’t hit the barrel in the center; if you do, you will immediately exit the bonus area. Get all of the items and you will reveal the Puzzle Piece. Shoot into the middle barrel to collect the Puzzle Piece and exit the area.
When you emerge from the bonus area, head back to the left. Get past some blue Awks and a red Rawk and pound the ground near a gourd to release another Puzzle Piece. Then head right past the checkpoint to pick up a DK Barrel. You can use it to either get another Diddy Kong or restore your health if you already have the little guy with you.
Keep going to the right and use flower platforms to get up to another barrel. Time your shots to collect a coin and a balloon. Eventually you will reach the N KONG letter, which is rotating around a barrel along with some bananas and a Tiki Zing. Shoot when the block is two bananas away from being in front of the barrel so you can snag it as you fly through the air. Keep going from barrel to barrel, making sure to shoot at the right time to hit the next barrel.
When you reach the barrel that shoots up and to the right, don’t aim for the barrel at the bottom right of its movement path. Instead, aim for the banana at the top left of the path. This will shoot you into another barrel, which is initially offscreen. This then lets you shoot through a Puzzle Piece, which you can add to your collection.
You shoot through several more barrels and arrive at the G KONG letter. Watch for the moving barrel above you. Wait for it to move past and then shoot up into the G KONG letter to spell out K-O-N-G. Now shoot yourself into the moving barrel to continue.
A tough spot on this level is getting past the sleeping Screaming Pillars. You must shoot from barrel to barrel quickly before the Screaming Pillars topple and fall on you. As soon as you land in one barrel, wait until it faces to the right and then shoot to the next one.
Eventually you will be in a barrel facing a giant statue. As soon as the statue opens its mouth, shoot into the barrel before the mouth closes again. Then shoot down inside the statue from barrel to barrel until you finally emerge and shoot your way into the Slot-Machine Barrel to complete the level.