Cannon Cluster

Head right at the start and pound the first piling. A second piling will then appear—pound that one too. This will cause the first piling to come back up, bringing a Puzzle Piece along with it.

After picking up the DK Barrel to get Diddy Kong, jump over a Jellybob to land on a pier with a flower. Blow on the flower, and it will pull up a Puzzle Piece for you. Grab it and continue on.

To get the K KONG letter, you must roll off the pier’s left. While rolling over the open space, jump to get the block and land on the pier on the opposite side.

After crossing a pier, pound a piling; this causes one to pop up on the pier to the left. Jump onto this piling and then hover-jump to the right to get the next Puzzle Piece.

When you reach a piling next to a fan, stand on the piling and blow on the fan to cause a shaft of stone to rise to the left. Jump onto the stone and then jump into a barrel to reach a bonus area. Clear out the balloon, coins, and bananas to reveal a Puzzle Piece. Pick it up and take it back to the main level.

The next Puzzle Piece is hidden in a Snippys trap. Pound on it to get the Puzzle Piece while avoiding the exploding cannonballs. If you need cover, get under the pier to the right, by the treasure chest.

Open the treasure chest for a coin. Next, jump to the right and back up to the left to get the O KONG letter. Cannonballs will be falling all over, so you must time it just right if you don’t want to blow up.

Head to the right and continue past the checkpoint. Pick up a barrel and rush back to the left. Throw the barrel at the bull’s-eye on the shipwreck so you can create an opening. Roll right into this area and get another Puzzle Piece.

The next part of the level has you jumping across pieces of shipwreck while leaping Jellybob try to get you. The N KONG letter is floating over one of the gaps with a Jellybob below. Climb onto the crate to the N KONG letter’s left, and then hover-jump across to snag the letter without getting hit.

The G KONG letter is tough to get. There are cannonballs falling all over here. Jump onto the Snippys traps to the letter’s right, then jump up and left to claim the G KONG letter. You must now pound your way through the Snippys traps to get into a low passage to continue to the right. Pound and then move as cannonballs explode. Keep at it until you clear a way through.

The last Puzzle Piece is tough to reach. When you see the barrel, pass by it and get rid of the three Pinchlys to the right. Then pick up the barrel and head right. You must time your movement through the cannonballs that are falling all over this area. Get to the level’s end and throw the barrel at the bull’s-eye on the piece of shipwreck to open a way to a bonus level. Clear out everything to get the Puzzle Piece. Then just jump onto the shipwreck and hit the Slot-Machine Barrel to complete this level.