Stage 1-K: Swinger Flinger — Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze eGuide

Stage Basics

This map is the game’s first temple stage. These challenging stages contain no checkpoints or Slot Machine Barrels. Instead, each temple stage contains five Puzzle Pieces and a mysterious relic. As you move through each area, you must swing, climb, ride, and bop your way through some particularly dangerous hazards. Remember that the enemies serving as temporary platforms will vanish as you bop them. It’s often necessary to speed through a segment once you’ve committed to a leap, so try to pause and review your surroundings whenever you find a safe place to catch your breath.

When you reach the rolling platform at Point 1, look for the Puzzle Piece floating to the right. Leap over the spikes to grab the floating Puzzle Piece while the platform continues along the track. Use Diddy Kong’s Barrel Jet to help ensure that you’re able to land back on the platform. Otherwise, you must perform a perfectly timed Barrel Roll Jump to avoid falling.

Don’t pause on the suspended platforms at point 2. When you land on each platform, the attached ropes burst into flames. Make sure you leave a burning platform before it breaks free and drops off of the map.

Pull the handle at point 3 to find a hidden Puzzle Piece. The nearby spikes swing very low as they sweep over the platform, so timing is important. Jump onto the platform when it’s safe, then duck and wait for the spikes to pass over you. Immediately after they do, pluck the handle and duck before the spikes return.

When you reach the vine at point 4, look for the Puzzle Piece floating above the nearby Hootz. Cling to the vine and watch the spikes as they emerge and retract below you. Once you have a sense of the timing, drop through the Puzzle Piece and bop the Hootz to bounce back up to the vine just as the spikes retract. Quickly climb the vine to get clear of the spikes before they emerge.

When you collect the bananas at point 5, a second bunch of bananas appears to the right. There are more items hidden among the vines—collect each item that appears to reveal the next item in the sequence.

Jump between the vines to avoid the falling spikes, and grab the bananas and banana coins as they appear. When you collect all six of the items in the area, a Puzzle Piece appears above the rolling platform to the right.

Stand near the container at point 6 and perform a Ground Pound to reveal the Puzzle Piece hidden within it.