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Contents

  • How to Play
    • Introduction
    • Save Data Management
    • Understanding Game Screens
    • Controllers
    • Advanced Character Controls
    • Buddy Abilities
    • Game Modes
    • Level Progression
  • Important Items and Objects
    • Collectible Items
    • Inventory Items
    • Item Containers
    • Interactive Objects and Platforms
    • Hazards
  • Characters
    • Allies
    • Mechanical Allies
    • Domestic Enemies
    • The Snowmads
    • Boss Fights
  • Walkthrough
    • Island 1: Lost Mangroves
      • Introduction
      • Stage 1-1: Mangrove Cove
      • Stage 1-2: Shipwreck Shore
      • Stage 1-3: Canopy Chaos
      • Stage 1-4: Trunk Twister
      • Stage 1-A: Zip-Line Shrine
      • Stage 1-B: Busted Bayou
      • Stage 1-Boss: Big Top Bop
      • Stage 1-K: Swinger Flinger
    • Island 2: Autumn Heights
      • Introduction
      • Stage 2-1: Windmill Hills
      • Stage 2-2: Mountain Mania
      • Stage 2-3: Horn Top Hop
      • Stage 2-4: Sawmill Thrill
      • Stage 2-5: Alpine Incline
      • Stage 2-6: Wing Ding
      • Stage 2-A: Crumble Cavern
      • Stage 2-B: Rodent Ruckus
      • Stage 2-Boss: Mountaintop Tussle
      • Stage 2-K: Bopopolis
    • Island 3: Bright Savannah
      • Introduction
      • Stage 3-1: Grassland Groove
      • Stage 3-2: Baobab Bonanza
      • Stage 3-3: Frantic Fields
      • Stage 3-4: Scorch N Torch
      • Stage 3-5: Twilight Terror
      • Stage 3-6: Cannon Canyon
      • Stage 3-A: Rickety Rafters
      • Stage 3-B: Bramble Scramble
      • Stage 3-Boss: Triple Trouble
      • Stage 3-K: Precarious Pendulums
    • Island 4: Sea Breeze Cove
      • Introduction
      • Stage 4-1: Deep Keep
      • Stage 4-2: High Tide Ride
      • Stage 4-3: Amiss Abyss
      • Stage 4-4: Irate Eight
      • Stage 4-5: Sea Stack Attack
      • Stage 4-6: Current Capers
      • Stage 4-A: Rockin Relics
      • Stage 4-B: Shoal Atoll
      • Stage 4-Boss: Fugu Face-Off
      • Stage 4-K: Spinning Spines
    • Island 5: Juicy Jungle
      • Introduction
      • Stage 5-1: Harvest Hazards
      • Stage 5-2: Reckless Ride
      • Stage 5-3: Fruity Factory
      • Stage 5-4: Panicky Paddles
      • Stage 5-5: Jelly Jamboree
      • Stage 5-6: Frosty Fruits
      • Stage 5-A: Beehive Brawl
      • Stage 5-B: Jammin Jams
      • Stage 5-Boss: Punch Bowl
      • Stage 5-K: Platform Problems
    • Island 6: Donkey Kong Island
      • Introduction
      • Stage 6-1: Homecoming Hijinxs
      • Stage 6-2: Seashore War
      • Stage 6-3: Aqueduct Assault
      • Stage 6-4: Blurry Flurry
      • Stage 6-5: Forest Folly
      • Stage 6-6: Cliffside Slide
      • Stage 6-7: Frozen Frenzy
      • Stage 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem
      • Stage 6-A: Dynamite Dash
      • Stage 6-B: Icicle Arsenal
      • Stage 6-Boss: Volcano Dome
      • Stage 6-K: Slippy Spikes
    • Island 7: Secret Seclusion
      • Introduction
      • Stage 7-1: Levitation Station
      • Stage 7-2: Rocket Rails
      • Stage 7-3: Crazy Clouds

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Guide › Walkthrough › Island 6: Donkey Kong Island

Stage 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem

Stage Basics

The bulk of your time in this stage will be spent atop Rambi the Rhinoceros. Rambi can smash through most obstacles with ease, but some of the columns you’ll encounter are particularly durable. Strike the wooden shields mounted on tougher obstacles to clear them from your path. Most of the available platforms are only in place for a short time. Whenever possible, perform a series of charge attacks to maintain a high-speed run.

Note

This level contains Rambi Crates.

Tip

Select Dixie Kong from the map’s Buddy Barrel. Her Helicopter Spin makes it much easier to reach collectible items and recover from mistimed jumps.

When you first enter the stage, there’s a large door to the left of your starting location. Follow the path to the right to find a DK plate near the map’s only Buddy Barrel. Stand on the DK plate and perform a series of Ground Pounds to destroy the nearby obstacles. Before you continue along the main path, however, return to point 1 and enter the now-accessible bonus room.

Once you enter the bonus room, you have 30 seconds to collect all of the available bananas. If you succeed, a Puzzle Piece appears near the center of the area.

The first KONG Letter hovers at point 2. It’s much easier to collect this item if you have Dixie Kong as your active partner. Simply bop the nearby Tucks and use a Helicopter Spin to ensure that you reach the K.

The second KONG Letter is at point 3. Charge toward the O to ensure that you collect it before the platform sinks into the lava.

Smashing through the obstacles at point 4 releases a cluster of bananas.

Hop to the next platform and collect all of the available bananas before they vanish. If you succeed, a Puzzle Piece appears near the blocks to the right.

After you smash through the column at point 5, stop and Ground Pound the large flower to launch a Puzzle Piece into the air. Jump up through the Puzzle Piece and over to the next foothold. You must move very quickly to accomplish this task before the platform sinks into the lava.

As you approach point 6, hop behind the wall of ice blocks to reveal a hidden area below the main path.

After the wall drops out of view, jump up along the platforms above you to collect the exposed Puzzle Piece and then return to the main path.

As you approach point 7, you must knock a snowball across the lava’s surface to create some temporary platforms. Hop onto the first of these platforms and wait for them to rise into the air. When they do, move quickly to collect all of the bananas and banana coins floating above the main path.

If you manage to collect all of the items in the area, a Puzzle Piece appears to the right. Jump through the Puzzle Piece to collect it on your way to the next platform.

The third KONG Letter is floating at point 8. Stop above the N and wait for the platform to crumble. When it does, drop through the KONG Letter, bop the Hootz below you, and bounce into the Barrel Cannon to the right.

Caution

You must wait for the nearby barrier to drop out of your path, but make sure you launch yourself out of the Barrel Cannon before the incoming lava wave reaches you.

The last KONG Letter floats at point 9. Jump up and collect the G as you race through the area.

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