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