Creystal Caves
DONKEY KONG'S BANANAS - CRYSTAL CAVES
#1 - THE BARREL BLAST COURSE
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going right and
you'll soon find a wooden plank at your right. Cross over this plank,
then you'll get to a Donkey pad. Press Z while standing on it to go to
the Barrel Blast course. The course is pretty straight-forward (just
follow the bananas, medals, or rings). At the end of the course, you'll
blast into a bonus barrel...Busy Barrel Barrage. You are stuck in the
center of the area, only with the power to spin around and shoot
enemies. 4 or 5 enemies at a time will attack you, and you need to shoot
them and stay alive for 60 seconds. If even one enemy manages to hit
you, you'll need to restart. It is a pretty hard task, even for me.
Keep your eyes open and always be prepared to attack the one that's
closest to you.
#2 - TARGET PRACTICE WITH BEES
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the big cabin at the left and let Donkey
play his instrument on the Bongo pad. Behold, the door opens (as
expected). Go inside to meet a room full of bees. Collect the boxes of
homing missiles at the corners and start shooting them down (I suggest
just shooting blindly into the air, the missiles know where to go).
After killing them all, the golden banana is yours. You can get the
banana bunches and coins here too...
#3 - 3D MEMORY MATCHING GAME
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the cabin at the back and play Donkey's
instrument on the Bongo pad. Go inside the door that opens to be greeted
by a colorful puzzle. It took me a while before I figured out what to do
here. It's a memory match game, except the tiles are on the walls of the
room. You need to get two of the same color by simian slaming them...and
do it to every tile. Use the switches at the sides to rotate the room.
You have limited time, so move swiftly. When it's all done, you get the
golden banana. You should also get the battle arena pad in this room...
#4 - DONKEY IN THE IGLOO
Before you get this one, you must have opened up the igloo with Diddy
(see Diddy's golden banana #4). Let Donkey play his instrument on the
Bongo pad to open up the door, then go inside. A big ice structure is
in the center of the room. When you enter it, it begins spinning (and
the hard part begins). This is actually shaped like a spiral, and the
golden banana sits in the middle. If you touch the walls while the
structure spins, you lose a WHOLE MELON (so I suggest you get the 3rd
melon from Candy Kong first). This is hard, I admit that. But it gets
easier if you use this technique: When the structure spins clockwise,
try to run around clockwise with it. When the structure spins counter-
clockwise, stay in place and move only to avoid touching the sides. Get
to the center and the golden banana is yours.
#5 - DONKEY'S BLUEPRINTS IN CRYSTAL CAVES
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to the ice castle. From there, take a side path to a platform with
a boulder, then take another side path to the platform with Donkey's
Kasplat. Defeat him and get the yellow blueprints. Take it to Snide in
exchange for a golden banana. Here's how to get there: From the
beginning, follow the wall at the right side until you get to a
transparent ice wall (or a cave, if you already broke the ice wall).
Break it open with Chunky's primate punch (Z + B) and go inside to
Snide's HQ.
DIDDY KONG'S BANANAS - CRYSTAL CAVES
#1 - BONUS BARREL IN THE WATERFALL
Look for a Diddy barrel somewhere in the stage and jump into it to get
Diddy's rocketbarrels (there's one near Cranky's Lab, one near Candy's
place, and one on a platform high in the air...take your pick). In the
waterfall at the left of the stage entrance, there's an easily visible
bonus barrel! Just fly right into it to play Mad Maze Maul. You need to
navigate yourself through a maze and kill every enemy in it. There are
quite a few Kasplats that will take up some time, so you will need to
be quick. The 60 second time limit is just enough, you should be able
to beat this mini-game with a second or two remaining.
#2 - DEFEAT THE ENEMIES...
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the big cabin at the left (2nd floor) and
let Diddy play his instrument on the Guitar pad. Go inside the cabin...
You need to kill all of the enemies on the platforms for the golden
banana. Now THIS is hard (it took me at least 30 minutes the first
time). Here's how to do it: Get into the Diddy barrel at the back and
fly over the central platform to lure all of the "barrel enemies"
together. Now go to a platform in the corner with a regular Kremling.
Kill him, then fling oranges at the center platform to kill all of them
there. Do a jump-float to the center platform. From there, fling oranges
at the two Klumps in the corners, then shoot the last Kremling with your
shooter. Tada! The golden banana flies into your hands...
#3 - LIGHT A CANDLE
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the big cabin at the left (3rd floor) and
let Diddy play his instrument on the Guitar pad. Go inside the cabin...
Defeat the two big "club enemies" with the move that you learned from
the queen banana fairy (hold B then release). Use the Diddy pad that
appears to spring yourself up to the Diddy barrel and get your rockets.
Fly over the tips of the candles here to light of them. When all of the
candles are lit, you get a golden banana.
#4 - DIDDY IN THE IGLOO
First, you must open up the igloo. From the beginning, go forward on the
path until you reach the open area, then go right until the path ends.
Now swim across the water to the land at the other side. Take the path
going right...then cross over the wooden plank you see at the right. Go
over the Cranky's Lab, then let Diddy jump into the Diddy barrel right
beside it. Fly to the 'igloo area' (if you don't know where that is,
follow the water until you get there) and fly through the DK star. This
causes music pads of every Kong to appear in front of the gates of the
igloo. Now go down there and let Diddy play his instrument on the guitar
pad. As you expected, the gate opens up, so go inside. Now there are 6
barrels on 6 different pads. The pads are numbered 1 to 6. You need to
take the barrels off in order (so that you first uncover the #1 pad,
then #2, then #3...). You have a time limit, so make it snappy. After
you've uncovered all 6 pads, you get a golden banana.
#5 - DIDDY'S BLUEPRINTS IN CRYSTAL CAVES
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to Funky's Armory. Switch to TINY Kong, and make a left turn to a
platform with a Diddy barrel. To a pony tail whirl to the Tiny barrel
and become small. Whirl back to the platform with the Diddy barrel, then
continue and go inside the small hole in the wall. Activate the #4 warp
pad in here and go back outside. Switch to Diddy and go all the way to
the igloo area at the otehr side of the world. Use the Diddy barrel to
get the rocketbarrels, then find a very tall pillar with a #4 warp pad.
Carefully land there and use the warp pad to go to the cave than Tiny
was in before. Kill the Kasplat and get the red blueprints. Give this to
Snide in exchange for a golden banana. Here's how to get there: From the
beginning, follow the wall at the right side until you get to a
transparent ice wall (or a cave, if you already broke the ice wall).
Break it open with Chunky's primate punch (Z + B) and go inside to
Snide's HQ.
LANKY KONG'S BANANAS - CRYSTAL CAVES
#1 - IN AN ICE CASTLE
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to the ice castle. Now stomp on the Lanky switch and go in through
the door that opens. Here, some wierd pumpkin head will challenge you to
play the revolutionary new game he created. If you stomp on a square, it
gets a DK picture on it. If he stomps a square, it gets a picture of
King K. Rool's head. Simple enough, eh? The only real trick here is to
always stomp on the K. Rool squares and make them yours. This way, you
earn one square and he loses one. If you have more squares than him at
the end of 60 seconds, you get his golden banana. I kinda feel sorry for
him...
#2 - IN AN ICE CASTLE II
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to the ice castle. Stomp the switch at the *back* of the castle to
make a door on the top open. Use the 2 Lanky pads to "baboon ballon" up
to the top floor and go inside. Gasp! The scarab here wants to challenge
you to a race! Anyone who's raced against this fellow in Angry Aztecs
knows how hard he is. Like in Angry Aztecs, you need to collect 50 coins
and win the race. At the beginning, you MUST use the Lanky barrel to go
faster. It's really hard to get past the scarab without touching him
(and losing 3 coins), so be very careful when trying to pass him. In the
first lava part, you need to slide down fast on the downward slope to
make it past the gap. In the second lava part it's much harder. You'll
need to jump to the side path, then back to the main path in a mere
split-second. Near the end the slide splits into two parts and crosses
each other a bunch of times. Be sure to go to the part with the coins,
the scarab goes the other way. Remember, practicing blindly will get you
nowhere. Learn from your mistakes and you'll make it...eventually :)
#3 - REALLY FAST RUNNING MONKEY
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to a cabin at the back with a Lanky pad beside
it. Use the Lanky pad to balloon to the top of the cabin, then play your
instrument on the pad up there to open the door to the cabin. Drop off
the roof and go inside. Kill the enemies. When you hit the switch at the
back, a golden banana appears...for 3 seconds. Not nearly enough time
for you to get it. So use the Lanky barrel to become really fast, then
hit the switch and sprint to the banana. You should be able to get it
with a fraction of a second left.
#4 - LANKY IN THE IGLOO
Before you get this one, you must have opened up the igloo with Diddy
(see Diddy's golden banana #4). Let Lanky play his instrument on the
trombone pad to open up the door, then go inside. Defeat all of the
beavers...then all of the Kremlings to make a Lanky pad appear on the
structure in the center. Use the Lanky pad to begin climbing it, and
continue climbing up with backflips and Lanky pads...and collect the
easy golden banana at the top.
#5 - LANKY'S BLUEPRINTS IN CRYSTAL CAVES
Let Diddy get his rocketbarrels from one of the Diddy barrels in this
stage, then fly to the area near Funky's Armory. There's a rock tower
with a Kasplat at the top. Actviate the #5 warp pad here, then go to the
area with the wooden cabins. Using Lanky, climb up to the top of the
large cabin, then use the #5 warp pad there to go to the rock tower with
the Kasplat. Defeat the Kasplat and collect the blueprints. Take them to
Snide's HQ in exchange for a golden banana. Here's how to get there:
From the beginning, follow the wall at the right side until you get to a
transparent ice wall (or a cave, if you already broke the ice wall).
Break it open with Chunky's primate punch (Z + B) and go inside to
Snide's HQ.
TINY KONG'S BANANAS - CRYSTAL CAVES
#1 - SMALL CAVE FOR SMALL MONKEY
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going right until you
pass by Cranky's Lab. Hop into the Tiny barrel somewhere around here,
then go into the small cave in the wall. Then go into the bonus barrel.
Krazy Kong Klamour. The lights go off every few seconds and the Kongs
and the banana are rearranged. You have 60 seconds to hit 5 bananas. If
you hit the banana, the number at the corner goes down by 1. If you hit
one of the Kongs, the number goes up by 1! When that number goes down to
0, you get your golden banana. It's pretty hard since the lights go off
so quickly.
#2 - SMALL CAVE FOR SMALL MONKEY II
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to Funky's Armory. Switch to TINY Kong, and make a left turn to a
platform with a Diddy barrel. To a pony tail whirl to the Tiny barrel
and become small. Whirl back to the platform with the Diddy barrel, then
continue and go inside the small hole in the wall. Use the Tiny pad to
monkeyport to an igloo in the igloo area. The golden banana is right
there!
#3 - DEFEAT THE ENEMIES
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the big cabin at the left (2nd floor) and
let Tiny play her instrument on the Saxaphone pad. Go inside the cabin.
Defeat all of the purple Klaptraps with your explosive oranges. Be sure
to collect the oranges they leave behind so you don't run out of ammo.
When they're all gone, you get a golden banana.
#4 - TINY IN THE IGLOO
Before you get this one, you must have opened up the igloo with Diddy
(see Diddy's golden banana #4). Let Tiny play her instrument on the
saxaphone pad to open up the door, then go inside. There's a gigantic
enemy guy here! Defeat him with the move you learned from the banana
fairy (hold B...then release). Simian Slam the target in the center and
it'll start to move around. The giant guy that you killed comes back
very quickly, so just kill him each time he does. Simian Slam the target
a few more times and it will get increasingly smaller. It's hard to get
it since it's moving so much. You need to be really quick due to the
tiny time limit. After hitting it enough times, the golden banana is
yours.
#5 - TINY'S BLUEPRINTS IN CRYSTAL CAVES
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Get up on the land and go to the platform high in
the air with a Kasplat. Let Tiny defeat it and collect the purple
blueprint. Take it to Snide's HQ to exchange it for a golden banana.
Here's how to get there: From the beginning, follow the wall at the
right side until you get to a transparent ice wall (or a cave, if you
already broke the ice wall). Break it open with Chunky's primate punch
2(Z + B) and go inside to Snide's HQ.
CHUNKY KONG'S BANANAS - CRYSTAL CAVES
#1 - INVISIBLE CHUNKY SEES INVISIBLE BANANA
In the tunnel at the very beginning of this stage, you'll see a semi-
transparent ice wall at the left. Break it open with Chunky's primate
punch (Z + B). Go inside and press Z on the Chunky pad to become
invisible (you must have bought this move from Cranky). What's the use
of being invisible? Now you can see insivible things! Get this easy
golden banana. Rare has some strange logic, eh?
#2 - BLOW UP AN IGLOO
At the very start of the stage, go forward on the path until you reach
the open area, then go right until the path ends. Now swim across the
water to the land at the other side. Take the path going left until you
get to the ice castle. From there, take a side path to a platform with
a boulder on it. Use Chunky to pick up the boulder, take it to a nearby
switch (with a picture of a boulder on it), and set it down there (press
Z). For some unexplainable reason, an igloo explodes somewhere else in
the level. Now go to a place in front of Cranky's Lab and use a primate
punch to break a transparant wall of ice (that is, if you didn't already
break it before). Inside, hop into a Chunky barrel to get super-huge.
Pick up the boulder and put it down (press Z) on the moving switch. This
causes yet another igloo to explode (killing a family of Eskimos, no
doubt). Go to the area with lots of igloos and collect the golden banana
from the platform where the igloo used to be.
#3 - SEARCHLIGHT SEEK
From the beginning of the stage, go into the river an follow it going
*left*. Continue through the waterfall and you'll get to an area with
lots of wooden cabins. Go to the big cabin at the left (1st floor) and
let Chunky play his instrument on the Triangle pad. Go inside the cabin.
There are searchlights going around the room. If you get touched by the
light, you'll be caught and you'll need to start the room all over
again. You need to simian slam all three targets in the room, then a
Chunky pad will appear. Use it to become invisible so you can walk right
into the light in the center and go into the bonus barrel: Searchlight
Seek. A Klaptrap walks around calmly while you try to blow his head off
by shooting melons at him. You have 60 seconds to hit 8 Klaptraps. Thats
about 1 Klaptrap every 7 seconds. Follow your target carefully and just
shoot the melon a few steps ahead of him (by the time the melow reaches
the floor, he'll have moved forward a few steps).
#4 - CHUNKY IN THE IGLOO
Before you get this one, you must have opened up the igloo with Diddy
(see Diddy's golden banana #4). Let Chunky play his instrument on the
triangle pad to open up the door, then go inside. There's a rabbit in
the center of the room guarding a TNT barrel (hey, it's that same rabbit
that you raced in Fungi Forest!). Whenwhile, a group of fireball enemies
slowly make their way towards the barrel (hey, those are the same
fireballs from the original DK arcade game!). If any of the fireballs
reach the TNT barrel, the rabbit gets blown to bits! Attack the
fireballs and don't let them reach the center. If you protect the rabbit
until time runs out, you get a golden banana.
#5 - CHUNKY'S BLUEPRINTS IN CRYSTAL CAVES
Go to the igloo area (from the beginning, follow the river *right* until
you get there). There's the Kasplat on top of the big igloo. Get up
there with some backflips and defeat the Kasplat. Collect the green
blueprints and bring it to Snide's HQ for a golden banana. Here's how to
get there: From the beginning, follow the wall at the right side until
you get to a transparent ice wall (or a cave, if you already broke the
ice wall). Break it open with Chunky's primate punch (Z + B) and go
inside to Snide's HQ.
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