Editing Cliff

{{world infobox
|image=[[File:DKCR - Cliff.png|250px]]
|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]]'')<br>''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|levels=10
|before=[[Forest (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|<<]]
|after=[[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|>>]]
}}
{{quote|Some say it's fun to play in the tar pits, of course, those folks are all fossils now...|Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong Country Returns}}
The '''Cliff''' is the sixth world of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. Located on [[Donkey Kong Island]], it, as its name suggests, is full of rocky mountains. During the events of the game, it is infested by members of the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]], who have stolen [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[banana hoard]]. The boss of this world is [[Thugly]]. The Cliff shares similarities to [[Monkey Mountains & Chimpanzee Clouds]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. When asked if they were the same location, senior designer Kynan Pearson approved of the idea.<ref>KynanPearson (August 12, 2021). [https://twitter.com/KynanPearson/status/1425940659152769030 Tweet by Kynan Pearson] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210812220225/https://twitter.com/KynanPearson/status/1425940659152769030 (Archived)]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

Cliff is a very barren and prehistoric-looking area that appears to have very dark and cloudy skies in the earlier levels and more calm weather in the later levels (in the opposite fashion of the Beach). It features many new elements not seen in the game's previous worlds such as animal fossils in the backgrounds and also has new cactus plants that can be opened to reveal hidden collectibles. Other mechanisms and items in this world include falling boulders, which roll down areas in the background and down slanted platforms. Another very common obstacle is a tar-like substance that the [[Kong]]s can easily get stuck in. Dinosaur skeletons that can be used as platforms are also in this substance, causing them to tilt when any weight is put on them. Additionally, the world features many platforms that fall moments after the Kongs' weight is put on them, as well as [[Blast Barrel]]s that help the primates reach higher parts of the mountains. Ships appear in the Cliff world as well, and they have platforms that only appear when the ships' cannons stick out of them to shoot cannonballs.

The enemies in this world mainly consist of [[Skellirex]]es, but there are also [[Snippys]] and [[Squidly]]s enemies in the [[Tippy Shippy]] level.

Unlike the previous worlds, the World Map for the Cliff changes midway through: after [[Crumble Canyon]] is cleared, the path to the boss level collapses, forcing the Kongs to take an alternate route, which consists of two more levels.

The level [[Cliffside Slide]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' takes place at the Cliff during an avalanche.

==Levels==
{|class="wikitable dk" style="text-align:center"
!Code
!Name/Screenshot
!No. of [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]]
!Description
|-
|6-1
|[[File:DKCR Sticky Situation 1.png|250px]]<br>[[Sticky Situation (level)|Sticky Situation]]
|9
|A level taking place in a tar deposit. It introduces live skeletal creatures such as [[Skullyrex]]es and [[Bonehead Jed]]s.
|-
|6-2
|[[File:DKCR Prehistoric Path Puzzle Piece 3.png|250px]]<br>[[Prehistoric Path]]
|5
|The fifth [[Mine Cart|minecart]] stage of the game. It has the Kongs journeying on sinking railways and tilting platforms.
|-
|6-3
|[[File:WeightyWay.png|250px]]<br>[[Weighty Way]]
|5
|A level where, in order to progress, the Kongs mostly rely on weighed platforms connected by ropes.
|-
|6-4
|[[File:DKCR Boulder Roller 1.png|250px]]<br>[[Boulder Roller]]
|7
|A level where the main hazards are big thorny boulders that threaten to crush the Kongs.
|-
|6-5
|[[File:DKCR Precarious Plateau.png|250px]]<br>[[Precarious Plateau]]
|5
|The third level in the game to contain [[Rambi the Rhino]]. He can be used to scurry through spiky pendulums and other sturdy obstacles.
|-
|6-6
|[[File:DKCR Crumble Canyon 1.png|250px]]<br>[[Crumble Canyon]]
|9
|A level taking place in a frail portion of the Cliff, where rocks and platforms can easily fall apart.
|-
|6-7
|[[File:TippyShippyDKCR.png|250px]]<br>[[Tippy Shippy]]
|5
|A stage hosting the remains of a pirate fleet located high in the mountains.
|-
|6-8
|[[File:ClifftopClimb.png|250px]]<br>[[Clifftop Climb]]
|5
|A level with a focus on using [[Barrel Cannon|Blast Barrels]], swinging platforms and crumbly trampolines to scale a high rocky wall.
|-
|6-K
|[[File:DKCR Perilous Passage 1.png|250px]]<br>[[Perilous Passage]]
|5
|The sixth Key Temple stage of the game. The Kongs must progress through an upward passage as rising lava pursues them and enormous stones totter and fall.
|-
|6-B
|[[File:DKCR-ThuglyBattle3.png|250px]]<br>[[Thugly's Highrise]]
|0
|The sixth boss stage of the game. It pits the Kongs against [[Thugly]].
|}

==Extras==
[[File:Diorama6-DKCR.png|thumb|200px|The Cliff diorama, unlocked after collecting all Puzzle Pieces in [[Perilous Passage]] and defeating [[Thugly]]]]
The following is extra content that can be unlocked in the Cliff area. The unlockables can be seen in their respective galleries after selecting the "EXTRAS" option in a file's menu. For a full list of extras in the game, see [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country Returns|here]].
===Images===
Images are unlocked by collecting all [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]] in certain levels. All images that can be unlocked in the Cliff area are listed below, along with their titles and the levels wherein they can be unlocked (mentioned in parentheses).
<gallery>
Mangorubyconcept.png|[[Mangoruby]]<br>([[Sticky Situation (level)|Sticky Situation]])
Tutorialpigconcept.png|[[Professor Chops|Tutorial Pig]]<br>([[Prehistoric Path]])
TikiBoing.png|[[Tiki Boing]]<br>([[Weighty Way]])
TikiTorch.png|[[Tiki Torch]]<br>([[Boulder Roller]])
Dktreehouse.png|Home Sweet Home<br>([[Precarious Plateau]])
Dkcr concept art-1.jpg|Cliff Spires<br>([[Crumble Canyon]])
Skellirex.png|[[Skellirex]]<br>([[Tippy Shippy]])
Boneheady.png|[[Bonehead Jed]]<br>([[Clifftop Climb]])
</gallery>

===Music===
A soundtrack selection for this world can be unlocked after beating [[Thugly]].
*"Boulder Roller" &ndash; plays in [[Weighty Way]] and [[Precarious Plateau]]. Does not play in [[Boulder Roller]], despite sharing its name with the level. An arrangement of the second half of "Northern Hemispheres" from the original ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.
*"Prehistoric Path" &ndash; plays in [[Prehistoric Path]]. A rearrangement of "Mine Cart Cruise".
*"Clifftop Concert" &ndash; plays in [[Prehistoric Path]], [[Boulder Roller]], [[Crumble Canyon]], and [[Tippy Shippy]]. An arrangement of the first half of "Northern Hemispheres" from the original ''Donkey Kong Country''.
*"Sticky Situation" &ndash; plays in [[Sticky Situation (level)|Sticky Situation]] and [[Clifftop Climb]]. It also plays in [[Tar Ball Fall]], a level in the [[Cloud (world)|Cloud]] world. A rearrangement plays in [[Boulder Roller]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クリフエリア
|JapR=Kurifu Eria
|JapM=Cliff Area
}}

==Trivia==
*Because of the ships and the {{wp|Ammonoidea|ammonite fossils}}, it is possible that Cliff was once underwater.
*Normally, the first level of a given world starts in the environment of the world preceding it, but the beginning of 6-1 simply has the forest seen in the backdrop view for the first third of the level.

==References==
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