Editing Rickety Rails

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'''Rickety Rails''' is the twenty-third level in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' and the first level of the [[Cave]] world.

In the [[Donkey Kong Country Returns#Time Attack|Time Attack]] mode of the game, a time of 1:26:00 is needed to get a gold medal, a time of 1:36:00 for silver, and a time of 1:45:00 for bronze.

==Overview==

[[File:DKCR Rickety Rails 2.png|left|thumb|250px|The beginning of the level]]

When The Kongs progress across the next platform, which is covered in Banana Bunches and Banana Coins, it breaks apart and falls, even though an area of land is below the heroes to catch them. More falling platforms are ahead, some of which are very small. They lead into another Barrel Cannon that blasts them into a minecart. As the heroes ride, they come across the letter O after the first gap, which is created by a falling crystal. More gaps are farther ahead, with new minecarts on the ends of them so the heroes can continue to ride after their carts falls into an abyss. The rails begin to fall here, so the primates must quickly jump out of the carts, eventually making it to another platform that falls with their weight on it. Using the Barrel Cannon nearby to blast to the next minecart, the heroes start to ride along a track that falls into pieces in front of and behind them. If they manage to jump up into a Barrel Cannon into the air, they are shot past a wall of dynamite through more cannons. When the last cannons shoots them back into the track, the rail breaks, causing the track to tilt. As the primates slowly ride up the tilted track, they are attack by many bats. Soon, their weight makes the track tilt downwards, causing the minecart to quickly ride down. A platform, which holds the letter N, is at the end of the rails for them to land on, but it breaks quickly, so they must jump into a Barrel Cannon to avoid falling. The cannon shoots them to other cannons, which them blast the heroes closer to the foreground on a different track. As the primates ride on this track and the one following it, the rails begin to break again, so they have to jump earlier than usual.  

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===K-O-N-G Letters===

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|align="center"|K

|When the Kongs start riding in a minecart, they come up to a group of bananas floating in the air. The letter K is between the bananas.

|Near the beginning of the level, a crystal falls and smashes part of the track. Immediately after the gap created from it, the letter O is in air near a Squeekly.

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|align="center"|N

|After the Kongs jump away from the tilting section of the track, they can find a platform with the N on it. The platform breaks when the Kongs step on it.

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|align="center"|G

|When the Kongs ride the last minecart, they must jump into a Blast Barrel as the minecart goes down a small hill. The Blast Barrel blasts the Kongs along a banana trail with the letter G and back into the minecart.

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===Puzzle Pieces===

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|align="center"|1

|At the start of the level, the Kongs must go left into the background and enter a hole in a large tree. A Blast Barrel shoots them out with the first [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Piece]].

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|Inside the cave before the Kongs get in a minecart, they must go up some planks to reach a Barrel Cannon. By going into the wall in the area, the Kongs can reveal a hidden alcove with the Puzzle Piece.

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|align="center"|3

|Right after the checkpoint, the Kongs walk along a platform that falls apart with their weight. Under the platform is an opening that leads into a [[Bonus Level]]. Here, they must use a bouncy platform to reach many moving bananas. After the Kongs collect every banana, the third Puzzle Piece appears.

|After the Kongs break through a few wooden boards near the end of the level, they can reach the bottom of the area, where they must stand on the center of a platform that breaks from their weight. By doing so, the Kongs can enter a Blast Barrel that sends them into another Bonus Level, where they must collect 60 bananas, two Banana Coins, and a [[Red Balloon]] around many small platforms. After collecting every object, the Puzzle Piece appears for the Kongs.

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|Before the Kongs enter a Barrel Cannon at the end of the second-to-last minecart track, they must jump to the small platform nearby to collect a Puzzle Piece.

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|Jap={{nowrap|シーソーレールききいっぱつ！}}

|Spa=Rieles Ruinosos

|SpaM=Dilapidated Rails

|Ita=Spelonca rotaia

|ItaM=Rail Cavern

|Ger=Klapperschienen

|GerM=Rickety Rails