Cliffside Blast
Template:Level Cliffside Blast is the thirty-fourth level in the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. It is the fourth area of Pacifica as well.
During this cliff level, the Kongs will make their way up a large mountain. The mountain can not be climbed on foot, so they will only be able to rely on Barrel Cannons and ropes. While the first half of the level mainly focuses on blasting through barrels around countless numbers of Buzzes, the second half is filled with a high amount of long ropes. Though Buzzes would be considered as the main hazard in this level, the Kongs will also have some trouble with the other common enemies, Kopters and Re-Koils.
Level Layout
The level begins with a short pathway to a Barrel Cannon. With the cannon, they should aim to another barrel and continually blast through a long chain of barrels, dodging a red Buzz on the way. Soon, the monkeys will enter an open area, where they will find four barrels in a diamond shape. Shooting through the middle of this area will take them to the letter K and then to a different barrel. Still blasting upwards, the apes will go through numerous Barrel Cannons and shoot to a barrel surrounded by two green Buzzes. With careful aim, they should get away from the two enemies and soon find themselves being fired to a vertical tightrope. Climbing up the rope, they will pass a pair of Buzzes and jump into another Barrel Cannon above a ledge. The barrel will fire them to another rope, which the group should climb up. Hopping to the right of this rope and trudging up a steel hill, the monkeys will pass two Re-Koils and get into yet another Barrel Cannon. Blasting through another set of barrels, the monkeys will dodge several red and green Buzzes flooding the area. Once they finally reach a safe platform, the will shoot through one barrel, an Auto Fire Barrel, to land near the Star Barrel.
About halfway into the level, the heroes will grab onto another rope and climb to a ledge with a barrel above it. Once they jump into the barrel, they will be automatically blasted to a long, vertical rope. While the apes clamber up this rope, the will meet many Kopters, whom they will need to avoid. Eventually, the monkeys will find a Buzz in their path, so they will be forced to use the newly appearing ropes to the left and right. Maneuvering through this area and dodging some Buzzes will take the Kongs to the letter N. Soon, they will exit the area and walk up a rigid hill to find another rope. With the second rope to the right, the heroes should move through the next area, watching out for the few Kopters in their path. Shortly after, Kiddy and Dixie will find themselves clambering up one long tightrope, avoiding several green Buzzes on the way. If they safely make it to the end of this rope, they will find a flagpole to the right. Raising its flag will end the level.
Secrets
Bonus Levels
- About a fourth of the way into the level, the heroes will find themselves on the level's first rope. After passing the first Buzz around this rope, they will find a small tunnel to the right. Walking through this tunnel will take them into a gap with the Bonus Barrel in it. The Bonus Level it will take the heroes to will require them to collect collect twenty-two stars while clambering on long ropes. If they safely collect all these stars in under fifteen seconds, they will find a Bonus Coin on a ledge.
- To the left of the level's flagpole, the heroes will find a Re-Koil guarding a small tunnel. They should defeat the foe and walk through the tunnel to find a Bonus Barrel. Once it takes them into a Bonus Level, they will need to climb across a long, horizontal tightrope, watching out for several Kopters. At the end of the stage, they will find a Bonus Coin.
DK Coin
- Shortly after the first Bonus Barrel, the apes will land in a barrel near another small tunnel to the left. Blasting into this tunnel, the Kongs should make their way forward to a Koin. This enemy will have the DK Coin, and he will not give it up without a fight. With the steel barrel, found on the top of the tunnel, the heroes should stand on the foe and throw the barrel to the left. The barrel will ricochet off of a wall and hit the Koin in the side. This will defeat him, thus giving the Kongs his DK Coin.
