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Template:Infobox DK: King of Swing is a puzzle game starring Donkey Kong for the Game Boy Advance. Its gameplay is similar to the NES game Clu Clu Land, but has been re-formatted in certain aspects to provide more of an adventure game feel. In this game, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong must quest across five worlds to win back the Jungle Jam medals that King K. Rool has stolen and scattered across the levels. The game is the first Donkey Kong game developed by Paon for Nintendo, the sequel, made by the same company, is DK: Jungle Climber.

Story

The game takes place during the Jungle Jam Tournament, where a huge festival held on Donkey Kong Island occurs. During the tournament, medals (which are actually DK Coins) are handed out as prizes to participants in contents like breaking barrels and jumping pegs, the winner being crowned the hero of the jungle. King K. Rool, however, attempts the traditional raining on the Kong's parade and steals all the medals before the tournament commences, proclaiming himself the jungle hero. Naturally, Donkey Kong pursues the Kremling leader to get the medals back and restore peace to Donkey Kong Island.

Game modes

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The list of modes.

Diddy Mode Differences

  • The tutorial stage is no longer present.
  • Bananas laying out in the open are no longer there, the player can only get them by destroying enemies or crates.
  • Crystal Coconuts were removed, and as a result, Bonus Barrels and the bonus stages they led to are no longer present.
  • Diddy is slightly faster and jumps slightly higher than Donkey Kong.

Gameplay

As mentioned earlier, the gameplay is very similar to the NES game Clu Clu Land, and mainly consists of swinging across boards of pegs. However, in this game the player must climb, swing, and even shoot their way to reach the top, all the while collecting the medals. The player cannot face the boss without beating each level; once all levels have been completed, the player may face the boss at the designated boss stage. After the boss is beaten, the player may continue to the next world.

If the player chooses to collect each Crystal Coconut, hidden items concealed inside crates, boxes, nooks and crannies, or even inside enemies, Wrinkly Kong is unlocked as a player in the single player Jungle Jam Tournament. There are twenty Crystal Coconuts in all.

Controls

The controls are made to be simple: "L" swings Donkey Kong left, "R" swings Donkey Kong right. If the "L" button is held down, DK will swing on a fixed spot from left to right, and vice versa for the "R" button. If the button is lightly tapped, Donkey will go flying of in whatever direction he is pointing. To get a better aim, DK must swing about until he is facing the right way.

When on the ground, DK can walk about quite quickly using the "L" and "R" buttons; when they are tapped simultaneously he will lift off from the ground in a flying leap.

Donkey Kong can also Attack by holding down both the "L" and "R" buttons at once. DK will clutch the pegs, and slowly start to glow red; once he is totally glowing, the buttons should be released and DK will go flying off into an aerial attack.

Finally, DK can either Charge using the "B" Button (uses ten bananas; restores one health unit) or Go Bananas using the "A" Button (uses twenty bananas; makes DK invincible and able to leap great heights).

Characters

Playable Characters

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The first four playable characters.
Starters
Unlockables

Bosses

Worlds

Quotes

Main article: List of Quotes in DK: King of Swing

Beta elements

Main article: DK: King of Swing/Beta elements

Official Artwork

References


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