Editing Banana Coin

|image=[[File:Banana Coin - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Banana Coin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

{{quote2|Blood may be thicker than water, but Banana Coins are thicker still. Get in here.|[[Cranky Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]}}

'''Banana Coins''', also known as '''Banana Bunch Coins'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 15.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' instruction booklet, page 21.</ref> (or '''Banana Bunch Koins'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land 2'' instruction booklet, page 12.</ref>), are a currency used in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], starting with ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. They are [[coin]]s depicting a [[banana]], or a [[Banana Bunch]] in earlier games. Their purpose varies between games, but are generally used to purchase an item or service from another [[Kong]]. Banana Coins were replaced with [[bear coin]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and its handheld follow-up, ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.

[[File:BananaCoin DKC2.png|thumb|150px|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'']]

In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Banana Coins, referred to as "'''[[Kong Family]] Coins'''" in [[Kong Kollege]], are scattered throughout each level. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] use them to pay for services offered by the [[Kong Family]]: use of [[Funky Kong]]'s [[Biplane Barrel]] at [[Funky's Flights II]], obtain advice from [[Cranky Kong]] at [[Monkey Museum]], saving the game and receiving advice from [[Wrinkly Kong]] at [[Kong Kollege]], and playing [[Swanky Kong]]'s quizzes at [[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]]. The Kongs can carry up to 99 Banana Coins at a time.

 

In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, the [[Kong]]s can get into a rematch with a boss by paying ten Banana Coins to Swanky. Additionally, Wrinkly no longer offers to save the game because the world map's start menu already has this feature.

 

 

 

The Mystery mode has an unlockable cheat allowing the player to have 999 Banana Bunch Coins; this cheat can be unlocked by collecting twenty Banana Fairies.

Banana Bunch Coins appear in the [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', as a collectible item in all six of [[Candy's Challenge]]. Each challenge involves an objective of [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] having to participate in a challenge to obtain a Banana Bunch Coin. The six Banana Bunch Coins are shown from the main menu's "View Items" option, under "Bonus". The ones not yet obtained by the Kongs are represented by a black silhouette.   

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', Banana Coins were redesigned to only depict a single banana instead of a Banana Bunch. Their main purpose is for purchasing various items at [[Cranky Kong's Shop]]. Banana Coins are scattered throughout every level. [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] can collect up to 99 Banana Coins.

Banana Coins return in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. In this game, five are found in each level. After completing the game, the Banana Coins can be spent on extra levels.

A Banana Coin appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]. In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], it can be used by any character and increases the strength of its user's leg attacks by four.

====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====

*'''Wii U Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' "''These coins are used to pay the various members of the Kong Family for their help.''"

====''Donkey Kong Land 2''====

*'''Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' "''Use these to enlist the help of various members of the Kong family.''"

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