Editing Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)

{{italic title|Bonus Coin (''Donkey Kong'' franchise)}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Bonus Coin DKC3 artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|effect=Unlocks levels when given to [[Boomer (Donkey Kong Country 3)|Boomer]]<br>Unlocks the [[cards]] game when given to a [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]
}}
'''Bonus Coins''' (also formatted as '''Bonus coins''')<ref>{{cite|date=March 1997|title=''Nintendo Official Magazine'' (UK) issue 54|page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51|page=16}}</ref> are golden [[coin]]s that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They are the successor to [[Kremkoin]]s from each game's predecessor, ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] can obtain a Bonus Coin by completing a [[bonus room|Bonus Area]]. Once they have obtained it, the [[Kong]]s cannot obtain another by completing the challenge again, as the Bonus Coin is checked out. The symbol on the Bonus Coin is identical to the one on every [[Bonus Barrel]].
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Bonus Coins are items in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. Most levels have two of them to collect, but a few levels in [[Krematoa]] have three Bonus Coins, and Rocket Rush has none. Later bosses also drop a Bonus Coin when defeated, instead of a required part for [[Funky Kong|Funky]] to build one of his vehicles. Furthermore, in Krematoa, each level on the map is obstructed by a boulder, which can only be destroyed if the [[Kong]]s pay 15 Bonus Coins to [[Boomer (Donkey Kong Country 3)|Boomer]] so that he can demolish the boulder obstructing that level on the map. (This concept is somewhat similar to how the Kongs pay a Kremkoin toll to [[Klubba]] per accessing a [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]] level each). For the final level, [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]], Boomer instead charged 25 Bonus Coins to destroy the boulder blocking the path to it. There are 85 Bonus Coins in total, though the Select Game menu has a [[cheat code]] that allows the player to obtain every Bonus Coin prematurely, by inputting {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} and then enter WATER, all while highlighting a saved game. If done correctly, the player characters have to swim into a waterfall left of [[Bazaar's General Store]] and enter its [[secret cave]]. Completing the challenge gives the Kongs every Bonus Coin that they did not have previously, though failing the challenge does not allow the Kongs to retry it.

Thirteen more Bonus Coins were added to the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], increasing the total to 98 Bonus Coins. The extra Bonus Coins are obtained from completing Bonus Areas within levels of [[Pacifica]] and defeating [[Kroctopus]] in [[Razor Ridge]]. Since there are more Bonus Coins, Boomer now charges 18 Bonus Coins for each of the first four boulders and 26 for the last boulder blocking the path to Rocket Rush. There is a different way to obtain every Bonus Coin prematurely, which is by inputting "AQUA" from the cheats menu and then starting a new game.

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Bonus Coins are items in ''Donkey Kong Land III''. Collecting all 78 of them of them unlocks the [[Donkey Kong Land III#Time Attack mode|Time Attack]] mode. Bonus Coins can be used to play the [[cards]] game from a [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]'s [[Sheepy Shop]] in each world, though the Bonus Coin fee differs between each of the worlds. Any of the paid Bonus Coins are not subtracted from the total number.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bonus Coin.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Bonus Coin DKL3C Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ボーナスコイン
|JapR=Bōnasu Koin
|JapM=Bonus Coin
|Ita=Moneta Bonus<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet|page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2005|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' European manual|page=120}}</ref>
|Ita2=Moneta di bonus<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' Spanish-Italian manual|page=46}}</ref>
|ItaM=Bonus Coin
|Ita2M=Coin of bonus
|Fre=Pièce Bonus
|FreM=Bonus Coin
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Coins]]
[[Category:Collectibles]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III items]]
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