Editing Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

{{Infobox| title = Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

|image = [[Image:DKC2.jpg|300px]]

|developer = [[Rareware]]

|publisher = Nintendo

|released = '''SNES'''<br>{{releasedate|USA|November 20, 1995|Japan|November 21, 1995|Europe|December 14, 1995}}<br>'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{releasedate|Europe|June 25, 2004|Japan|July 1, 2004|USA|November 15, 2004}}<br>'''Virtual Console'''<br>{{releasedate|Europe|May 16, 2007|USA|May 21, 2007|Japan|October 23, 2007|South Korea|November 25, 2008}}

|genre = Platform

|modes = Single-player, Two-Players

|ratings = [[Image:ESRB K-A.png|12px]]: Kids to Adults

|platforms = [[Super Nintendo]], [[Game Boy Advance]][[ Virtual Console]]

|media = Cartridge

|input = 128-megabit cartridge

'''''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''''' is the second [[Donkey Kong]] game for the [[Super Nintendo]]. It is the sequel of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and the predecessor to ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''. It also has a [[Game Boy]] semi-sequel, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. It was released in 1995 and stars [[Diddy Kong]]. This game was ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2004 and on the Virtual Console in 2007.

[[Kaptain K. Rool]] and his [[Kremling Krew]] kidnap [[Donkey Kong]]. The Kremling Leader demand the [[Kong]]’s [[Banana Hoard]] as a ransom for Donkey Kong's captivity. However, [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] chase the Kremling Krew back to [[Crocodile Isle]] and free Donkey Kong.

==The Kongs' Special Move==

Each of the two Kongs can perform several moves during their adventure. The two Kongs have different moves and abilities. For example, Diddy move faster than Dixie and both characters carries item in different ways.

This move allow Diddy to cartwheel into enemies, defeating them. This move can be used in conjunction with a [[Jump]] to make Diddy go farther.

===[[Helicopter Twirl]]===

When falling, Dixie can use this move to float slowly. On the ground, this move can be used to defeat enemies, much like Diddy's Cartwheel.

===[[Team-up]]===

This move can only be used when both Kongs are controlled. One of the Kongs will pick up the other one, and then it can throw it to defeat enemies or reach normally inaccessible places.  

Various spots of [[Crocodile Isle]] are hosted by more or less benevolent characters, each of which help the duo in different way. They are:

*[[Funky's Flights II]] is where the [[player]] can revisit previous worlds. [[Funky Kong]] also hosts flight tests in the [[Game Boy Advance]] port.

*[[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]] is a quiz about various obscure facts of the game. [[Swanky Kong]] and (in the GBA port) [[Candy Kong]] host it. The prize for successfully completing a quiz is an [[Extra Life Balloon]]s. When a quiz is successfully completed, it can’t be played again.

*The [[Kong Kollege]] is where [[Wrinkly Kong]] teaches a class of [[Kremling]]s. Here that the player can learn basic facts about the game's controls, how to defeat the World's Boss, and (in the SNES version only) save the game progress.

*The [[Monkey Museum]] is where [[Cranky Kong]] shares cryptic advice on how to find secrets hidden within levels. It is replaced by [[Cranky's Hut]] in the GBA port, where Cranky also hosts the [[Expresso Racing]] minigame.

*[[Klubba]] serves as toll-keeper to the [[Lost World]] in [[Klubba's Kiosk]]. He lets the Kongs access the Lost World if they pay fifteen [[Kremkoin]]s. In the GBA port, Klubba also hosts the minigame [[Bag a Bug]].

[[Animal Buddy|Animal Buddies]] are partners in the ''Donkey Kong Country'' Series. They help the Kongs find [[Bonus Barrel]]s, [[DK Coin]]s, [[Banana Coin]]s, and other special items in the game with their special abilities. They often appear in levels, and the Kongs can sometimes turn into the buddy, or ride on it. The monkeys must be careful when riding on the animal though, as they will run away when hit by an enemy, very similar to [[Yoshi]] in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Most of the animal buddies from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' return in ''Diddy's Kong Quest'', but a few new ones also appear in the game as well. Below is a list of each Animal Buddy, and a brief description on them.

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| align="center" |[[Rambi the Rhinoceros]] <br>

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| align="center" |First appearing in the original ''Donkey Kong Country'', Rambi can ram foes that come in his way. He can also jump on Zingers, enemies that Diddy and Dixie Kong could not defeat alone. Rambi can also use his special charge move to break through walls and crush enemies.

| align="center" |[[Enguarde the Swordfish]] <br>

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| align="center" |[[Squawks the Parrot]] <br>

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| align="center" |Just as the other Animal Buddies above, Squawks made his first appearance in ''Donkey Kong Country''. Here, he lit up dark caves, such as the caves in [[Torchlight Trouble]]. Now, Squawks is completely redone, and the monkeys can ride on him to reach high areas. He can also shoot pellets at enemies to bring them down.<br>

A blue sub-species of Squawks (conjecturally called [[Flapper]]), is found in the level [[Parrot Chute Panic]]. Unlike Squawks, Flapper descends slowly and cannot fly upwards or fire eggs. He is useful, however, when the Kong have to jump down through enemy filled areas.

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| align="center" |In ''Diddy's Kong Quest'', Rattly replaced [[Winky]], an Animal Buddy from the previous game in the series. He featured the same purpose: to jump up to higher areas. Rattly can help the monkeys reach bananas and even Bonus Barrels high above their heads. The rattlesnake also has a special move: an extra high jump.

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| align="center" |[[Squitter the Spider]] <br>

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| align="center" |The game's new Animal Buddy, Squitter, can shoot webs at nearby enemies to defeat them. Sometimes, the Kongs must cross a large abyss that can not be crossed by jumping. Luckily, the spider can shoot special webs that form into platforms and allow them to move across. Unlike most Animal Buddies, Squitter can not even touch enemies, only shot them with his webs. This can be a big disadvantage at times.

| align="center" |[[Clapper the Seal]] <br>

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| align="center" |Clapper is able to cool down water when he is jumped on by the monkeys. In [[Lava Lagoon]], he cools down the very warm liquid, making it safe for the Kongs to swim through, without getting burnt. In [[Clapper's Cavern]], a level that seems to be named after him, Clapper freezes water, allowing the monkeys to cross and avoid the hungry [[Snapjaw (fish)|Snapjaws]] below.

| align="center" |[[Glimmer the Anglerfish]] <br>

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| align="center" |Glimmer has a role very similar to Squawks in the first ''Donkey Kong Country''. He lights up the pitch-black water in the level, [[Glimmer's Galleon]]. Glimmer is one of the only Animal Buddies that can not be affected in levels, as enemies do not hurt him at all.

| align="center" |[[Expresso II]] <br>

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| align="center" |Very similar in appearance to [[Expresso]], Expresso II is an animal buddy only found in the Game Boy Advance port. He is bought by [[Cranky Kong]], who plans on making him a racing bird. However, Expresso II was weak at that time, and the monkeys must collect [[Golden Feather]]s to increase his stats. When all the feathers are found, Expresso II can be entered in the [[Expresso Racing]] game.

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Collectibles and mechanisms are found throughout the Kongs' adventure. Here’s a list of them.

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| align="center" |[[Banana]]s <br>

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| align="center" |Bananas are scattered all over [[Crocodile Isle]]. If Diddy or Dixie Kong collect 100 of these, they will get an extra life. Sometimes, a trail of bananas may even lead to a hidden item.

| align="center" |[[Banana Bunch]]es <br>

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| align="center" |Like normal bananas, banana bunches are scattered all over Crocodile Isle. However, the bunches give ten bananas to the player's total banana count, making it easier and faster to get to 100 bananas.

| align="center" |[[Animal Crate]]s <br>

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| align="center" |Animal Crates contain certain Animal Buddies. Jumping on it will free the animal inside. The type of creature depends on what is pictured on the crate.  

| align="center" |[[Extra Life Balloon]]s <br>

| align="center" |Extra Life Balloons come in red, green, and blue varieties. Red Balloons give the player one life, Green Balloons give the player two lives, and a Blue Balloon gives the player three lives, respectively.  

| align="center" |[[DK Coin]]s <br>

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| align="center" |DK Coins are huge coins hidden by Cranky Kong in all of the game levels. After beating [[Kaptain K. Rool]], Cranky will tally up the number of DK Coins collected and rank Diddy accordingly as a part of Cranky's “Video Game Hero” contest. Because of the various sidequests and minigames added in the GBA port, the number of DK Coins has increased.  

| align="center" |[[Banana Coin]]s <br>

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| align="center" |[[Banana Coin]]s are used to pay the various services provided by the other members of the Kong Clan. They are scattered around in every level, and appear several times in them.  

| align="center" |[[Kremkoin]]s <br>

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| align="center" |The Kremkoins are found in the various [[Bonus Area]]s, where the players must work their way through an obstacle course, or fight many enemies. They are used to access the [[Lost World]].

| align="center" |[[Golden Feather]]s <br>

| align="center" |Golden Feathers are hidden in each level of the GBA version. No bonus game is required to get these, and once the player gets them all, they never appear in that game again. These items are used to upgrade Expresso II's stats in the Expresso Racing minigame.

| align="center" |[[Photograph]]s <br>

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| align="center" |Photographs are used to fill [[Wrinkly’s Scrapbook]]. They are obtained by fighting certain enemies, who have a camera floating above their head. Other photographs can be collected by winning special minigames with some of the the Kongs, such as [[Funky Kong]].

| align="center" |[[KONG Letters]] <br>

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| align="center" |Finding all KONG Letters in a level will give an Extra Life to the Kongs. The are four letters: K, O, N, G, all together spelling "Kong". The player must search though every level of the game and look for these. If all four letters are found, they will get an extra life.

| align="center" |[[Kannonball]]s <br>

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| align="center" |Kannonballs are found in some levels. When found, the monkeys must carry it around the level until they find a [[cannon]] to put it in. When put in the cannon, it will glow and shoot the Kongs to a Bonus Level. If the Kannonball is dropped and lost in a ditch somewhere, Diddy and Dixie will not be able to get it back until they restart the level.

The [[Barrel]]s are prominent items throughout the Donkey Kong series, and multiple variants exist, a lots of which are featured in Donkey Kong Country 2. They are:

*[[Barrel]]s can hit through numerous enemies before breaking.  However, there is a kind of Barrel covered by seaweeds that will breaks after hitting one enemy.

*[[Bonus Barrel]]s will launch the Kongs to a Bonus Area when jumped into.

*[[Plus and Minus Barrels]] are in the level [[Haunted Hall]]. Plus Barrels will add time to the timer, while Minus Barrels will decrease it. When the timer runs out, a [[Kackle]] will attack one of the Kongs. Similar barrels called [[Check and X Barrels]] are found in [[Target Terror]]. These two Barrels act as switches that open (Or close) the gates found in the way.

*Various types of [[Barrel Kannon]]s exist. However, they all have one thing in common: Those barrels send Diddy and Dixie to normally unreachable locations.

*[[Steerable Barrels]] can be steer in any directon.

*[[Rotatable Barrel]]s can rotate in the desired positions.

*Diddy or Dixie can use [[Diddy & Dixie Barrels]], depending on whose face is pictured (i.e. Diddy can only use a Barrel with his face on it).

*[[TNT Barrel]]s create an explosion when thrown against something.

*[[DK Barrel]]s are where the Kongs can find their defeated partner. A DK Barrel can also be used like a normal Barrel.

*[[Star Barrel]]s mark the midway point of a level. If one of these Barrels are destroyed, the Kong will continue from where the Barrel was when losing a life in a level.

*Breaking an [[! Barrel]] will grant the Kongs temporary invincibility.

*Entering an [[Animal Barrel]] will turn the Kongs into the Animal Buddy pictured on it.

*The [[Biplane Barrel]] is available for rent at Funky's Flight II. It is replaced by the [[Gyrocopter]] in the GBA port.

*The [[Krochead Barrel]] makes the [[Krochead]]s appear, which can then be used as stepping stones.

==Change between the SNES and Game Boy advance port==

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*The file selection screen at the beginning now has Diddy Kong as a cursor, a la ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.  Additionally, in PAL regions, the title screen itself is the box art of ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' (in NSTC regions, it's the box art from the original SNES DKC2).

*Swanky's quiz was redesigned, and has some new questions. [[Candy Kong]] appears here, as she was nowhere to be found in the original.

*A new game mode called [[Diddy's Dash]] is available from the start. In this mode, the player can only play as Diddy, and must get to the end of the level as fast as possible. There are no Star Barrels; instead, multiple checkpoints are scattered throughout the stage. If Diddy should die, he will instantly appear back at the last checkpoint.

*A new mini-game called Bag-a-Bug is now playable from the main menu and Klubbas Kiosk.

*The last level in [[K. Rool's Keep]] is now on the roof rather than inside, and a new boss- [[Kerozene]] can be found here.

*Funky's [[Biplane Barrel]] had been replaced with a [[Gyrocopter]].

*The explosions from TNT barrels are now bigger and more useful and are the same as explosions in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]''.

*There are more color variations for [[Kaboing| Kaboings]]'' than the original.

*When the player has defeated [[Krow]], a short scene of him leaving his body as [[Kreepy Krow]] is shown, but nothing at all like this is in the original.

*Instead of just a title screen and file select, a new main menu is present in the remake, with three selections Diddy's Dash, Start and [[Minigame]]s.

*Unlike the original all the levels that you unlock for the [[Lost World]] are accessible from any entrance to it.

*[[Funky Kong| Funky]] now has missions which involve flying his Gyrocopter and blowing things up ect. [[Tiny Kong]] appears in some of these.

*[[Cranky's Video Game Heroes]] are in a different order instead of being: 1st: [[Mario]], 2nd: [[Yoshi]], 3rd: [[Link]] like the original it is now, 1st: Mario, 2nd: Link, 3rd: Yoshi. They are also now somewhere outside on Crocodile Isle, rather than inside a dark room.

*There are now 67 [[DK Coins]], as opposed to the original, which had 40.

*The [[Super Nintendo]] controller is no longer present at K. Rool Duel.

*The ending is slightly different. In the original, Donkey Kong punches K. Rool through the roof of the Flying Krock, while in the remake, he punches him through the window instead.

*The levels [[Target Terror]] and [[Rickety Race]] now take place around sunset, while in the original it is the middle of the night.

*[[Flotsam|Flotsams]] come in more different colors than in the original.

*The level [[Lava Lagoon]] has been slightly altered from the original.

*The [[Monkey Museum]] has been replaced by [[Cranky's Hut]].

*The music in each level is slightly different though probably due to the capacities of the [[Game Boy Advance]].

*Nearly all sound effects are different, enemies all have different voices, all [[Bosses]] do, and so do generic things such as explosions and wind.

*Cranky now hosts a min-game where you race [[Expresso II]] against other ostriches

*By pressing start on the overworld a new menu comes up allowing the player to save, see advise given to him/her by [[Wrinkly Kong| Wrinkly]] and [[Cranky Kong| Cranky]], call Funky and fly to another area, see the [[scrap book]] or check mini-game high-scores.

*When fighting a Boss after it has been defeated, [[Swanky Kong]] will charge fifteen Banana Koins and calculate how much time it took to defeat the Boss.

*The Kongs have new voices clips, most of which were taken from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.

*The Worlds' maps have been redesigned.  

*The player can travel to a different world for free at any time, as long as Funky Kong was seen at least once.

*The death and end-of-level music no longer changes depending on the level. It instead changes depending on which character is being used at the time.

*The music “Run! Rambi, Run!” that played when King Zing chases the Kongs in the level [[Rambi Rumble]] was removed, and replaced by the music heard when racing against [[Screech]]. The music can still be heard in the sound test, though.

*A cheat that allowed the player to obtain all Kremkoins in the first level was removed. However, that could still be done by entering the code, "FREEDOM" in the password screen.

==Worlds==

*[[Mainbrace Mayhem]] (Ship Mast)

*[[Gangplank Galley]] (Ship Deck)

*[[Lockjaw's Locker]] (Ship Hold)

*[[Topsail Trouble]] (Ship Mast)

===[[Crocodile Cauldron]]===

*[[Hot-Head Hop]] (Lava)

*[[Kannon's Klaim]] (Mines)

*[[Lava Lagoon]] (Ship Hold)

*[[Red-Hot Ride]] (Lava)

*[[Squawks's Shaft]] (Mines)

===[[Krem Quay]]===

*[[Glimmer's Galleon]] (Ship Hold)

===[[Krazy Kremland]]===

*[[Mudhole Marsh]] (Swamp)

*[[Rambi Rumble]] (Hive)

===[[Gloomy Gulch]]===

*[[Ghostly Grove]] (Enchanted Forest)

*[[Haunted Hall]] (Rollercoaster)

*[[Gusty Glade]] (Enchanted Forest)

*[[Parrot Chute Panic]] (Hive)

*[[Web Woods]] (Enchanted Forest)

===[[K. Rool's Keep]]===

*[[Arctic Abyss]] (Ice)

*[[Windy Well]] (Mines)

*[[Castle Crush]] (Castle)

*[[Clapper's Cavern]] (Ice)

*[[Chain Link Chamber]] (Castle)

*[[Toxic Tower]] (Castle)

*[[Stronghold Showdown]] (Castle)

===[[The Flying Krock]]===

*[[Screech's Sprint]] (Brambles)

===[[Lost World]]===

*[[Jungle Jinx]] (Jungle)

*[[Black Ice Battle]] (Ice)

*[[Klobber Karnage]] (Jungle)

*[[Fiery Furnace]] (Lava)

*[[Animal Antics]] (Jungle, Ice, Jungle, Brambles, Jungle)

==Bosses==

*[[Krow]]

*[[Kerozene]] (Game Boy Advance Remake only)

*[[Kaptain K. Rool]]

Image:DKC2.jpg|<center>US and European Boxart.

Image:PAL Boxart 65.jpg|<center>PAL Boxart.

Image:Background PAL Boxart65.jpg|<center>The back of the PAL Boxart.

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===Solo Artwork===

Image:Diddy4.jpg|<center>[[Diddy Kong]]

Image:DonkeyKong DKC2.jpg|<center>[[Donkey Kong]]

Image:Kaptain K. Rool.jpg|<center>[[Kaptain K. Rool]]

Image:WKong.jpg|<center>[[Wrinkly Kong]]

Image:SwankyKong.jpg|<center>[[Swanky Kong]]

Image:Rambi.jpg|<center>[[Rambi]]

Image:Enguarde.jpg|<center>[[Enguarde]]

Image:Squitter.jpg|<center>[[Squitter]]

Image:Clapper.jpg|<center>[[Clapper]]

Image:Glimmer.jpg|<center>[[Glimmer]]

Image:Expresso.jpg|<center>[[Expresso II]]

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====Enemies====

Image:Krow.jpg|<center>[[Krow]]

Image:Kleever2.jpg|<center>[[Kleever]]

Image:Kudgel.jpg|<center>[[Kudgel]]

Image:Neek.jpg|<center>A [[Neek]]

Image:Klinger.jpg|<center>[[Klinger]]

Image:Klomp.jpg|<center>[[Klomp]]

Image:Klobber.jpg|<center>[[Klobber]]

Image:Kruncha.jpg|<center>[[Kruncha]]

Image:Zinger.jpg|<center>[[Zinger]]