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{{quote2|There are rumors of a lost world located deep beneath [[Crocodile Isle]]. It has been said that this is the source of the [[Kremling]]s, and that there is valuable treasure to be found there, including the elusive true ending of the game. Only the most clever explorers will find this place.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' instruction booklet, page 22}} 

The '''Lost World''' is a secret area and world of [[Crocodile Isle]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. In both games, the area is guarded by [[Klubba]] at his tollbooth, [[Klubba's Kiosk]], as he was ordered by [[King K. Rool|Kaptain K. Rool]] to do so.

The Lost World is the power source of Crocodile Isle. The energy is generated from [[Krocodile Kore]], a temple shaped like a [[Kremling]] head integrated into a volcano in the world's central lake. Krocodile Kore also acts like a geothermal vent from sending out an upward stream of purple, white and blue energy. The Lost World has a variety of climates, including jungles, frozen caverns, and volcanic. There are tall, gray, and white-capped rocky hills that encircle the upper part of the location. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, like the other worlds, the overworld view of the Lost World was redesigned, and shows a wider, zoomed in display of its hosted environments. 

==History==
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', there is a Klubba's Kiosk in most worlds, starting with [[Crocodile Cauldron]] and ending with [[K. Rool's Keep]]. In each world, [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] can pay 15 [[Kremkoin]]s to Klubba to access a level of the Lost World. There are five levels in the Lost World, and the Kongs must pay 75 Kremkoins in total to access the entire Lost World.

In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', there is only one Klubba's Kiosk, which appears on the Crocodile Isle map, left of [[Gloomy Gulch]]. Unlike the previous game, the [[Kong]]s cannot pay Klubba per each individual level, and must make a one-time payment of 47 Kremkoins to access the entire Lost World. The overworld has a similar appearance but still features some differences including: a larger lake, the Krocodile Kore's mouth always being open, and a geyser of energy no longer emitting from Krocodile Kore.

In the ending for both games, K. Rool gets launched into the energy flow of Krocodile Kore. He blocks the flow of energy, causing it to build up and eventually explode Krocodile Kore. Diddy and Dixie escape from the Lost World before it and Crocodile Isle sink underwater.

==Levels==
In both games, after the Kongs complete all five levels, the mouth of Krocodile Kore opens, allowing them to enter inside.  Plus in every level in this world there's only one [[bonus barrel]], in the Lost World. The [[Bonus Levels]] now contain [[DK Coins]], which they can only by found in the bonus room after finishing it.
*[[Jungle Jinx]] (jungle)
*[[Black Ice Battle]] (ice cavern)
*[[Klobber Karnage]] (jungle)
*[[Fiery Furnace]] (volcano)
*[[Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Animal Antics]] (jungle, ice cavern, bramble)
*Boss level: [[Krocodile Kore]] (lair)

==Appearances in other media==
The German Donkey Kong comic ''[[Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald]]'' featured a place called the "Lost Land". Despite being located on [[Donkey Kong Island]], the Lost Land was seemingly the ''Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald'' version of the Lost World, as it is filled with ancient Kremling ruins and it is where the Kongs have their battle against Kaptain K. Rool.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
LostWorldDKL2.png|The Lost World in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''
LostWorldGBA.png|The Lost World in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ロストワールド
|JapR=Rosuto wārudo
|JapM=Lost World
|Spa=Mundo Perdido
|SpaM=Lost World
|Fra=Monde Perdu
|FraM=Lost World
|Ger=Verlorene Welt
|GerM=Lost World
|Ita=Mondo Perduto
|ItaM=Lost World
}}

==Trivia==
*The name may be a reference to the {{wp|The Lost World (Conan Doyle novel)|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel}} of the same name, its {{wp|The Lost World (1925 film)|1925 film adaptation}}, or the {{wp|The Lost World (Crichton novel)|Michael Crichton novel}}, released a few months prior to ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. However, the idea of an underground jungle seems to be borrowed from ''{{wp|Journey to the Center of the Earth}}'' by Jules Verne.

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