Editing Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)

{{italic title|Puzzle Piece (''Donkey Kong Country'' series)}}
{{item infobox 
|image=[[File:PuzzlePieceDKCR.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
'''Puzzle Pieces''' appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (as well as [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|its Nintendo 3DS port]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|its Nintendo Switch port]]) and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' (as well as [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port]]) as [[List of items|items]] with a shiny curved orange appearance. There are either five, seven, or nine hidden in every [[level]], except for boss fights. Most Puzzle Pieces directly appear in hidden parts of a level itself, but a few are obtained if the [[Kong]]s collect every item within a [[bonus room]] before the time runs out. On the results screen, after the player completes a level, the gathered Puzzle Pieces individually make up an image. The entire picture is revealed when the Kongs obtain every Puzzle Piece. From the [[world]] map, an icon of a Puzzle Piece also appears on a selected level if the Kongs have collected every one in the level itself. When the Kongs obtain every Puzzle Piece in a level, the player unlocks a new photo in the [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country Returns#Image gallery|Image Gallery]].

==Gallery==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
<gallery>
Strawberrypuzzlepiece.png|Completed puzzle for levels with five Puzzle Pieces
Cherrypuzzlepiece.png|Completed puzzle for levels with seven Puzzle Pieces
Pineapplepuzzlepiece.png|Completed puzzle for levels with nine Puzzle Pieces
</gallery>

===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
<gallery>
LostMangrovesPuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Lost Mangroves]]
AutumnHeightsPuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Autumn Heights]]
BrightSavannahPuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Bright Savannah]]
SeaBreezeCovePuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Sea Breeze Cove]]
JuicyJunglePuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Juicy Jungle]]
DKIslandPuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Donkey Kong Island (world)|Donkey Kong Island]]
SecretSeclusionPuzzle.jpg|Completed puzzle in [[Secret Seclusion]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パズルピース
|JpnR=Pazuru Pīsu
|JpnM=Puzzle Piece
|Ita=Tessera del puzzle
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe|date=March 12, 2025|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (sito ufficiale)|url=https://www.nintendo.com/it-it/games/oms/dkc-tf/gameplay.html|language=it|website=Nintendo.it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Puzzle piece
|SpaA=Pieza de rompecabezas
|SpaAM=Puzzle Piece
|SpaE=Pieza de puzle
|SpaEM=Puzzle Piece
|Rus=Кусочек пазла<ref>[https://www.nintendo.ru/-/Nintendo-Switch/Donkey-Kong-Country-Tropical-Freeze-1325706.html Official Russian Nintendo website].</ref>
|RusR=Kusochek pazla
|RusM=Puzzle Piece
}}

==References==
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{{DKCR}}
{{DKCTF}}
[[Category:Collectibles]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze items]]
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