Editing Red-Hot Ride

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'''Red-Hot Ride''', also parsed as '''Red Hot Ride''',<ref>{{cite|date=December 1995|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 39|page=17}}</ref> is the ninth [[level]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and the fourth level of [[Crocodile Cauldron]]. It is the second level to take place in a volcanic setting, the first being [[Hot-Head Hop]]. A lot of the level involves [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] riding on [[Hot Air Balloon]]s to cross wide pits of [[lava]]. However, each Hot Air Balloon slowly descends into the lava, so the [[Kong]]s must constantly move above thermals along the way to keep it afloat. Diddy and Dixie often have to jump from Hot Air Balloons as they move across the lava. There is a [[Animal crate|Rambi Crate]] just after the letter K, allowing the Kongs to ride [[Rambi]] up until the [[No Animal Sign]], which comes just before the [[Star Barrel]]. Many [[Zinger]]s appear, mostly during sections where the Kongs have to navigate the Hot Air Balloon around them while above the lava.

[[File:Red-Hot Ride DKC2 GBA.png|thumb|left|Red-Hot Ride in the Game Boy Advance version]]

A Neek marches along a Hot Air Balloon being suspended by a thermal above a pit near here. They can ride the balloon to approach a Flitter, who they can bounce on to reach another balloon on a thermal. They must control the balloon so that it leads them past a Zinger and to another Flitter with a Banana Bunch above it. A Hot Air Balloon slowly descends to the right of the Flitter, as it is not held up by a thermal. The two primates can find another Hot Air Balloon ahead of here that holds a Neek. Before the balloon falls into the lava pit, they must control it so that it hovers above a small thermal nearby. They can find another thermal farther ahead of here with two Zingers next to it. The primates must hover between these foes in order to safely progress to the next part of the pit, where there is another thermal placed under a [[golden feather]] (an item found exclusively in the Game Boy Advance version of the game). The letter G is near here next to a trio of Zingers who are all positioned above separate thermals. They must head under these foes quickly, as the thermals may push them up into the Zingers if they are too slow. After they pass these Zingers, the heroes approach a thermal next to a Hot Air Balloon that slowly descends towards the lava. They can use this balloon to reach an area of ground with an [[End of Level Target]] on it, which they must hit to complete the level. If they hit this target immediately after jumping from the final balloon before descends too much, then they win a prize (either a Banana Coin, Banana Bunch, or a Red Balloon).

Click Clack DKC2.png|[[Click-Clack]] (1)

Flitter DKC2.png|[[Flitter]] (7)

Klobber DKC2 yellow.png|[[Klobber]] (yellow) (4)

Klomp DKC2.png|[[Klomp]] (5)

Kruncha DKC2 blue.png|[[Kruncha]] (blue) (6)

Neek DKC2.png|[[Neek]] (3)

Zinger DKC2 yellow.png|[[Zinger]] (yellow) (20)

The following items and objects appear in the following quantities, and items marked in '''bold''' are also an [[End of Level Target]] prize:

Banana Bunch DKC SNES.png|'''[[Banana Bunch]]''' (4)

Banana Coin.png|'''[[Banana Coin]]''' (5)

DK Barrel.png|[[DK Barrel]] (2)

Hot Air Balloon.png|[[Hot Air Balloon]] (13)

Red Extra Life Balloon DKC2.png|'''[[Red Balloon]]''' (1)

TNT Barrel.png|[[TNT Barrel]] (1)

[[File:Red-Hot Ride Letter N screenshot.png|thumb|The location of the letter N]]

*'''K:''' Centered between two thermals where the second Hot Air Balloon is located.

*'''O:''' After the Rambi Crate, the Kongs must continue on the next Hot Air Balloon. Once they pass two pairs of Zingers, the Kongs must lower the Hot Air Balloon and collect the letter O, which appears on a thermal beneath Zinger.

*'''N:''' Shortly after the Star Barrel, the letter N is hovering above two Zingers which are surrounding a Hot Air Balloon.

*'''G:''' Late into the level, the letter G appears in front of three Zingers, each of whom are flying above a thermal.

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[[File:Red-Hot Ride GBA DK Coin.png|thumb|The location of the Video Game Hero Coin, as seen in the Game Boy Advance version]]

*'''[[DK Coin|Cranky's Video Game Hero]]:''' After the Star Barrel, the Kongs must continue onward until they find two Zingers. The Video Game Hero Coin hovers directly above the letter N, and the Kongs can reach it with a [[team up]] throw.

*'''[[Golden feather]] ([[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]] only):''' The golden feather is floating above the thermal, which is located right before the letter G.

*'''[[Photograph]] (Game Boy Advance version only):''' Beneath the Star Barrel, there is a Kruncha with a photograph icon floating over its head. The Kongs must use team up to defeat Kruncha and obtain the photograph, which depicts Kruncha in the second page of the [[Scrapbook (Donkey Kong Country series)|Scrapbook]].

{{multiframe|[[File:Red-Hot Ride Bonus Area 1.png|200px]] [[File:Red-Hot Ride Bonus Area 2.png|200px]]|size=420|The first and second Bonus Levels respectively}}

*'''''Destroy Them All!''''': Rambi is required to access the first Bonus Level. After the Kongs move across the large pit of lava, they must jump return on land. To their right is a breakable wall, which appears just before two Krunchas. Rambi must perform a [[super move|supercharge]] to break the wall open and enter the Bonus Level. Here, the goal is two defeat eight enemies (five are Klomps and three are Flitters) within fifteen seconds. After meeting this objective, the [[Kremkoin]] appears.

*'''''Collect the Stars!''''': Below the Star Barrel and the ground is a banana meant to hint to the [[Bonus Barrel]] that appears right below it. The Kongs can reach and enter into the Bonus Barrel by moving beneath the ground surface, either with Dixie's [[Helicopter Spin]] or from a Hot Air Balloon. In the Bonus Level, the Kongs have to obtain forty [[Star (Donkey Kong franchise)|star]]s within a time limit of thirty seconds. At the start, there is a Hot Air Balloon hovering above a thermal. The Kongs must ride it in order to reach the stars. After jumping and collecting every star, the Kremkoin appears on a small platform to the right.

==Warp Barrel==

The Kongs must go onto the second Hot Air Balloon and pass the letter K. Right as the Hot Air Balloon moves onto the third thermal in the level, the Kongs must use a [[team up]] throw to enter into the [[Warp Barrel]] above. The warp area features several bananas arranged in the shape of an exclamation mark, followed by an exit on the right. Exiting takes the Kongs onto a Hot Air Balloon just before the End of Level Target.

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Red-Hot Ride GBA Golden Feather.png|The location of the Golden Feather in the Game Boy Advance version

Red-Hot Ride GBA photograph location.png|The location of the photograph in the Game Boy Advance version

Red-Hot Ride GBA Bonus Level 1.png|The Kongs and Rambi in the first Bonus Level in the Game Boy Advance version

Red-Hot Ride GBA Bonus Level 2.png|The Kongs collecting stars in the Second Bonus Level in the Game Boy Advance version

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