Editing Sloppy Sands

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|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]]''/''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|HD]]'')

|track=Poppin' Planks<br>Sloppy Sands

'''Sloppy Sands''' is the ninth level in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports, as well as the second level in the [[Beach]] world.

Sloppy Sands takes place at the ocean shore, where [[Donkey Kong|Donkey]] and [[Diddy Kong]] encounter many [[Squidly]]s and [[Electrasquid]]s shot from [[Squid Shot]]s; both enemies debut in the level. The [[Kong]]s Squidlys can be bounced on to reach collectibles, although Electrasquids are electrified variants and can hurt the [[Kong]]s upon contact. The Kongs also encounter [[Snaggles]] and [[Snippys]] along the way. It is the first level with cannons that the Kongs can pound on to shoot out collectibles and help them find a single [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Puzzle Piece]]. The level also has wooden crates that, when Ground Pounded, activate another set of crates that appear from the sands.

Near the end of the level, the Kongs must [[Ground Pound]] a switch with the DK emblem, which uproots a sunken castle. The Kongs must jump into a Barrel Cannon to launch to the bottom of the castle. The remainder of the level takes place in the castle, where the Kongs must use sand-filled wooden buckets as platforms and climb [[climbing grass|green surface]]s while avoiding Squidlys throughout.

The level begins with a straight pathway along the sand leading to two wooden pillars sticking out of the ground. When the Kongs pound on the pillars, they fall under the surface and another pair of pillars shoots out of the ground near a Snippys. The new pillars can help the Kongs reach a higher platform with the first [[DK Barrel]] and a small hill with Snippys enemies infesting it. A trio of pillars are after a Squid Shot that the primates can pound into the ground to make another three pillars appear nearby, shooting out items, including a [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Puzzle Piece]], as they emerge. They can help the Kongs reach a wooden platform with these collectibles on it. There is a cannon ahead of the Kongs that can be pounded on to blast a cannonball at a mast in the background. A treasure chest is on the mast that lands in the foreground, spilling out four [[Banana Coin]]s when it breaks.  

The Kongs are able to find a small plant growing between two Squid Shots ahead, and it gives an item when blown on. There are also many [[banana]]s between the Squid Shots, as well as after them right before another two of these foes. A second treasure chest is after the two Squid Shots that contains a [[Red Balloon]]. As the primates try to grab it, squids shoot from a nearby Squid Shot and try to hit them. A raised, wooden platform is after this, with special items placed above and below it. A trio of pillars also stands ahead of the previous Squid Shot, with two more Squid Shots piled up on each other next to it. More pillars appear closer to the squid-shooting enemies when the heroes pound these pillars into the ground. The new pillars can help them jump over the Squid Shots and travel to a bridge area that is above the water. The [[Professor Chops|Tutorial Pig]] is on it, along with the first checkpoint.

Another DK Barrel and a treasure chest are ahead of the checkpoint, along with a rectangular crate. Near the crate, a Snaggles jumps out of the water below and breaks through the boards, creating a gap that must be jumped over. There is also another crate near here that hides a treasure chest with a [[Barrel Cannon]] in it. It can shoot the Kongs into an island in the background with the letter K of the [[KONG Letters|K-O-N-G Letters]] on a tall, stone pillar and another treasure chest with a Barrel Cannon in it. This cannon can blast the heroes back into the foreground. After the Kongs cross another gap after this treasure chest, they reach a flat bridge area with a Squid Shot at the beginning of it. A Pinchly and a [[barrel]] are on the bridge, and a cannon is also under it. A hill is in the area after the cannon that leads towards the letter O that is surrounded by bananas. Squid Shots also wait to shoot at the Kongs next to it. The Kongs can reach a platform above the letter O by bouncing off of a Squidly to find a pathway leading over a Squid Shot on a crashed vessel part. Bananas sit under a platform at the end of the large ship piece, and the letter N floats in the air near some crates being suspended in the air by a platform. The Tutorial Pig and the second checkpoint are under the crates.

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|align="center"|[[Snippys]]

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|At the start of the sand tower, the letter G is on the bottom of the second green surface wall, near a Squid Shot.

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|Jpn=イカだらけビーチ  

|JpnR=Ika Darake Bīchi

|JpnM=Beach Full of Squids

|FreA=Kalmars Cachés

|FreAM=Hidden Squids; "kalmar" being a phonetic reading of ''calmar'' (squid)

|FreE=Sables sournois

|FreEM=Sly Sands

|ChiM=Beach Full of Squids

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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns levels]]