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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mole Train}}
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{{about|the boss level|the eponymous train|[[Mole Train]]}}
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|image=[[File:MoleTrain.PNG|270px]]
|image=[[File:MoleTrain.PNG|270px]]
|code=4-B
|code=4-B
|world=[[Cave]]
|world=[[Cave]]
|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]]''/''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|HD]]'')
|game=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' (''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]]'')
|boss=[[Mole Miner Max]]
|before=[[Mole Patrol|<<]] [[Crowded Cavern|VV]]
|before=[[Mole Patrol|**]] [[Crowded Cavern|<<]]
|after=[[Vine Valley (level)|>>]]
|after=[[Vine Valley (level)|>>]]
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'''The Mole Train''' is the fourth boss level in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports, located at the end of the [[Cave]] world. It takes place on the [[Mole Train|eponymous train]] operated by [[Mole Miner Max]] and his army of [[Mole Miner]]s. Apart from [[Tiki Tong|Tiki Tong Terror]], The Mole Train is the only boss stage in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|series]] that is not entirely focused on fighting the main boss. This level allows the player to use a [[Crash Guard]], even though the [[Mine Cart]]s of this boss battle are not vehicles and do not benefit in any way.
{{about|the fourth boss level in Donkey Kong Country Returns|information on the vehicle featured in the boss battle|[[Train (Donkey Kong Country Returns)]]}}
'''The Mole Train''' is the fourth boss stage in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', located at the end of the [[Cave]] world. It takes place on a [[Train (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|train]] operated by [[Mole Miner Max]] and his army of [[Mole Miner]]s. Apart from [[Tiki Tong|Tiki Tong Terror]], The Mole Train is the only boss stage in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|series]] that is not entirely focused on fighting the main boss.


==Overview==
==History==
The player starts the level on flat ground, with [[DK Barrel]] is just ahead. After advancing far enough, a cutscene begins where the Mole Miners are seen loading [[banana]]s into Mine Carts of the train. When [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] spot [[Tiki Tak Tribe#Banjo Bottom|Banjo Bottom]] watching the process, he reacts by sounding the whistle to get all the Mole Miners to jump into the carts. He then hypnotizes Mole Miner Max, who then starts the train to drive off with the bananas. The [[Kong]]s jump onto a left over Mine Cart, still full of bananas, and roll after them.
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[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] start the level on a flat ground, and a [[DK Barrel]] is just ahead. Duing a cutscene, the Mole Miners are seen putting [[banana]]s into [[Mine Cart]]s. They then spot [[Tiki Tak Tribe#Banjo Bottom|Banjo Bottom]], who observes the Mole Miners loading the mine carts. Mole Miner Max appears to be asleep in the cockpit of the train. However after Banjo Bottom notices the Kongs, he possesses Mole Miner Max, forcing him to start up the train and drive off with the bananas. The [[Kong]]s chase after him and the battle begins.


The battle is divided into two phases which cycle back and forth between each other, followed by a final phase. For the first phase, the player stands on the left over Mine Cart as it chases after the train and its four carts of bananas in a cave. The track can move up and down dramatically as it crests hills and descends into valleys, dramatically changing the positions of the Kong's Mine Cart and the train. Like all Mine Cart rails, these tracks are intangible. This means falling off the spare Mine Cart is falling into a [[pit|bottomless pit]]. Above all characters is a ceiling of rocks. [[Heart (item)|heart]]s occasionally hang from hooks. Note that the Mine Carts of this stage are special: They are larger than normal Mine Carts and are essentially platforms that move rather than vehicles like other Mine Carts in the game.
===Attacks===
Most of the boss battles takes place on a small minecart. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong will have to avoid the pickaxes thrown by the Mole Miners. Depending on how high or low they are thrown, Donkey and Diddy can just duck or jump. Also, during the second and third set of moles, the mole miners can throw [[Bomb (object)|bomb]]s, and the duo must throw them off of their cart. While on the cargo, the moles will attack by hiding in the bananas and then popping up in a random area. However, the moles can easily be detected by the pile of bananas shaking right before the mole pops out. Attempting to jump on the moles as they are coming out of the bananas results in damage. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong take too long attacking the moles, three Mole Miners on a train can run over the carts with its drill, easily taking out the duo. Mole Miner Max uses the same tactic, except his attacks are more unpredictable, and his pickaxes are much larger and harder to dodge. There is one tell-tale sign that will help the player more easily defeat him: He never pops out of the first cart that shakes. This information is especially useful for a [[Donkey Kong Country Returns#Mirror Mode|Mirror Mode]] attempt.


The goal of the first phase is to catch up to the train. The spare Mine Cart gradually approaches the train, which is the simplest way to reach the train. However, a Mole Miner on the back of the train throws pickaxes one at a time. These pickaxes fly in a straight line, and follow extreme contours of the train tracks. Small contours are ignored. Pickaxes can be thrown low or high, with the high throw being high enough to [[crouch]] under. Once the player gets close enough, this Mole Miner stops attacking. Another method to end the phase is to jump onto the train. If done early enough, with the spare Mine Cart too far away, this can only be done with a [[Rolling Jump]]. Mind that the shifting terrain may impede such a leap, and there is a pit below.
===Combat===
 
To defeat the Mole Train, Donkey and Diddy will need to defeat the three sets of Mole Miners by just simply jumping on them. However, the two primates need to wait a second after the moles come up, or else when they don't wait and jump on one, they will get hurt by their claws and lose a heart. Once all three sets of Mole Miners are defeated, one of the mine carts catches up to the Mole Train, where Mole Miner Max will leap out of the cockpit, and into the banana-filled carts. This is when players must then face Max. After he has been hit four times, Donkey Kong pummels Max, sending him smashing back into the cockpit and will be defeated. The Mole Train comes to a slow stop at the edge of a cliff, however the drill falls off the train and into the bottomless pit. Banjo Bottom emerges from Mole Miner Max, and Donkey Kong can go up to Banjo Bottom and punch it numerous times so that it flies off into the distance.
Once the player is close enough to the train, closer than when the Mole Miner stops attacking, the Mole Miner retreats into the pile of bananas in its Mine Cart. The train's engine decouples from the cargo and races off screen. The Kongs' Mine Cart speeds up and couples with the cargo. The five Mine Carts making up the combined cargo are where the second phase takes place, in which the Mole Miners attack by popping out of Mine Carts with their claws held up. During this phase, the track's changes in elevation are never extreme, though they do still shift. Multiple Mole Miners pop up one after the other, up to a max of three being outside at a time. Mine Carts with a Mole Miner sticking out from them glow brightly. The player can tell which carts to avoid because a cart with an Mole Miner that will pop out shakes just before it happens. Once a Mole Miner finishes digging, they rest their claws downward, allowing them to be defeated by [[stomp]]ing them. They may drop hearts, which land floating above the Mine Carts. The player can also stun a Mole Miner with a [[Hand Slap|Ground Pound]]. Walking into a Mole Miner only bounces the player back, rather than inflicting damage. Given time, a Mole Miner that is not defeated burrows back into the Mine Cart and repeats the process. Digging back into Mine Carts takes longer if the Mole Miner was stunned. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong take too long to defeat the moles, three Mole Miners on different train engine approach from the left. The drill on that train engine instantly defeats the player. Worse, it also destroys each Mine Cart it hits, eventually leaving the cargo with a single Mine Cart. Once that happens, the remaining Mole Miners do not pop out, dooming the player to defeat either by pit or drill. If the drill destroys a Mine Cart with a Mole Miner, that Mole Miner is considered defeated.
 
If the engine from the left is attacking, then once all Mole Miners have been defeated it slows down to leave off the left edge of the screen. Also, all but one Mine Cart of the cargo malfunction and fall away, potentially dumping the Kongs into the pit. This is telegraphed similarly to the Mole Miners: the carts that fall shake and their wheels emit blue sparks beforehand. After all malfunctioning Mine Carts have fallen away, if any, the Kongs are left on a spare Mine Cart. They return to chasing the train as per the first phase.
 
This loop occurs three times total. In the first phase, the pickax throws become more erratically timed with each loop, sometimes calling for consecutive jumps or a use of the [[Barrel Jet]] to dodge them. The second and third loops allow the Mole Miner to throw the occasional [[Bomb (object)|bomb]], which lands on the the spare Mine Cart. Bombs may bounce too far and fall off. This attack can be negated by jumping as the bomb explodes or [[grabb]]ing and throwing the bomb away. In the second phase, the second and third loops randomly allow Mole Miners to retreat quickly after appearing.
 
After the third loop, the last remaining cart catches up to the train, couples to the cargo, and the engine does not flee. Mole Miner Max leaps out of the cockpit and into the banana-filled carts, as the final phase is a battle against Max. The battlefield is very similar to the second phase despite the engine of the train, as the engine is a wall. Mole Miner Max is larger than a normal Mole Miner, and is immune to Ground Pounds. He combines properties from both phases. A number of Mine Carts rattle, but Mole Miner Max only pops out of one of them. The original tell from the Mole Miners is less helpful than the prior sentence suggests, as carts are allowed to continue shaking even after Mole Miner Max appears. The precise shaking Mine Cart he appears from is random, but Max is not allowed to appear from the first cart that shakes. Once he is above the bananas, Mole Miner Max throws a pickax forward. Holding the pickax briefly protects him from attack. He then returns to digging, sometimes after staying in place to look around. Mole Miner Max is defeated after being stomped four times.
 
The concluding cutscene has Donkey Kong pummel Max off screen. This ends with Donkey Kong smashing Mole Miner Max back into the train's engine. This causes the train to malfunction. and the train slows to a stop just as before it would fall off an incomplete and damaged rail. The drill on the engine comes loose and falls away. Without Mole Miner Max, Banjo Bottom floats up in a daze. The level is cleared by punching Banjo Bottom or by allowing them to recover and fly away. The cargo has an invisible wall to the left, preventing the player from falling off after dealing the final hit to Mole Miner Max.


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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ぼうそう列車 モールカート
|Jap=ぼうそう列車 モールカート
|JpnR=Bōsō Ressha Mōru Kāto
|JapR=Bōsō Ressha Mōru Kāto
|JpnM=Speeding Train Mole Cart
|JapM=Speeding Train Mole Cart
|ChiS=失控列车 鼹鼠矿车
|Ita=Convoglio Grottalpa
|ChiSR=Shīkòng Lièchē Yǎnshǔ Kuàngchē
|ItaM=Convoy Grottalpa
|ChiSM=Wild Train Mole Cart
|ChiT=失控列車 鼴鼠老大卡特
|ChiTR=Shīkòng Lièchē Yǎnshǔ Lǎodà Kǎtè
|ChiTM=Runaway Train - Mole Boss Carter
|Fre=Train des Taupes
|Ger=Maulwurfzug
|Ger=Maulwurfzug
|GerM=Mole Train
|GerM=Mole Train
|Ita=Convoglio Grottalpa
|Fra=Train des Taupes
|ItaM= Mole Convoy
|Chi=失控列车 鼹鼠矿车
|Spa=Tras el Tren Topo
|ChiR=Shīkòng Lièchē Yǎnshǔ Kuàngchē
|SpaM=After the Mole Train
|ChiM=Wild Train Mole Cart
}}
}}


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