Editing Tiki Tong Tower

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[[File:Tikitongtowerconcept.png|thumb|200px|Concept artwork of the Tiki Tong Tower]]

'''Tiki Tong Tower''' is the giant and apparently sentient tower in the center of the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and is home to the leader of the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]], [[Tiki Tong]]. After the volcano erupts in the game's opening, the tower rises from it and roars. The Tiki Tong Tower can be seen from anywhere on the World Selection Screen, rising above the haze that normally shrouds the Volcano. Its lower jaw is always in motion. It appears to be an observation point; on the World Selection Screen it turns to face the camera though it cannot look up or down.

The tower is prominently featured in the final level of the game, the Volcano level [[Tiki Tong Terror]].  In it, the Kongs have to use a [[Rocket Barrel]] to fly up the tower. Obstacles include drums extending from the the left and right sides of the screen, drums whose tops are covered with red clouds and spikes on the ends which extend to collide in the center of the screen, grinding saws on the ends of wider versions of the aforementioned drums that scroll across the screen but leave an opening between them, Tikis riding spiky balloons, and square blocks sticking out from the tower. This is to reach the inside of the tower, whose mouth opens up and stays open in a cutscene preceding the Rocket Barrel launch.

At the top, the Kongs land inside the tower's mouth, which closes behind them. The walls turn into a moving pattern that changes color and the Kongs must fight Tiki Tong. When Tiki Tong is defeated, he explodes and launches the Kongs up through the tower and past the [[moon]]. At this point, the story splits depending on which Kongs are present, but the gist is that [[Donkey Kong]] punches the moon down and onto the tower, with or without Diddy Kong's help; [[Diddy Kong]] on his own accidentally crashes into the moon. The moon falls out of orbit and crushes the tower, at which point it is pushed back into the volcano. After completing the game, the tower no longer appears on the World Selection Screen.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DKCRisland.png|The Tiki Tong Tower looming over [[Donkey Kong Island]]
Tiki Tong Tower (model).png|Model of the tower
Tiki Tong Tower art.jpg|Promotional artwork
Tikitongstoryboard.png|Concept art of the tower
Tiki Tong's Tower (background).png|The tower as seen in the background of [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle Hijinxs]]
Tiki Tong Tower (inside).png|The tower's interior, where Tiki Tong is fought
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ティキトングタワー
|JpnR=Tiki Tongu Tawā
|JpnM=Tiki Tong Tower
|Ita=Torre Tiki Tong
|ItaM=Tiki Tong Tower
}}

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[[Category:Tiki Tak Tribe]]
[[Category:Towers]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns]]