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[[File:DK64BananaMedal.png|thumb|120x120px|right|A '''Banana Medal'''.]]
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'''Banana Medals''' are medals that the [[Kong]]s can get in the [[Nintendo 64]] game, ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.  
|image=[[File:DK64BananaMedal.png|120px]]<br>A Banana Medal from ''Donkey Kong 64''.
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
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{{quote|What's this? You've got 15 Banana Medals? I don't believe it - you must have made them yourself!|[[Cranky Kong|Professor Cranky Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong 64]]}}
[[File:DK64 Banana Medal.gif|frame|left]]
'''Banana Medals''' are collectible items in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', and they are brown medals with a [[banana]] spinning in their middle. A [[Kong]] can obtain a Banana Medal collecting 75 [[banana]]s of their corresponding color in a level. Once they collect a Banana Medal, they cannot collect it again. There are a total of 40 Banana Medals, with eight for each Kong to obtain.


The game is filled with a total of forty Banana Medals, with a total of five medals per level. During the levels, the five Kongs can get these medals by collecting seventy-five of their own [[banana]]s. Once the Banana Medal is earned, it can never be obtained again. In the game's final level, [[Hideout Helm]], the rules to getting Banana Medals are much different, as the heroes will need to complete their own [[Bonus Area|bonus levels]] to get it.
If the Kongs have at least 15 Banana Medals, then they can play a classic [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] title from [[Cranky's Lab]], ''[[Jetpac]]''. Every Banana Medal is required for 101% completion.


If the group manages to get fifteen Banana Medals or more, they can go to [[Cranky's Lab]], found in every level, to play an unlockable, classic [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] title, known as ''[[Jetpac]]''.
In the final level, [[Hideout Helm]], the criteria for obtaining a Banana Medal is different, as each Kong can obtain one after completing two [[Bonus Barrel]] challenges. The five that appear, however, become permanently unobtainable if the Kongs leaves the rooms without collecting them, preventing the player from [[Unwinnable state#Impossible 100% completion|achieving 101% completion]].
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バナナメダル
|JapR=Banana Medaru
|JapM=Banana Medal
|Fre=Médaille Banane
|FreM=Banana Medal
}}
 
==Trivia==
*In the game, the Banana Medal's outside ring rotates clockwise while the banana inside it rotates counterclockwise like most other objects.


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Latest revision as of 18:00, October 13, 2024

Banana Medal
DK64BananaMedal.png
A Banana Medal from Donkey Kong 64.
First appearance Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
“What's this? You've got 15 Banana Medals? I don't believe it - you must have made them yourself!”
Professor Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong 64
Banana Medal's animated sprite in Donkey Kong 64.

Banana Medals are collectible items in Donkey Kong 64, and they are brown medals with a banana spinning in their middle. A Kong can obtain a Banana Medal collecting 75 bananas of their corresponding color in a level. Once they collect a Banana Medal, they cannot collect it again. There are a total of 40 Banana Medals, with eight for each Kong to obtain.

If the Kongs have at least 15 Banana Medals, then they can play a classic Rareware title from Cranky's Lab, Jetpac. Every Banana Medal is required for 101% completion.

In the final level, Hideout Helm, the criteria for obtaining a Banana Medal is different, as each Kong can obtain one after completing two Bonus Barrel challenges. The five that appear, however, become permanently unobtainable if the Kongs leaves the rooms without collecting them, preventing the player from achieving 101% completion.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バナナメダル[?]
Banana Medaru
Banana Medal
French Médaille Banane[?] Banana Medal

Trivia[edit]

  • In the game, the Banana Medal's outside ring rotates clockwise while the banana inside it rotates counterclockwise like most other objects.