Banana Coin: Difference between revisions

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (Removed useless infobox section, moved and shrunk pics, and added DK64 sprites to the gallery)
m (Text replacement - "\| *((Jap|Ara|Arm|Bos|Bul|Cat|Chi|ChiS|ChiT|Cro|Cze|Dan|Dut|Est|Fin|Fre|FreA|FreE|Geo|Ger|Gre|Heb|Hin|Hun|Ice|Ind|Ita|Kor|Lat|Lit|Mac|Mal|Nor|Pol|Por|PorA|PorE|Rom|Rus|Ser|SerCro|Svk|Svn|Spa|SpaA|SpaE|Swe|Tha|Tur|Ukr|Vie)\d*) *= *([^\n]+) *<small>\(([^\n\(\)]+)\)<\/small>\n" to "|$1=$3 |$1N=$4 ")
 
(38 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{item-infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Banana Coin - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Banana Coin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|image=[[File:Banana Coin - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
}}
'''Banana Coins''', also known as '''Banana Bunch Coins''', are a currency used in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], starting with ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. They are [[coin]]s depicting a [[Banana]], or sometimes a Banana Bunch: these are known as Banana Bunch Coins. Their purpose varies between games, but are generally used to purchase an item or service from another Kong. Banana Coins were replaced with [[Bear Coin]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and its handheld follow-up, ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
{{quote|Blood may be thicker than water, but Banana Coins are thicker still. Get in here.|[[Cranky Kong]]|[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]}}
'''Banana Coins''', also known as '''Banana Bunch Coins'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' instruction booklet|page=21|date=1999}}</ref> (or '''Banana Bunch Koins'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Land 2'' instruction booklet|page=12}}</ref>), are a currency used in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], starting with ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. They are [[coin]]s depicting a [[banana]], or a [[Banana Bunch]] in earlier games. Their purpose varies between games, but are generally used to purchase an item or service from another [[Kong]]. Banana Coins were replaced with [[bear coin]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and its handheld follow-up, ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''====
[[File:BananaCoin DKC2.png|thumb|left|150px|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'']]
Banana Coins, referred to as "'''[[Kong]] Family Coins'''" in [[Kong Kollege]], are items in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. They are scattered throughout each level. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] use them to pay for services offered by the Kong family: use of [[Funky Kong]]'s [[Biplane Barrel]] at [[Funky's Flights II]], obtain advice from [[Cranky Kong]] at [[Monkey Museum]], saving the game and receiving advice from [[Wrinkly Kong]] at [[Kong Kollege]], and playing [[Swanky Kong]]'s quizzes at [[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]]. The Kongs can carry up to 99 Banana Coins at a time. Additionally, the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]] allows the [[Kong]]s to fight a boss again by paying ten Banana Coins to Swanky, and Wrinkly no longer offers to save the Kongs' progress for a fee since save functionality was integrated into the world map's menu.


==History==
====''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color)====
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
[[File:Banana Coin - Donkey Kong Country GBC.png|thumb|A Banana Bunch Coin in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)]]
[[File:BananaCoin DKC2.png|thumb|150px|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'']]
Banana Bunch Coins are items in the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color version]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. One appears in all six of [[Candy's Challenge]]s, and can be revealed by meeting a challenge's objective. The Banana Bunch Coins can be seen from the "Bonus" menu option, though ones not collected are represented by a black silhouette. 
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Banana Bunch Coins are scattered throughout each level. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] use them to pay for services offered by the [[Kong Family]]: use of [[Funky Kong]]'s [[Biplane Barrel]] at [[Funky's Flights II]], obtain advice from [[Cranky Kong]] at [[Monkey Museum]], saving the game and receiving advice from [[Wrinkly Kong]] at [[Kong Kollege]], and playing [[Swanky Kong]]'s quizzes at [[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]]. The Kongs can carry up to 99 Banana Bunch Coins at a time.
 
====''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' / ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''====
Banana Coins are items in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. They were redesigned to only depict a single banana instead of a Banana Bunch. Their main purpose is for purchasing various items at [[Cranky Kong's Shop]]. Banana Coins are scattered throughout every level. [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.
 
The Kongs can also obtain Banana Coins by jumping on three to seven enemies in succession (enemies from the eighth onward give [[Extra Life Balloon|Red Balloons]] instead), or as a prize from the [[Slot Machine Barrel]].


In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, the [[Kong]]s can get into a rematch with a boss by paying ten Banana Bunch Coins to Swanky. Additionally, Wrinkly no longer offers to save the game because the world map's start menu already has this feature.
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]], Banana Coins have a similar role as its predecessor, ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. They were recolored from yellow to golden, and continuously sparkle. Banana Coins are still used for purchasing items, this time at [[Funky's Fly 'n' Buy]]. Like the previous game, the Kongs can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.


===''Donkey Kong 64''===
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
[[File:DK64BananaCoins.png|thumb|left|120px|Banana Bunch Coins, from ''Donkey Kong 64'']]
[[File:DK64BananaCoins.png|thumb|left|120px|Banana Bunch Coins, from ''Donkey Kong 64'']]
In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Banana Bunch Coins are scattered throughout every level. They appear in five colors, each corresponding to a Kong: yellow ones can only be collected by [[Donkey Kong]], red ones by [[Diddy Kong]], blue ones by [[Lanky Kong]], purple ones by [[Tiny Kong]] and green ones by [[Chunky Kong]]. Numerous Banana Bunch Coins were scattered throughout the levels of the game for the Kongs to seek out. Banana Coins are required for purchasing weapons from [[Funky Kong]], moves and abilities from [[Cranky Kong]], and musical instruments from [[Candy Kong]].
Banana Bunch Coins are items in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They appear in five colors, each corresponding to a Kong: yellow ones can only be collected by [[Donkey Kong]], red ones by [[Diddy Kong]], blue ones by [[Lanky Kong]], purple ones by [[Tiny Kong]] and green ones by [[Chunky Kong]]. Each Kong has to spend Banana Bunch Coins at [[Funky's Store]] to purchase weapons and ammo from [[Funky Kong]], at [[Cranky's Lab]] to purchase moves and abilities from [[Cranky Kong]], and at [[Candy's Music Shop]] to purchase musical instruments from [[Candy Kong]]. In total, every Kong spends 21 Banana Bunch Coins on personal upgrades, Donkey Kong spends an extra 2 to replay the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game, and a total of 53 are used for shared upgrades. There are 974 Banana Bunch Coins in total. After all coins possible are spent, the Kongs will have a remaining 814 Banana Bunch Coins among themselves if all coins are collected. The maximum number of Banana Bunch Coins for each Kong are as follows: 179 for Donkey Kong; 183 for Diddy; 190 for Lanky; 198 for Tiny; and 224 for Chunky. The Mystery mode has an unlockable cheat allowing the player to have 999 Banana Bunch Coins; this cheat can be unlocked by collecting twenty Banana Fairies.


A unique type of Banana Bunch Coin, known as [[5-Banana Coin]]s are also featured in the game, hidden under [[DK Dirt Pile]]s. They coins are larger than normal ones, and add five Banana Bunch Coins to each Kong's total, equaling 25 in total. There is a maximum number of Banana Bunch Coins for each Kong to collect:
A unique type of Banana Bunch Coin, known as [[5-Banana Coin]]s are also featured in the game, hidden under [[DK Dirt Pile]]s. These coins are larger than normal ones, and give five Banana Bunch Coins to each Kong, equaling a total of twenty-five.
{{br|left}}
{{br|left}}
*Donkey: 179
*Diddy: 183
*Lanky: 190
*Tiny: 198
*Chunky: 224
Every Kong spends 21 Banana Coins on personal upgrades, Donkey Kong spends an extra two to replay the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' arcade game, and a total of 53 are used for shared upgrades. There are 974 Banana Bunch Coins in total, but to achieve [[Completion#Donkey Kong 64|a 101% ranking]], the Kongs must at least obtain 814 of them.
The Mystery mode has an unlockable cheat allowing the player to have 999 Banana Bunch Coins; this cheat can be unlocked by collecting twenty Banana Fairies.
===''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color)===
[[File:Banana Coin - Donkey Kong Country GBC.png|thumb|A Banana Bunch Coin in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)]]
Banana Bunch Coins appear in the [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', as a collectible item in all six of [[Candy's Challenge]]. Each challenge involves an objective of [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] having to participate in a challenge to obtain a Banana Bunch Coin. The six Banana Bunch Coins are shown from the main menu's "View Items" option, under "Bonus". The ones not yet obtained by the Kongs are represented by a black silhouette. 
===''DK: Jungle Climber''===
===''DK: Jungle Climber''===
Banana Bunch Coins return in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', where they are now known as Banana Coins<ref>''Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber'' instruction booklet, page 15.</ref> despite still retaining the image of a Banana Bunch. In this game, five are found in each level. After completing the game, the Banana Coins can be spent on extra levels.
Banana Coins are items in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. Five of them appear in each level. After completing the game, the Banana Coins can be spent on extra levels.
 
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' / ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', Banana Coins were redesigned to only depict a single Banana instead of a Banana Bunch. Their main purpose is for purchasing various items at [[Cranky Kong's Shop]]. Banana Coins are scattered throughout every level. [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.
 
The Kongs can also obtain Banana Coins by jumping on three to seven enemies in succession (enemies from the eighth onward give [[Extra Life Balloon|Red Balloons]] instead), or as a prize from the [[Slot Machine Barrel]].
 
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', Banana Coins have a similar role as its predecessor, ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. They were recolored from yellow to golden, and continuously sparkle. Banana Coins are still used for purchasing items, this time at [[Funky's Fly 'n' Buy]]. Like the previous game, the Kongs can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.


===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
A Banana Bunch Coin appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]. In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], it can be used by any character and increases the strength of its user's leg attacks by four.
A Banana Coin appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' as a [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]]. In [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], it can be used by any character and increases the strength of its user's leg attacks by four.


==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong'' franchise===
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
{{multilang profile
*'''Wii U Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' ''"These coins are used to pay the various members of the Kong Family for their help."''
|type=vc_wiiu
|Eng=These coins are used to pay the various members of the Kong Family for their help.{{page needed}}}}


====''Donkey Kong Land 2''====
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
*'''Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' "''Use these to enlist the help of various members of the Kong family.''"
{{multilang profile
|type=vc_wiiu
|Eng=Use these to enlist the help of various members of the Kong family.{{page needed}}}}


===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' sticker===
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{| class=sortable align=center width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-family:Arial;"
{{SSBB sticker
|-
|name=Banana Coin
!width="150px"|Name
|image=[[File:Banana Coin Sticker.png]]
!width="100px"|Image
|game=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
!Artwork from
|effect=[Leg] - Attack +4
!Effect in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]]
}}
|-
|[[Banana Coin]]
|[[File:Banana Coin Sticker.png]]
|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]
|[Leg] - Attack +4
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
Line 82: Line 68:
BananacoinDKCR.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''
BananacoinDKCR.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バナナコイン
|JapR=Banana Koin
|JapM=Banana Coin
|Fre=Pièce banane
|FreM=Banana Coin
|Ger=Bananenmünze
|GerM=Banana Coin
|Ita=Moneta Banana<ref>{{cite|page=12|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' Italian manual|publisher=Nintendo|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|page=112|language=it|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', ''Donkey Kong Country 2''
|Ita2=Moneta Casco di Banane<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' English-Italian manual|page=34}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Donkey Kong 64''
|Ita3=Moneta banana<ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2007|title=''[[Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber]]'' Italian manual|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' Italian manual|page=24|date=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2013|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' Italian e-manual|page=12|language=it|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2014|author=Nintendo|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' Italian e-manual|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber'', ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|ItaM=Banana Coin
|Ita2M=Banana Bunch Coin
|Ita3M=Banana coin
|SpaA=Moneda banana<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) ''La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial''|page=45}}</ref>
|SpaAM=Banana coin
}}


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
{{Coins}}
{{Coins}}
{{DKC2}}
{{DKC2}}
Line 92: Line 101:
{{DKCTF}}
{{DKCTF}}
[[Category:Coins]]
[[Category:Coins]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong items]]
[[Category:DK: Jungle Climber]]
[[Category:DK: Jungle Climber]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 Items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns Items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Items]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze items]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Brawl Stickers]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Brawl stickers]]
[[it:Moneta Banana]]
[[it:Moneta Banana]]
[[de:Bananenmünze]]
[[de:Bananenmünze]]

Latest revision as of 07:28, August 28, 2024

Banana Coin
Artwork of a Banana Coin from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)
“Blood may be thicker than water, but Banana Coins are thicker still. Get in here.”
—Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country Returns

Banana Coins, also known as Banana Bunch Coins[1][2] (or Banana Bunch Koins[3]), are a currency used in the Donkey Kong franchise, starting with Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. They are coins depicting a banana, or a Banana Bunch in earlier games. Their purpose varies between games, but are generally used to purchase an item or service from another Kong. Banana Coins were replaced with bear coins in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and its handheld follow-up, Donkey Kong Land III.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country series[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

A Banana Coin
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Banana Coins, referred to as "Kong Family Coins" in Kong Kollege, are items in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2. They are scattered throughout each level. Diddy and Dixie Kong use them to pay for services offered by the Kong family: use of Funky Kong's Biplane Barrel at Funky's Flights II, obtain advice from Cranky Kong at Monkey Museum, saving the game and receiving advice from Wrinkly Kong at Kong Kollege, and playing Swanky Kong's quizzes at Swanky's Bonus Bonanza. The Kongs can carry up to 99 Banana Coins at a time. Additionally, the Game Boy Advance version allows the Kongs to fight a boss again by paying ten Banana Coins to Swanky, and Wrinkly no longer offers to save the Kongs' progress for a fee since save functionality was integrated into the world map's menu.

Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)[edit]

A Banana Coin
A Banana Bunch Coin in Donkey Kong Country (GBC)

Banana Bunch Coins are items in the Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country. One appears in all six of Candy's Challenges, and can be revealed by meeting a challenge's objective. The Banana Bunch Coins can be seen from the "Bonus" menu option, though ones not collected are represented by a black silhouette.

Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D[edit]

Banana Coins are items in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. They were redesigned to only depict a single banana instead of a Banana Bunch. Their main purpose is for purchasing various items at Cranky Kong's Shop. Banana Coins are scattered throughout every level. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.

The Kongs can also obtain Banana Coins by jumping on three to seven enemies in succession (enemies from the eighth onward give Red Balloons instead), or as a prize from the Slot Machine Barrel.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port, Banana Coins have a similar role as its predecessor, Donkey Kong Country Returns. They were recolored from yellow to golden, and continuously sparkle. Banana Coins are still used for purchasing items, this time at Funky's Fly 'n' Buy. Like the previous game, the Kongs can collect up to 999 Banana Coins.

Donkey Kong 64[edit]

Banana Bunch Coins, from Donkey Kong 64

Banana Bunch Coins are items in Donkey Kong 64. They appear in five colors, each corresponding to a Kong: yellow ones can only be collected by Donkey Kong, red ones by Diddy Kong, blue ones by Lanky Kong, purple ones by Tiny Kong and green ones by Chunky Kong. Each Kong has to spend Banana Bunch Coins at Funky's Store to purchase weapons and ammo from Funky Kong, at Cranky's Lab to purchase moves and abilities from Cranky Kong, and at Candy's Music Shop to purchase musical instruments from Candy Kong. In total, every Kong spends 21 Banana Bunch Coins on personal upgrades, Donkey Kong spends an extra 2 to replay the Donkey Kong arcade game, and a total of 53 are used for shared upgrades. There are 974 Banana Bunch Coins in total. After all coins possible are spent, the Kongs will have a remaining 814 Banana Bunch Coins among themselves if all coins are collected. The maximum number of Banana Bunch Coins for each Kong are as follows: 179 for Donkey Kong; 183 for Diddy; 190 for Lanky; 198 for Tiny; and 224 for Chunky. The Mystery mode has an unlockable cheat allowing the player to have 999 Banana Bunch Coins; this cheat can be unlocked by collecting twenty Banana Fairies.

A unique type of Banana Bunch Coin, known as 5-Banana Coins are also featured in the game, hidden under DK Dirt Piles. These coins are larger than normal ones, and give five Banana Bunch Coins to each Kong, equaling a total of twenty-five.

DK: Jungle Climber[edit]

Banana Coins are items in DK: Jungle Climber. Five of them appear in each level. After completing the game, the Banana Coins can be spent on extra levels.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

A Banana Coin appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a sticker. In The Subspace Emissary, it can be used by any character and increases the strength of its user's leg attacks by four.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      These coins are used to pay the various members of the Kong Family for their help.[page number needed]

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
    • English:
      Use these to enlist the help of various members of the Kong family.[page number needed]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Banana Coin
Banana Coin sticker
Artwork from: Donkey Kong 64
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: [Leg] - Attack +4
Usable by: Anyone

Gallery[edit]

  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

  • Donkey Kong Land 2

    Donkey Kong Land 2

  • Donkey Kong 64

    Donkey Kong 64

  • Donkey Kong 64

    Donkey Kong 64

  • Donkey Kong 64

    Donkey Kong 64

  • Donkey Kong 64

    Donkey Kong 64

  • Donkey Kong 64

    Donkey Kong 64

  • DK: Jungle Climber (gameplay)

    DK: Jungle Climber
    (gameplay)

  • DK: Jungle Climber (pause screen)

    DK: Jungle Climber
    (pause screen)

  • Artwork from Donkey Kong Country Returns

    Artwork from Donkey Kong Country Returns

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese バナナコイン[?]
Banana Koin 		Banana Coin
French Pièce banane[?] Banana Coin
German Bananenmünze[?] Banana Coin
Italian Moneta Banana[4][5][6] Banana Coin Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Donkey Kong Land 2, Donkey Kong Country 2
Moneta Casco di Banane[7] Banana Bunch Coin Donkey Kong 64
Moneta banana[8][9][10][11] Banana coin Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Spanish (NOA) Moneda banana[12] Banana coin

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1995. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 15.
  2. ^ 1999. Donkey Kong 64 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
  3. ^ 1996. Donkey Kong Land 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 12.
  4. ^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Italian manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 12.
  5. ^ Donkey Kong Land 2 Italian manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 14.
  6. ^ 2004. Donkey Kong Country 2 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  7. ^ Donkey Kong 64 English-Italian manual. Page 34.
  8. ^ 2007. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 15.
  9. ^ 2010. Donkey Kong Country Returns Italian manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 24.
  10. ^ 2013. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Italian e-manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 12.
  11. ^ Nintendo (2014). Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Italian e-manual. Page 17.
  12. ^ Club Nintendo (Chile) La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial. Page 45.
[Edit]
Coins
Types of currency
Banana Coin • Beanbean coin • Bear coin • Bonus Medal • Coin (Blue Coin · Frozen Coin · Hidden Coin · Red Coin) • Coin (Wario Land 4) • Event token • Flower coin • Frog Coin (Special Frog Coin) • Gray Coin • Green Coin • Medal (Wario Land 4) • Pianta token • Regional coin • Slot Coin • Smash Coin
Multiple of currency
5-Banana Coin • 5-Coin • 10-Coin • 10-flower coin • 20-Coin • 30-Coin • 50-Coin • 100-Coin • Blue Coin (Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS · Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour · Mario Kart Tour) • Coin pile • Colored coin • Win Coin
Limited collectibles
Ace Coin • Advance Coin • Color coin (Black Coin · Pink Coin · Purple Coin) • Blue Coin (Super Mario Sunshine) • Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise) • Character coin • DK Coin • Dragon Coin • e-Coin • Golden Coin • Kong Token • Kremkoin • M-Token • Mario Coin • Moon Coin • Muddy Coin • Musical Coin • Nintendo Coin • Planet Coin • Rareware Coin • Silver Coin • Star Coin • Star Medal • Taj Token
Special / Effect
? Coin • Bonus Coin (Super Mario World) • Coin (hopping) • Control Coin • Green Star Coin (Grand Green Star Coin) • Key Coin • Lucky Charm • Pink Coin (Super Mario Maker) • Power-Up Token • Star Coin (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition) (Grand Star Coin) • Transformation coin (Boo Coin · Cheep Cheep Coin · Flame Chomp Coin · Goomba Coin · Lakitu Coin)
Rings
Blue Ring • Coin ring • Gold Ring • Green Ring • Green Star Ring • Red Ring
Entities
Coin Fish • Penny
Other
Coin counter • Dream Coin
[Edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Protagonists Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Swanky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Clapper • Enguarde • Expresso • Glimmer • Quawks • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies Cat O' 9 Tails • Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Kutlass • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Screech • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger
Levels Gangplank Galleon Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
Crocodile Cauldron Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Kleever's Kiln
Krem Quay Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Bramble Blast • Kudgel's Kontest
Krazy Kremland Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Scramble • Rickety Race • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
Gloomy Gulch Ghostly Grove • Haunted Hall • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
K. Rool's Keep Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Castle Crush • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
Lost World Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Funky's Flights missions Aerial Loop • Submerged Stint • Kongstruction • Kongnapped • Cool Sounds • Kongnapped 2 • Toxic Kongstruction
Barrels Animal Barrel • Regular Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Biplane Barrel • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Golden Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Steerable Barrel • TNT Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster • Star • Toxic waste
Miscellaneous Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Super Donkey Kong 2 Guide Book • Uncle Kong
[Edit]
Donkey Kong 64
Protagonists Playable characters Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Lanky Kong • Tiny Kong • Chunky Kong • Krusha* • Klaptrap† • Mario#
Non-playable characters B. Locker • Banana Fairy • Banana Fairy Princess • Beanstalk • Beetle • Buzzard • Candy Kong • Funky Kong • Ice Creature • K. Lumsy • Llama • Mermaid • Microphone • Mini-Car • Owl • Professor Cranky Kong • Rabbit • Scoff • Seal • Snide • Troff • Worm • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Rambi • Enguarde • Squawks • Lightfish
Antagonists Bosses Army Dillo • Dogadon • Toy Monster • Mad Jack • Puftoss • Giant Spider • King Kut Out • King Krusha K. Rool
Enemies Barrel# • Bat • Block • Book • Buzzard • Cement tub# • Donkey Kong# • Fire# • Fireball# • Flame • Fly • Ghost • Giant Viking Kremling • Gnawty • Jack# • Kasplat • Klaptrap • Klobber • Klump • Kosha • Krash • Kremling cop • Kritter • Kroc • Mechanical Zinger • Mr. Dice • Oil drum# • Oyster • Puftup • Resident demon • Robokremling • Scubi • Shroom • Shuri • Sir Domino • Skeleton Kremling • Small Spider • TNT Bomber • Tomato • Zinger
Locations DK Isles Kong Isle • Banana Fairy Island • Crocodile Isle • K. Lumsy's Prison
Levels Jungle Japes • Angry Aztec • Frantic Factory • Gloomy Galleon • Fungi Forest • Crystal Caves • Creepy Castle • Hideout Helm
Other areas DK's Tree House • Funky's Store • Candy's Music Shop • Cranky's Lab • Troff 'n' Scoff • Wrinkly Door • Snide's H.Q. • Kremling craft • Boxing arena
Items 5-Banana Coin • Bananas (Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, Green) • Banana Balloon • Banana Bunch • Banana Camera Film • Banana Coin • Banana Medal • Battle Crown • Blueprint • Boss Key • Candy's Headphones • Crystal Coconut • DK Coin • Golden Banana • Melon • Nintendo Coin • Orange • Rareware Coin • Supply Crate
Objects Barrels & crates Animal crate • Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Cranky's Kong Barrel • Metal keg • Tag Barrel • TNT Barrel • Training Barrel
Switches Kong Switch • Target Switch • Wall switch
Pads Bananaport Pad • Battle Arena Pad • Cranky's Kong Pad • Music Pad
Weapons Coconut Shooter • Peanut Popgun • Grape Shooter • Feather Bow • Pineapple Launcher • Orange grenade launcher*
Others Boulder • Cannon • Cannonball • DK Dirt Pile • DK Portal • Melon Crate • Minecart • Toxic waste
Minigames Bonus stages Batty Barrel Bandit! • Peril Path Panic! • Big Bug Bash! • Searchlight Seek! • Kremling Kosh! • Splish-Splash Salvage! • Speedy Swing Sortie! • Mad Maze Maul! • Minecart Mayhem! • Stealthy Snoop! • Teetering Turtle Trouble! • Busy Barrel Barrage! • Beaver Bother! • Krazy Kong Klamour! • Stash Snatch!
Others Donkey Kong • Enguarde Arena • Jetpac • Mine Cart Ride • Rambi Arena
Special moves From Cranky Baboon Balloon • Baboon Blast • Chimpy Charge • Gorilla Gone • Gorilla Grab • Hunky Chunky • Mini-Monkey • Monkeyport • OrangStand • OrangStand Sprint • Pony Tail Twirl • Primate Punch • Rocketbarrel Boost • Simian Slam • Simian Spring • Strong Kong
From Candy Bongo Blast • Guitar Gazump • Trombone Tremor • Saxophone Slam • Triangle Trample
Other Banana Fairy's Camera • Super Slam
Other Banana hoard • Blast-o-Matic • DK Rap • Donkey Konk • Gallery • DKTV • Glitches • DK Rap Attack • Kremling Krunch • Lore Quiz • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
* Multiplayer only
† Minigame only
# Donkey Kong arcade game only
[Edit]
DK: Jungle Climber
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong
Non-playable Candy Kong • Cranky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Xananab
Enemies and obstacles Bramble • Click-Clack • Flipflap • Flitter • Ghost • Klobber • Kritter • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spike • Zinger
Bosses Banana Ship • Junklomp • Mega Amp • Draglinger • King K. Rool
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Crystal Banana • Crystal Star • DK Coin • Gem • Hammer • KONG Panels • Oil barrel • Torch • Wings
Objects Booster Barrel • Cannon Barrel • DK Barrel • Exit • Giant flower • Handle Peg • Iron Barrel • Jack Peg • Mine • Peg • Peg Board • Question Barrel • Rock • Spike • Spirowarp • Spinner Barrel • Spinning Peg • Switch Peg • TNT Barrel
Worlds Sun Sun Island • Lost Island • Ghost Island • Chill 'n' Char Island • High-High Island • Wormhole • Extra Stages
Minigames Rolling Panic • Banana Grab • Speed Climb • Throw 'n' Crush • Orange Picker • Booster Battle • Banana Bonanza
[Edit]
Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot • Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobī • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard* • Green Balloon* • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle Jungle Hijinxs • King of Cling • Tree Top Bop • Sunset Shore • Canopy Cannons • Crazy Cart • Platform Panic • Mugly's Mound
Beach Poppin' Planks • Sloppy Sands • Peaceful Pier • Cannon Cluster • Stormy Shore • Blowhole Bound • Tidal Terror • Tumblin' Temple • Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins Wonky Waterway • Button Bash • Mast Blast • Damp Dungeon • Itty Bitty Biters • Temple Topple • Shifty Smashers • Ruined Roost
Cave Rickety Rails • Grip 'n' Trip • Bombs Away • Mole Patrol • Crowded Cavern • Jagged Jewels • The Mole Train
Forest Vine Valley • Clingy Swingy • Flutter Flyaway • Tippin' Totems • Longshot Launch • Springy Spores • Wigglevine Wonders • Muncher Marathon • Blast & Bounce • Mangoruby Run
Cliff Sticky Situation • Prehistoric Path • Weighty Way • Boulder Roller • Precarious Plateau • Crumble Canyon • Tippy Shippy • Clifftop Climb • Perilous Passage • Thugly's Highrise
Factory Foggy Fumes • Slammin' Steel • Handy Hazards • Gear Getaway • Cog Jog • Switcheroo • Music Madness • Lift-off Launch • Treacherous Track • Feather Fiend
Volcano Furious Fire • Hot Rocket • Roasting Rails • Smokey Peak • Bobbing Basalt • Moving Melters • Red Red Rising • Five Monkey Trial • Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud*+ Crushin' Columns*+ • Gushin' Geysers*+ • Spiky Surprise*+ • Mischievous Moles*+ • Topsy Turvy*+ • Tar Ball Fall*+ • Robo Factory*+ • Lavawheel Volcano*+ • Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Staff
Related Play Nintendo activities:
Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle?
[Edit]
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong*
Supporting Don Zunāna • Funky Kong • Professor Chops • Rambi • Squawks • Tawks*
Bosses Pompy, the Presumptuous • Skowl, the Startling • Ba-Boom, the Boisterous • Fugu, the Frightening • Bashmaster, the Unbreakable • Lord Fredrik, the Snowmad King
Other Big Squeekly • Goats • Mugly • Skittler • Snippys
Enemies Snowmad Tucks (Archy · Archy (fire) · Big Sphen · Boom Bird · Painguin Tucks · Papa Painguin · Pengatcha 1-gō · Pointy Tucks · Soary · Speedy Tucks · Trench Tucks · Tuff Tucks · Tenacious Tucks) • Fluff (Harey · Harold · Tuff Fluff) • Hootz (Blue Hootz · Hot Hootz · Puffton · Tuffton) • Ice dragon • Lemmington • Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie · Fish Poker Pops · Walbrick · Walnut)
Other Bouncelisk • Bucky • Buffaloafer • Buzzy • Carnivorous Plantlife (Venus Trap Platform · Chompette) • Cheesy Chester • Chompasaurus • Dozy • Electrified Anemone • Finley (Blue Finley · Green Finley · Red Finley) • Flaming Falling Totem Pole • Fritz • Gordo • Green fish • Hermit crab • Horror Gills • Jellyfish • Large Mimic • Mama Saw • Mimic • Monocle Monica • Porcupal • Pufftup • Punch Piranha • Punchy Paddy • Schnautzel • Sea Urchin • Snaggles • Sour Dodo • Squiddicus • Swooper Dooper • Thug Slug • Toucan't • Wild Wendell • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Blue Balloon • Capsule Toy Machine • Crash Guard • Flying banana • Gold Heart • Green Balloon • Heart • Heart Boost • KONG Letters • Mysterious relic • Puzzle Piece • Red Balloon
Projectiles Barrel • Kong Barrel • Water Sack • Watermelon Fuse Bomb
Miscellaneous Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bell • Burlap Hanging Sack • Climbing grass • Collapsible Underwater Grass • Cracked Block • Current • Item container • Item Handle • Pile of leaves • Purple Flower Platform • Rambi Crate • Rolling leaf • Slot Machine Barrel • Snowflake Shield • Spinning Platform • Spring Platform • Vine-Triggered Platform • Zip-Line Vine
Vehicles Log Canoe • Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Obstacles Avalanche • Chunk of ice • Electroid • Fireball • Fire Floor • Giant Spiked Nut • Hanging TNT • Icicle • Proximity mine • Snowball • Snowflake • Sting Tentacle • Tornado • Volcanic debris
Moves Cane Bounce • Cartwheel Attack • Cling • Corkscrew • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Helicopter Spin • Ranged attack • Roll Attack
Levels Lost Mangroves Mangrove Cove • Shipwreck Shore • Canopy Chaos • Trunk Twister • Zip-Line Shrine • Busted Bayou • Big Top Bop • Swinger Flinger
Autumn Heights Windmill Hills • Mountain Mania • Horn Top Hop • Sawmill Thrill • Alpine Incline • Wing Ding • Crumble Cavern • Rodent Ruckus • Mountaintop Tussle • Bopopolis
Bright Savannah Grassland Groove • Baobab Bonanza • Frantic Fields • Scorch 'n' Torch • Twilight Terror • Cannon Canyon • Rickety Rafters • Bramble Scramble • Triple Trouble • Precarious Pendulums
Sea Breeze Cove Deep Keep • High Tide Ride • Amiss Abyss • Irate Eight • Sea Stack Attack • Current Capers • Rockin' Relics • Shoal Atoll • Fugu Face-Off • Spinning Spines
Juicy Jungle Harvest Hazards • Reckless Ride • Fruity Factory • Panicky Paddles • Jelly Jamboree • Frosty Fruits • Beehive Brawl • Jammin' Jams • Punch Bowl • Platform Problems
Donkey Kong Island Homecoming Hijinxs • Seashore War • Aqueduct Assault • Blurry Flurry • Forest Folly • Cliffside Slide • Frozen Frenzy • Meltdown Mayhem • Dynamite Dash • Icicle Arsenal • Volcano Dome • Slippy Spikes
Secret Seclusion Levitation Station • Rocket Rails • Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous Extras • Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info Gallery • Media • Staff
* Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version
Related Play Nintendo activities:
A matching game to flip over • Can’t-miss games • The multiplayer way • Which Kong could fit your style? • Who’s that toy?
Retrieved from "https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Banana_Coin&oldid=4342471"