Bobbing Barrel Brawl
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Template:DKClevelbox Bobbing Barrel Brawl is the tenth level of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy Advance game, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. It is also the fifth area of the Kremwood Forest.
For most of this riverside level, the Kongs play as Ellie. Nibblas, in their debut, lurk in most bodies of water around the level, trying to attack the Animal Buddy. They cannot be defeated, so Ellie must avoid them throughout the whole level. However, the Nibblas are very fast, and they can attack the elephant as soon as she touches the water. Therefore, she has to use the many barrels scattered around the level and throw them into the water. The barrels float on the water's surface, allowing Ellie to cross the lakes and rivers with ease, while dodging the restless Nibblas. In this level, Ellie can also suck up water to shoot at her enemies. These enemies include green Buzzes, who appear all around the level to get in the hero's way. Other enemies in this rather early level include Krimps, Booty Birds, and Knik-Knaks (in their only occurrence of walking on the ground).
Level Layout
At the beginning of the level, the Kongs will see a Buzz and a Booty Bird to move past, as well as a Blast Barrel. The barrel can be used to shoot them to an Animal Barrel. This barrel will turn them into Ellie, who will come up to some more enemies as she heads towards the first river. In the river, Ellie will find two floating barrels to use to dodge the Nibbla in the water, though the second barrel will be blocked off by a green Buzz. Sucking up water, she can shoot large drops of water at the enemy to defeat it, creating a pathway over the rest of the river. On the other side, she will find the letter O, as well as another body of water. The water will consist of a Nibbla, as well as a Steel Barrel floating in the water. Another barrel can be found in the water if she is to attack the Booty Bird nearby. If the young elephant decides to continue over the river, she will find another Blast Barrel. The barrel will blast her over another body of water. Nearing the area where she will land, she will find another lake. If she chooses to cross the lake, with the help of some barrels bobbing out of the water, she will find two red Buzzes in her path. The Animal Buddy will need to suck the nearby TNT Barrel towards her to be able to defeat them. Heading on, Ellie will find another small body of water. Once she crosses it with some more barrel platforms, she will need to climb up some stair-like platforms. Jumping down from the top area will take her to a pathway leading to the Star Barrel.
About halfway into the level, Ellie will find a banana trail leading into a safe body of water, Nibbla-free. She should travel to the other side of the pool to find a few Steel Barrels. They should be used to make platforms over the water to the right, allowing the elephant to cross the area safely. After she crosses the lake and gets the letter N, she will have to continue and travel past a lone Buzz to find another pool of water. It must be crossed by using a few floating Steel Barrels, one of the barrels coming from a nearby Booty Bird. After Ellie crosses the enemy-free body of water after this, she will notice another pool nearby. Throwing a Steel Barrel into the water, she will be able to cross the pool and continue. The creature will soon find herself traveling along a long pathway, approaching a trail of bananas. She should follow it to land on a floating barrel in a large body of water. Around the barrel, the hero will find another barrel, which she should use to cross the lake, though while dodging a Buzz. She will then find herself heading down a plain pathway, until she encounter two more Buzzes in her way. She should suck up the barrel under them and defeat the green Buzz with the barrel to be able to progress. If Ellie does choose to travel farther, she will find the letter G, as well as another pool of water. With the barrels in this pool, she should hop over the parts of the water and head down the rest of the path, finding a No Animal Sign. It will turn her back into the Kongs, who will find a flagpole nearby. Raising its flag will end the level.
Secrets
K-O-N-G Letters
- K: At the beginning of the level, the Kongs can find a Booty Bird flying above a red Buzz. If they defeat the bird, it drops a TNT Barrel on top of the red Buzz, which defeats the wasp-like foe. The letter K is revealed in its place once it is defeated.
- O: Shortly after the heroes turn into Ellie, they can find a pool of water that they must cross to find the letter O.
- N: The letter N hovers above the center of the second pool of water from the Star Barrel.
- G: As Ellie approaches the final area of water before the No Animal Sign, she comes up to a Krimp with the letter G above it.
Bonus Levels
- Shortly after passing the letter O, Ellie shoots over a body of water through an Auto Fire Barrel. If she turns around once she gets on land, she can find a Booty Bird above a red Buzz, who guards a Bonus Barrel. She should hit the Booty Bird with her water shooting ability to make it flee and drop a TNT Barrel on the Buzz hovering below it. With both foes defeated, the she can find a clear path to the Bonus Barrel, which she must enter to reach a Bonus Level. Here, she needs to throw some barrels into the water to create a pathway over a small lake. A Nibbla can attack her if she touches the water, and if it touches her, she is forced out of the bonus. On the other side of the lake, the hero can find a Bonus Coin. Ellie has a total of 25 seconds to complete this Bonus Level and grab the Bonus Coin.
- Not too long after passing the letter N, Ellie enters a safe pool of water with a Bonus Barrel at the bottom of it. However, she is unable to swim underwater, so she has no way of getting to it at the time. To reach it, the hero must head slightly father to the right and out of the water to meet some Knik-Knaks walking on land. She should not defeat them, and simply just wait for them to take flight over the pool of water found before. Once they stop in mid-air, she should bounce on them and head above the underwater Bonus Barrel while airborne. The elephant can then land in the water and be forced down into the barrel. This special barrel can take her into a Bonus Level, where she needs to cross another area of water with some floating barrels while collecting stars. If she collects all 10 stars within 15 seconds, she can find a Bonus Coin at the other side of the water to grab within the remaining time. During the Bonus Level, a Nibbla swims through the water, and if it touches her, she fails the bonus.
DK Coin
- Ellie comes up to a steel keg and a Koin in possession of a DK Coin immediately before she reaches the level's Star Barrel. She must defeat him to earn the coin, however, none of her attacks can actually defeat him. So, she must use the nearby steel kegs to attack. If she stands on the foe with the barrel, the Koin puts its attention on her. At that time, the elephant must throw the barrel at the nearest wall. The barrel should bounce back, hit the enemy, and defeat him. After the foe drops the DK Coin, Ellie can claim it to add to the Kongs' collection.
Warp Barrel
- When the heroes reach the first Booty Bird in the level, who is located before Ellie's Animal Barrel, they should use their Team-up move to throw one another into the air to the right of the enemy. They can find a hidden Warp Barrel near this foe, and the barrel can send them to to the End of Level Flag at the end of the level.
Gallery
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Ellie sucks up water during the original version of the level.
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Ellie approaches a pool of water and an Auto Fire Barrel.
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The Kongs approach a DK Barrel in the Game Boy Advance version of the level.
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Ellie runs through the level.
