Tiki Tong Tower

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Revision as of 18:03, February 2, 2025 by Salmancer (talk | contribs) (Adding more details and cross checking the opening cutscene (I don't think it's sending out the Tikis). While how the moon is falling on the Tower isn't important, Donkey Kong punches it with intent to attack the tower which means the story split is here too.)
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Not to be confused with Tiki Tong Terror.
Concept art of Tiki Tong Tower in Donkey Kong Country Returns
Concept artwork of the Tiki Tong Tower

Tiki Tong Tower is the giant, seemingly living tower in the center of the 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. Tiki Tong Tower can be seen from anywhere on the World Selection Screen, rising above the the haze that normally shrouds the Volcano. It appears to be an observation point; it always faces the camera and constantly moves its lower jaw.

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.

At the top, the Kongs land inside the Tiki Tong 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 down and knocks out Tiki Tong 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

  • Tiki Tong Tower looming over Donkey Kong Island

    Tiki Tong Tower looming over Donkey Kong Island

  • Model of Tiki Tong Tower

    Model of Tiki Tong Tower

  • Promotional artwork

    Promotional artwork

  • Concept art of Tiki Tong Tower

    Concept art of Tiki Tong Tower

  • Tiki Tong Tower in the background of a level

    Tiki Tong Tower in the background of a level

  • Interior of the Tiki Tong Tower, where Tiki Tong is fought

    Interior of the Tiki Tong Tower, where Tiki Tong is fought

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ティキトングタワー[?]
Tiki Tongu Tawā 		Tiki Tong Tower
Italian Torre Tiki Tong[?] Tiki Tong Tower
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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 (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • 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 • Robobee • 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 Guard2 • Green Balloon2 • Hanging vine • 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 • Mole Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud2 9-1: Crushin' Columns2 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2 • 9-7: Robo Factory2 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2 • 9-11/9-92: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • Mine Menace • Staff (3D · HD)
Related Play Nintendo activities
Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle? • Who's Your Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Banana Bud?
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