The Kongs climbing the stairs that lead to the Cloud Gateway
Cloud is the ninth world of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. After the game is beaten and eight Rare Orbs are collected from the game's Key Temple levels, the Cloud Gateway can be used to enter this secret world. In the original Wii version, Golden Temple was the ninth world in and of itself and was accessed directly from the Cloud Gateway, which was labeled as "9-1 Golden Temple".
Except for Golden Temple, none of the levels in this world are actually set in the clouds. Instead, each level represents all the other worlds, in order. This world has no boss, but the player is rewarded for clearing every level in this world. The reward is Mirror Mode, a game mode where levels are reversed and Donkey Kong must clear them without the aid of Diddy Kong or items, and with only one heart (two hearts in New Mode).
Levels
The world each level represents is mentioned within parentheses.
| Code
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Name/Screenshot
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No. of Puzzle Pieces
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Description
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| 9-1
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Crushin' Columns
(Jungle)
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7
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A stage containing wooden platforms that, when tilted, move along a rope track, causing stone columns to move.
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| 9-2
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Gushin' Geysers
(Beach)
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7
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A level where water geysers appear and are used to advance.
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| 9-3
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Spiky Surprise
(Ruins)
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5
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A level that emphasizes on pressing large buttons to extend wooden platforms from background slots. Spiked wall traps form the featured obstacle.
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| 9-4
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Mischievous Moles
(Cave)
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5
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The last Mine Cart-based stage in the game. It has the Kongs traveling from vehicle to vehicle while avoiding sharp crystals and Mole Guard attacks.
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| 9-5
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Topsy Turvy
(Forest)
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7
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A course where wooden platforms, which spin in a rhythmical manner, are used to progress throughout.
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| 9-6
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Tar Ball Fall
(Cliff)
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5
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A level with heavy droplets of tar falling from ceiling holes.
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| 9-7
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Robo Factory
(Factory)
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9
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A stage focused on setting up a giant, armored Kong robot.
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| 9-8
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Lavawheel Volcano
(Volcano)
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7
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A lava-filled course. Its primary features are the gigantinc stone cogwheels used to walk past the magma pits.
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| 9-9
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Golden Temple
(Cloud)
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5
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A level taking place above the clouds, in what resembles a paradise of floating bananas, blueberries and strawberries, which are used as platforms. Near the end of the level, the Kongs have to run past sections with giant falling oranges.
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Names in other languages
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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| Japanese
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スカイハイエリア[?]
Sukaihai Eria
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Sky High Area
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| Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
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| Characters
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Protagonists
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Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
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| Bosses
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Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
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| Enemies and obstacles
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Tiki Tak Tribe
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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)
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| Other
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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
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| Objects
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Items
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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
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| Barrels
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Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
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| Miscellaneous
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Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Train • Trapdoor
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| Vehicles
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Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
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| Moves
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Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
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| Levels
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Jungle
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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
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| Beach
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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
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| Ruins
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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
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| Cave
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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
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| Forest
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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
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| Cliff
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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
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| Factory
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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
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| Volcano
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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
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| Cloud2,3
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9-1: Crushin' Columns2,3 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2,3 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2,3 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2,3 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2,3 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2,3 • 9-7: Robo Factory2,3 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2,3 • 9-11/9-9 2,3: Golden Temple
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| Further info
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Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Mine Menace • Staff (3D2)
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