DK Isles

DK Isles
First appearance	Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Latest appearance	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Ruler	Donkey Kong (Kong Isle) King K. Rool (Crocodile Isle) Banana Fairy Princess (Banana Fairy Island)
Inhabitants	Kongs (Kong Isle) Kremlings (Crocodile Isle)

“No! The time has come. Goodbye, DK Isles!”

—King K. Rool, Donkey Kong 64

DK Isles is the hub world of Donkey Kong 64. It is an archipelago consisting of Kong Isle, Banana Fairy Island, and several smaller islands. In addition to serving as a hub, DK Isles has its own set of collectibles to obtain, including a full set of five Golden Bananas for each Kong, as well as an extra one for Tiny acquired by catching all the Banana Fairies. During the events of the game, King K. Rool parked his own mechanical island in front of Kong Isle, hoping to destroy it with his Blast-o-Matic.

Layout

Islands	Description	Locations	Rulers
Kong Isle	Kong Isle is the home of the Kongs and the centerpiece of DK Isles. Much like in previous games, it is depicted as being shaped like Donkey Kong's head. It contains the starting area of the game, a small jungle region where DK's Tree House stands. To leave this area, DK needs to obtain the Simian Slam potion from Cranky after completing his Training Barrels. The outer portion of the island consists of a beach surrounded by a few cliffs and caves. A few Gnawties and Zingers infest the coastline. The entrances to Jungle Japes, Angry Aztec, Fungi Forest, and Crystal Caves are located here. After K. Lumsy is freed from his prison, he causes K. Rool's airship to crash land on the beach, setting up the game's final battle.	Jungle Japes Angry Aztec Fungi Forest Crystal Caves	Donkey Kong
Crocodile Isle	This is not a true part of DK Isles, but rather a large, fortified, mechanical island which K. Rool positioned in front of Kong Isle with the intent of firing the Blast-o-Matic from it and destroying the Kongs' home. Regardless, it is considered a part of the game's hub world. Kritters and orange-dropping Zingers will try to attack the Kongs along the deck. Other enemies, like Koshas, will infest the lobby to Creepy Castle. The entrances to Frantic Factory, Gloomy Galleon, Creepy Castle, and Hideout Helm are located here. Snide's HQ is also here. Attached to Crocodile Isle is a small prison where K. Lumsy is being held.	Frantic Factory Gloomy Galleon Creepy Castle Hideout Helm	King K. Rool
Banana Fairy Island	This island is the home of the Banana Fairies. It features a large structure shaped like a Banana Fairy's head, which Tiny is able to enter after learning the Mini-Monkey move, since the entrance is too small to go through otherwise. Upon doing so, she meets the Banana Fairy Princess, who asks her to find the other Banana Fairies, who have gone missing from the island.	None	Banana Fairy Princess
Other islands	Several small, unnamed islands surround Kong Isle. Two of them feature large rocks that, when destroyed, reveal cannons, which are used to access Fungi Forest and Creepy Castle. Another one features a large "X" which can be Simian Slammed by Hunky Chunky to reveal a Golden Banana.	None	None

Golden Bananas

Donkey Kong

Images	Description	Requirements	Type
	At the entrance to the Jungle Japes lobby after talking to K. Lumsy for the first time.
	Below the two vines that lead to Snide's H.Q. on Crocodile Isle, shoot the Coconut switch to open a gate with a Golden Banana.	Coconut Shooter Access to Frantic Factory
	In the Frantic Factory lobby, use the lever to enable the elevator platform. Use said platform to reach, and use, the Bongo Blast pad to receive a Golden Banana.	bongo instrument Access to Frantic Factory Gorilla Grab
	Inside the Crystal Caves lobby, use Chunky's Primate Punch to destroy both breakable ice walls at the bottom. Use the Strong Kong ability in the same room as the blue Kasplat behind a breakable ice wall, then walk over the lava in the room on the opposite side to reach the Golden Banana.	Strong Kong ability Chunky's Primate Punch ability Access to Crystal Caves
	Inside the Hideout Helm lobby, hit the Coconut switch at the other end to create a path to the yellow Kasplat. Defeat the yellow Kasplat and give their blueprint to Snides.	Coconut Shooter Access to Hideout Helm

Diddy Kong

Images	Description	Requirements	Type
	Use the Simian Spring pad near Snide's H.Q. to reach the Bonus Barrel.	Access to Frantic Factory Simian Spring ability	Batty Barrel Bandit!
	Use the Rocketbarrel Boost ability to reach the top of the waterfall behind DK Isle's head, shoot the Peanut switch to open the gate to a Golden Banana. To unlock the Rocketbarrel Boost barrel, lift the boulder using Chunky near the Angry Aztec lobby, then use the Saxophone Slam pad underneath.	Peanut Popgun Rocketbarrel Boost ability Chunky Kong Tiny's saxophone instrument Access to Fungi Forest
	Use the Rocketbarrel Boost ability to reach the Bonus Barrel above DK Isles. To unlock the Rocketbarrel Boost barrel, lift the boulder using Chunky near the Angry Aztec lobby, then use the Saxophone Slam pad underneath.	Rocketbarrel Boost ability Chunky Kong Tiny's saxophone instrument Access to Fungi Forest
	Inside the Crystal Caves lobby, use the Rocketbarrel Boost ability to fly to a Guitar Gazump pad, use it to receive a Golden Banana.	guitar instrument Rocketbarrel Boost ability Access to Crystal Caves
	Inside the Creepy Castle lobby, open the cage in the center using Donkey's Coconut Shooter to reach the alcove with the red Kasplat. Defeat the red Kasplat and give their blueprint to Snides.	Donkey's Coconut Shooter Access to Creepy Castle

Lanky Kong

Images	Description	Requirements	Type
	Hit the Grape switch on the outside of K. Lumsy's cage and get the Golden Banana inside.	Grape Shooter
	Inside K. Lumsy's cage, use the OrangStand Sprint barrel, then walk over a blue switch near the #8 keyhole and sprint towards the cage that closes within 8 seconds to get the Golden Banana inside.	OrangStand Sprint
	Lift the boulder inside the Jungle Japes lobby as Chunky Kong and use the Trombone Tremor pad underneath as Lanky Kong to receive a Golden Banana.	Access to Jungle Japes trombone instrument *Chunky Kong
	In a side-room inside the Crystal Caves lobby, use Chunky's Primate Punch to destroy a breakable ice wall. Defeat the blue Kasplat and give their blueprint to Snides.	Chunky's Primate Punch Access to Crystal Caves
	Inside the Creepy Castle lobby, remove the boulder on a Baboon Balloon pad using Chunky, then use said pad as Lanky to reach the Bonus Barrel over the center of the lobby.	Chunky Kong Baboon Balloon ability Access to Creepy Castle	Searchlight Seek!

Tiny Kong

Images	Description	Requirements	Type
	Behind the Banana Fairy Island, hit the Feather switch to open a gate with a Golden Banana inside.	Feather Bow
	Use the Monkeyport pad at the bottom of the Crocodile Isle to reach the top of the isle. Once there, use the Saxophone Slam pad to receive a Golden Banana.	saxophone instrument Monkeyport ability
	In the Angry Aztec lobby, hit the gongs using Diddy's Chimpy Charge, then fly over to the Bonus Barrel using Tiny's Pony Tail Twirl.	Access to Angry Aztec Diddy's Chimpy Charge ability Pony Tail Twirl ability
	Inside the Frantic Factory lobby, destroy the ?-Box in a corner using Chunky's Primate Punch, a purple Kasplat will appear. Defeat the purple Kasplat and give their blueprint to Snides.	Access to Frantic Factory Chunky's Primate Punch
	Inside the Gloomy Galleon lobby, Simian Slam the blue Chunky Kong switch, then switch to Tiny and Pony Tail Twirl to the Mini-Monkey barrel to swim through a tiny opening underwater that Chunky opened. Inside is a Golden Banana.	Mini-Monkey ability Pony Tail Twirl ability Chunky Kong Super Simian Slam
	After acquiring all 20 Banana Fairies, talk to the Banana Fairy Princess to receive the 201st Golden Banana. If the player has collected all of Tiny's previous DK Isle Golden Bananas, the totals screen will show "6/5".	Mini-Monkey ability All 20 Banana Fairies

Chunky Kong

Images	Description	Requirements	Type
	Next to the small pond with a waterfall, hit the Pineapple switch above a gate to open it, the Golden Banana is behind the gate.	Pineapple Launcher
	Lift up a boulder found past the Angry Aztec lobby, then use the Triangle Trample pad underneath to receive a Golden Banana.	triangle instrument
	Requires the Hunky Chunky barrel to be unlocked, use the Monkeyport pad at the bottom of the Crocodile Isle to reach the top of the isle, use the Saxophone Slam pad there to spawn the barrel. Use the Hunky Chunky barrel on a small island with a tree near the Banana Fairy Island, then Simian Slam the giant cross on a nearby island. A giant rock will explode on the opposite side of DK Isles, revealing a Golden Banana inside.	Tiny's saxophone instrument Hunky Chunky ability Tiny's Monkeyport ability
	In the Gloomy Galleon lobby. Defeat the green Kasplat and give their blueprint to Snides.	Access to Gloomy Galleon
	Inside the Hideout Helm lobby, use the Gorilla Gone pad to lower a set of vines, use those to reach the Bonus Barrel.	Gorilla Gone ability Access to Hideout Helm	Kremling Kosh!

Banana Coins

There are a total of 3 Banana Coins across all five Kongs and 7 5-Banana Coins to collect.

5-Banana Coin

Image	Description	Amount
	Found in a cave near Donkey Kong's house.	1
	Inside the Banana Hoard near Donkey Kong's house.	1
	Inside K. Lumsy's cage at the back.	1
	After a palm tree on the path to the Angry Aztec lobby.	1
	In front of the Fungi Forest lobby.	1
	Above the Angry Aztec Lobby, use Diddy's Rocketbarrel Boost ability to reach it. To unlock the Rocketbarrel Boost barrel, lift up the boulder using Chunky near the Angry Aztec lobby, then use the Saxophone Slam pad underneath.	1
	Over the middle platform of the Creepy Castle lobby, use the Baboon Ballon pad to reach it.	1

Donkey Kong

Image	Description	Amount
	Surrounding a DK Dirt Pile in a cave near Donkey Kong's house.	3

Banana Fairies

Image	Description
	On a small island with a tree near the Banana Fairy Island.
	Inside the Frantic Factory lobby, destroy the ?-Box in a corner using Chunky's Primate Punch, a Banana Fairy will appear.
	Inside the Fungi Forest lobby, hit a high-up Feather switch to open a gate that reveals a Banana Fairy.
	At the top of Crocodile Isle, use the Monkeyport pad at the bottom of said isle to get there.

Battle Arena Pads

Image	Description
	Found in the same room as Snide's H.Q. on Crocodile Isle. Use Chunky to remove the boulder on it.
	Inside the Fungi Forest lobby, look up and shoot the coloured mushroom with the Kong of the corresponding color, the mushroom has to be shot in the following order: Diddy -> Donkey -> Lanky -> Chunky -> Tiny. After the last shot a door will open with a Gorilla Gone pad, use that with Chunky and a Battle Arena Pad can be accessed.

Bananaport Pads

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  (1,2,3,4,5) In front of the entrance to the training area.

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  (1) In front of the entrance to K. Lumsy's Prison.

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  (2) In front of the entrance to Angry Aztec's lobby.

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  (3) By the waterfall on the back of Kong Isle, near the eventual crash site of K. Rool's aircraft and the cannon that leads to Fungi Forest's lobby.

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  (4) In front of the entrance to Frantic Factory's lobby.

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  (5) On the shore of Banana Fairy Island.

Profiles

• Instruction booklet: The once idyllic Kong Isle now has an unpleasant neighbor in the form of K. Rool's massive mechanical Crocodile Isle. This monstrosity towers over our homeland, with the ridiculously named Blast-o-Matic device ready to reduce it to rubble. Between them, these two contrasting islands conceal the entrances to all the levels.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ＤＫディーケーアイランド Dīkē Airando	DK Islands (shared with Donkey Kong Island)
French	Iles DK[?]	DK Isles
German	DK-Inselchen[?]	DK Isles
Italian	Isole DK[?]	DK Isles
Spanish	Islas de Kong[?]	Kong Isles

Trivia

• The main theme of DK Isles was composed to be a theme in Banjo-Kazooie, while it was still known as Project Dream. The theme was titled "Lost" by the composer of both Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64, Grant Kirkhope.