DK Coin

“A very large coin with 'DK' on it, each level has one, cunningly hidden by Cranky. Collect these to increase your status as a video game hero.”

—Wrinkly Kong , Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

DK Coins^{[1] [2] [3]} (also formatted as DK coins),^[4] alternatively named Cranky's Video Game Hero Coins,^[5] Cranky Kong's DK Coins,^[6] Hero Coins,^{[7] [8] [9]} DK Hero coins,^[10] Donkey Kong Koins,^[11] or DK Koins,^[12] are items that first appear in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest . These golden ring-shaped coins bear a DK symbol, and they are generally well-hidden. The main purpose of a DK Coin is to contribute to a game file's completion percentage.

History[edit ]

Donkey Kong Country series[edit ]

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

The Video Game Hero Coins are items in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Cranky Kong has hidden a total of 40, one in each level, for Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong. A Video Game Hero Coin symbol appears next to a level's name after Diddy and Dixie have obtained the one in that level. Some of the places where a Video Game Hero Coin is hidden include secret passages, as an end-of-level prize, or even within a Bonus Area, as is the case for Kannon's Klaim. Furthermore, the Bonus Areas within every Lost World level has a Video Game Hero Coin as the end prize instead of a Kremkoin; even completing the final boss level, Krocodile Kore, also found within the Lost World, gives a Video Game Hero Coin. When the game itself is completed, Cranky counts up every Video Game Hero Coin collected and then ranks the Kongs based on how many they have obtained.

In the remake, 28 more Video Game Hero Coins have been added, increasing the total to 68 Video Game Hero Coins. 39 of the original 40 Video Game Hero Coins can be obtained through the same means, but not Krocodile Kore, which no longer rewards a Video Game Hero Coin upon completion. The remaining 29 Video Game Hero Coins can be obtained with the following methods: completing all Funky's Flights challenges, for a total of 7 Video Game Hero Coins; winning first place in every Expresso Racing challenge, for a total of 7 Video Game Hero Coins; and filling all fifteen pages in the Scrapbook, for a total of 15 Video Game Hero Coins.

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit ]

DK Coins are items in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! . They appear in every level, but are now embedded within a Koin's shield; this means that to obtain a DK Coin, the Kongs have to defeat the Koin, which can be done by throwing a Steel Keg at a wall behind it, then wait for the barrel to rebound against the wall and hit the Koin. However, some levels do not have a wall to bounce the Steel Barrel off of, and therefore require a different method to defeat the Koin. When a DK Coin has been collected in a level, a yellow pennant will appear on top of the Level Flag for that level on the world map. There are a total of 41 DK Coins, and the only one not guarded by a Koin is the DK Coin awarded for completing Knautilus. Once every DK Coin has been obtained, the Kongs can trade them to Funky at his vehicle rental service to unlock the Gyrocopter.

In the remake, there are 46 DK Coins, as a new world with six new levels has been added to the game. Additionally, the Knautilus fight only gives bear coins in this version.

Donkey Kong Land series[edit ]

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit ]

Video Game Hero Coins are items in Donkey Kong Land 2 . Like in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, there are forty to collect, one in each level, as well as one obtained after beating Krocodile Kore.

In the 49th issue of the Australian Nintendo Magazine System, one is described as being "Kranky Kong's^[sic] prize,"^[13] despite Cranky not appearing in the game.

Donkey Kong Land III[edit ]

DK Coins are items in Donkey Kong Land III . DK Coins are guarded by a Koin in all levels, except in undersea levels, and six of the DK Coins are each obtained by winning a game of cards at a Sheepy Shop. There are 42 DK Coins in total, and their purpose is to allow the Kongs to access the Lost World, after Baron K. Roolenstein is beaten in Tin Can Valley. The final battle against him requires not only every DK Coin, but also every Watch.

Donkey Kong 64[edit ]

Coins are items in Donkey Kong 64 . They appears in two of the Training Barrel challenges and the following following challenges: Stash Snatch!, Splish-Splash Salvage!, Speedy Swing Sortie!), all three Mine Cart Rides, the two races against the Mini-Car, the Beetle, and the race against the Seal. In the first three minigames, the player needs to collect a certain number of coins within a limited time. In the Mine Cart Rides, the player needs to collect 50 of them (25 in Creepy Castle's version) before reaching the finish line, and, during every race, they need to collect a certain amount of them as well as win against whoever they are racing. Completing the criteria in any of these challenges will reward the player with a Golden Banana.

DK: Jungle Climber[edit ]

DK Coins are items in DK: Jungle Climber . They retain their original design introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. A DK Coin appears in every level except Cranky's Teachin's, and they can be collected to unlock cheats.

New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat[edit ]

In New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat , DK Coins, called 1-Up Coins,^[14] act as an extra life item due to the game's health system being overhauled from the original game. They can appear out in the open, but also appear (and are collected immediately) after 100 blooms are collected, and if the player is at full health, will appear at the top of the screen and slowly descend when the player collects 200 or any multiple of 500 bananas.

Profiles[edit ]

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

• Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
  • English:
    These huge DK coins are well hidden. One per level.^{[page number needed]}

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit ]

• Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
  • English:
    These are hidden throughout stages.^{[page number needed]}

Names in other languages[edit ]

References[edit ]

• Coins
• Equipment
• Barrel-Blastapalooza
• Donkey Kong items
• Donkey Kong 64 items
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest items
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! items
• Donkey Kong Land 2 items
• Donkey Kong Land III items
• DK: Jungle Climber
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat items

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