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'''Button Bash''' is the seventeenth [[level]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', and it is the second level of the [[Ruins]] world. Its name might be a pun on "button mash."

Button Bash is a level that mostly takes place in an underground ruins area. [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] must press various buttons to alter their surroundings, such as to create passageways. There are many [[Blast Barrel]]s, and unlike most other ones, these Blast Barrels quickly move to different angles while staying in place. A variety of enemies appear in the level, such as [[Humzee]]s. In the lower level of the ruins, the [[Kong]]s encounter some [[Tiki Goon]]s and [[Tiki Zing]]s. One part of the level involves them blasting along buttons on the wall between two Blast Barrels. At the end of the level, the Kongs must shoot into the mouth of a giant, rotating monkey statue twice, though they only have three attempts.

The level starts out in a small jungle area with a [[DK Barrel]]. Ahead is a Barrel Cannon that can shoot them to another cannon, and then into the mouth of a monkey statue. In its mouth is an underground ruins area, where the primates land in a large, open area with a Stilts enemy. Near the enemy is a switch that activates one of three Auto Fire Barrels whenever it is pounded on. When it is pounded on three times, the Kongs can access the three barrels, which are being held in the hands of three monkey statues. The first barrel shoots them into the air, where they must move to the right to land in the second, and then the third. The third Barrel Cannons shoots them into the air where they can land on a solid piece of ground. A Tiki Tank with the letter K of the [[KONG Letters|K-O-N-G Letters]] above its head is here. At the end of the solid platform is a Barrel Cannon that aims in three different directions. A button is on the ceiling that the Kongs must shoot to in order to open a wall, which they can then fire past. There is a straight pathway ahead that leads into an empty room. Humzees attack the heroes in here, but once they are all defeated two Barrel Cannons appear, parallel to each other.  

When entered, five red gems on the wall appear between the two barrels. The Kongs must shoot across the line of gems thrice, each time changing position, to make an Auto Fire Barrel appear. It then blasts the heroes farther underground. Next to two Tiki Goons here is an area of Barrel Cannons. The first barrel can shoot them past a single Tiki Zing, and then to another barrel that is able to shoot them to a button on the ceiling. When the button is hit, a Barrel Cannon appears below it. This Barrel Cannon can move them under a thin wall of spikes to another Barrel Cannon, which then shoots them to an Auto Fire Barrel and a second moving Barrel Cannon. This moving Barrel Cannon is able to fire them to the top of a large, solid platform, where a Stilts is located with the letter O above its head. After the foe is a long, straight pathway that leads to a large switch. When it is pounded into the ground, the wall in the background falls, revealing an area far back. Barrel Cannons can shoot them to this area, where the [[Professor Chops|Tutorial Pig]] and the checkpoint are placed.

When this button is hit, the structures holding the Barrel Cannons flip, making the Kongs' surroundings different. The primates must advance through this newly changed area by blasting up towards the small group of Tiki Zings nearby. When they get into the Barrel Cannon, which moves back and fourth, right under them, the heroes can aim to another barrel below. This Barrel Cannon moves across the area as well. If they manage to reach the cannon after this Barrel Cannon, they are shot to an Auto Fire Barrel and then to the Tutorial Pig on solid ground. Ahead of the second checkpoint are four small Stilts enemies, who do no have feathers or stilts. When these chicken enemies are defeated, a switch appears from out of the ground. If it is pounded on three times, window-like platforms in the background begin to constantly open and close in a distinct pattern.  

When the fast-moving windows open they create small platforms that the primates can stand on to climb the area. However, as soon as new windows open, the latter windows close, dropping the Kongs if they are still standing on them. Therefore, the heroes should notice the spinning nobs on the windows, which only spin when the window is about to open. The letter G is in a high part of this room, along with a Barrel Cannon that shoots the heroes around a giant monkey statue. They are blasted high into the air, and when they reach the highest point in the area, they are aimed directly towards the mouth of the statue. When they shoot into the mouth, they are blasted out by an Auto Fire Barrel inside. At this point, the statue begins to spin. With only three tries, the Kongs must shoot into the statue’s mouth twice. When they get into its mouth twice, the [[Slot Machine Barrel]] appears, and the Kongs must shoot upwards to it.

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|Right after the Kongs are blasted into the ruins, they must go left and Ground Pound a plant to reveal the second Puzzle Piece.

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