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|image=[[File:DKCoin DKC2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a DK Coin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
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|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
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'''DK Coins'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 22.</ref> (originally known as '''Cranky's [[Cranky's Video Game Heroes|Video Game Hero]] Coins'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 14.</ref>) are first introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. [[Cranky Kong]] has hidden them in each level in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' for [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] to find. Some of the places that these coins are hidden include a room that has a secret passage to access it, as an end of the level prize, or even in a bonus stage. There are forty coins total. A DK symbol appears next to the level name after the player has found the DK Coin in that level in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', and a yellow pennant appears in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.
'''DK Coins'''<ref>{{cite|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49|page=50–53|date=April 1997|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #48|page=48–51|date=March 1997}}</ref> (also formatted as '''DK coins'''),<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49|page=52}}</ref> alternatively named '''Cranky's [[Cranky's Video Game Heroes|Video Game Hero]] Coins''',<ref>{{cite|date=1995|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=14}}</ref> '''Cranky Kong's DK Coins''',<ref>''Donkey Kong Land 2'' [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] electronic manual. Tab 12: "Items".</ref> '''Hero Coins''',<ref>{{cite|date=December 1995|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=February 1997|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #47|page=47–49}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=January 1997|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #46|page=46–49}}</ref> '''DK Hero coins''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-au|date=November 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #44|page=23|quote='''WHAT A HERO!''' Remember the special DK Hero coins you collected in Diddy’s Kong Quest? Well, they’ve been included in the new game too, but now they’re jealously guarded by an armoured Kremling, and you’ll need to figure out how to get rid of him before you can get yourself into Kranky’s Hall of Fame again!}}</ref> '''Donkey Kong Koins''',<ref>{{cite|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #51|page=16|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb}}</ref> or '''DK Koins''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #51|page=21 and 23}}</ref> are [[List of items|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==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
[[File:DK Coin sprite.png|frame|left]]
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 (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Kannon's Klaim]]. Furthermore, the Bonus Areas within every [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|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 (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Krocodile Kore]], also found within the Lost World, gives a Video Game Hero Coin. When the game itself is completed, Cranky count up every Video Game Hero Coin collected and will then [[Cranky's Video Game Heroes|rank]] the Kongs based on how many they have obtained.
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In the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|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 (Bonus Game)|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 (Donkey Kong Country series)|Scrapbook]], for a total of 15 Video Game Hero Coins.
 
====''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''====
[[File:DKCoin2.gif|frame|left]]
[[File:DKCoin2.gif|frame|left]]
In the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]], bonus levels have DK Coins instead of [[Kremkoin]]s. Likewise, the Kongs get a DK Coin for completing the level, [[Krocodile Kore]].
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 Kong|Funky]] at his [[Funky's Rentals|vehicle rental]] service to unlock the [[Gyrocopter]].


When the game is completed, Cranky will tally up all the DK Coins that have been collected and will then rank the Kongs on how many they have obtained.
In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], there are 46 DK Coins, as a [[Pacifica|new world]] with six new levels has been added to the game. Additionally, the Knautilus fight only gives [[bear coin]]s in this version.


In the remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]], twenty-eight new DK Coins were added making a grand total of sixty-eight DK Coins. To earn these new coins, the following must be done:
===''Donkey Kong Land'' series===
*Beating all the missions at [[Funky's Flights II]].
====''Donkey Kong Land 2''====
*Getting first place in all of the [[Expresso Racing]] levels.
[[File:DKL2 GB DK Coin sprite.png|frame]]
*Filling out the entire scrapbook that [[Wrinkly Kong]] gives the Kongs for homework.
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.


The remaining forty coins are located in the same spots as in the original game.
In the 49th issue of the Australian ''Nintendo Magazine System'', one is described as being "[[Cranky Kong|Kranky Kong]]'s{{sic}} prize,"<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #49|page=51}}</ref> despite Cranky not appearing in the game.


DK Coins also make an appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', there are forty DK Coins to be found like in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''; each level has one hidden DK Coin in them.
====''Donkey Kong Land III''====
[[File:DKL3 DK Coin GBC.png|frame]]
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 (Donkey Kong Land III)|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 Land III)|Watch]].


===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', the DK Coins make a return. They are each hidden in a level like in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', but with one difference. An enemy known as [[Koin]] uses a DK Coin as a shield, as Koins must be defeated to obtain it. To defeat a Koin, the Kongs need to throw a [[Steel Keg]] over it, then wait for the barrel to hit the wall behind it and come back to hit the Koin. In some levels there is no wall involved however, so the Kongs will have to find another way to defeat Koin.  
[[File:DK64 DK Coin.gif|frame]]
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 Ride]]s, the two races against the [[Mini-Car]], the [[Beetle (character)|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]].


If the player fails to defeat a Koin with a Steel Keg, a new keg will usually regenerate in most levels. However, in levels that the Steel Keg is a reward for something, only one chance is given to defeat the Koin. There are a total of forty-one DK Coins in this game. When a DK Coin has been collected in a level, a yellow pennant will appear on top of the [[End of Level Flag]] of that level on the world map.
===''DK: Jungle Climber''===
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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 [[Cheat code|cheats]].
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Only one DK Coin is not guarded by a Koin. It is earned by completing the level [[Knautilus]].
===''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''===
In ''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', DK Coins, called '''1-Up Coins''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|format=PDF|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100520001205/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_DK_Jungle_Beat.pdf|title=''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction booklet|page=12|publisher=nintendo.com|language=en-us|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref> act as an extra life item due to the game's health system being overhauled from [[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat|the original game]]. They can appear out in the open, but also appear (and are collected immediately) after 100 [[bloom]]s 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.


Once the player has found all the DK Coins, they can go over to [[Funky's Rentals]] and trade them in for a [[Gyrocopter]] which will allow players to fly around the [[Northern Kremisphere]]. This will give access to the last three [[Banana Bird Cave]]s that are only accessible by using the Gyrocopter.
==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
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In the Game Boy Advance version, there are instead forty-six DK Coins, as [[Pacifica|a new world]] with six new levels has been added to the game. Additionally, the Knautilus fight only gives [[Bear Coin]]s in this version.
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
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===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
==Names in other languages==
[[File:Memory DKL3.png|thumb|left|The card game played in the [[Sheepy Shop]]]]
{{foreign names
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', there are forty-two coins hidden in the game. The DK Coin is usually seen guarded by the Koin in all levels except those in sea settings (where they are seen floating and spinning). Exclusive in this game, DK Coins can be obtained by playing a card game in the [[Sheepy Shop]] in each world. A certain number [[Bonus Coin]]s are needed to play this card game. The object of the card game is to match two pairs and keep on doing that until all pairs are found. There is also a time limit too and the game will end if players fail to find all the pairs when time is up.  
|Jap=クランキーのDKコイン<ref>{{cite|date=1995|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=18}}</ref>
 
|JapR=Kurankī no Dīkē Koin
DK Coins in ''Donkey Kong Land III'' are used to enter the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Land III)|Lost World]] after [[Baron K. Roolenstein]] is beaten in [[Tin Can Valley]]. All DK Coins will need to have found in all the levels between the first one and the duel with Roolenstein. DK Coins are also used to battle Roolenstein for the last time by gaining the remaining DK Coins in the Lost World levels as well as all of the [[Stop Watch]]es.
|JapM=Cranky's DK Coin
 
|Jap2={{ruby|DK|ディーケー}}コイン<ref>{{cite|date=1996|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō'' instruction booklet|page=27}}</ref>
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
|Jap2R=Dīkē Koin
[[File:DK64 DK Coin.gif|frame]]
|Jap2M=DK Coin
DK Coins reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', were they appear as collectibles during two of the [[Training Barrel]] challenges and certain minigames, namely, [[Stash Snatch]], [[Splish Splash Salvage]], [[Speedy Swing Sortie]], all three [[Mine Cart Ride]]s, the two races against the [[Mini Car]] and the [[Beetle (Donkey Kong 64)|Beetle]] and the race against the [[Seal]]. In the foremost three, the player needs to collect a certain amount of them before time expires. During the minecart rides, the player needs to collect 50 of them (25 in [[Creepy Castle]]'s version) before reaching the finish line, and during every race, a certain amount of them and simultaneously beat the character the player faces during the race. Completing the criteria in any of these minigames will reward the player with a [[Golden Banana]].
|Jap3=1UPコイン<ref>{{cite|language=ja|format=PDF|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/R49J/R49J_J.pdf|title=''Wii de Asobu Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' instruction booklet|publisher=nintendo.net|page=15|accessdate=April 30, 2022}}</ref>
 
|Jap3N=''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''
===''DK'' series===
|Jap3R=1UP Koin
====''DK: King of Swing''====
|Jap3M=One Up Coin
[[File:DK-KoS_GoldMedal.png|thumb|right|A DK Coin, also known as Golden Medal, in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'']]
|Ita=Moneta dell'Eroe dei Videogiochi di Cranky<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', GIG's Italian manual{{page needed}}</ref>
[[File:KRoolart-DKKOS.png|thumb|left|[[King K. Rool]] with DK Coins]]
|ItaM=Cranky's Hero of Videogames Coin
DK Coins also appear in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]''. Here, they were to be the prizes for the upcoming Jungle Jam tournament. Unfortunately all the DK Coins are stolen by [[King K. Rool]] before the tournament could begin. Donkey Kong ventured throughout [[Donkey Kong Island]] to reclaim the coins.
|Ita2=Moneta di Eroe del Videogioco di Cranky<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land 2'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref>
 
|Ita2M=Cranky's Videogame Hero Coin
''DK: King of Swing'', along with having the golden DK Coins, also introduces smaller silver and bronze ones. Both of these types of DK Coin are lesser in value and more common than large gold ones.
|Ita3=Moneta Eroe dei Videogiochi<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) European manual|page=112|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004}}</ref>
 
|Ita3M=Hero of Videogames Coin
====''DK: Jungle Climber''====
|Ita4=Moneta DK di Cranky Kong<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land 2'' e-manual|page=12}}</ref>
DK Coins return in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'' and are used to unlock some cheats. There is one found in every level.
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DK Coin
Cranky's Video Game Hero Coin
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance DK: Jungle Climber (2007)

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]

Cranky's Video Game Hero Coin from Donkey Kong Country 2.

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 count up every Video Game Hero Coin collected and will then rank 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]

A DK Coin in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

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]

The sprite for Cranky's Video Game Hero Coin in the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong Land 2

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]

Sprite of a DK Coin from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

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]

Animated sprite of a DK Coin in Donkey Kong 64

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 Coin DKJC sprite.png
A DK Coin in DK: Jungle Climber

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:

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description:

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クランキーのDKコイン[15]
Kurankī no Dīkē Koin
Cranky's DK Coin
DKディーケーコイン[16]
Dīkē Koin
DK Coin
1UPコイン[17]
1UP Koin
One Up Coin New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Italian Moneta dell'Eroe dei Videogiochi di Cranky[18] Cranky's Hero of Videogames Coin
Moneta di Eroe del Videogioco di Cranky[19] Cranky's Videogame Hero Coin
Moneta Eroe dei Videogiochi[20] Hero of Videogames Coin
Moneta DK di Cranky Kong[21] Cranky Kong's DK Coin
Moneta DK[?] DK Coin
Spanish Moneda DK[?] DK Coin

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1996. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 22.
  2. ^ April 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #49. Catalyst Publishing (Australian English). Page 50–53.
  3. ^ March 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #48. Page 48–51.
  4. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #49. Page 52.
  5. ^ 1995. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 14.
  6. ^ Donkey Kong Land 2 Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console electronic manual. Tab 12: "Items".
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