KONG Letters: Difference between revisions

'''KONG Letters'''<ref>{{cite|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Land'' instruction booklet|page=10|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=17|language=en-us|author=Nintendo|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/EUR/SF8P/SF8P_E.pdf|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns''  PAL instruction manual|page=24|date=2010|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref> (also formatted as '''K-O-N-G Letters''',<ref>{{cite|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|page=9|language=en-us|author=Nintendo|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=8|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|date=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' NTSC instruction manual|url=www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_DKC_Returns.pdf|page=19|publisher=nintendo.com|language=en-us|date=2010}}</ref> '''K O N G Letters''',<ref>''Donkey Kong Land 2'' Virtual Console electronic manual (British English). Tab 12.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Land III'' Virtual Console electronic manual (British English). Tab 12.</ref> or '''KONG letters'''<ref>{{cite|date=2014|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/wii_u_6/donkey_kong_country__tropical_freeze/ElectronicManual_WiiU_DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze_EN.pdf|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' instruction manual]. Tab 8.|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #26 (NMS Special)|page=8}}</ref>), also known as '''Golden Letters''',<ref>{{cite|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=22|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''KONG Golden Letters''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S. J.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=June 17, 2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|language=en-us|page=7|isbn=0-7615-4334-1}}</ref> or simply '''letters''',<ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet|page=13|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=en-us}}</ref> are recurring collectible items in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. They are a set of four square-shaped objects, each displaying a letter of "[[Kong]]," and they appear in every [[level]] except boss levels. All four letters can be collected for a reward, usually an [[extra life]]; in some games, collecting them is mandatory. KONG Letters also serve as loose progress indicators, as the letter ''K'' usually appears at the start, the letters ''O'' and ''N'' appear midway through the level, and the letter ''G'' appears near the end.