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Level 6 - Cristal Caves

Cristal Caves: Donkey Kong Strategy

In general, try to complete all the Things to Do tasks before attempting to grab any golden bananas - many require the completion of special tasks or ability upgrades to get them.

TIP 1:
Get the super duper simian slam by visiting Cranky's lab with seven coins. This lets all the Kongs simian slam the red stomp switches.

TIP 2:
Get the third life melon by visiting Candy with seven coins to increase all the Kongs' health meter.

TIP 3:
Get more musical energy by visiting Candy with nine coins.

TIP 4:
Get ammo belt 2 by visiting Funky's arsenal with five coins. This gives the Kongs the ability to carry more ammo (up to 200 rounds).

TIP 5:
Activate the sniper ability by visiting Funky's arsenal with seven coins. This gives the Kongs the ability to zoom in on targets and shoot from afar. In the weapon aiming view, press C-right to zoom in and Z to slow down the crosshair movement.


Important Things to Do
  • To get the banana medal, collect at least 75 bananas in this level.

Five Golden Bananas to Get

1. Look for the Barrel Blast pad on a wooden walkway across from Cranky's lab. Press Z to start the Barrel Blast stage. Explore until Donkey reaches a bonus barrel. Blast into it and complete Busy Barrel Barrage for the banana.

2. In the area behind the waterfalls, look for a tall log building to the left of Candy's music shop. In front of the building is a bongo pad. Play the bongo blast on it to unlock a door. Enter and kill all the bees inside for a banana. (The easiest way is to grab the homing ammo, then stand atop one corner to avoid the bombs and trap floors.)

3. It helps to have three life melons first before attempting this one. After Diddy activates the music pads around the big igloo island, look for the bongo platform. Play the bongos to open up a door. Go inside and look for a rotating ice maze. In the center is a floating yellow balloon and a golden banana. Some great reflex skills are needed here, but here's the basic technique. As Donkey enters the ice maze, it'll start to rotate counterclockwise. Do not move left or right - let the maze suck Donkey in, only moving up and down to avoid the rotating walls. Once the maze stops spinning, immediately continue walking into the maze, which will soon spin in the other direction. Keep up with the spinning as Donkey slowly makes his way toward the center. By the time the maze slows down to switch directions, Donkey should be in the very middle of the maze, where the banana lies. (The maze also has several stray bananas, if Donkey's still missing a couple, make sure to check here).

4. From the 2 bananaport in the area behind the waterfalls, walk on a wooden plank to a log cabin with a bongo pad in front of it. Play the bongo blast while on it to open the door to the cabin. Inside, simian slam all the matching colored squares within the time limit for the banana. Use the floor stomp switches to move from floor to floor.

5. At the miniature ice castle surrounded by Lanky's switches, follow a walkway to a circular stone platform. A wooden plank connects to a stone ledge with a big yellow-haired Kasplat. Kill him for the piece, then return to Snide for the banana.

100 Yellow Bananas to Find

In each level there are 100 bananas for each Kong to find. Donkey has to collect the yellow ones. When you collect 75 you get a Banana Medal. The bananas are scattered loose (1 piece), in bunches (5 pieces) and in balloons (10 pieces). Below are the locations of the bananas, devided in single, bunched and ballooned bananas.

Single Bananas
No.Location
5Around the big igloo.
3The passageway leading to the room with the big boulder trapped under ice.
5Around the barrel blast pad near Cranky's Cabin.
7Inside the big igloo, in the labyrinth leading to Golden Banana number 3.

Bananas Bunches
No.Location
1 (5)On the 1 bananaport near the start.
1 (5)On the 1 bananaport in the igloo area.
4 (20)In the Barrel Blast stage.
1 (5)In the big igloo on top of the exit/entrance.
1 (5)On the musicpad in front of the cabin with Golden Banana number 2 inside (The log building to the left of Candy).
1 (5)In the log cabin with Golden Banana number 2.
1 (5)Inside the log cabin with Golden Banana number 4.

Ballooned Bananas
No.Location
1 (10)In the room at the start with the gorilla gone pad.
1 (10)In the room with the big boulder trapped under ice.
1 (10)Inside the room in the big igloo. In the center of the labyrinth.


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