Donkey Kong's Crash Course

This article is about the attraction in Nintendo Land. For the microgame in WarioWare: Get It Together!, see Crash Course.

Donkey Kong's Crash Course

Donkey Kong's Crash Course is an attraction that appears in the game Nintendo Land for the Wii U. This attraction, themed around the original Donkey Kong game, is single player and requires the player to navigate through a maze-like level in a roller by tilting the . Roughly half of the map is displayed on the television screen, while a closer view of the player is shown on the GamePad.

Gameplay

During gameplay, the player can press additional buttons to operate different mechanisms found throughout the course, such as rotating or moving platforms. Additional players can use their Wii remotes to slow down a circular area around their pointer, making certain moves easier but taking longer to get through them. Various Bananas and Nintendo Land Coins are spread through the courses, granting points when collected.

There are four courses in total - the first is red, the second is blue, and the final two are more difficult versions of the first two, with elements of the course missing or changed. After beating the first course, the player is recognized as a Star Player at the attraction, and the remaining courses are unlocked. On subsequent playthroughs, every course must be completed in order before beginning the next one.

The player is awarded an extra life every 2000 points. The game ends if the timer reaches ten minutes. As with the rest of Nintendo Land, gameplay hints and tips are revealed by Monita as the player plays.

Controls

Player 1
Input	Action
Tilting left and right	Guide the roller
	Zoom in/out on the TV
, , , , Various buttons	Operate various mechanisms along the course
	Return to the last checkpoint
Other players
	Slow down the roller

Objects

Object	Description
Banana	The main collectible of the mode. Award points when collected.
Nintendo Land Coin	Appears in specific areas if every banana before it was collected. Can be spent at the pachinko minigame at the Central Tower after the minigame.
Goal Flag	Acts as a checkpoint, allowing the player to respawn from it if the roller breaks.

Mechanisms

Mechanisms are interactible parts of each stage that can be controlled by the GamePad. Each type of mechanism behaves differently and has different configurations of platforms. There are ten total different types of mechanisms:

Object	Description
	Hold or to rotate gears to a set rotation, release to rotate it back.
	Hold or to rotate gears to a set rotation, release to rotate it back.
	Rotate the left stick to rotate the gear, causing either platforms to move or rotate.
	Rotate the right stick to rotate the gear, causing either platforms to move or rotate.
	Tilt the right stick left or right to tilt the platform accordingly.
	Hold or to move the platform to a set position.
	Hold or to rapidly move the platform to a set position, launching the roller.
	Blow into the mic or press to move the platform.
	Automatically rotates into a set rotation once a roller rolls over it.
	Automatically moves once the roller rolls over it.

Stamps

Name	How to unlock
Perfect through Area 2	Get to the third Goal Flag of the first course without losing any lives.
Cutting Corners	Take a shortcut that bypasses a Goal Flag.
Skip 30 Bananas	Purposely miss 30 bananas in the first course and finish the course.
Double Damsel Rescue	Finish all four courses.
Perfect Run	Finish all four courses without losing any lives.

Related prizes

Main article: Prize

Five prizes from Donkey Kong's Crash Course can be gained from the Central Tower minigame, two of them being medleys of the attraction's music:

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  Goal Flag

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  Gear Crank (left)

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  Gear Crank (right)

Courses 1 & 3 - A medley of Courses 1 and 3's music

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Courses 2 & 4 - A medley of Courses 2 and 4's music

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Gallery

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  A Mii as a roller

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ドンキーコングのクラッシュコース[?] Donkīkongu no kurasshukōsu	Donkey Kong's Crash Course
Dutch	Donkey Kongs hindernisbaan[?]	Donkey Kong's Obstacle Course
French	Le circuit périlleux de Donkey Kong[?]	Donkey Kong's Perilous Circuit
German	Donkey Kongs Crashkurs[?]	Donkey Kong's Crash Course
Italian	Il pericolante percorso di Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong's Precarious Path
Portuguese	Andaime Infernal do Donkey Kong[?]	Donkey Kong's Infernal Scaffoldings
Russian	Опасный маршрут Донки Конга[?] Opasnyy marshrut Donki Konga	Donkey Kong's Dangerous Route
Spanish	La pista de obstáculos de Donkey Kong[?]	Donkey Kong's Obstacle Course

Notes

• Donkey Kong's Crash Course was going to be based on either the Excitebike or 1080° Snowboarding franchises.
• While the theme and music is based on the original Donkey Kong arcade game, part of the music is based on the Cranky's Cabin music from Donkey Kong Country.