King Zing Sting (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)

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Level
King Zing Sting
King Zing Sting from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Level code 4 - BOSS
World Krazy Kremland
Game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Boss King Zing
Music track Boss Bossanova
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King Zing Sting is the boss level of Krazy Kremland, the fourth world of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It involves a boss fight between Squawks and King Zing in a large hive. This is the first boss level in the Donkey Kong Country series and the only boss level in the game involving the use of an Animal Friend.

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Squawks attacks King Zing by spitting an egg at him in King Zing Sting from the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
King Zing Sting in the Game Boy Advance version

The Kongs start in a small, enclosed area next to a Squawks Barrel. Unlike other boss levels, they do not begin with showing a frightened expression. After transforming into Squawks, the Kongs can enter the arena with King Zing flies across the stage in a pattern, moving horizontally until he reaches a side, moving up or down a bit, then flying back to the other side again. Squawks must hit King Zing's red stinger with eggs to damage him. Each hit will cause him to move faster, and after the second and fourth hits, he will temporarily turn red. In this state, he will shoot three sets of spikes in eight directions while slowly advancing toward Squawks, then rise to the top of the arena and resume his normal flight pattern. After six hits, he will shrink to the size of a normal Zinger, turn red, and summon four other Zingers to assist him. He will then start chasing Squawks while other Zingers circle him. Squawks must defeat the four Zingers to make King Zing vulnerable again; if he does not beat them fast enough, they will respawn. Once all of them are gone, King Zing reverts to his normal color scheme, and three more eggs will take him down. He drops a Kremkoin when defeated. In the Game Boy Advance version, King Zing moves slower, his stinger shots move faster, and he takes one more hit to defeat in his last phase.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese たいけつ!ボス キングB
Taiketsu! Bosu Kingu Bī
Showdown! Boss King B

French Roi Zing Sting
King Zing Sting
German Stacheldrama
Barbed Drama
Italian Re Pungix
King Zing
Spanish Aguijón Picante
Spicy Stinger