Level Flag
| Level Flag | |||
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 Artwork of Kiddy Kong reaching a Level Flag from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005) | ||
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Level Flags,[1][2] also known as End of Level Flags,[3] are objects in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. Level Flags appear at the end of every level, where they are connected to a flagpole, and it can be pulled upward from a rope attached to it to end the current level and return to the map screen. Level Flags function as the replacement of End of Level Targets from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
Super Mario 3D World uses a similar method of displaying the levels on the map screen. An uncompleted level displays a black flag with a white symbol. After the player completes the level, the flag gains the character's color and emblem. The flag turns golden if the player hits its top. Finally, a green star appears at the top of the flagpole if all three Green Stars of the level are collected.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]
Level Flags are objects in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! A black flag with a white K, known as a Krem Flag,[4] represents any level that is accessible but not yet completed. Upon the level's completion, the flag is then replaced with a proper Level Flag. A Level Flag can be activated by jumping and pulling at its rope, changing it from white to either pink if Dixie Kong is pulling it or blue if Kiddy Kong is pulling it; if the "COLOR" cheat code is active, the flag color is instead purple for Dixie and green for Kiddy. The flag also flies if the Kongs obtain every Bonus Coin in the level. The Level Flag on the map screen appears as it did when it had been raised, and it also has a gold pennant if the Kongs defeat that level's Koin for its DK Coin. The Level Flag artwork shows the "DK" emblem on the pennant. Once the level is completed, the color of the flag cannot be changed by replaying and completing the level with the alternate Kong.
Level Flags are also used to represent individual worlds on the main Northern Kremisphere map screen, where they mostly function the same as the flags for individual levels, but instead encompass every level within that particular world.
The Level Flag variations are as follows:
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Krem Flag | A black flag with a white K in the middle. | The level has not been completed. | The world's boss has not been defeated. | |||||
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Partially raised | A partially raised flag whose color is based on the clothes of the Kong who raised it. The "COLOR" cheat is used for the alternative colors. | The level has been completed, but not every Bonus Coin in the level has been collected. The flag's color is based on the Kong that completed the level. | The world's boss has been defeated, but not every Bonus Coin in the world has been collected. The flag's color is based on the Kong who dealt the final attack to the world's boss. | ||
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Fully raised | A fully raised flag whose color is based on the clothes of the Kong who raised it. The "COLOR" cheat is used for the alternative colors. | The level has been completed, and every Bonus Coin in the level has been collected. The flag's color is based on the Kong that completed the level. | The world's boss has been defeated, and every Bonus Coin in the world has been collected. The flag's color is based on the Kong who dealt the final attack to the world's boss. | ||
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Golden pennant | An additional golden pennant that flies fully raised in front of the main flag (regardless of whether the main flag is fully raised). | The level has been completed, and the DK Coin in the level has been collected. | The world's boss has been defeated, and every DK Coin in the world has been collected. | |||||
Donkey Kong Land III[edit]
End of Level Flags are objects in Donkey Kong Land III. A difference from before is that a Level Flag can be raised by simply touching it.
Gallery[edit]
Alternate artwork
An unraised Level Flag from within a level
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ゴールフラッグ Gōru Furaggu | Goal Flag | [5] | |
| Italian | Bandiera livello | Level flag | [6] | |
| Bandiera di "termine del livello" | "Level ending" flag | [7] | ||
| Bandiera di fine livello | End of level flag | [8] |
References[edit]
- ^ 1996. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 23.
- ^ 2005. Donkey Kong Country 3 GBA instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 27.
- ^ 1997. Donkey Kong Land III instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 16.
- ^ 1996. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 9.
- ^ 1996. Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 29.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Spanish-Italian booklet. Page 51.
- ^ Donkey Kong Land III Spanish-Italian manual. Page 46.
- ^ 2005. Donkey Kong Country 3, European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 120.
