Editing List of extras in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

By completing certain tasks in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]], such as collecting [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]] or defeating bosses, players can unlock optional content, which includes images, music and diormas accessible in their dedicated galleries. Players can find these in the "EXTRAS" section of the menu, after unlocking them. The images are artworks and sketches that show ideas proposed during the development of the game. The music gallery contains part of the game's soundtrack selection, which can be played and listened anytime from there. Dioramas and figurines are three-dimensional models of still characters and environments that can be rotated and zoomed in or out.

Many pieces of concept artwork depicting used and unused ideas are available in the game, most of which can be gradually unlocked in the Image Gallery by collecting [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]]. Certain images are only unlocked after beating the game on [[Hard Mode]], and are the sole reward for completing this task. The Image Gallery consists of eight sub-galleries, each entirely dedicated to a world of the game, except for the seventh and eighth sub-galleries which house general concepts. Unlike in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', images are not given titles.

The following table lists every piece of concept artwork found in the game, as well as a description and the condition to unlock it. The color assigned to an image indicates to what extent the idea or ideas depicted in the image were used for the final game: <span style="color:green">'''green'''</span> for ideas used entirely, <span style="color:#DAA520">'''yellow'''</span> for ideas used partially, and <span style="color:red">'''red'''</span> for completely unused ideas.

| style="background:#FF8383" |An African-looking landscape with a river flowing in the middle, flanked by baobabs and acacias. A path rises and ends abruptly at the edge of the river bed, but continues slightly downhill on the other side. The left side of the river seems to belong to a savannah, while the territory on the right resembles more of a desert, due to the smoother terrain. Two upright crocodiles, purposed enemies, are seen in the river, and a series of small elephants rest along the desert path. These elements do not appear in the game.

| style="background:#FF8383" |Two images displaying a completely unused mechanic: the first picture shows Donkey Kong standing on a cliff, closely surrounded by a group of {{wp|Kiwi}}-like birds. The second picture shows him using one of these birds to carefully float down a bramble ravine.

| style="background:#DAF7A6" |View from inside an underwater grotto with abounding flora and fauna. Lightbeams propagate into the water through an aperture at the surface.

| style="background:#FF8383" |DK using a plug to uncover the ruins of a submerged city. The city is based on ancient Roman architecture and consists of two temples and a dome. A mechanism of gigantic gears helps these constructions rise above the water. The buildings are populated by corals, clams and seaweed. A hill landscape can be seen behind the city ruins. This concept is not used in any levels of the game.

| style="background:#FF8383" |Side view of Donkey Kong platforming in and above water; none of the concepts present in the image, aside from swimming, are used in the game. Firstly, DK is pushed out of the water by a springing eel, above a few seagulls and a giant rock pillar with a spiky top. Back underwater, there are a few krill clouds followed by a dense kelp area. DK is seen again swimming towards a dragnet, carried by a Viking ship. It is stated through notes in the picture that the dragnet is risen and lowered by the ship and that it should be avoided, but there is nothing to specify how the krill clouds or the kelp forest would have affected gameplay.

| style="background:#FBFF83" |Another sketch capturing the jungle factory setting. Multiple pigs are seen working to process giant fruit coming on wooden gutters. Their actions are: powering mills, pushing fruit forward, and cutting them. The pig at the top left corner, who maneuvers a saw with a lever, appears to be harassed by a [[Hootz]]. The artwork is cropped from a [[Media:Jay-epperson-dkc-tf-jj-03.jpg|larger image]].

| style="background:#FF8383" |Donkey Kong traveling on a slice of fruit along a large juice slide. A barrier with lights is placed ahead of him, and a sign in the background urges him to jump over the barrier. These elements do not appear in any of the game's levels.

| style="background:#DAF7A6" |Side view of Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong standing on an icy platform near a Snowmad outpost. They look down upon a [[Waldough]] standing on the snowy shore. A few wooden posts and a frame draped by a Viking veil, as well as some straggly studs acting as fence, mark the area. Two Snowmad chalets, similar to the ones found in [[Bright Savannah]], are built atop brick towers behind the Waldough. The shore stretches towards the horizon and blurs slightly under the dark clouds, as a snowstorm with windy weather prevails in the scene, maintaining a glacial atmosphere, along with palm trees and ridges that are burdened by snow. A few chunks of ice float in the sea nearby.

| style="background:#FBFF83" |Concepts for several walrus warriors, showing crude, Viking flair. [[Waldough]]s and their relatives from the game are close to what the artwork depicts, but the names in the drawing are not used for any characters existing in the game itself. The sketch introduces the following: "Sven the Fisheater", a character wielding a quiver of fish on his back and a possible precursor of [[Chum Chucker Charlie]]; "Olaf the Forgetful", a pelt-clad enemy in a ship-like vehicle, with no obvious equivalent in the actual game; "Lars the Immovable", an armored walrus and an early version of [[Walbrick]]; and "Krob the Konqueror", an enemy wearing a bib around its neck and wielding a spear with a crab on its head, also lacking an equivalent in the final game.

| style="background:#FBFF83" |Various [[Snowmad]] warriors. Aside from the owl enemy with a horned helmet and a bushy mustache, located between the [[Hootz]] and the [[Hot Hootz]] on the first row, all other characters portrayed in the artwork appear in some form in the game. Notable differences from their final designs are seen on the Hootz, [[Tuffton]], [[Blue Hootz]], [[Waldough]], and [[Walnut]]. The Hootz is indigo instead of brown. The Tuffton wears a much tighter helmet with horns, in addition to sporting a different outfit and look from that of the [[Puffton]], its relative. The Blue Hootz appears to have larger wings and a more spacious, hornless helmet. The Waldough displays a blue snowflake symbol over its belly, which is absent during the game. Lastly, the Walnut has a different color &ndash; indigo instead of beige.

| style="background:#FBFF83" |Three versions of an illustration with Donkey Kong crossing some grassy, floating islands above the clouds and the ocean, in an ethereal setting reminiscent of [[Secret Seclusion]]. Rocks and stones around the passage are curved, sleek-looking, and are carved with ancient runes.

| style="background:#FF8383" |The "secret moon world", a foreign world in which Donkey Kong can be seen jumping a gap between some rugged platforms. The surface of the moon world is chipped by numerous fault mountains and craters, similar to the real world {{wp|Moon}}, and some levitating platforms can be seen in the background. No atmosphere is present in this moon world, making stars and a much closer celestial object visible in the sky. The image comes with sketches of the overall look of the moon world and its corresponding level node on the map (a fuming meteor crashed into a crater). This concept, or the concept of a level taking place outside Donkey Kong's planet, is not used in the game.

| style="background:#FF8383" |Concept of an enchanted forest, which is inexistent in the final game. Here, trees are sinister and branch into what resemble hands with claws. Donkey Kong is seen standing between two areas; the path behind him is engulfed in light coming through the canopy, while the area beyond is dark and gloomy. Several colorful spirits rise from a pit, and two figures can be seen in the tree branches above, lurking in the shadows.

| style="background:#FF8383" |A grim swampland, over which Donkey Kong is seen gliding with a puffy plant. The place is teeming with odd vegetation and pungent waters, imbuing the place with greenish thick fumes. Two obscured signs on the right, each showing a dead rodent, suggest the waters are toxic. A crammed stilt village is built over the swampland, in which houses are made out of tin and wood and show signs of rust and negligence. A light signal is placed on a wire between the rooftops, suggesting the village is also a canal for navigation.

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|file2=DKCTF SawmillThrill.oga

|file3=DKCTF AlpineIncline.oga

|file4=DKCTF Rodent Ruckus.oga

|file1=DKCTF BaobabBonanza.oga

|file2=DKCTF ScorchTorch.oga

|file3=DKCTF TwilightTerror.oga

|file4=DKCTF SavannahPop.oga

|file1=DKCTF DeepKeep.oga

|file2=DKCTF FunkyWaters.oga

|file3=DKCTF IrateEight.oga

|file4=DKCTF AquaticAmbianceReturns.oga

|file1=DKCTF SwingJuice.oga

|file2=DKCTF JuicyGroove.oga

|file3=DKCTF FruitBounce.oga

|file4=DKCTF FrostyFruits.oga

|file1=DKCTF SnowmadsTheme.oga

|file2=DKCTF SeashoreWar.oga

|file3=DKCTF FreezieBreezie.oga

|file4=DKCTF FrozenFrenzy.oga

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