Lemon Kingdom

The Lemon Kingdom is the seventh kingdomin Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, and the third area linked to the K Barrel. The kingdom is located in both a forest and a desert. The Lemon Kingdom can be accessed by completing all the kingdoms linked to the D Barrel and collecting eight or more Crests. It is the dominion of Fleet Roc in the GameCube version of the game and Mo-Hog in the New Play Control! version on the Wii. Donkey Kong travels through this kingdom to fight these mighty foes, and at the end of every level he eats a giant lemon.

Chopperbird Race
Chopperbird Race is the first area of the Lemon Kingdom. This level takes place in a forest set in autumn time. Donkey Kong races a Ninjape to the end of the level with the aid of Helibirds. Good control with the Helibirds is the key to winning the race. The level is also filled with many pink flowers that blow wind at Donkey Kong's Helibird to speed it up. Winning the race is not required, but if Donkey Kong wins, he is awarded with 300 beats.

Level Layout
The level begins on a flat surface with a Helibird waiting on the branch of a small tree. Once it takes flight with Donkey Kong, it is able to fly between two trees to come up to the starting line for the race against the Chopperbird. The countdown will begin if Donkey Kong touches the line. When the race begins, the racers make their way northeast towards many pink flowers that help them get a speed boost into the air. The two birds continue north in this race between more tree branches and leaves. The path is wide, but if Donkey Kong happens to move his Helibird into a tree, it disappears. Luckily, many other Helibirds wait on nearby tree branches to help him continue. There are more pink flowers as the birds begin to race northeast again, and they blow air to push the racers up the area. There is a path leading to the north farther ahead of this part, and it has moving tree branches. If the branches are correctly dodged, Donkey Kong and the Helibird can make it to a wide area with the finish line to the right. Right after the finish line is the giant lemon, which Donkey Kong can bite into in order to complete the level.

Cactus Mine
Cactus Mine is the second area of the Lemon Kingdom. This level takes place in a desert filled with cacti. Unlike most levels, this stage has a total of four mini-bosses. Throughout the level, Donkey Kong meets a giant chicken enemy, a Gale Hawg, a hog enemy, who throws cocnuts from its tree, and a giant spider. The three foes impend on the ape's progress, but they are not the only obstacles in this level. The stage is filled with many tightropes that Donkey Kong can bounce on to reach higher areas. There are also some falling rocks at the beginning of the level, and some vines to slide down. After Donkey Kong eats the giant lemon at the end of the level, he fights the mighty boss, Fleet Rock (or Mo-Hog in the Wii version).

Level Layout
This level begins on a straight pathway with many bananas. There are some fairies at the beginning of the area that give out bananas when hit by a sound wave as well. As Donkey Kong climbs this area, he comes up to some rocks rolling down the area. After all the rocks are dodged and the ape enters a large tunnel area, one can find a large chicken-like foe, who is in the way. Once this foe is defeated, Donkey Kong can progress to a bouncy tightrope connected between two walls. Bouncing on it takes him into the air, where he must to wall jump up to a second wall. At the top of the second wall, there are some insect enemies that try to attack the Kong, and some stair platforms leading to another set of walls to climb. At the top of these walls, there are some more bouncy tightropes. A small hog enemy is in the center platform of the first two tightropes, and there is a small gap leading to a third tightrope at the end of the area. Another tightrope is to the right of this, and a few bat enemies are on the ceiling above it.

There is another gap near here as well, and it leads outside of the tunnel and onto a Banande Lion. The plant can fling Donkey Kong to some bananas, as well as a few purple flowers that can bounce him to a Gale Hawg. Once this foe is defeated, Donkey Kong can use a tightrope to bounce himself into another tunnel area, where there is a single vine to swing on, along with a lone Helper Monkey. The monkey can throw Donkey Kong in a long room where he must climb vertically using many tightropes. Using the tightropes and his wall-jumping abilities, Donkey Kong can climb up this area and find his way outside. Here, he lands on a tightrope near a hog enemy, who throws coconuts at him from a tree. Once this enemy is defeated, the way into the next area of the level is opened, and the Kong comes up to a long vine to slide down on. While sliding down, there are a few bananas on the upper part of the vine.

Donkey Kong is soon flung to a second vine, which is tilted to the left, taking him in a different direction. This vine, being much shorter than the last, soon lets the ape off to another vine, which takes him to the right into a tunnel. Once the primte makes his way to the end of the vine, he is flung in the air to some more bananas. If he climbs up the small ramp under the vine, he can make his way up to a small, hidden area below the object, which is filled with many Blooms. When a sound wave is sent to the object that creates the Blooms, the small flowers form into a heart, and several bigger flowers grow around them. Near the Blooms is a big plant that can shoot the ape back onto the vine so he can progress again. Heading straight from the dropoff point of the vine takes the ape to a giant spider enemy, who must be defeated to progress. Once it is bested, a giant lemon grows nearby. To the right of this lemon is three bananas and a single Banana Bunch for Donkey Kong to grab. If the ape bites into the big lemon, the level ends.