Button Bash

Button Bash is the seventeenth level in Donkey Kong Country Returns, as well as the second level in the Ruins world.

This ruins level is unique because it features many buttons that can be pressed to alter the Kongs' surroundings, such as creating passages. Another common obstacle in this level are Blast Barrels, many of which quickly move to different angles while staying in place, unlike most Blast Barrels. The level features other unique obstacles and enemies, such as small mockingbird enemies, known as Humzees, that must all be defeated to progress. Additionally, one part of the level involves Donkey and Diddy Kong shooting along buttons on the wall between two Blast Barrels. At the end of the level, the primates have to shoot into the mouth of a giant, rotating statue twice, with only four tries to do so. Other than mockingbirds, the enemies in this level include chickens on stilts, Tiki Torches, and Tiki Zings.

Trivia

 * The big monkey statue appears wearing an USA flag-patterned tie. This Easter Egg can make reference to Billy Mitchell, a gamer known by making score records on arcade games such as Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr..