Peaceful Pier

Peaceful Pier is the tenth level in Donkey Kong Country Returns, as well as the third level in the Beach world.

This beach level is the first to feature a Rocket Barrel. Throughout the whole level, Donkey and Diddy Kong must ride on this device to ride over the water and coral reefs. The level does not contain many obstacles, and the pathway for the Kongs to ride through is very wide and empty, with only many bananas scatted throughout the air. However, Snaggles appear to jump out of the water in this stage, and a ship run by members of the Scurvy Crew shoot several bombs at the primates. Along with these hazards is a single Tiki Torch that appears at the beginning of the level.

Overview
The stage starts in the beach. Donkey Kong will find a pier with a Tiki Torch invading the zone. Blowing out the Tiki's flames, DK can defeat it jumping over. The pier also has a DK Barrel, which Diddy Kong lies trapped in the barrel. Breaking up the barrel, DK frees Diddy and the heroes see the pier broken with a Barrel Cannon near. The kongs must get in the barrel to follow and land on a part of the broken pier and again take another Barrel Cannon that aims to the Rocket Barrel floating in the air. Once inside in the rocket barrel, the heroes must activate it to ride on it and navigate throughout the rest of the level over the vast sea. At the beginning of this part, there is a Life Balloon and a plenty of Bananas and Banana Bunches that can be picked up. After taking a chain of Bananas, the letter K of the KONG Letters is found and another set of Bananas follow. The kongs must take care not to land or ride near the water's surface, as a hungry Snaggle will be swiming near to them and eventually jump to bite the barrel and destroy it. Following the third chain of Bananas, the Kongs find the letter O while the Snaggle keeps attacking the primates jumping once more while they try to take the O. After the Snaggle's pursuit, the kongs can also pick some Banana Coins. The ride continues passing next to a pirate ship, in which members of the Scurvy Crew see the kongs and will chase them to attack. Over a small island, a pig holds the only check point of the course so that the heroes can keep going just starting in that spot.

In the second part of the pursuit, the ship will be the main obstacle that the heroes must face. During the chase, the Scurvy Crew will shoot a few bombs to the air to stop the kongs and their machine. These bombs explode in the air and the blast reamining from these can destroy the rocket and let Donkey and Diddy Kong plummet to their doom. The first bomb shot explodes in the middle of the scene. the primates just have to avoid. The second bomb explodes at greater heigh and the third at lower height. Just in that moment, the cannons begin to shoot more bombs: one at greater height and another at lower height. The cannon then shoots two bombs at the same time that explode both in the upper and lower parts of the scene. The kongs must avoid these hazards going in the middle. The ship stops attacking to dodge a series of rocks over the water. Now the kongs can have some time to take another chain of bananas and pick up the letter N there before meeting the pirate ship again.

The ship reappears, and this time will shoot more bombs. The ship first shoots a row of bombs in the upper part of the screen, and then another in the lower part. At last, the ship shoots bombs at both parts but in the middle. Frustated, the Scurvy Crew will try to defeat the kongs with the last blow using the biggest cannon of the vessel. The kongs must now avoid to be the target of the cannon, as it will aim first with a cursor that appears in the screen. The cannon then shoots the ship's anchor to the targeted zone. If DK and Diddy avoid the attack succesfully, the ship will keep going forward but the crew doesn't realise that they dropped the anchor and this is connected to the ship by a cable. The pirate ship ends up pulled down by the anchor and falls to its doom, destroying itself and the cannon. DK and Diddy now can take the last set of bananas and the letter G of the word KONG before arrive to their destiny. The rocket then stops working and falls in another part of the beach, ending the rocket ride with the ending Barrel and a Bonus Barrel right after to it. Hitting the ending Barrel the course finishes.