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{{Item-infobox
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:BearCoin DKC3.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:Bear Coin DKC3 artwork.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|effect=Currency for [[Northern Kremisphere]]
|effect=Currency of the [[Northern Kremisphere]]
}}
}}
'''Bear coins''' are silver [[coin]]s with an imprint of a bear, and are the currency of [[Northern Kremisphere]]. They appear in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', and are the successor to [[Banana Coin]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''.
{{quote|To help me train, it will cost you two of those stupid silver coins, the ones with the [[Brothers Bear|freaky bears]]' heads on.|Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!}}
'''Bear coins''' (also spelled '''Bear Koins''')<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #51, pages 21 and 24.</ref> are silver [[coin]]s with an imprint of a bear. They appear in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' as the currency of the [[Northern Kremisphere]], and are the successor to the [[Banana Coin]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] use bear coins to buy various items at some of the [[Brothers Bear]] cabins, most notably [[Bazaar's General Store]], and to play at [[Swanky's Sideshow]], which costs two bear coins to play each time. Bear coins appear in every [[level]], often in hidden or higher areas. Some bear coins are invisible until the [[Kong]]s collect them. If either Dixie and Kiddy exit from a [[Bonus Level]] or restart the level, the bear coins return where they originally appeared. The Kongs can only carry up to 99 bear coins. If the Kongs defeat a boss in subsequent rematches, they win bear coins instead of a [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]. Whenever the player saves the game, the total number of bear coins is also saved.


Bear coins appear in most of the Northern Kremisphere [[level]]s. They are required for competing in [[Swanky's Sideshow]], or the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake's mini-game challenges: [[Funky's Rentals]], [[Cranky's Dojo]], and [[Swanky's Dash]]. As suggested from its name, bear coins are used to purchase a service from the Brothers Bears, most notably items from [[Bazaar's General Store]].
In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], [[Swanky Kong]] charges two bear coins whenever Dixie plays the [[Swanky's Dash]] minigame, just like with Swanky's Sideshow. At [[Cranky's Dojo]], it costs one bear coin to play [[Cranky Kong]]'s minigame at first, but subsequent plays cost two bear coins.


In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', bear coins are used at the [[Sheepy Shop]] to buy [[Bear (character)|Bear]]'s services, or to play a card game, [[Memory]].
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', bear coins are used at the [[Sheepy Shop]] to buy a [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]'s services or to play the [[cards]] game. Besides this, bear coins otherwise have the same purpose as in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Bear Coin.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Bear Coin.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
Bear Coin DKLIII Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''
Bear Coin DKLIII Sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite
Bear Coin DKC3 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ベアーコイン
|JapR=Beā Koin
|JapM=Bear Coin
|Ger=Bärennmünze
|GerM=Bear Coin
|Ita=Moneta Orso<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian manual, pag. 50</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' European manual, pag. 106</ref> <small>(''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', ''Donkey Kong Country 3'')</small>
|Ita2=Moneta Bear<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' Spanish-Italian manual, pag. 46</ref> <small>(''Donkey Kong Land III'')</small>
|ItaM=Bear Coin
|Ita2M=Bear Coin
}}
==References==
<references/>


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Latest revision as of 17:57, March 29, 2024

Bear coin
Artwork of a bear coin from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)
Effect Currency of the Northern Kremisphere
“To help me train, it will cost you two of those stupid silver coins, the ones with the freaky bears' heads on.”
Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Bear coins (also spelled Bear Koins)[1] are silver coins with an imprint of a bear. They appear in both Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III as the currency of the Northern Kremisphere, and are the successor to the Banana Coins from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Dixie and Kiddy use bear coins to buy various items at some of the Brothers Bear cabins, most notably Bazaar's General Store, and to play at Swanky's Sideshow, which costs two bear coins to play each time. Bear coins appear in every level, often in hidden or higher areas. Some bear coins are invisible until the Kongs collect them. If either Dixie and Kiddy exit from a Bonus Level or restart the level, the bear coins return where they originally appeared. The Kongs can only carry up to 99 bear coins. If the Kongs defeat a boss in subsequent rematches, they win bear coins instead of a Bonus Coin. Whenever the player saves the game, the total number of bear coins is also saved.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Swanky Kong charges two bear coins whenever Dixie plays the Swanky's Dash minigame, just like with Swanky's Sideshow. At Cranky's Dojo, it costs one bear coin to play Cranky Kong's minigame at first, but subsequent plays cost two bear coins.

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

In Donkey Kong Land III, bear coins are used at the Sheepy Shop to buy a Bear's services or to play the cards game. Besides this, bear coins otherwise have the same purpose as in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ベアーコイン
Beā Koin
Bear Coin

German Bärennmünze
Bear Coin
Italian Moneta Orso[2][3] (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Donkey Kong Country 3)
Moneta Bear[4] (Donkey Kong Land III)
Bear Coin
Bear Coin

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #51, pages 21 and 24.
  2. ^ Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Spanish-Italian manual, pag. 50
  3. ^ Donkey Kong Country 3 European manual, pag. 106
  4. ^ Donkey Kong Land III Spanish-Italian manual, pag. 46