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A '''bonus room'''<ref>"I'm sure there must be some '''bonus rooms''' you haven't found!" &ndash; [[Cranky Kong]] in ''Donkey Kong Country''</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-WiiU-Donkey_Kong_Country_Tropical_Freeze.pdf ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' American English electronic manual], tab 9: "Basic Play". ''nintendo.com''. Retrieved July 28, 2017.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 47, page 46.</ref> (also known as a '''Bonus Area''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 66, page 11.</ref><ref>"There are plenty of opportunities to score 1-Ups, especially in the '''Bonus Areas''' where you play games of skill." &ndash; ''Donkey Kong Country'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 22</ref><ref>"This special Barrel Kannon will send you through time and space to a '''Bonus Area'''." &ndash; ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 18</ref> '''Bonus Level''',<ref>"Bonus Barrels launch you into '''Bonus Levels''' when you jump into them." &ndash; ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 18; ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' instruction booklet, page 15; ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' instruction booklet, page 24; ''Donkey Kong Land III'' instruction booklet, page 18</ref><ref>"There are dozens of '''Bonus Levels''' found in Donkey Kong Country. Some are easy to find, while some are almost impossible. All will give you extra lives, bananas or other surprise items." – ''Donkey Kong Country'' SNES instruction booklet, page 23</ref> '''bonus stage''',<ref>"''Welcome to bonus stage!''" -- ''Donkey Kong 64'' announcer, when entering a bonus stage</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/manual-3DS-donkey-kong-country-returns-3D-en.pdf ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' electronic manual], tab 9: "Basic Play". ''nintendo.com''. Retrieved July 22, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/wii_u_6/donkey_kong_country__tropical_freeze/ElectronicManual_WiiU_DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze_EN.pdf ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' British English electronic manual], tab 9: "Basic Play". ''nintendo-europe.com''. Retrieved July 25, 2017.</ref> or '''Bonus Game'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 68, page 56.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 91, pages 58 and 59.</ref>) is a hidden area in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong]] games, particularly the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' games. Bonus rooms are usually revealed either by finding a secret passage or by [[jump]]ing into a [[Bonus Barrel]]. They usually have a challenge that the [[Kong]]s must complete to earn a prize needed for [[Completion|100% completion]]. In ''Donkey Kong Country'' games developed by [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]], after the player has uncovered all the bonus rooms of a given [[level]], an exclamation point is added after its title; in the ''Donkey Kong Land'' series, an exclamation point is still marked but is not appended to the end of the level title.

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|The Kongs must jump on a [[Klaptrap]], sometimes two or three, for it to release [[banana]]s. Each time it is jumped on, the Klaptrap moves faster and releases one more banana (always in the shape of [[banana Bunch]]es) than it did the previous time. They must be jumped on about ten times to be defeated, when they release a whole Banana Bunch. By defeating the Klaptrap(s), the Kongs are usually rewarded with a [[Red Balloon|Life Balloon]]. If a Klaptrap bites Donkey Kong and Diddy, they are sent back into the main level. In [[Trick Track Trek]]'s Bonus Level, the Klaptrap is purple.

|[[File:DKC-collectprizes.png]]<br>'''Collect the Prizes!'''

|[[Barrel Cannon Canyon]] <br>(B) [[Winky's Walkway]] <br>[[Stop & Go Station]] <br>(B) [[Millstone Mayhem]] <br>[[Orang-utan Gang]] (3) <br>(B) [[Blackout Basement]]

|The Kongs are in a [[Barrel Cannon]] and have to shoot themselves upward to collect various prizes. There always are three vertical lines of individual bananas. Above the bananas are either an animal token, a Life Balloon, or a Banana Bunch.

|[[KONG Letters|K-O-N-G Letters]] either spin in a circle or switch around in barrels. In the case of the latter, "KONG" is always the word in the barrels. Each letter spells out a word, and the<br> Kongs have to jump at the ones in the right order to win a prize.

|[[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]] <br>(B) [[Ropey Rampage]] <br>[[Bouncy Bonanza]] <br>[[Millstone Mayhem]] <br>(B) [[Forest Frenzy]] <br>(B) [[Snow Barrel Blast]] <br>[[Slipslide Ride]] <br>(B) [[Ice Age Alley]] <br>[[Torchlight Trouble]] <br>(B) [[Rope Bridge Rumble]] <br>[[Oil Drum Alley]] <br>(B) [[Trick Track Trek]] <br>(B) [[Tanked Up Trouble]] <br> [[Manic Mincers]] <br>[[Misty Mine]] <br>(B) [[Mine Cart Madness]] <br>[[Blackout Basement]] <br>(B) [[Platform Perils]]

|An item ([[banana]], Banana Bunch, [[animal token]], or [[Red Balloon|Life Balloon]]) rapidly moves through multiple barrels. Once the item stops moving, the Kongs must jump at the<br> consisting barrel to win that prize. Sometimes in this variation, the Kongs have to match three barrels depicting the same prize. They have to respectively jump and hit the<br> same object on all of those barrels.

<small>*Levels with a (B) are accessed via a Bonus Barrel. Levels with a number (e.g. 2) tells how many of that type is in the level.</small>

An Animal Friend's Bonus Level can be accessed by collecting three [[animal token]]s of the same Animal Friend. Upon collecting the third token, the Kongs are warped into a Bonus Level, where they play as the corresponding Animal Friend. The goal of these Bonus Levels is for the Animal Friend to collect as many [[Mini Animal Token]]s within the time limit. A [[Big Animal Token]] is also hiding in the location, which doubles the Kongs' Mini Animal Token total. When the time runs out, the Mini Animal Tokens are subtracted, and the Kongs receive an extra life for every 100 Mini Animal Tokens they have collected (similar to [[banana]]s). Additionally, in the Game Boy Advance version, if an Animal Friend manages to obtain 600 Mini Animal Tokens (400 for Enguarde), a [[photograph]] of that Animal Friend is added into the [[Scrapbook (Donkey Kong Country series)|Scrapbook]].

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In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', Bonus Levels are entered much like in its predecessors, except that the Blast Barrels leading to a Bonus Level were replaced with [[Bonus Barrel]]s. Every level has between one to three Bonus Levels. The types of Bonus Levels were narrowed down to three, none of which reappeared from ''Donkey Kong Country''. Each type is a [[Time Limit|time-based]] challenge that the Kongs must complete to be rewarded with a [[Kremkoin]]. In the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]], every level only has a single Bonus Level, with a [[DK Coin|Video Game Hero Coin]] as a reward (given that Kremkoins' purpose is to unlock a level of the Lost World). Unlike in the first game, Bonus Levels can now be reentered. Bonus Levels were also featured in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' where their role is unchanged, and the same three types were retained.

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|Diddy and Dixie must collect all of the [[star (Donkey Kong franchise)|star]]s in the Bonus Level to make the Kremkoin appear. In a few cases, there are more Stars featured than the amount required; for example, in [[Haunted Hall]].

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', Bonus Levels have a similar role as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', except that all of them are accessed by entering a Bonus Barrel and none from breaking open a wall. The reward for completing a Bonus Level was changed from a Kremkoin to a [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]. There is always a consistent number of two Bonus Levels per level, except for [[Krematoa]], where the number of Bonus Levels varies from zero to three. [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]] is the only level without any Bonus Levels. All the Bonus Levels from the previous game returned (although with different titles), and a fourth, new type was introduced, "Grab 15 Bananas!". "Collect the Stars!" was renamed to feature the number of stars in the title, for example, "Collect 50 Stars".

In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', the Bonus Levels have a similar role as in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', except that Grab 15 Bananas! is not featured. Therefore, every Bonus Level type is the same as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', even going as far to retain the original names (except for "Bash the Baddies!"). An extra exclamation mark was added in each Bonus Level's title, except "Collect the Stars!".

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Bonus Levels return in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', where they were renamed "bonus stages." Most bonus stages are accessible by jumping in a [[Bonus Barrel]]. Only the [[Minecart Race]] is the one that can be entered by entering a specific area. After the player has cleared a stage, the player is rewarded with a [[Golden Banana]]. Some of them can be played in [[Snide's H.Q.]] after collecting all [[blueprint]]s. The following is the list of all bonus stages in ''Donkey Kong 64'':

|[[File:DK Batty Barrel Bandit.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Batty Barrel Bandit]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|Stop the four reels of the slot machine on four bananas to earn a point. The player must do this a required number of times to win.

|[[File:DK Beaver Bother.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Beaver Bother]]'''

|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]

|style="text-align:left;"|The player controls a Klaptrap and tries to chase the [[Gnawty|Gnawties]] into the hole in the center of the barrel. Klaptrap must be careful not to fall into the hole itself, else it automatically loses at the mini-game.

|[[File:DK Big Bug Bash.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Big Bug Bash]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The player must use a fly swatter to swat a given number of flies within the time limit.

|[[File:DK64 Busy Barrel Barrage.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Busy Barrel Barrage]]'''

|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]

|style="text-align:left;"|Standing the middle of a big barrel, the Kong must fire ammo at incoming Kremlings. The Kong loses if hit by an enemy.

|[[File:DK Krazy Kong Klamor.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Krazy Kong Klamor]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|Lights repeatedly flicker on and off. When they turn on, the player must shoot at Golden Banana while avoiding the Kongs.

|[[File:DK Kremling Kosh.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Kremling Kosh]]'''

|[[File:Check mark.svg|17px]]

|style="text-align:left;"|The player uses a watermelon-firing cannon to shoot at [[Kritter]]s who pop out from the barrels. Normal, green Kremlings are worth one point, while red ones are worth two points. The player's objective is to shoot the required number before time runs out.

|[[File:DK Mad Maze Maul.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Mad Maze Maul]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The active Kong must defeat every enemy in a maze and then cross the finish line.

|[[File:DK Minecart Mayhem.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Minecart Mayhem]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The active Kong rides around in a [[Mine Cart]] and must avoid being hit by moving [[TNT Barrel]]s by switching lanes until time runs out.

|[[File:DK Peril Path Panic.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Peril Path Panic]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The objective is to fire watermelons at the Klaptraps to temporarily subdue them, allowing the [[Banana Fairy|Banana Fairies]] to safely cross the path.

|[[File:DK Searchlight Seek.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Searchlight Seek]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|Using a spotlight, the player locate the Klaptraps and then fire at it.

|[[File:DK Speedy Swing Sortie.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Speedy Swing Sortie]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The active Kong must climb up a tree and swing from vines to collect the coins.

|[[File:DK Splish Splash Salvage.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Splish Splash Salvage]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|The active Kong must swim all the way down a large barrel and collect all the coins below.

|[[File:DK Stash Snatch.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Stash Snatch]]'''

|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]

|style="text-align:left;"|While going around a maze, the player must collect all the coins while avoiding Kremlings and then cross the finish line.

|[[File:DK64 Stealthy Snoop.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Stealthy Snoop]]'''

|[[File:X mark.svg|17px]]

|style="text-align:left;"|The player must go through a maze and find the finish line while avoiding the [[Kremling cop]]s, who shine their flashlight onto the Kong.

|[[File:DK Teetering Turtle Trouble.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Teetering Turtle Trouble]]'''

|style="text-align:left;"|Turtles are spinning around on the snakes' tails. To keep them spinning, the player must shoot a melon into a snake's mouth.

[[Hideout Helm]] additionally has ten unnamed bonus stages (two for each Kong) accessed by entering metal barrels with an image of K. Rool's head on them, all of which must be completed to shut down the [[Blast-o-Matic]]. [[Rambi Arena]] and [[Enguarde Arena]] are unlockable minigames somewhat in the style of a bonus stage that can be played from the main menu. Both games can be unlocked after capturing six [[Banana Fairy|Banana Fairies]] and entering Rambi and Enguarde's respective [[animal crate]]s in the main game.

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Bonus stages return in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', once again accessed by Blast Barrels (as Bonus Barrels do not return in this game) and secret passages, although now with only one objective. The Kongs have thirty seconds to get all [[banana]]s, [[Banana Bunch]]es, [[Banana Coin]]s, and [[Red Balloon]]s available. If they successfully collect all of them, the clock stops and a [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Puzzle Piece]] appears for them to collect.

DKCR Rickety Rails Bonus Room 1.png|[[Rickety Rails]]

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