Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)

Template:Levelbox Jungle Hijinxs is the first level of Donkey Kong Country and of the first world, Kongo Jungle.

Summary

The level starts outside of DK's Tree House. Donkey Kong can backtrack into treehouse for an Extra Life Balloon, or enter below into his Banana Hoard. The level only has some basic enemies, including Gnawties, Kritters, Klumps, and a single perched Necky. During the latter half, the Kongs can find an Animal Crate with Rambi the Rhino, who helps them with defeating enemies and is required to open the entrances of both Bonus Areas.

As the first level, Jungle Hijinxs is simple and features few pitfalls. The Kongs can also move across the treetops to find some hidden items. When the Kongs reach the end of the level, it gets dark and becomes nighttime. In the original release, the nighttime continues into the next level, Ropey Rampage.

Layout

Rambi joins the Kongs

The level starts when Donkey Kong shoots out of his tree house and then lands onto the ground. If Donkey Kong enters his Banana Hoard, he finds it empty, while if he enters his tree house found higher up, he can nab an Extra Life Balloon to gain an extra life along the way. Donkey Kong must continue a few steps to encounter a Gnawty and Diddy Kong stuck in a DK Barrel on whom he must free. Alternatively, from the treehouse's entrance, the Kongs have the option to hop from several treetops and collect two red balloons and one green balloon. After this, the Kongs must continue along to a raised piece of land with a Kritter on it and a Gnawty underneath it so they can obtain the letter K of the K-O-N-G Letters. Afterwards, the Kongs encounter two Kritters on two raised pieces of land and two Klumps, whom they must defeat to continue along so they can reach the Star Barrel and the letter O next to it.

Next, the Kongs come past another DK Barrel and the letter O to encounter a Necky, who shoots nuts at them as a weapon and along the way. The foe stands on a raised area of land with a few bananas and an Animal Token of Expresso on it. They can hop onto Rambi, found in his crate nearby, who helps them defeat the three Gnawties in their path and find the letter N just ahead. Next, Rambi and the Kongs can either enter a Bonus Level to instantly gain the letter G upon exiting it, or hop onto some ledges acting as stairs so they can climb and jump onto the tree holding the letter G. The Kongs and Rambi can fall down from the treetops to break a barrier to find another Bonus Level which they can enter. They can either enter it to continue along if they finish it, or continue down the path, defeating a Klump, hopping over a ledge, and then going to the level's exit on the way, where Rambi stays. The exit then allows the Kongs to move into the next level.

If the player climbs the hill above the exit sign and jumps off Rambi, he can get a hidden blue Life Balloon.

Enemies

Sprite	Name	Amount
	Gnawty	5
	Klump	3
	Kritter	6 (5 in the Game Boy Color port)
	Necky	1

Items and collectables

Sprite	Name	Amount
	Banana	74 (34 in the main level, 40 in a Bonus Level)
	Banana Bunch	18
	DK Barrel	2
	Expresso Token	2 (1 in a Bonus Level)
	Extra Life Balloon	Red: 5 (2 in main level; 1 in DK's Tree House; 2 in a Bonus Level (one of which must be won)) Green: 1 Blue: 2
	Star Barrel	1

K-O-N-G Letters

Image	Location
	The letter K is floating above the first ledge, which is patrolled by the first Kritter.
	The letter O is floating diagonally next to the Star Barrel.
	The letter N is near the Rambi Crate, next to a group of three Gnawties, and just before a pit.
	The letter G is floating above two treetops found after passing the Rambi Crate, three Kritters and three Gnawties. The Kongs are automatically sent here by exiting the first Bonus Area, and automatically collect the letter G (except in the Game Boy Color version).

Photographs

Sprite	Name	Location
	Photograph (Game Boy Advance version only)	The first photograph is inside DK's Tree House, hidden on the left behind a large bunch of bananas. It shows a group picture of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong swinging from vines (originally used in the Super Nintendo version's title screen), and appears on the 11th page of the Scrapbook.
		The second photograph appears between a trail of bananas in the first Bonus Area. The photograph shows Donkey Kong sitting on Rambi on the 8th page of the Scrapbook.

Secrets

Bonus Areas

Image	Type and description
	Collect the Bananas! After the letter N is obtained, the heroes must walk to a nearby wall to the right of them and break through it with Rambi. After the wall breaks open, an entryway is revealed, which the group must go in. They then end up in a Bonus Level, where they may collect several bananas followed by an Extra Life Balloon. At the end of the cave, the Kongs and Rambi must walk into the opening to exit the Bonus Level.
	Stop the Barrel! When the heroes exit the first Bonus Level, they can break open a wall below the treetops to create an opening that they must enter to get in the second Bonus Level. Here, the heroes must hit a few barrels to stop the pictures of Animal Tokens displayed on them. If they can match the images on all of the barrels, they win the token viewed on the barrels, and then exit the stage. If they lose, they are forced out of the stage with nothing.

Warp Barrel

Sprite	Name	Location
	Warp Barrel	When the primates begin the level, they should climb to the treetops, heading to the fourth tree in the area. If they drop off of the right side of it, they land in a Warp Barrel that takes them in front of the entrance to the second Bonus Level just before a sign indicating that the level is almost over. This warp only appears in the Game Boy Advance version.

Gallery

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  Concept of Jungle Hijinxs

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  Donkey Kong defeats a Klump

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  An Animal Token

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  Donkey Kong stands next to a banana trail

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  Diddy celebrates after winning a Bonus Level

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  All K-O-N-G Letters obtained

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  The Kongs reach the end of the level

Game Boy Color

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  Donkey Kong holding a barrel at a Kritter

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  Rambi approaching the letter N

Game Boy Advance

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  Donkey Kong jumping on a Gnawty at the start of the level

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  The first bonus room

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バナナジャングル Banana janguru	Banana Jungle
German	Dschungel-Fieber	Jungle Fever
Italian	Baldoria nella Giungla (SNES) Giungla Gincana	Spree in the Jungle Gymkhana Jungle
Portuguese	Via Selvagem	Wild Way
Russian	Шумные Джунгли Shumnyje Dzhungli	Noisy Jungle
Spanish	Jungla Hijinxs	Hijinxs Jungle

Trivia

• In the pre-release version of Donkey Kong Country, Jungle Hijinxs had a nighttime setting.
• Jungle Hijinxs was originally known as "Jungle Japes", a name which was eventually used for the first world of Donkey Kong 64.
• The Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions of this level both take place during mid-day instead of sunset/dusk, and the sky never changes. This was likely done due to technical limitations or so that players could navigate through the level without losing visibility (the Game Boy Color and original GBA had no backlight to make the screen brighter).
• The music for Jungle Hijinxs and in later jungle levels, "DK Island Swing," went on to become an iconic theme in the Donkey Kong franchise, and has since been arranged many times in later games, including the Super Smash Bros. series.