Complete walkthrough for Part 22 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels 5-1 (Vine Valley), 5-2 (Clingy Swingy), and 5-3 (Flutter Flyaway), including all puzzle pieces and KONG letters.
Walkthrough
- 15-1 Vine Valley (7 Puzzle Pieces)
- Start by heading left from the beginning to find a hidden puzzle piece behind a falling wall.
- 2After bouncing out of the caves, continue right. Beneath the second vine, enter a cut-in area to find a bonus area.
- 3After the bonus area, swing across vines to the right. Collect the KONG letter 'K' on a vine.
- 4Before the next big vine, jump into a barrel cannon hidden behind a plant to get a puzzle piece.
- 5On the other side of the vine, ground-pound a yellow bulb on the right to find a puzzle piece. Be aware this vine is a chomp.
- 6Look for a small vine emerging from foliage at the top of the screen. Jump to it from the first round climbable surface to reach another bonus area.
- 7Collect the KONG letter 'O' on the third round climbable surface in the next area.
- 8After checkpoint #2, collect all bananas on the first two vines to reveal a puzzle piece near the middle of the second vine.
- 9Collect the KONG letter 'N' between two vines in the next area.
- 10Collect the KONG letter 'G' between two vines further ahead.
- 11Before the exit barrel, blow on three helicopter plants and collect the resulting bananas to reveal a puzzle piece above the platform.
- 125-2 Clingy Swingy (5 Puzzle Pieces)
- Head right. Collect the KONG letter 'K' on a large swinging quarter-log near the bottom of its trajectory.
- 13Use squeeklies to reach the climbable ceiling. Ground-pound a yellow bulb on top for a puzzle piece.
- 14Use squeeklies again to reach the left climbable ceiling. Head left to a barrel cannon leading to a bonus area.
- 15After the bonus area, on the first swinging climbable surface, ground-pound a yellow bulb on the right for a puzzle piece.
- 16Continue right and up. Collect the KONG letter 'O' on a platform underneath a set of two swinging climbable surfaces.
- 17After checkpoint #2, find a puzzle piece on top of a large swinging climbable surface with a gap.
- 18Collect the KONG letter 'N' underneath the same surface, landing on a middle platform and then jumping to the 'N'.
- 19The KONG letter 'G' is on the underside of a climbable ceiling after some circular climbing surfaces. Drop down to grab it.
- 20Find a puzzle piece on the bottom of the next circular climbing surface by climbing around it.
- 215-3 Flutter Flyaway (7 Puzzle Pieces)
- Head right to find the KONG letter 'K' above a descending platform with a tiki goon.
- 22Jump to the left off figure-eight moving platforms at the top of their trajectory to find a puzzle piece.
- 23After the barrel cannons and the first checkpoint, jump off a skittler to reach the KONG letter 'O' above a platform.
- 24Jump off a mushroom to a climbable surface near the top of the screen. Find a puzzle piece at the top of another climbable surface up here.
- 25Below this area, continue to the right. After a series of barrel cannons, you'll find the first checkpoint.
- 26The O is above the platform just to the right of the checkpoint. Jump off of one of the skittlers here to get enough height to collect it.
- 27One of the circling platforms to the right gets close to the spikes on the ceiling; you will need to duck if you pass under them.
- 28Jump off of the first mushroom to a climbable surface near the top of the screen. There is another climbable surface up here with a puzzle piece at the top. Just jump to grab it.
- 29Below this ar
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