Complete walkthrough for Part 35 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, covering levels Hot Rocket, Roasting Rails, and Smokey Peak, with all puzzle piece locations.
Walkthrough
- 1Level 8-2: Hot Rocket
- Puzzle Piece 1: Start right, tip the first platform, roll-jump to the blast barrel.
- 2Puzzle Piece 2: After passing the 'K', aim slightly under a falling fireball to catch a revealed puzzle piece.
- 3Puzzle Piece 3: Dodge incoming fireballs and stay near the bottom for a puzzle piece just ahead.
- 4Puzzle Piece 4: Collect a long trail of bananas to reveal a puzzle piece at the end.
- 5Puzzle Piece 5: Collect a trail of bananas at the bottom after the last lava dragon without falling into lava.
- 6KONG Letters: K is found early; aim down to get it while avoiding a falling rock. The 'O' is at the top after rocks fall; the 'N' is above a bottom rock; the 'G' is at the bottom after a lava dragon.
- 7Level 8-3: Roasting Rails
- Puzzle Piece 1: Use the first barrel cannon, walk through the opened path, fall below to a bonus area barrel.
- 8Puzzle Piece 2: After a climbable ceiling, stay with a falling mine cart to find a puzzle piece.
- 9Puzzle Piece 3: Immediately jump off the first mine cart, land on an upper track cart, and jump off its end.
- 10Puzzle Piece 4: Ground-pound a vase on a platform before it sinks into lava.
- 11Puzzle Piece 5: On the second platform that drops into lava in the climbable ceiling section, turn around as the climbable part falls off.
- 12KONG Letters: K is above the track where lava geysers appear; jump off the track. The 'O' is obtained by dropping down on a mine cart. The 'N' is found by following bananas over a gap. The 'G' is at the beginning of the fourth banana trail after barrel cannons.
- 13Level 8-4: Smokey Peak
- Puzzle Piece 1: Find a Rambi crate, ground-pound a DK platform to reveal a left platform, use it to reach the crate. With Rambi, break the gear at the start to reveal a hidden area with the piece.
- 14Puzzle Piece 2: After getting Rambi, jump onto a tall breakable wall to the right of the 'K'.
- 15Puzzle Piece 3: Continue right, get the 'O', then retrieve Rambi.
- 16Puzzle Piece 4: After the checkpoint, break a wall with Rambi to reveal a puzzle piece.
- 17Puzzle Piece 5: In the section with moving platforms and lava, use Rambi to break a wall on the right.
- 18KONG Letters: K is above a breakable block; dismount Rambi to get it. The 'O' is on a breakable platform. The 'N' is found by breaking a wall with Rambi. The 'G' is obtained by breaking a wall with Rambi.
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