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Part 38
Donkey Kong Country Returns

Part 38

Walkthrough for Part 38 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, focusing on the Golden Temple level. Find all 5 puzzle pieces and unlock Mirror Mode.

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Walkthrough for Part 38 of Donkey Kong Country Returns, focusing on the Golden Temple level. Find all 5 puzzle pieces and unlock Mirror Mode.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Navigate the room by jumping off squidlies to reach the top. All five banana coins are located here.
  2. 2
    As the outside of the room rotates, collect the banana coins while avoiding the buzzbites on the inside track.
  3. 3
    Dodge boulders flying from the background and grab the banana coin that appears in the gap between platforms. If missed, the boulder arrangement will repeat. To dodge the fifth set of boulders, jump through the gaps between them.
  4. 4
    Once all five puzzle pieces are collected, retrieve the red orb. If you've followed the guide, you should now have all eight orbs, allowing you to access the Golden Temple.
  5. 5
    Upon entering the Golden Temple, you'll be in a new area with fruit-based platforms and new enemies.
  6. 6
    On the first floating stone platform, ground-pound it to break a vase, causing a puzzle piece to fall from the sky.
  7. 7
    When jumping on banana platforms, a string of bananas will appear from the top; grab them all for a banana coin.
  8. 8
    Purple kowalees will throw bombs; throw them back to defeat them.
  9. 9
    In an area with two sets of blueberry platforms, take the lower path to the right, collecting all bananas, then loop back to the upper path. Collect the last banana on a strawberry platform to make a puzzle piece appear.
  10. 10
    Further right, collect all bananas from two concentric spinning circles. A puzzle piece will appear high above; jump to it from the stem.
  11. 11
    After a few cherry platforms (which explode after being stepped on), you'll reach three strawberries. Jump between these platforms, collecting falling banana bunches and avoiding tiki seekers, until a puzzle piece appears on the middle strawberry.
  12. 12
    Continue right past falling oranges. On the last swinging banana platform from the background, you'll find the final puzzle piece. Stay on the platform until the last moment to collect it.
  13. 13
    After finding all puzzle pieces, use the barrel cannons to find the exit barrel. Breaking it unlocks Mirror Mode.
  • Unlocking the Golden Temple by collecting all eight colored orbs.
  • Collecting all five puzzle pieces in the Golden Temple.
  • Unlocking Mirror Mode by breaking the exit barrel.

Mirror Mode Details:

  • Levels are reversed.
  • Diddy Kong cannot be used.
  • Donkey Kong only has one heart.
  • Completing all levels in Mirror Mode contributes to 200% game completion.

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