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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels. Basically, think VideoGame/CluCluLand but as a platformer instead of a maze game with Bubbles herself being an unlockable character.

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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels. Basically, think VideoGame/CluCluLand but as a platformer instead of a maze game with Bubbles herself being an unlockable character.
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* {{Crossover}}: Bubbles from Clu Clu Land is the final unlockable character. Appropriate considering the game basically reuses Clu Clu Land's mechanics.

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* {{Crossover}}: Bubbles from Clu Clu Land is the final unlockable character. Appropriate considering the game basically reuses is a SpiritualSuccessor in some ways to Clu Clu Land's mechanics.Land.
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* InvincibilityPowerUp: The player can use the Going Bananas move at the cost of twenty bananas, making them immune to damage and granting higher jumps.

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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels. Basically, think VideoGame/CluCluLand but as a platformer instead of a maze game.

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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels. Basically, think VideoGame/CluCluLand but as a platformer instead of a maze game.
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* {{Crossover}}: Bubbles from Clu Clu Land is the final unlockable character. Appropriate considering the game basically reuses Clu Clu Land's mechanics.

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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels.

In addition to the Adventure Mode, the game has a few extra modes known as Jungle Jam. Jungle Jam consists of a few minigames: Climbing Race, Obstacle Race, Attack Battle, Barrel Blast, and Color Battle. In addition, Jungle Jam allows the player to use a few characters including [[VideoGame/CluCluLand Bubbles]].

The game was re-released on Wii U Virtual Console in November, 2014 and had a sequel named VideoGame/DKJungleClimber.

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The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels.

levels. Basically, think VideoGame/CluCluLand but as a platformer instead of a maze game.

In addition to the Adventure Mode, the game has a few extra modes known as Jungle Jam. Jungle Jam consists of a few minigames: Climbing Race, Obstacle Race, Attack Battle, Barrel Blast, and Color Battle. In addition, Jungle Jam allows the player to use a few characters including [[VideoGame/CluCluLand Bubbles]].

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The game was re-released on Wii U Virtual Console in November, 2014 and had a sequel named VideoGame/DKJungleClimber.
2014. A sequel, VideoGame/DKJungleClimber, was released in 2007.



* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: Puzzling Pyramid in Jungle World takes place scaling the inside of a giant pyramid.
* DerelictGraveyard: Subverted. The Ship of Souls in Aqua World is a sunken ship but with no ghosts.
* IcePalace: The Ice Castle in Ice World is a giant icy palace.
* JungleJapes: Naturally, the first world of the game is Jungle World.
* RiseToTheChallenge: How every level is laid out.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: The Underwater Ruins in Ice World since it's not known what (if any) kind of civilization built them, or why they exist underwater.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ice World]] which has a forest and underwater ruins along with an icy castle.
* TheBusCameBack: Bubbles from ''VideoGame/CluCluLand'' is a playable character in Jungle Jam.
* TooDumbToLive: Cranky Kong believes the medals for the contest will be safe if he just keeps them in a barrel that is out in the open. Sure enough, King K. Rool flies in and swipes them all.

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* AllDesertsHaveCacti: Wild West World has cacti here and there, but it's taken [[ExaggeratedTrope up to eleven]] with Cactus Woods, a level set in a massive thicket of giant cacti.
* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: Puzzling Pyramid in Jungle World takes place scaling the inside of a giant large pyramid.
* DerelictGraveyard: Subverted. CoolAirship: The K. Kruizer III, the game's final world, definitely counts. It's a massive airship resembling a flying submarine, with sprawling interiors, countless cannons, and a yellow-and-green paintjob with painted-on sharp teeth.
* EternalEngine: The final level of the game takes place inside the K. Kruizer III's engine.
* FlyingDutchman:
Ship of Souls in Aqua World is a sunken huge ship but filled with no ghosts.
ghost enemies.
* FunnelCloudJourney: Treacherous Twister in Wild West World takes place at the center of a raging tornado.
* GangplankGalleon: Aqua World features two somewhat piratey levels: Kremling Kamp, a seaside cave filled with boardwalks and treasure chests; and Ship of Souls, a haunted galleon.
* IcePalace: The Ice Castle in Ice World is a giant big, icy palace.
* JungleJapes: Naturally, the first world of the game is Jungle World.
* RiseToTheChallenge: How every level is laid out.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: The Underwater Ruins in Ice World since it's not known what (if any) kind of civilization built them, or why they exist underwater.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ice World]] which has a forest and underwater ruins along with an icy castle.
* TheBusCameBack: Bubbles from ''VideoGame/CluCluLand'' is a playable character in Jungle Jam.
* TooDumbToLive:
IdiotBall: Cranky Kong Kong, normally a wise character, believes the medals for the contest will be safe if he just keeps them in a barrel that is out in the open. Sure enough, King K. Rool flies in and swipes them all.all.
* JungleJapes: Following in typical Donkey Kong tradition, the first world of the game is Jungle World.
* LevelsTakeFlight: Every K. Kruizer III level, with the exception of Booster Barrel Skyway, takes place entirely aboard King K. Rool's massive airship.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: The Underwater Ruins in Ice World since it's not known what (if any) kind of civilization built them, or why they exist underwater. Puzzling Pyramid may also count; it appears to have been built by Kremlings, judging by the murals, but what the place is actually for is anyone's guess.
* SecretCharacter
** Completing Adventure Mode unlocks Diddy Mode, allowing you to play the adventure again as Diddy Kong.
** Jungle Jam lets you play as Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, or Funky Kong by default, but you can also unlock Wrinkly Kong, a Kritter (called "Kremling" in-game), King K. Rool, and [[VideoGame/CluCluLand Bubbles]] by meeting various criteria.
* ShiftingSandLand: Wild West World, particularly the level Necky's Canyon.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ice World]], featuring a snowy forest, an icy ravine, underwater ruins, and an ice castle.
* TempleOfDoom: Puzzling Pyramid in Jungle World, again. It's filled with mechanisms that you have to operate to proceed, one of which might even qualify as a trap.
* TheBusCameBack: Bubbles from ''VideoGame/CluCluLand'' can be unlocked as a playable character in Jungle Jam, her second ever playable appearance after 20 years.

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''DK: King of Swing'' is a puzzle platform game from the Franchise/DonkeyKong franchise first developed by Paon and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} for the UsefulNotes/GameboyAdvance in 2005.

The game takes place at the time of the Jungle Jam Tournament, a huge festival in the jungle. Just when Cranky Kong was about to start the festival, King K. Rool arrives at the scene on his hovercraft and steals all the DK Medals. Donkey Kong is told to recover them, so the primate sets off to explore the jungle. K. Rool drops some DK Medals during his escape.

The simplistic game has the player using the L and R buttons to move left and right along flat surfaces but also using them to close their left and right fists to grasp pegs and peg boards to climb the level. Each level is beaten by having to climb to the top, which sometimes involves having to manipulate gadgets found in the levels.

In addition to the Adventure Mode, the game has a few extra modes known as Jungle Jam. Jungle Jam consists of a few minigames: Climbing Race, Obstacle Race, Attack Battle, Barrel Blast, and Color Battle. In addition, Jungle Jam allows the player to use a few characters including [[VideoGame/CluCluLand Bubbles]].

The game was re-released on Wii U Virtual Console in November, 2014 and had a sequel named VideoGame/DKJungleClimber.

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* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: Puzzling Pyramid in Jungle World takes place scaling the inside of a giant pyramid.
* DerelictGraveyard: Subverted. The Ship of Souls in Aqua World is a sunken ship but with no ghosts.
* IcePalace: The Ice Castle in Ice World is a giant icy palace.
* JungleJapes: Naturally, the first world of the game is Jungle World.
* RiseToTheChallenge: How every level is laid out.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: The Underwater Ruins in Ice World since it's not known what (if any) kind of civilization built them, or why they exist underwater.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ice World]] which has a forest and underwater ruins along with an icy castle.
* TheBusCameBack: Bubbles from ''VideoGame/CluCluLand'' is a playable character in Jungle Jam.
* TooDumbToLive: Cranky Kong believes the medals for the contest will be safe if he just keeps them in a barrel that is out in the open. Sure enough, King K. Rool flies in and swipes them all.
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