Each stage has one DK Coin, which is held by an enemy named Koin. In the game Donkey Kong Country 3, there are 41 DK Coins (whereas there are 46 in the Game Boy Advance version).

They are also required to be collected in order to the player to reach the percentage rate of completion of 100 percent in their game file. There is a total of forty DK Coins in Donkey Kong Land 2. Once again, the player must find all DK Coins in the game in order to Diddy to earn the first position. In the contest, Mario has collected thirty-nine DK Coins Yoshi, twenty-nine coins and Link, nineteen coins. Similar to Donkey Kong Country 2, Diddy Kong competes against Mario, Yoshi and Link. Also like in Donkey Kong Country 2, the titles of stages and worlds where the player has collected all DK Coins will be followed by a coin icon on the maps of the Crocodile Isle.ĭespite Cranky Kong making no appearances in the game, the Video Game Heroes contest is still present in Donkey Kong Land 2, being featured during both endings. However, there are no DK Coins in the End of Stage Targets, because they lack prizes in Donkey Kong Land 2. DK Coins also replace Kremkoins as prizes of Bonus Rooms of stages of the Lost World. In the game Donkey Kong Land 2, single DK Coins can also be found floating in the air inside regular stages outside of the Lost World of the Crocodile Isle, in similar way to the SNES version of Donkey Kong Country 2. The player must collect all DK Coins in order to reach 102 percent in their game file. In both game versions, DK Coins are also related to the percentage rate of completion. In order to Diddy to earn the first position and be declared a true Video Game Hero by Cranky, the player must collect every DK Coin in the game. And Link has earned nineteen coins in the SNES version, and fifty coins in the GBA version. Yoshi has found twenty-nine coins in the SNES version, and thirty-five coins in the GBA version.

During the contest, Mario has collected thirty-nine DK Coins in the SNES version, and sixty-seven coins in the GBA version. Diddy will compete against characters from other Nintendo's franchises, such as Mario, Yoshi and Link. In the maps of both game versions, stages and worlds, including other places in the GBA version, where the player has collected/earned all DK Coins will display the coin icon following the title of the locations.ĭuring the ending cutscenes of both game versions, Cranky will rank Diddy Kong's position in the Cranky's Video Game Heroes contest. In the GBA version, new DK Coins are earned by the player winning races of the Expresso Racing minigame in the Cranky's Huts and clearing missions of the Gyrocopter in each location of the Funky's Flights II. There is a total of forty DK Coins in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of Donkey Kong Country 2, and sixty-eight coins in the Game Boy Advance version. In the Lost World, instead of Kremkoins, DK Coins are earned by clearing Bonus Rooms and defeating Kaptain K. In the latter, the player must use good timing when hitting the target in order to receive the DK Coin. However, in rare occasions, these coins are placed inside Bonus Rooms or as a prize of the End of Stage Targets. Most of the DK Coins are located floating in the air someplace inside the stages. A single DK Coin can be found in every regular stage outside of the Lost World. According to Wrinkly Kong, they have been hidden around the Crocodile Isle by Cranky Kong. DK Coins first appear in the game Donkey Kong Country 2.

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