Editing Donkey Kong Country 2 (section)

==Gameplay==
[[File:Diddy Kong's Quest gameplay.jpg|thumb|left|230px|At the end of each level, the player must jump on a target pad from a certain height for a chance to earn one of a series of quickly changing rewards, such as an extra life balloon.]]
''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' is a 2D [[side-scrolling]] [[platform game|platformer]] in which the player controls either [[Diddy Kong]] or his friend Dixie Kong through 52 varying levels over eight different worlds. The main objective of the game is to rescue [[Donkey Kong (character)|Donkey Kong]] from King K. Rool. The game features a wide number of enemies, which include land-based reptilian Kremlings, rats, porcupines, bees, and vultures. Enemies in underwater sections include [[pufferfish]], stingrays, starfish, and piranhas. Each world culminates with a [[boss fight]], which is required to be defeated in order to progress to the next world. The player-characters can defeat most hostiles by jumping on them, [[cartwheel (gymnastics)|cartwheel]]ing through them, or throwing a barrel or other throwable objects at them. When hit by an enemy, the active character runs away and control will switch to the other character. The player can reclaim their partner from barrels marked DK. If both characters die, the player will lose a life and will restart from either the beginning of the level or from the last [[checkpoint (video gaming)|checkpoint]], which comes in the form of a star-painted barrel. If the player loses all of their lives, the game will end with a [[Game Over]].<ref name=GS>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-2-diddys-kong-quest-review/1900-6171662/ |access-date=1 January 2015 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |title=Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest review |last1=Provo |first1=Frank |date=27 May 2007 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123191820/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-2-diddys-kong-quest-review/1900-6171662/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=GBA>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-2-review/1900-6114593/ |access-date=1 January 2016 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=CBS Interactive |title=Donkey Kong Country 2 review (GBA) |last1=Provo |first1=Frank |date=7 December 2004 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125224621/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-2-review/1900-6114593/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Diddy and Dixie have unique attributes; Diddy is more agile and will run faster, whereas Dixie has a higher jump and can spin her hair in order to glide.<ref name=GBA/> The player can pick up the other character and throw them in any direction, similar to barrels. The game features "animal friends", which returns from its predecessor. Playable animals include Squitter the spider, Rambi the rhino, Rattly the snake, Enguarde the [[swordfish]] and Squawks the parrot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diddy's Kong Quest overview|url=http://uk.ign.com/games/donkey-kong-country-2/snes-6848|website=IGN|access-date=6 February 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603063327/http://www.ign.com/games/donkey-kong-country-2/snes-6848|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=manual/> These animals have unique abilities, such as Rambi's ability to charge at enemies, Squawks' ability of flight and spitting [[eggs]],<ref name=manual>{{cite book | year=1995 | title=Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest manual | publisher=[[Nintendo]] | url=http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_SNES/manual/Formated/Donkey_Kong_Country_2-_Diddy-s_Kong_Quest_-_1995_-_Nintendo.pdf | access-date=2016-02-06 | archive-date=2013-06-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614085226/http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_SNES/manual/Formated/Donkey_Kong_Country_2-_Diddy-s_Kong_Quest_-_1995_-_Nintendo.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> and Rattly's ability to jump to extreme heights.<ref name=GBA/>

The game features environmental effects throughout some levels, which include fog, rain, and thunderstorms. Some levels feature different [[game mechanics|mechanics]] and settings, such as underwater sections, riding a skull-shaped [[roller coaster]], grappling onto vines, and beehive levels which feature sticky honey-covered surfaces.<ref name=GS/><ref name=GBA/> The game features barrels that will propel the player in any direction they are facing.<ref name=jeff/> Aside from checkpoint barrels, some give the player temporary invincibility, an "animal friend", or shoot the player. Hidden bonus barrels, hidden entrances masked by breakable walls, and [[cannons]] activatible with [[cannonballs]] transport the player to a [[minigame|bonus game]], which features a challenge such as eliminating all enemies in order to earn a Kremcoin".<ref name=manual/> In addition, there are some barrels that can only be activated by a specific character.<ref name=GBA/><ref name=manual/> Players may earn extra lives by collecting balloons, earning 100 bananas or collecting four letters which spell "KONG".<ref name=GS/><ref name=jeff/>

The player can achieve a maximum completion score of 102% for their save file by completing all levels and bosses, completing all bonus challenges, collecting all DK coins within the Lost World and visiting each of the four Kong family members at least once.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.superluigibros.com/nintendo-power-81-donkeykong-country-tips|title=Donkey Kong Country 2 Top 10 tips to getting 102%. From Nintendo Power Vol. 81|website=www.superluigibros.com|access-date=2017-09-21|archive-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713120710/http://www.superluigibros.com/nintendo-power-81-donkeykong-country-tips|url-status=live}}</ref>

The game is Dixie Kong's first appearance in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise.<ref name=aaron>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-18-ca-25828-story.html|title=Donkey Sequel Not the King, but a Good Kong|last=Curtiss|first=Aaron|date=18 January 1996|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926124253/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-18-ca-25828-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other characters include [[List of Donkey Kong characters#Cranky Kong|Cranky Kong]], situated in "Monkey Museum", who is back due to "popular demand" to divulge secrets of the game world and provide comic relief, as well as offer advice.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |developer=Rareware |publisher=Nintendo |date=December 1995 |platform=Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Monkey Museum |quote='''Cranky Kong:''' Come in and say hello to your old grandpappy Cranky. I'm back by popular demand to offer you my wealth of gameplaying wisdom for this unnecessary sequel. O.K, which of these would you like?}}</ref> Wrinkly Kong, the wife of Cranky Kong and grandmother of Donkey Kong, makes her first appearance. She runs an educational facility called "Kong Kollege", where she gives guidance to the player.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |developer=Rareware |publisher=Nintendo |date=December 1995 |platform=Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Kong Kollege |quote='''Wrinkly Kong:''' Hello dearies, I'm Mrs. Wrinly Kong, Headmistress at Kong Kollege. I'm available to teach courses in how to play this game, or you can just pop in when you want and save your little old game.}}</ref> [[List of Donkey Kong characters#Swanky Kong|Swanky Kong]] runs a game show quiz where the player may complete quizzes and earn extra lives.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |developer=Rareware |publisher=Nintendo |date=December 1995 |platform=Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Swanky's Prizes |quote='''Swanky Kong:''' Give them a big hand folks! Good evening, I'm Swanky Kong and you're tonight's contestants on my Bonanza! It's easy to play! Just pick a game and you're away!}}</ref> Funky Kong offers an aeroplane that allows the players to switch between already completed worlds. Additionally, the player can meet a large Kremling called Klubba,<ref name=manual/> at Klubba's Kiosk, who demands fifteen Kremkoins from the characters if they want to travel to the Lost World and complete a secret level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donkey Kong Country 2 preview|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/3680/donkey-kong-country-2-game-boy-advance|publisher=Nintendo World Report|access-date=6 February 2016|date=21 April 2004|archive-date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002429/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/3680/donkey-kong-country-2-game-boy-advance|url-status=live}}</ref>