Donkey Kong Country 2

A Donkey Kong Country 2 randomizer for Archipelago.

Latest release: v3.1.2

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Features

Donkey Kong Country 2 in Archipelago allows players to go through the DK isle with new features and Quality of Life changes that aim to make your journey quite enjoyable! All of the features present are:

  • Open world
  • Random starting world
  • Level shuffle
  • Ability & item shuffle
  • A lot of locations, some are very hidden!
  • Different logic difficulty levels
  • Several unique traps
  • EnergyLink and TrapLink support
  • Universal tracker support
  • ROM-less generation

There are several quality of life changes as well traps to keep players engaged, those are further disclosed on their respective sections.

Quality of Life

There are a few Quality of Life additions for this game. The original game is quite hard, so they're very welcome especially for new users trying out this randomizer!

  • Backup DK Barrels: There are items with this name that allows players to summon one DK Barrel at any point with L or R. If they have the maximum amount of Kongs on screen, an extra hit will be granted which allows players to tank one hit without losing a Kong. A [K] letter will be drawn on the bottom left corner to indicate that an extra hit is active.
  • KONG letters always saved: The letters are now persistent between levels and are saved upon getting them, allowing for some Out of Logic scenarios in all logic settings.
  • Goal always visible on map: A label is displayed inside worlds that indicate how many level clears are required to visit the world's boss.
  • Farmable Backup DK Barrels: By pressing SELECT during the map gameplay, players can decide what happens when obtaining an 1-Up from any source. This is indicated by a DIDDY/DIXIE icon on the botton right corner of the screen.
    • DIDDY: Gain extra lives.
    • DIXIE: Gain extra barrels.
  • Non-RNG goals: Goals at the end of certain levels have RNG rewards in the original game, sometimes a G letter or a DK Coin. A setting inside the Manager is added so players can toggle this feature.

Locations

DKC2 in Archipelago has quite a few added locations, some can be a bit tricky.

  • Level Clears: Beat a level, get a check. Simple.
  • Bonus Rooms: Find a bonus room, get a check. It's not necessary to actually get the reward from the bonus room.
  • KONG: Collect all four KONG letters to get a check. Can be toggled.
  • DK Coin: Collect the hidden DK Coin in levels. Can be toggled.
  • Banana Coins: Collect a banana coin to get a check. Can be toggled.
  • Balloons: Collect a colored balloon to get a check. Can be toggled.
  • Banana Bunches: Collect banana bunches to get a check. Can be toggled.
  • Swanky: Answer trivia questions correctly to get a check. Can be toggled.

Goal

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Traps

DKC2 has quite a few traps that players can receive during a session. They may be a bit janky.

Freeze Trap

Freezes the player and they have to mash out of the ice.

Reverse Trap

Reverses the player's controls.

Honey Trap

Makes the ground sticky.

Ice Trap

Makes the ground slippery.

TNT Barrel Trap

Spawns an active TNT barrel on top of the player.

Linked features

DKC2 has support for a few linked features that allows players to interact in a interesting ways with other players.

Whenever players with EnergyLink active collect a banana, they will deposit a fraction of it in a shared Banana bank which gets converted to EnergyLink power (in bananas). DKC2 players with EnergyLink active can spend EnergyLink Bananas to purchase Backup DK Barrels which then they can use at any time in game.

Players can make use of the /request NUMBER command in SNI Client to request Backup DK Barrels.

Any time a player dies, everyone dies! Can be highly chaotic.

Whenever players get hurt, send damage signals to others. May be very chaotic with some game variety.

Damage source Damage points
Lose a Kong 80
Lose extra hit 80
Lose an animal 80

Shared traps across slots! TrapLink players will send their traps once activated and will receive equivalent ones as well from other slots. Can be highly chaotic in big sessions!