Monkey Mines

Monkey Mines
General information
Located	Kong Island
Levels	6 (5 regular, 1 boss level)
Appearances
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) (2003)
Navigation
Previous	Kongo Jungle
Next	Vine Valley

Monkey Mines is the second world in Donkey Kong Country. It is a rocky area consisting of several caves and mining areas. Money Mines also has a Mine Cart area and a temple. Monkey Mines is accessed after clearing Kongo Jungle, and clearing Monkey Mines allows Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to access Vine Valley.

Despite the name, these mines form part of the Kremling Krew mining network all over the mountain in order to look for ore until they are abandoned.

In Donkey Kong Country Returns, the third world, Ruins, has a similar theme to Monkey Mines. Kynan Pearson suggested that he approved the idea of the two being the same location.

Overview

Here the pair met Winky for the first time, rode the curves in a mine cart, watching out for the Rock Krocs, passed the Gnawties riding the millstones and had the battle against Master Necky to retrieve the second banana.

Levels

Image	Level	Description	Enemies	Animal Friends
	Winky's Walkway	This is the stage where Winky makes his first appearance and was filled with Black Drums where it summoned Gnawties. It has an entirely different layout in the Game Boy Color version. Bonus 1: In vertical bananas where a Necky flies horizontally.	Kritters Necky Gnawty Zinger	Winky
	Mine Cart Carnage	The duo travels in a Mine Cart, and have travel across pits and jump over any tipped Mine Carts and Krashes along the way	Kritter	None
	Bouncy Bonanza	The duo have bounce from several Tires. Winky makes another appearance. Bonus 1: On wall behind the two Zingers where you have to break it with a barrel. Bonus 2: In a tunnel where a platform that vertically moves is located. Bonus 3: In an automatic barrel cannon located above.	Kritter Zinger	Winky
	Stop & Go Station	This level is infested by Rockkrocs which are the tricky obstacles here. So the duo must activate the Stop and Go Barrels leaving red lights and pass the Rockkrocs before turning green. This is also where Klaptraps first appear. Bonus 1: On a wall below where a Rockkroc is surrounded. Bonus 2: In a vertical row of 3 bananas where you must use a tire.	Klaptrap Rock Kroc	None
	Millstone Mayhem	In a dilapidated temple behind the mining site, here were several red Gnawties driving the millstones in vertical and horizontal directions. Bonus 1: Located above the start of the level. Bonus 2: In an automatic barrel cannon above the 3rd Gnawty driving the millstone. Bonus 3: On the wall below on the 5th Gnawty driving the millstone.	Krusha Gnawty Slippa Necky Zinger	Winky
	Boss level: Necky's Nuts	In this battle, the duo must dodge the coconuts that Master Necky spits and then jump from a tire to bounce onto Master Necky's head.	None	None

Profiles

Donkey Kong Country

• instruction booklet (page 23): The vast mines of Donkey Kong Country have been stripped of any ore they may have once contained. All the tools of the miners remain, however, from mine carts to rickety scaffolding. There are special barrels that turn the lights on and off, and risky mine elevators full of slag. Without a hard hat, mine exploration is not recommended, but Klump is not about to give up his!
• Prima Official Game Guide (page 40): This sprawling system consists of mainly cave levels, finishing with a romp through a temple. All levels contain a Warp (the final series of levels to do so) and feature your first taste of a real challenge. You need pinpoint accuracy to complete the Mine Cart Carnage stage, quick and brave running to avoid the deadly RockKrocs in Stop & Go Station, and some cheeky leaping to dodge the Millstones of Millstone Mayhem. Finally, the differently colored versions of creatures you previously faced have the same attack pattern, but different timing.

Gallery

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  Donkey Kong Country

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  Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color) map

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  Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) map