Most of the puzzles are simple and involve rearranging items, manipulating switches and tiles, or matching items as in the game Concentration. Minigames include races, minecart rides, and barrels that shoot the characters as projectiles. There are five such golden banana-rewarding objectives for each of five playable characters across seven themed worlds200 goals in total, in addition to a connecting overworld. The worlds' themes include underwater, forest, jungle, and industry. Unlike prior Donkey Kong games, the objectives can be completed in any order. The player can fast travel between sections of the level with designated warp pads and can swap between characters in designated swap barrels. The player collects banana coins, which can be spent to unlock new weapons and abilities, and other collectibles such as weapon ammunition and blueprint puzzle pieces. As in other Rare games, the player often encounters an impasse such as an indestructible object or out-of-reach area, and must acquire a new ability with which to eventually backtrack and resolve it.
most of the puzzles are simple and involve rearranging items manipulating switches and tiles or matching items as in the game concentration minigames include races minecart rides and barrels that shoot the characters as projectiles there are five such golden banana-rewarding objectives for each of five playable characters across seven themed worlds200 goals in total in addition to a connecting overworld the worlds' themes include underwater forest jungle and industry unlike prior donkey kong games the objectives can be completed in any order the player can fast travel between sections of the level with designated warp pads and can swap between characters in designated swap barrels the player collects banana coins which can be spent to unlock new weapons and abilities and other collectibles such as weapon ammunition and blueprint puzzle pieces as in other rare games the player often encounters an impasse such as an indestructible object or out-of-reach area and must acquire a new ability with which to eventually backtrack and resolve it