Hints:

Banana Fairy Bonuses:
     When  you  catch a certian number of banana fairies, you will get
bonuses in the mystery mode option on the main menu.

2 fairys= DK theater; watch the cinematic sequences all over again.
6 fairys= Bonus levels
10 fairies= Battle the Bosses
15 fairys= Activate a bonus character in kong battle
20 fairys= Cheat menu, unlimited crystal coconuts, homing ammo, and
banana coins.

     Remember  to  go see the fairy queen when you rescue them all for
another surprise.

Refill health:
     To  refill  your  health  jump  in  a  Tag  Barrel to change your
character when you come out your health will be full.

Get Camera:
     use  Tiny  and shrink to go into the stone building shaped like a
fairy to get the camera to be able to photograph the fairies

Get unlimited life:
     Die  with  your  first  life, while the game is loading, probably
like  5  sec, press A, keep pressing it until the game starts and then
you will see that you have unlimited life.

Extra Levels:
     Get  40  blueprints  and  take  them  to Snide to get 8 new bonus
levels  -  Batty  Barrel Bash, Beaver Bother, Big Bug Bash, Krazy Kong
Klamor,  Kremling  Kosh,  Peril  Path  Panic,  Searchlight  Seek,  and
Teetering Turtle Trouble

Free Watermelons!:
     If  you're  running  low on watermelons, and there are no enemies
around  you,  all  you  need  to  do is: 1. Go into a barrel where you
choose your character. 2. Choose the same character, and when you come
out, your life will be refilled!

Play Original Donkey Kong:
     In  the  Frantic Factory area use the Gorilla grab to operate the
lever  and  play the original Donkey Kong. Finish 4 stages then 1 more
to  get  the Nintendo coin. Now photograph 6 fairies to get the Donkey
Kong option on the Mystery Menu

Get Jetpack:
     Get  15 banana medals and visit Cranky and play the jetpack game.
Obtain  a  scoreof  at  least 5,000 to get the coin. Now photograph at
least 6 fairies to get the jetpack in the Mystery Menu

DK Theater:
     Find  and  photograph two fairies to unlock the DK Theater option
at  the "Mystery Menu". This option allows all the animation sequences
to be viewed.

DK Bonus stages:
     Find and photograph six fairies, then locate Rambi the rhino, and
Enguarde the swordfish to unlock their bonus stages.

Boss battle:
     Find  and photograph ten fairies to unlock the Boss Battle option
at  the  "Mystery  Menu".  This  allows any Boss that already has been
defeated to be fought again.

Krusha In multi-player:
     Find  and  photograph  fifteen  fairies  to  unlock the Krusha In
Multi-Player option at the "Mystery Menu".

Cheat Mode:
     Find  and  photograph all twenty fairies to unlock the Cheat Mode
option  at the "Mystery Menu". This allows unlimited items during game
play.

Bonus levels:
     Find  and  collect  forty  Blueprints  and bring them to Snide to
unlock  eight  bonus levels (Batty Barrel Bash, Beaver Bother, Big Bug
Bash,  Krazy Kong Klamor, Kremling Kosh, Peril Path Panic, Searchlight
Seek, and Teetering Turtle Trouble).

Multi-player mode:
     Go  to  the  first level in adventure mode, where you find Diddy.
Locate the big pad with King K. Rool's face in front of Funky's Place.
Stand  on  the  pad  and press Z. You will be transported to a "battle
arena", where you must defeat a group of small enemies. Once the timer
runs  out,  you  will  receive  a  crown  and have ability to play two
multi-player  games  --  a  third-person  death match-like game, and a
multi-player version of the Battle Arena.

K. Rool doors:
     There  are  some  doors  that  have pictures of items in the last
level to get to K. Rool. To past them, you need those items. The first
door  has  a  picture  of  four  Battle Crowns and the next door has a
picture  of  the  Rareware  and  Nintendo coins. You cannot ignore the
Donkey  Kong and Jetpac games. They must be completed to get the coins
to open that door.

Kasplut colors:
     Look  at the hair color of a Kasplut when one is encountered. The
color  will  reveal  what  color  Blueprint  he is holding. Green hair
indicates  a  green Blueprint). If the Kasplut has white hair, then he
does not have anything

Hidden bonus barrel locations:

DK Island
     Select  Diddy  and  go  to  the  entrance  of Fungi Forest. Go in
Diddy's  Barrel  and get his jetpack. Fly to Donkey Kong's head and go
to  the  end  of  his hair curl. You have to get very close to see the
barrel.  The  bonus  level  is where you help the fairies get past the
crooks.

Fungi Forest
     Select  Lankey  and  climb  to the top of the huge 1000 feet tall
mushroom.  Use  Lankey's Hand Stand (hold Z and press Attack). Walk to
the  top  of  the  head and stomp on the button. You now only have ten
seconds  to  find  one  of  the  two doors that opened. A hidden bonus
barrel is inside one of the doors.

201st Banana:
     Collect  all 200 known Bananas so that Donkey Kong gets his hoard
back. After collecting all 20 Banana Fairies, a message requesting you
to  visit the Head Fairy will appear. You must have Tiny to visit her.
She will show you the way to the 201st Banana.

Alternate costumes in multi-player mode:
     Press  Analog-stick  Up or Down after selecting a character. This
is  in  the  instruction manual, but may be useful to gamers that have
rented the game.

Swim faster:
     When swimming above water, hold B to swim faster

Front flip as Diddy Kong:
     Press A, then quickly press A again to make Diddy Kong do a Front
Flip.

Long jump as Donkey Kong:
     Press B to do the jump-kick move, then press A while still in the
air. When he is high as possible press B again for the air attack

Rainbow Coins:
     Locate  the dirt mounds marked with "DK" scattered throughout the
game.  Stand  on  top  of  a  mound,  then hold B to attack and send a
shockwave  to destroy the mound. A large Rainbow Coin will appear that
results in five Banana Bunch Coins for each Kong.

Reload ammunition without crates:
     Go  to Funky to fill your fruit guns without using the ammunition
crates.

Restore musical instrument energy:
     Another  way to restore your musical instrument's energy is to go
to Candy instead of going through her headphones.

Quicker movement:
     Some  ways  of moving are faster than others. You can roll around
by  running while holding Z and pressing B. You can also long jump, by
running while holding Z and pressing A.

Shockwave attack:
     After  the  camera  is collected, hold B for a few seconds as any
character. Release the button for the shockwave.

Diddy's double somersault:
     While  using  Diddy  you  can  stand  in one spot and do a double
somersault. Just stop and stand where you are and then rapidly tap the
A  button  until he executes this move. It can surely come in handy at
times helping you reach seemingly unreachable areas..

Donkey Kong's Special Moves:
     Receive the following numbers of coins to receive these moves:

3 coins - Simian Slam
3 coins - Baboon Blast (Press Z to use the Donkey Kong Launch Pad)
7 coins - Gorilla Grab (press B to activate levers)
5 coins - Strong Kong (press Z+left C to deactivate)
7 coins - Super Duper Simian Slam (Super strong version of the Simian
Slam. Allows greater shockwave distance and power) 

Coin Door Fairies:
     Go  to the Rare/Nintendo Coin Door near the end of the game. Look
through  the  window  to find two Fairies. They do not move as much if
you keep the door shut.

Aerial Cartwheel attack:
     Press B quickly followed by A when playing as Diddy Kong

Stage exit glitch:
     Go near Funky's Hut in Jungle Japes as Diddy. Walk to your right.
Stand on the flower. Face the side of the cliff. Press Z + B to do the
Chimpy  Charge.  You  should  wind up in a green area. If you have not
fallen  off  screen  yet,  walk  around.  You should fall into the tag
barrel in the stage lobby.

Get inside of a platform glitch:
     Play  as  Chunky  Kong  in the Frantic Factory level. Go into the
testing  level  of the place. Find where there are three yellow Banana
Coins (Donkey Kong's) on a stairway. Face the stairway, then go to the
left and you should see a block that has a rising part out of it. Jump
onto  the  rising  part then jump into the little crevice in the wall.
Jump  out  of the crevice towards the edge of the barred platform (the
upper level of where the yellow Banana Coins were). When you are right
at  the  edge, do Chunky's aerial somersault towards the edge. If done
correctly, you should be inside of the platform and still able to move
around.  To  get  out,  simply  jump  or  move  over to the top of the
stairway.

Discolored banana glitch:
     When  you  are  in  a  Troff  n' Scoff room with Diddy, go to the
bottom  of  the  screen  where it shows how many bananas each Kong has
given.  Stand  on  one  of the pads and wait until the number appears.
Then,  before the number disappears, run as fast as you can to another
pad. Everything should appear as usual except the color of the banana,
which will turn to the color of the Kong's pad that you were just on.

Listen to music:
     Listen to Diddy's Tiny's, and Lankey's Music whenever you want to
and  in  a different tune too: Just jump into a tag barrel and look at
Tiny, Diddy, or Lankey. But don't choose the kong. Listen to the music
and you will hear their instrument in a different tune.

Floor Glitch:
     Go  to  Crystal Caves with Donkey Kong, go to the #2 warp (if you
haven't  gone  through  the  waterfall, go through it and climb up the
rock "steps" to get to where I mean) and look around. You should see a
lone,  elevated  cabin  that has a musical pad in front of it. Play on
it, go inside, and you will see two switches on the ground in front of
you. Pound the one on the left, and you will see the cabin tilt. Next,
pound the yellow pads. This will start a timer. Then, pound either the
blue  or  red  pad.  Finally,  pound the switch, and while the cabin's
tilting,  push  the  Controller  Stick  over  to  the  right as far as
possible.  If you do it right, you will see the cabin continue turning
as  Donkey  runs  onto the cabin floor and fall through it to a lit up
space below!

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Fairy locations:

Crystal Caves Fairies:
     Go  to  the  cabins that are to the left of Candy. Go to the very
top  one  and  play Diddy's Guitar Gazump. Defeat the two enemies with
spiked  mallets and use Diddy's Simian Spring to get into the jetpack.
Fly  up  and collect all the bananas that are on top of the candles. A
Banana Fairy will appear.

     Play as Tiny Kong and enter the igloo. Defeat the moving circular
bulls-eye  platform,  get  the  Golden Banana, and a Banana Fairy will
appear.

     Play as Tiny Kong and enter the igloo. Use saxophone slam to open
the  gate,  and  hit the pad to activate the timer. Hit it three times
and you will receive a banana, and a Banana Fairy will appear.

DK. Isles Fairy:
     Play  as Tiny and go to the Fungi Forest house. As soon as enter,
go  to  your  left  until reaching the end of the room. Press C-Up and
look  to  the  left to see Tiny's feather switch. Shoot it to reveal a
Fairy in the small room.

Frantic Factory Banana Fairies:
     There is another Banana Fairy located in the room with the moving
dice/domino  enemies  where  the  elevator  blocks  are located. It is
located  where  Donkey  Kong  plays  the  number game, just around the
corner before you enter the room.

     Go  to  the lobby of Frantic Factory as Chunky and break open the
box that is on the right side.

     Go to the testing room and go left and jump up on the middle box.
It  will  shoot  you upwards. Then, walk in the tube thing and turn to
find a Banana Fairy.

Fungi Forest Fairies:
     Go  through  the  blue  door  in Fungi Forest as Diddy (or change
there) at nighttime. Then, turn right and enter the medium sized barn.
Go  to  your  left and jump up the boxes. You should now be over a pad
with  Diddy's  face on it. Hold Z and you should now be in a dark room
with a music pad in front of Diddy. Play his guitar. The parrot should
have  brought  a  light. Walk carefully across the beams to the Golden
banana.  After  you  collect  the Golden banana a fairy would come out
behind you.

     Play  as  Donkey  Kong  at  night.  Go  to the area with the barn
surrounded by water. Find the spot near that location where the screen
is  filled  with trees with thorns. You should then see a house (where
you  go  to  play Minecart Mayhem with Donkey Kong). Go to the left of
the  house and jump in Donkey's barrel (with his face on it) to become
invincible.  Go  to  the  back  of  the house and press the switch. Go
through  the door that opened. Walk forward and climb up the ladder to
the  right.  Walk  on the platform until you see a box with a question
mark on it. Go on top of it and press A, then Z to do a slam to reveal
a Fairy.

Gloomy Galleon Banana Fairy:
     Get  Tiny  Kong  and  go  to  the cactus near Funky's shop. Go on
Tiny's  music  pad  and  play her saxophone. Then, race the time to go
into  the  bars  that  opened. When you enter, go to your right in the
main room. The Banana Fairy would be on your right in a cage.