Aqua World
Game	DK: King of Swing
Number of levels	5
World progression ← Previous Wild West World Next → Ice World DK: King of Swing worlds

Aqua World is the water-themed and third world ofDK: King of Swing. It is accessible afterWild West World is completed, and is followed byIce World. The Aqua World has a variety of landmarks, a fraction of which are water-themed. The first level and the boss fight take place underwater, while the second level is set by a waterfall withLockjaws that jump out at anyone. The northeastern part of Aqua World has a derelict, haunted galleon. TheKremlings also have a base on a small island. A few objects first appear in this world, such as fallingpegs,Spinning Pegs, cannons that fire out pegs, and pegs that only appear when the Kong holds onto another one around them. Aqua World features both land and underwater enemies. The land enemies includeKritters,Flipflaps,ghosts, andZingers, while the underwater ones includeShuris andLockjaws.

TheBeach world fromDonkey Kong Country Returns is thematically similar and has been suggested to be the same location.^[1]

Levels[edit]

Aqua World has four regular levels, and each one has their ownmedal. The first two levels have a bronze one, the next two have a silver one, and the boss battle has a gold medal, just like the other worlds. ACrystal Coconut is hidden in every level except for the boss fight.

Name	Description	Medal
Risky Reef	This level takes place in a coral reef.Lockjaw andShuri enemies are encountered here for the first time.Donkey Kong will be affected by the weight of moving underwater as he has to climb his away out of the reef. He must also break theQuestion Barrels to progress in the stage. These barrels, when destroyed, will make pegs appear for DK to climb.	Bronze
Lockjaw Falls	This level has Donkey Kong climbing up a waterfall as Lockjaw jump out of it. Some of the pegs used to climb the waterfall are being dragged downward by the waterfall itself in a part of the stage.	Bronze
Kremling Kamp	The Kremling Kamp is a small establishment put together byKremlings that DK must overcome. He will find multiple Kritter in the area, as well as the Question Barrels seen previously in Risky Reef. This level has plenty oftires that can bounce Donkey Kong away and off course.	Silver
Ship of Souls	Ship of Souls takes place in the interior of a sunken, haunted ship. Donkey Kong will have to climb on pegs being launched out of a cannon, defeat ghosts, and utilize a unique type of peg that makes other pegs around it appear in order to complete the stage.	Silver
Davy Bones' Locker	In this boss level, Donkey Kong will face off withDavy Bones in his water lair. Davy Bones will try to lunge at DK, and after he dodges, he can grab its tail and slam it into somespikes to damage it. Bones will do the same attack pattern throughout the fight.	Gold

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Aquatic areas
• Donkey Kong Island
• DK: King of Swing worlds

• Articles with unsourced foreign names