Level
Lift-off Launch
Level code	7-R
World	Factory
Game	Donkey Kong Country Returns (3D/HD)
Music track	Factory Friction Mole Patrol
Level progression ← Previous Music Madness Next → Feather Fiend Donkey Kong Country Returns levels

Lift-off Launch is the fifty-fourth level inDonkey Kong Country Returns and itsNintendo 3DS andNintendo Switch ports, as well as the eighth and final regular level in theFactory world.

This level is unique compared to other levels in theDonkey Kong Country series, as it lacks many components from other levels, being theK-O-N-G Letters,Puzzle Pieces, Time Attack, and the Mirror Mode variant. The main feature of the level is aRocket Barrel that rides vertically instead of horizontally. Additionally, it is the shortest level in the game and can only be accessed ifDonkey orDiddy Kong find the three hidden switches inCog Jog,Switcheroo, andMusic Madness. Similar to other factory levels, it begins in a factory, where the Kongs must enter a large rocket. To the right of the rocket, aLightbulb can be found, and it can be blown to get a collectible. A Rocket Barrel is entered when the Kong's enter the rocket, which they launch out of into the skies.

When the Kongs begin riding, they rise above the trees and head towards a trail of bananas and anExtra Life Balloon. As they progress higher, the sky becomes darker, and they ascend through a narrow passageway of factory walls. Floating ships full ofTikis are just ahead of here and act as obstacles. After the primates dodge the ships for some time, one of the ships begins to drop many bananas. When they pass this ship, they rise slightly higher until reaching the next level,Feather Fiend, which is up near the entrance to theVolcano.

Items[edit]

Image	Name	Count
	Banana Coin	1
	Extra Life Balloon	1

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Notes[edit]

• The girders and ladders in the background near the beginning of the level resemble those of the originalDonkey Kong.
• The iron structure in the beginning of this level resembles aDark Aether portal fromMetroid Prime 2: Echoes, a game also made byRetro Studios.
• The starting area of this level reappears inFrozen Frenzy inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, except it lacks the rocket and is more expanded.

• Sky areas
• Donkey Kong Country Returns levels

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