Level
Reckless Ride
Level code	5-2
World	Juicy Jungle
Game	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Music track	Swing Juice
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Reckless Ride is the second level inJuicy Jungle, the fifth island ofDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switchport of the same name. It is the third level in the game to use theRocket Barrel.

Once again, "Mine Menace" is utilized as background music throughout the Rocket Barrel segment, albeit this time with a more techno-inspired remix.

InTime Attack mode, a time of 2:26.00 is required to get a gold medal, a time of 2:27.00 for silver, and a time of 2:28.00 for bronze.

Overview[edit]

TheKongs land right next to theRocket Barrel, which is ridden for most of the level. Starting the rocket,Donkey Kong will have to weave around some rolling berries and suspended fruit. The camera shifts to a perspective view as the player must continue dodging incoming fruit.Pengatcha 1-gō appears, stretching and spinning its claws and then launchingSoaries at the rocket. The robot gets out of the way, but some other enemies appear, followed byProfessor Chops and his checkpoint booth.

As the camera shifts back to its regular angle, the Kongs enter a building, where the Tucks and its machine return, trying to crush them with its claws again, but now launching giant Soaries, just before leaving as another checkpoint comes into play. The camera once again switches angles. The rocket enters a long corridor where fruit is chopped by sharp blades and spiky compactors. The robot reappears, breaking some poles, which tumble onto the way as obstacles. Leaving the building, the robot causes infinite amounts of fruit to flow through the narrow passage. After a few more attacks, the robot hits a wall, causing it to malfunction, fall and get stuck on a platform after Tucks gets ejected (he is then eaten by aChompasaurus in the background). The Kongs fall off the Rocket Barrel onto the platform, where they can hit theSlot Machine Barrel to complete the level.

Collectibles[edit]

KONG Letters[edit]

• K: After the camera switches angles for the first time, the letter K can be spotted under a bridge.
• O: During Pengatcha 1-gō's first comeback, it will knock down a pipe, which the Kongs must dodge to collect the letter O.
• N: The letter N is located between two spiked compactors.
• G: As the robot appears for the third time, it will knock down a booth, breaking it. The letter G will be under it.

Puzzle Pieces[edit]

1. At the start of the level, Donkey Kong must head backward to find a secret room. Collecting everybanana in there reveals aPuzzle Piece.
2. If the player manages to collect the whole trail of bananas above a pile of giant fruit, the Puzzle Piece will then appear under a pipe.
3. Just like the second Puzzle Piece, Donkey Kong must collect a line of bananas among theTufftons andHareys just before the first checkpoint booth in order to reveal the third Puzzle Piece.
4. After the vertical slicers corridor, there is a fruit ring with aBanana Bunch in the middle of it. If the player collects this bunch, the Puzzle Piece will appear in the middle of a second ring.
5. At the end of the level, there is aBarrel Cannon inside Pengatcha 1-gō, and DK is able to get to it with the help of a partner or a well-timed roll jump. The barrel will launch them to another bonus area, where they are challenged to collect every banana to receive the last Puzzle Piece.

Enemies[edit]

• Speedy Tucks
• Soaries
• Hareys
• Tufftons
• Chompasaurus (background)

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

• Jungles
• Food areas
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze levels

• Articles with unsourced foreign names