DK: King of Swing

DK: King of Swing is basically Clu Clu Land but with platforming instead of hidden pictures, and Donkey Kong characters instead of Bubbles. Notably, the latter is a secret playable character, albeit using her original sprites from the aforementioned game rather than being updated to this game's artstyle, making her look rather out-of-place next to all the DK stuff.

Prototype Info Prerelease Info

Unused Music#

Track 5
An ominous sounding version of the worldmap theme.

Track 19
A cheerful tune that would fit well with the ending scene, Jungle Jam ending or some kind of menu.

Track 31
A laid-back version of the track that is used in Contraption Cave, Madcap Mine, Kremling Kamp and Raging Ravine.

Bonus stage theme ending
This track only plays in bonus stages with a time limit of 50 seconds at the most. This leaves the part of the song that starts at around 0:47 mostly unheard in-game.

Unused Graphics#

Death Sprites#

Dixie Kong and Wrinkly Kong both have unique sprites for being KO'd. Because you can only run out of hearts in Adventure Mode, and Dixie and Wrinkly are only playable in Jungle Jam, these sprites are never seen under normal circumstances. The only way to see them is to force either character into Adventure Mode via hacking.

Hanging Flip-Flaps#

Flip-Flaps are only ever seen flying but there are unused sprites of them hanging from the ceiling.

Route Race Icon#

Found in all versions of the game. It's an icon with the text ルートレース (route race) above it. None of the Jungle Jam events use that name in the final Japanese version.

Climbing Race bars#

These unused bars were at some point used to show which player is winning in climbing race events. They can be seen in action at the end of the E3 2004 Trailer.

Test Levels#

You can access arbitrary levels by entering a level while using Codebreaker code 3300001B 00??, where "??" is the level ID.

Levels 5A, 5B, 5E, 5F, 6B, 6C, 6D, & 6F#

All of the level IDs listed above correspond with the same map.

• There's no player object, so the levels can't be played.
• There's no warp at the end.
• The pegs have climbing collision.
• The wall collisions only point up, allowing the player to pass through walls and the roof.

Level 5E differs from the others in that it has different objects. The level has all the objects of a bonus level outside the level boundaries. The bonus would've involved breaking 25 barrels within 60 seconds. Five of the barrels each contain 5 bananas, while the rest have a single banana. The warp at the end takes you to level 0x36 (first room of Kremling Kamp).

The layout of the objects is very similar to the bonus stage of Contraption Cave:

Level 5E	Contraption Cave Bonus

Level 59#

• Lots of spikes and moving pegs.
• Top half of the level is empty and inaccessible.
• Warp at the top takes you to the third room of K. Kruizer III Hull.
• Unlike the other test levels, the collisions have been done properly.

Level 5C#

A very tall level with lots of singular pegs.

• There's a banana at every peg.
• The background is glitchy in-game (uses data from other levels).
• Some jumps are impossible to pull off and only possible with Diddy Kong or when using the Banana powerup.
• There's a level end object at the top (not a warp).

Level 7F#

Can't be loaded in-game (picture is from editor, blue rectangles are objects).

• You can climb on the pegs.
• Collisions all point up, you can go through walls.
• There's a warp at the end that takes you to level 00 (tutorial).

Unused Objects#

To do: Document all known unused objects. Find out if there are more unused objects.

The ROM contains code for several unused objects. Most of them are slight variations of objects that appear in the game, such as palette swaps of pegboards.

Controllable Pegboard#

This object is a pegboard with 4 blue grabbable pegs on it that glow when the player is holding onto them. If the player grabs onto any two of the pegs, the pegboard will start moving slowly towards the direction the player is facing in. If the player is not on the pegboard for a while, it will teleport back to its initial position.

Unused Object Behaviour#

Each object placed in a map has a 4-byte parameter value which can alter the behavior of the object. Some objects have behaviors which are never used in the game.

Falling Peg Spawner#

Normally in Lockjaw Falls the pegs spawn indefinitely, but it's possible to specify how long pegs are spawned for. The spawner can also be activated with a trigger, but this is not technically unused since the spawners in Lockjaw Falls are activated by an invisible trigger.

Conveyor#

Normally the conveyor objects run non-stop but they have start and stop intervals which can be used to have the conveyors turn on and off periodically.

Cannon shot patterns#

Normally the cannons shoot at a steady rate but there are unused shot patterns for shooting in bursts of 3 and 5 shots. This applies to both the cannons in the last world and the peg cannons in Ship of Souls.

Bomb fuse#

The bomb's parameter controls how long it takes before the bomb explodes after it's grabbed. If set to 0 the bomb will not explode on its own and will instead explode on impact with something solid. The bomb does not explode on impact with enemies or the player.

Player#

The player always starts the level walking to the right or attacking up in Treacherous Twister. But the player can also be made to start the level standing still, falling, walking right or attacking a different direction.

Unused Bonus Return Spot#

There's a bonus return spot at the very end of Necky's Canyon 3, but it's unused as there's no bonus stage in Necky's Canyon. The bonus return spot would've started the player attacking upwards.

Unused Text#

Present at 0x6CD09C in the ROM are some Link Cable-related strings.

  CHILD SEARCHING
  PARENT SEARCHING
 CONNECTING TO PARENT
  SENDING MY NAME
  DECITION WAITING
 SEARCH PARAM ERROR
PRESS (A) TO START  
PRESS (A) TO CONNECT
DATA RECIEVE FAILED
UNI DATA SET ERROR!!

Password Screen#

Press Up + L + B + A on the title screen.

Entering the below passwords will unlock secret (and otherwise-unused) Jungle Jam events:

• 35805225 - Obstacle Race 4
• 55860327 - Climbing Race 5
• 65942922 - Attack Battle 3

Medals earned in the above events don't count towards the completion percentage, but do count towards unlocking characters.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan	International	China