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So, funny enough, I actually did find #1 on my own. It bothered me that on the right hand side of the room is a wall with an arrow sign above it. But usually in this level the arrow is above a door to exit. But there was no exit. I tried to bring DK barrels into the first bonus room and it failed. Eventually after multiple tries I got the barrel - but as the video said, the bonus room ended after I threw it. It took FOREVER to figure out I had to jump into the wall with the barrel instead. I blame Kirby's Adventure for my obsessiveness to find hidden doors. So many of them in the NES game were just RANDOMLY in the sky somewhere.

Although it's not a secret room, the two blue balloons at the end of Jungle Hinjinx in DCK 1 is probably worth mentioning. Most websites and even the original players guide didn't mention this.

I'd like to add the DK coin (and also "N" letter) in *Chain Link Chamber* for DKC2, which requires you to jump into an invisible gap in the wall that has barely any indication, all whilst trying to climb up two ropes and SIMULTANEOUSLY avoid two Kannons firing down upon you, which itself houses another secret.

5:20 Finally someone who shows Diddy's boom box dance; most people seem to insist on showing Dixie's guitar solo instead, but I found Diddy's dance much funnier.

DKC3 had some pretty interesting secrets to find. I enjoyed collecting items in that game and finding secret passages.

DK1 is insane! Bonus level inside bonus level...

The last bonus I needed to 102% DKC2 was the Rambi charge secret at the end of the big bee chase. I didn't have a problem with any other of the DKC2 secrets, but DKC1 has some absurd ones. Especially because DKC1 doesn't make it obvious how important the secrets are for completion.

I actually found number 5 (both of the bonus's) on my first playthrough. i was like im gonna just goof around and ride on top of the roof of the bonus stage and when i saw the screen go black i was like "Really rare?, You just put another bonus on top of a bonus?!"

Loving it. One thing that would make this even a lot more better would be to have your voice quite a bit louder and the music quieter.

very good video, but please lower the music and raise the mic ;)

How did anyone know about #1 without checking the games code? Dumb secret.

My dad had the games as a kid - he told me he did find the secret in Tanked-Up Trouble by accident, but then failed the Secret Room and got mad

White Pointer top 10s are the best kind of top 10s

do you know that if you just suck at tanked up trouble and miss the first tank boost that your platform bottoms out and drops you into the bonus? most difficult find for skill players but easiest for newbies

Love this list! The only one I knew about was the DK coin in the mins level in DKC2.

Awesome video, I enjoyed a lot the DKC 1 jingle to announce each one of the top ten

you're not supposed to just jump off the moving platform in tanked up trouble to get to the bonus. It's not there randomly, if you dodge the fuel barrel the platform will stop and fall just above the bonus, so its a clever bonus rewarded if you're curious enough to skip the gimmick. I found it on my first playthrough accidentally because I wanted to try that

Wasn't there a glitch in Screech's Sprint where you fly over Screech and are able to do the level at your own pace?

I really doubt ANYONE ever found the #1 legit. I don't remember how I did 101% back in the day but I'm pretty sure I had to look for that one in a guide of some sort. You can have a bad jump and get a banana by mistake, but not THREE bananas. You have to be specifically aiming for 3 bananas and why the hell would anyone want the worst prize?

Tanked up Trouble is by far one of the top 5 worst levels of DKC: Snow Barrel Blast, Blackout Basement, Slipslide Ride, and Trick Track Trek being the other bad levels.

I didn't think elevator antics was all that hard, because if you think like a kid, kids are going to be wondering if there's something up there, which I did, but tanked up trouble is ridiculous. Unless you're jumping off every moving tank into every cliff, you will never ever find this secret. I spent so much time trying to find this secret till having no other option out of desperation to call a game tip line. This was pre internet. The only way to find secrets back then was to know the right people, call a game tip line or be lucky enough to have nintendo power. Curse you programmers for making a secret this cryptic.

I did manage to find all DK coins and bonus rooms in DKC2 on my own...well, with Cranky’s help. (I found the second bonus room in Haunted Hall based on his “Where there is one, there may be two”, so I decided to hop above the first bonus room.) I noticed that overthinking what Cranky said was very useful. The hardest secret was the DK coin in Kannon’s Klaim: I found it by overthinking Cranky’s “Right is right, right at the start”. I knew that led to a bonus room, but I decided to try it in the bonus room. I do admit, when I replayed the game as a 30-something, I did have to look up a DK coin in K Rool’s Keep. But, on my first run as a preteen in the 90’s, I found everything without Nintendo Power or the Internet. (If I ever do a play through, I will recommend overthinking Cranky Kong.)

You forgot to mention one particular hidden bonus. The 1st bonus in Mine Cart Madness has a hidden off-screen bonus barrel just after the rope. When jumping from the rope to the mine cart, there are bananas lined up on the track, but notice there's a gap of bananas missing. That's where the unseen bonus barrel is hiding. Just simply jump there. Such a dirty secret to hide the bonus there.

Maybe its just me, but most of the secrets in the Game Boy game, Donkey Kong Land 2 are really well hidden and hard to find. More so than in any other game in the DKC or DKL games.

I don't remember having any problem finding all the secrets except #1. I never found it as a child. Only a few years later I started the game from the beginning knowing I couldn't find all the secrets in this level and probably because I was bored as hell knowing I have tried everything I went for the one banana and bang. I was hitting my head with the controller thinking of all the time spent randomly jumping to nowhere trying to find the secret and never going through a bonus level I already discovered

18:55 I didn't know about this one and I got the game on launch

funny enough I did actually find 11:32 #8 and #5 on my first playthroughs

All 3 incredible

I still recall being able to go into the cave above Milestone Mayhem, but is that an actual secret or a case of the Mandella effect

17:01 I found this secret by accident by falling off there when I was like 4-5 years old (I was a bad player ok xD)

I did a 101% about a year ago and I couldn't find those last 2. Yeah bonus in a bonus and leaps of faith my donkey tail....

Yeah, actually I knew about that room and number eight. I’m pretty sure everybody does.

17:10 As I watch this video, Amelia Watson LITERALLY just found this secret on her own.

your voice is too quiet and the music too loud. that makes it hard to follow. esp. since the mic quality isnt the best