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Donkey Kong Bananza

Nostalgia Country Banana Locations

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Nostalgia Country is a Challenge Ruin in the Hilltop Layer in Donkey Kong Bananza. See the walkthrough, all bananas, including the location of the first banana, and location of the Challenge Course here!

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Nostalgia Country Banana Locations

  1. Banandium Gem #1
  2. Banandium Gem #2
  3. Banandium Gem #3

Banandium Gem #1

Nostalgia Country, as its name suggests, is an easter egg referencing the original Donkey Kong Country game, with the entire course being a side-scrolling level.

The first banana in Nostalgia Country can actually be found near the start of the challenge level. Before you make your way to the right, face the challenge entrance and perform a Chunk Jump to reach the wall above it. Climb the wall and enter the hidden house to find the hidden banana on its ceiling.

Banandium Gem #2

Banandium Gem #2

Make your way to the right, defeating or avoiding enemies along the way and using the barrels to go up and across gaps. The second banana is on a ledge just after the barrel puzzle in the middle of the course.

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Banandium Gem #3

Use Kong Bananza Form to Defeat the Crockoid

The third and last banana is located near the exit and right after the Crockoid. You'll need to use your Bananza Power and transform into Kong Bananza to defeat the Crockoid.

A single Charge Punch is enough to completely destroy the Crockoid, allowing you to progress safely to the next area.

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Use the Alternate Path to Defeat the Crockoid

There is an alternate path you can take using the Barrel Cannons that can earn you more gold and launch you straight through a metal gate and into the Crockoid, destroying its armor. You can then punch the Crockoid once to defeat it.

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How to Get the First Banana

  1. Do a Chunk Jump to Reach the Climbable Wall
  2. Jump on the Tire to Reach the Banandium Gem

Do a Chunk Jump to Reach the Climbable Wall

Do a Chunk Jump to Reach the Climbable Wall

To reach the hidden first banana in Nostalgia Country, face the challenge entrance and grab a chunk of the ground. Perform a Chunk Jump with it to reach the climbable wall above the entrance then climb up to Donkey Kong's House.

How to Chunk Jump

Jump on the Tire to Reach the Banandium Gem

Jump on the Tire to Reach the Banandium Gem

You'll need to jump on the tire in the middle of Donkey Kong's House to hit and eventually break the third Banandium Gem on the ceiling.

Nostalgia Country Location

Undertone Canal, Hilltop Layer

Overworld View Map Location
Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 4 Overworld Location
Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 4 Map Location
Location: Undertone Canal, Hilltop Layer (SL200)
Challenge No.: Hilltop Layer Challenge Course 4

Found near the entrance of the Undertone Canal. You will have to clear the Void Seals to access this course.

Donkey Kong Bananza Related Guides

Challenge Ruins

List of Challenge Ruins

All Challenge Ruins

Layer Challenge Ruins
Lagoon Layer Challenge Courses
1. Hangin' on Roof Road
2. Thorn-Choked Conveyor
3. Kong Bananza: Pop Party
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x3
2. Antickoid x6
3. Peekaboopoid x50
4. Buzzoid x 3
5. Crockoid x2
Hilltop Layer Challenge Courses
1. Shifty Platform Ahead
2. Thorny Hill Speed Surf
3. Spiked-Tide Slope
4. Nostalgia Country
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x 1
2. Crockoid x 3
3. Crockoid x 3
Canyon Layer Challenge Courses
1. Kong Bananza: City Smash
2. Thorny Blast Cave
3. Big Wheel Balloon Hunt
4. Spinning Laser Zone
5. Stompy Ascent
Battle Challenges
1. Squeeloid x10
2. Squeeloid x5
3. Crockoid x3
4. Stompoid x2
5. Stompoid x5
6. Stompoid x2
The Divide Challenge Courses
1. Great Switcheroo Hall
Freezer Layer Challenge Courses
1. Red-Hot Rotations
2. Zebra Bananza: Party Pop
3. Rising Iceberg Rush
4. Precarious, Powdery Path
5. Ice-Serve Slope
Battle Challenges
1. Rolluskoid x3
2. Crockoid x6
3. Antickoids x5
4. Rolluskoid x3
5. Antickoid x6
6. Squeeloid x8
Forest Layer Challenge Courses
1. Bramble Country
2. All-You-Can-Eat-Tower
3. Ostrich Bananza: Flighty Feast
4. Bouncing for Bananas
5. Pit Seeds
Battle Challenges
1. Squeeloid x5
2. Buzzoid x2
3. Antickoid x5
4. Munchoid x4
6. Munchoid x4
The Junction Challenge Courses
1. Crossing Through Crosshairs
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x 2
Resort Layer Challenge Courses
1. Mine-Cart Country
2. Switch-Lane Skyway
3. Ice-Serce Switcheroo
Battle Challenges
1. Trailfinoid x 3
2. Buzzoid x 3
3. Molevoloid x 3
Tempest Layer Challenge Courses
1. Liftoff Labyrinth
2. Elephant Bananza: Heating Up
3. Zip-Line Valley
4. Hot-Lava Hotfoot
5. Sharpshooter Scramble
Battle Challenges
1. Batteroid x3
2. Squeeloid x4
3. Antickoid x8
4. Crockoid x3
5. Rolluskoid x5
6. Crockoid x2
Landfill Layer Challenge Courses
1. Mazy Cave: Pop Party
2. Elephant Bananza: City Smash
3. Quick-Service Ice Treats
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x3
2. Peekaboopoid x100
3. Crockoid x3
Racing Layer Challenge Courses
1. Zebra Bananza: Liftoff Lope
Battle Challenges
1. Stompoid x3
2. Antickoid x15
Radiance Layer Challenge Courses
1. Snake Bananza: Charged Climb
2. Dim Lights in the Darkness
3. Arcade Country
4. Surfing in Shadow
5. Strong, Shady Clouds
Battle Challenges
1. Antickoid x6
2. Gloominoid x3
3. Tarpantuloid x3
4. Gloominoid & Illuminoiod x5
5. Molevoloid x2
6. Crockoid x5
Groove Layer Challenge Courses
1. Quest for the Top
Battle Challenges
1. Crockoid x2
2. Wallopoid x4
Feast Layer Challenge Courses
1. Freestyle Bananzas: City Smash
2. The Trap-Filled Towers
3. Branching-Track Roarcoaster
4. Steady Flow of Salt
5. Waves of Walls
Battle Challenges
1. Antickoid x5
2. Wallopoid x10
3. Muckoid x4
4. Muckoid x13
5. Wallopoid x5
6. Muckoid x2
Forbidden Layer Challenge Courses
1. Slippering, Soaking Shuffle
2. Lost in the Shuffle
3. Ostrich Bananza: Free Climbing
Battle Challenges
1. Illuminoid x4
2. Buzzoid x3
3. Crockoid x3

Comment

2 Anonymous Anonymous 5 months

yes. You use the barrel that launches you forward and launch when it’s at the lowest point of its movement instead of using it at the highest point. The wall is hollow and you get a lot of gold, then an upward launch under the crockoid

1 Anonymous Anonymous 5 months

There is seemingly a breakable grate buried at the end of the level where you defeat the crockoid.

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