Barrel Bayou 102

Level Details

Game	Donkey Kong Country 2
World name	Krem Quay
Level name	Barrel Bayou
Previous level	Kleever's Kiln
Next level	Glimmer's Galleon

Difficulty:

• Safe: 4/10
• Optimal: 6/10

Safe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtU7kjWLy2k

Notes

• At 0:15, simply holding left after you land on Rambi will allow you to do a moonwalk.
• After collecting the DK Coin at 0:35, the goal is to manipulate a rat spawn that will allow breaking the cannonball chest instantly.
  • Position Diddy behind the cloak, between the black spot on the ground and the wooden stake.
  • Start moving left with a roll as soon as the cloak has completely gone offscreen.
  • Walk off the ledge with the sign post on it and immediately do a medium jump to get rid of the two rats that aren't needed.
  • Keep walking left without scrolling the rat offscreen, until Diddy is about under the point the cloak stops at, then time a roll into the rat as the chest is about to fall on the ground.
  • In case of failure, simply break the chest on the cloak.
• The team throw into the barrel at 1:10 may seem slower, but it "stores" a super jump for a skip at the end of the level.
  • At 1:21, you want to run yourself intentionally into the Kloak, giving you a Damage Boost across the final section.

Optimal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TT7A-rC_WE

Additions

• At 0:10, roll through the DK barrel by releasing Y to avoid picking it up, saving ~0.26s.
• At 0:12, use the barrel to get to the krockhead, saving ~0.3s.
• At 0:19, jump just after passing the black spot on the ground and use a Rambi Double Jump to reach the top barrel. This only saves ~0.15s.
  • It's also possible to reach the top barrel without a double jump by doing the initial jump slightly earlier, saving ~0.25s in total. However, this has a much tighter window.
• At 0:26, jump into the right barrel, saving ~0.1s.
• The optimal strategy to break the cannonball chest instantly can be tricky and saves ~0.8s.
  • After collecting the DK Coin, stand over the black spot on the ground.
  • Jump on the third barrel thrown from the cloak when it hits the ground, then only start holding left after breaking it.
  • Same as the safer setup, walk off the ledge with the sign post on it and immediately do a medium jump to get rid of the two rats that aren't needed.
  • Keep walking left without scrolling the rat offscreen, until Diddy is just to the left of the spot the cloak stops at (watch the black spot on the ground).
  • Jump up only *after* the cloak has finished turning to the right completely. Be very careful, as timing the jump too early will cause Diddy to get knocked left directly into the pit.
  • If everything was done correctly, the chest will fall straight down off the cloak's hands, and rolling into the rat will break it instantly.
• At 1:26, do a full jump and hold right as the cloak is about to throw his barrel. Look for the animation frame where he's holding the barrel over his head. This saves ~0.66s over waiting for the barrel to hit the ground.