Baby DK, the Jungle King! is the first level of World 2 in Yoshi's Island DS, a Green Yoshi takes control in this level. This level takes place in a vast jungle with many trees, vines, statues, and ruins populated by many Grinders. This level introduces Baby Donkey Kong and his abilities of climbing vines and more. Once this level is completed, Baby DK joins the team as a permanent member and Stork Stops appear in this level allowing you to switch between babies at anytime.
Story[]
At some point after defeating Gilbert the Gooey, a group of Grinders overwhelm the team and make off with the babies. As Yoshi gives chase to the thieving monkeys, Baby Donkey Kong drops down and offers to help Yoshi, the two of them then set out to find Baby Mario and Baby Peach.
After the level's completion, Yoshi and Baby DK finally find the thieving Grinders, they then preform a DK Dash Attack which wipes out all but one of of the Grinders thus freeing Baby Mario and Baby Peach, the Stork retrieves both the babies and Baby DK joins the team as a permanent member.
Walkthrough[]
Starting off the level, advance to the right and climb the vines, swallow the Grinders here and continue climbing the vines and grab the Coins and three Red Coins in a vertical line, from here, continue climbing to the right and drop down, swallowing any Grinders or Nipper Plants in your way, launch an egg upward to obtain the Smiley Flower in the nook above, continue to the right drop down the pits on either side to swallow foes to fill your egg supply and then swing across the swinging ropes, from here, advance to the right and beat the Nipper Plants and Grinders as you collect the Coins and two Red Coins in this vine-filled area, beat the Piranha Plants in the way as well and continue climbing to the top, from here, advance to the right and hit the Winged Cloud for some Stars and slurp up the Shy Guys that emerge from the Pipe, there are four Baron Von Zeppelins here, two of them are carrying Needlenoses and Grenades however one is carrying a Key avoid the weapon-carrying Barons and pop the one holding the Key, at the path's end, there is a box which can be used as a platform (and effective alternative) to reaching the upper vine but breaking it will reveal five Stars (the box respawns if you leave the area through the nearby Pipe or Door and then return (but it won't give Stars a second time)). Move back to the left and climb the long vine and climb across the vines to the left and drop down on the platform, collect the Coins and toss an egg at the Winged Cloud above the hut to score a 1-Up, once done, use the Key you snagged from the Baron von Zeppelin to enter the door and play a minigame (Egg Toss), after the minigame is done, climb across the vines and continue climbing to the right snagging the Coins and two Red Coins, after this, climb up the tall vine to the top to reach the next area.
After reaching the next area, tag the Middle Ring and swing across the large rope collecting the Coins (if you fall off, don't sweat it, just advance to the left (slurping up any Nipper Plants in your path) and bounce of the Spring Ball back to the main path), swing with the rope to the right and build up enough swings to leap and grab the Smiley Flower and grab onto the vine where three Red Coins are lined up, grab the Red Coins and drop down, grab the egg here and beat the Nipper Plants and Piranha Plants and hit the Winged Cloud for some Stars, next, use the vine to swing to the upper ledge and hop on the robot statues to reach the vines, launch an egg at the dirt blocking the Smiley Flower to obtain it, climb up the vine and climb across the smaller vines to the left collecting the Coins and hit the Egg Block to fill your egg supply and climb up to the vine to the platform and toss an egg at the dirt chunks to obtain the Smiley Flower, there are Coin stashes to the right with two of these Coins beind Red Coins, kill the Piranha Plant here and then drop down the side to the right grabbing the Coins, then drop down to the main ground and beat the enemies to the left (if you want to) and then move to the right for the next area.
In the next area, you will find some Pointeys blocking your path, wipe out these guys with a DK Dash Attack and advance to the right, you will see some more Pointeys and a Box at the end, these can be taken out with a set of DK Dash Attacks, after this use the rope above to swing to the vine to the left, climb up the vine, there are two Red Coins dangling below the vines, (you can grab these with either an egg toss or by dropping down onto them) climb across the vines collecting the Coins as you go, you will come across some blowing wind which is used to reach the upper ledge (ordinarily, you would need Baby Peach for this but you can also swallow a Nipper Plant and spit it out here and bounce off it's head to reach the upper platform, there are Winged Clouds and Coins here, hit the Winged Clouds for some items and snag the Coins but watch out for the falling Nipper Spores from above (these turn into Nipper Plants upon landing), there is an outlined Baby Coin at the path's end but you will need Baby Peach for this one, drop down back onto the main path and there are three Red Coins here, grab them and swing from the rope collecting the Coins and the Smiley Flower here, there are also three Red Coins in the center so climb up the rope to get these, you can swing to the level's end but if the rope swinging loses momentum, drop down and climb the platforms to reach the ledge and jump through the GOAL! Ring to finish the level.
Baby Coin Location[]
After completing the level, return to the wind-blowing area at the third section, there is a Stork Stop here, switch to Baby Peach and glide up to the platform with the wind and advance to the left and grab the Baby Coin at the path's end.
Enemies Encountered[]
- Grinders
- Nipper Plants
- Piranha Plants
- Needlenoses
- Grenades
- Shy Guys
- Baron Von Zeppelins
- Goonies (minigame only)
- Flightless Goonies (minigame only)
- Nipper Spores
- Pointeys
Trivia[]
- The Grinder's baby-thieving habits in the cutscenes of this level are a nod to how the Grinders would steal Baby Mario in Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 however in the actual game, the Grinders don't steal the babies and merely just run away from Yoshi upon sight.
- The level's name is a nod to how Donkey Kong is often referred to as the King of the Jungle.