Nintendo Donkey Kong Country Returns Instruction Booklet page 7

ln-Game Pause Screen
Press or to pause the game and bring up the in-game pause
screen. This screen shows your current status on the left side of the
screen and menu selections on the right. Select the menu item using
and confirm by pressing .
Hearts
Displays remaining hearts for
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
This indicator is visible
at all times.
Bananas
Number of bananas
collected.
Balloons
Number of extra lives
remaining.
Banana Coins
Number of Banana
Coins collected.
Puzzle Pieces
Number of Puzzle Pieces you have
found in the current level.
For more information on these items, see pg. 19.
Checkpoints
When you reach a checkpoint, a tutorial pig will save your progress.
If you make a mistake later in the level, you will start from the last
checkpoint you passed.
If you complete the level, lose all your lives, or quit to the level-
selection screen, you will start from the beginning of the level your
next time through.
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K-O-N-G Letters
Shows which K-O-N-G Letters you
have acquired in the current level.
Name of
Current Level
Time Attack
Once a level has been completed, you
can replay it in a Time Attack mode to
acquire a gold, silver, or bronze medal.
Move the Donkey Kong Icon to the
level you want to play, and select Time
Attack from the menu (pg. 10).
When the level starts, a timer will
appear in the lower-left corner of the
screen. This timer indicates the required
time for the displayed medal. Below this timer is your current time. If your time exceeds
the displayed time for the current medal, the timer will adjust for the next medal.
The best medal you have acquired will be displayed on the level-selection screen
(pg. 9) and Level Summary screen (pg. 10).
If you want to retry the level for a better time, press
press or to pause the level and select Retry from the pause menu.
Options
See pg.8.
Resume
Continue your game.
Quit Level
Return to level-
selection screen.
on the Level Clear screen or
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