7. Gangplank Galleon
2005.03.02. 17:16
This section will deal with the beast that is responsible for all of the torment you experienced in the last six areas of the island. He is King K. Rool, and he is awaiting aboard his ship for you. Do you think you are Monkey enough to handle him? The step by step guide to beating him will be split up according to when your primate is allowed to jump on his head (how he gets hurt).
o-----------------o | K. Rool Attacks | o-----------------o
Running : He will attempt to hurt you by running into you.
Jumping : He will attempt to hurt you by jumping on top of you.
Crown : He can get you two ways with this little baby: 1) K. Rool will throw it at you in an attempt to batter you with it, or 2) your Kong jumps onto it while it still resides upon the King Kremlings noggin.
Cannonballs: He will get his cronies to fire cannonballs at his own ship in an attempt to take you down. His ship seems somehow resistant to each volley (you are not unfortunately).
o-----------------o | The Epic Battle | o-----------------o
Attack#1 - Run over to the right, and King K. Rool will fall onto the deck with a loud thud! He will immediately throw his crown at you, so jump over the hurtling missile, and then land a jump upon his cranium.
Attack#2 - Move to the middle of the ship, and vault yourself over his obscenely huge charging girth. Then he will stop on the left side of the screen, pause for a second, and then once again chuck his crown at you. avoid the crown, and then bop him one on the head for some more damage.
Attack#3 - Move to the middle of the ship, and jump over his first charge, and then again over his second charge. This time he will once again be stopped on the left side of the ship. He will toss his adornment at you, so dodge it, and then lay one up side his head to smarten him up.
Attack#4 - Well, he is still dumb enough to attack you, so once again move to the middle of the ship, and then jump his three consecutive charges (he is speeding up too). Next, you have to avoid another crown, and then jump on his head.
Attack#5 - He will bounce himself on the deck three times, and he will then jump clear across the screen! He will land in a big THUD, which is the signal for the cannonballs to start landing all over the deck. They will fall in a steady progression left to right, and your job is to sneak through the falling line without getting your head caved in from the possible contact. Once the cannonballs reach the end of the ship, King K. Rool will throw his crown at you, so jump it, and then bang his head for him.
Attack#6 - He will bounce himself on the deck three times, and he will then jump clear across the screen! He will land in a big THUD, which is the signal for the cannonballs to start landing all over the deck. This time, there will be two volleys of cannonballs (first is right to left, second is left to right). Dodge through the attacks twice, and then avoid the crown throw, and then bump his ugly head again.
Attack#7 - will bounce himself on the deck three times, and he will then jump clear across the screen! He will land in a big THUD, which is the signal for the cannonballs to start landing all over the deck. This time, there will be three volleys of cannonballs (first is left to right, second is right to left, third is left to right). Dodge through the attacks three times, and then avoid the crown toss. This just leaves the required head attack to knock him down! Your Kong will start to celebrate, and the credits will roll! Congratulations on beating King K. Rool for the Banana Hoard back... wait a minute! Lap Trap, Krusha, Kritter, Klump?!?! Wait, these are fakes!!! King K. Rool will then rise to put some more attempts into hurting you badly!
Attack#8 - Start by standing in the spot you landed after you hit him last, and let him jump over you. Follow him, and then jump on his head once he tosses his crown in your general direction.
Attack#9 - Stand in close to him again, let him bound over you again. Then move slightly towards the centre of the ship, and run under him as he bounces back with a slightly different attack pattern. He will plunk back down on the right side of the ship, and he will take his crown off to hurtle it at you. Dodge it, and then whack him in the head once more.
Attack#10- Stand in close to him again, let him bound over you again. Then move slightly towards the centre of the ship, run under him as he bounces back with a slightly different attack pattern, and then line yourself to sneak underneath him once again as he bounces back in his lowest jumping pattern yet. He will come to a stop on the left side of the ship, where he will polish his crown up real nice, as he throws it at a speed that would put Nolan Ryan to shame! You just need to avoid the fast moving piece of molded gold, and then finally you will collapse him to the deck for good with one final kick to his temple!
Now you have completed a most masterful game. Be proud that you have taken down the Kremlings for their misdeeds, and that you have also shown Cranky that Donkey Kong is a true hero, just like the old ape himself. But, Cranky points out he can finish this game in under an hour! Can you do the same? Can you do the same, and get every single secret?!? To be a true master of the game, you will need to prove to Cranky you can do so (without cheat saving on an emulator either). My personal best is 0:56 for 101%, and the best possible is 0:50 or even as low as 0:47 apparently.
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