Mugly's Mound is the boss level of Jungle in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. It is the first overall boss level, and it is where Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong fight Mugly.
The entire boss level takes place between jungle trees. The battle itself takes place in a colosseum-type arena, where Tikis spectate the fight in the background.
Overview[edit]
The Kongs start on a straightforward path, and a DK Barrel is next to the starting point. As the Kongs approach the stone threshold, a cutscene plays. It starts with Mugly discarding banana peels as he eats some bananas, in front of a wooden gate. The Kongs react in anger, and Mugly turns around looking at them as he continues munching on the bananas. Kalimba notices the Kongs and hypnotizes Mugly to fight them. Mugly makes a loud roar and Kalimba goes inside him, thus starting the battle.
Mugly starts by munching his teeth and runs to the left to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. Mugly slides as he approaches the left wall. Mugly has red spikes on his back, which he retracts while running to the Kongs. While Mugly is running, Donkey Kong must jump on Mugly's back to attack him. If Donkey Kong gets hit by Mugly, he will swallow Donkey Kong whole and forcefully regurgitate him. If Donkey Kong is regurgitated with one heart left, Mugly spits him out the arena, and the Kongs lose an life. Upon being hit, Mugly flashes red for a few seconds. Mugly then runs to the other side, and the Kongs must jump on him again.
Upon taking a second hit, Mugly goes idle for a few seconds, with its spikes out, but then jumps in the air and retracts his spikes again. When Mugly lands, the Kongs must jump onto him. Mugly then moves to the left side of the arena and turns orange. He runs at the Kongs again except at a faster speed. When hit, Mugly does more high jumps except with faster landing. When the Kongs jump on Mugly a fifth time, he continues to do high jumps.
When Mugly is hit a sixth time, he goes to the left side of the arena and turns red. Mugly runs at the Kongs again but even faster than in his previous two phases. The Kongs must jump on Mugly a seventh time, then Mugly starts to perform high jumps, which he also does faster than in earlier phases of the battle. The Kongs must jump on Mugly two more times to defeat him.
Upon taking a ninth hit, a cutscene shows Mugly falling over in defeat, and Kalimba emerges dizzily. Donkey Kong must approach Kalimba and punch the tiki far away to complete the boss level.
Time Attack times[edit]
Medal
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Time
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Bronze
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1 minute, 57 seconds
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Silver
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1 minute, 23 seconds
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Gold
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56 seconds
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Shiny gold
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38 seconds
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Gallery[edit]
Mugly, with his spikes retracted
Donkey Kong damages Mugly
Mugly's color changes to orange
Donkey Kong evades Mugly's charge attack
Mugly is stunned after using his charge attack
Mugly slams the ground to make shockwaves
Names in other languages[edit]
Language
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Name
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Meaning
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Notes
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Japanese
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くいしんぼ マグリー[?] Kuishinbo Magurī
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Gluttonous Mugly
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Chinese
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贪吃鬼 马古力[?] Tānchīguǐ Mǎgǔlì
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Gluttonous Mugly
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French (NOE)
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Glouton Grognon[?]
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Grumpy Glutton
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German
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Grässli's Erdloch[?]
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Mugly's Hole
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Italian
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Colle Bruttomuso[?]
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Mugly Hill
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Spanish
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El Foso de Mufeo[?]
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The Pit of Mugly
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- In 2 player co-op mode, if Diddy Kong fires enough peanuts at Mugly, then the boss gets temporarily distracted and starts eating the peanuts, with his spikes retracted. While Mugly is eating, there are hearts surrounding his head, and the Kongs can attack Mugly. After a while or if a hit is landed on him, Mugly burps and focuses back on the Kongs.
Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
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Characters
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Protagonists
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Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
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Bosses
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Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
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Enemies and obstacles
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Tiki Tak Tribe
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Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
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Other
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Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
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Objects
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Items
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Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard2 • Green Balloon2 • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
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Barrels
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Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
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Miscellaneous
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Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Train • Trapdoor
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Vehicles
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Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
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Moves
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Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
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Levels
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Jungle
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1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
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Beach
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2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
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Ruins
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3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
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Cave
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4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
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Forest
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5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
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Cliff
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6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
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Factory
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7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
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Volcano
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8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
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Cloud2,3
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9-1: Crushin' Columns2,3 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2,3 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2,3 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2,3 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2,3 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2,3 • 9-7: Robo Factory2,3 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2,3 • 9-11/9-9 2,3: Golden Temple
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Further info
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Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Mine Menace • Staff
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Related Play Nintendo activities: Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle?
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