Top 10 Hardest Donkey Kong 64 Golden Bananas to Obtain

These are the golden bananas from Donkey Kong 64 that were the hardest to obtain.

1. Lanky Kong Beetle Race - Crystal Caves

   The second race is even more difficult. For starters, the beetle gets a head start, and you have to use Lanky's barrel to make him run fast. It takes a few seconds for you to break out of it.

   You also have to collect 50 coins on your way down. There are sections where you need to get a lot of speed to land safely on the slides. If you slow down even a little, or if the beetle hits you as you're jumping, you'll fall into the lava and have to start the level all over again.

   Learning this one was very annoying. However, in my opinion, it's not the hardest race in the game. Once I had the route in my head, I ended up getting it in a handful of tries.

2. Beaver Bother Mini-Games

   When I decided to finally go for the 101%, I literally put a timer on my phone to see how long it would take me to beat the first one in Creepy Castle. It took one hour and six minutes.

   Perhaps the hardest minigame in DK64. It's really frustrating getting the beavers into the hole. A lot of times, they just stop right in front of it and move around it.

   For me, this is the worst minigame in DK64. Sometimes the beaver stops in front of the hole. Sometimes, they get stuck in the corners. I hate it.

3. Donkey Kong Rotating Maze - Crystal Caves

   Getting the golden banana when entering the igloo is a huge pain. You have to navigate the rotating maze while being careful not to touch the maze itself.

   Touching it causes you to lose one whole melon. Just three hits and you're dead.

   As much as this one was a pain to get, at least you respawned at the entrance of the igloo. It would have been so much more annoying if it set you back all the way to the beginning of Crystal Caves.

4. Diddy Kong Cabin: Destroy All Enemies with Time Limit - Crystal Caves

   While it shouldn't be such a problem, the issue is the short time limit. Obviously, you can't simply use your instrument to kill enemies at once. You have to defeat them all using your weapon, oranges, and other moves.

   Fail to beat them within the time limit, and an enemy will attempt to blast you. You have to leave and enter again to try again.

   Getting all the angles right, waiting for the big bomb Kremlings to fully die, and not having unlimited bombs like other similar challenges makes this difficult.

   I spent an hour beating this. Never again.

5. Donkey Kong DK Arcade - Frantic Factory

   This took me several tries to get. The first time after clearing the DK arcade game, you have to play again. The challenge is you only start with one life, and it's very easy to die.

   Completing this twice is the hardest part. Also, I have no clue who invented the fall damage in this minigame. The number of times I died because I thought I'd survive a small jump is frustrating.

   Whoever thought it was a good idea to put this in the game as a requirement to beat it (TWO TIMES!) deserves to be fired.

6. Diddy Kong Spring Pad Bonus Barrel Challenge - Gloomy Galleon

   For this challenge, you have to sneak past several guards and make it to the finish line. This is way more difficult than the first one from Angry Aztec.

   There are many dead ends that will cause you to waste time.

7. Diddy Kong Mechanical Fish - Gloomy Galleon

   You have to reach the top of the lighthouse and play the guitar to make the mechanical fish appear. Then, make your way there within the time limit and shoot the three circles when they turn yellow.

8. Lanky Kong Race to the Banana Inside the Small House - Creepy Castle

   What makes it hard is there's a time limit. You can use the speed barrel, but it's very hard to see where you have to go.

9. Donkey Kong Barrel Blast Pad - Fungi Forest

10. Diddy Kong Owl's Ring Challenge - Fungi Forest

    It can be really tricky using the jetpack to fly through the rings.

The Newcomers
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    Chunky Kong Target Shooting - Gloomy Galleon

    The most annoying part about this one is the Kasplat that will keep respawning to bother you while you're trying to aim.

    You also have to be very careful while aiming as the joystick is very sensitive.

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    Tiny Kong Beetle Race - Angry Aztec

    In my opinion, the hardest of all the races. It might also be because it's the first one you will probably end up doing.

    Nevertheless, it's still very difficult because you have to gain as much speed while also watching out for the tight open corners.

The Contenders

13. Lanky Kong Rabbit Race - Fungi Forest

    This race is ridiculously harder than it needed to be. He runs much faster, and Lanky has to use the speed handstand barrel, which requires crystals to use.

14. Krazy Kong Klamour - Fungi Forest

    This one made me theorize patterns until I never found a consistent pattern and ended up just holding one spot, hoping the golden banana would be there.

    Even then, your reflexes could let you down. Very stressful minigame.