DK's Jungle Ruins - Mario Wiki

Not to be confused with DK's Jungle Adventure.

DK's Jungle Ruins
Appears in	Mario Party 9
Availability	Unlockable by purchasing it for 500 Party Points in the Museum
Music sample

DK's Jungle Ruins is the seventh board featured in Mario Party 9, and can be unlocked by purchasing it from the Museum for 500 Party Points. This board is not playable in Solo mode, and is considerably different from the other six boards. This board appears to be heavily inspired by the game Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Instead of Mini Stars, players compete to acquire the most Bananas, and instead of Mini Ztars, players lose Bananas if they collect Z-Bananas.

Since this board is operated by Donkey Kong, games are played with the Kongs instead of boss battles happening. Diddy Kong has his own game instead of a mid-boss battle, and DK himself also has his instead of a final boss battle. However, Bowser will still enter the scene to add Bowser Spaces after the players meet with the green Toad. No Bowser Jr. Spaces or Battle Spaces are present, even if three or four players are playing. The Barrel Roller is the starting vehicle. The Jungle Junker and the DK's Banana Slider are unlockable.

Contents

• 1 Layout
• 2 Barrel Choice
• 3 Diddy Kong Minigame
• 4 Donkey Kong Minigame
• 5 Spaces
• 6 Profiles
  • 6.1 Mario Party 9
• 7 Gallery
• 8 Names in other languages
  • 8.1 DK's Jungle Ruins
  • 8.2 Barrel Roller
  • 8.3 Jungle Junker
  • 8.4 DK's Banana Slider
• 9 Notes

Layout[edit]

This board is a circle with no branching paths, much like Bowser Station. It is different in that the players complete two laps around the board, stopping at the same Boss Space to play games with both Diddy Kong and later Donkey Kong, with Green Toad appearing during the second lap, after the Diddy Kong minigame and before the Captain Event.

To further set it apart from other boards, in DK's Jungle Ruins Bananas, Banana Bunches worth three Bananas, Z-Bananas, and Z-Banana Bunches hover over each space instead of between spaces where Mini Stars and Mini Ztars tend to reside.

This is the only board to feature DK Spaces in Mario Party 9. Here, they activate the Banana Spin Wheel, which causes the Bananas and Z-Bananas in the board to spin around in a circle, and the captain who landed on the space can jump to collect Bananas as they pass.

The Captain Event here is Barrel Choice, which is played twice since the players make two laps.

The characters ride a car on this board. The vehicle available when the board is unlocked is the Barrel Roller. The Jungle Junker and DK's Banana Slider can be purchased from the Museum for 200 Party Points each.

This is the only board to not feature Green Spaces, as well as the only one along with Bowser Station to not feature Event Spaces.

Barrel Choice[edit]

In this Captain Event the players watch as barrels are filled with varying amounts of Bananas and then shuffled. The captain then chooses which player claims which barrel.

The first time this Captain Event is played, Diddy Kong attempts to distract the captain from watching as the barrels are shuffled. During the second time, both Diddy and Donkey Kong play this role, and one of the barrels is filled with Z-Bananas.

Diddy Kong Minigame[edit]

Although this is not a fight, Diddy Kong asks the players to play a game with him. This game is Diddy's Banana Blast, in which the players launch themselves out of swaying Barrel Cannons that surround an area filled with Bananas in an attempt to collect the most. Unlike most Mario Party 9 minigames, in which the number of Mini Stars awarded for each place is predetermined, players earn as many Bananas as they collect. If players crash into each other, they fall back into a nearby Barrel Cannon and are momentarily stunned.

Donkey Kong Minigame[edit]

Like Diddy, Donkey Kong presents the players with a challenge rather than engage them in battle. This minigame, called DK's Banana Bonus, is somewhat similar to Diddy's, although the players must launch themselves from Barrel Cannons on the bottom of the field to collect Bananas in the air. DK throws floating Barrel Cannons into the area that the players can use to launch themselves even higher into in order to reach Bananas hovering there.

Spaces[edit]

The spaces listed here are prior to the Almost There! event.

Type	Number
Dice Block Spaces	10
Dash Spaces	3
Back Spaces	1
Shuffle Spaces	2
Lucky Spaces	2
Free-for-All Spaces	3
1-Vs-3 Spaces	1
DK Space	4
Captain Event Spaces	1
Boss Battle Spaces	1
Total	28

The following are the changes after the Almost There! event.

Type	Response
	Yes	No
Bowser Spaces	+5	+3
Blue Spaces	−4	−2
Shuffle Spaces	−1	−1

Profiles[edit]

Mario Party 9[edit]

• North American website bio: "Explore an ancient temple as you collect bananas in this secret stage that features Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong."

Gallery[edit]

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  Diddy Kong's minigame, Diddy's Banana Blast.

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  Donkey Kong's minigame, DK's Banana Bonus.

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  Barrel Roller, the starting vehicle.

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  Jungle Junker, an unlockable vehicle.

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  DK's Banana Slider, the unlockable boss themed vehicle.

Names in other languages[edit]

DK's Jungle Ruins[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ＤＫジャングル[?]Dīkē Janguru	DK Jungle
Chinese	DK 森林廢墟[?]DK Sēnlín Fèixū	DK Jungle Ruins
French	Jungle DK[?]	DK Jungle
German	Donkey Kongs Dschungelruinen[?]	Donkey Kong's Jungle Ruins
Italian	Le rovine nella giungla di DK[?]	The ruins in the jungle of DK
Korean	DK 정글[?]DK Jeongeul	DK Jungle
Spanish	Jungla Kong[?]	Kong Jungle

Barrel Roller[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	タルカー[?]Taru Kā	Barrel Car
Chinese	木桶車[?]Mùtǒng Chē	Barrel Car

Jungle Junker[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	サバイバルカー[?]Sabaibaru Kā	Survival Car
Chinese	生存車[?]Shēngcún Chē	Survival Car

DK's Banana Slider[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ＤＫバナナカー[?]Dīkē Banana Kā	DK Banana Car
Chinese	DK香蕉車[?]DK Xiāngjiāo Chē	DK Banana Car

Notes[edit]

• The starting vehicle for this board (the Barrel Roller) is similar in appearance to the DK Jumbo, a kart from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. The Jungle Junker also bears a resemblance to the Wildlife kart from Mario Kart DS, except that it is brown instead of green and has an emblem of a Banana Bunch on the hood instead of Donkey Kong's initials.
• If a player gets zero bananas whether from their move or the spin, they will do their sad pose but the counter will do the positive jingle.

[Edit] Boards in the Mario Party series
Mario Party	DK's Jungle Adventure • Peach's Birthday Cake • Yoshi's Tropical Island • Wario's Battle Canyon • Luigi's Engine Room • Mario's Rainbow Castle • Bowser's Magma Mountain • Eternal StarMini-Game Stadium
Mario Party 2	Pirate Land • Western Land • Space Land • Mystery Land • Horror Land • Bowser LandMini-Game Trial
Mario Party 3	Chilly Waters • Deep Bloober Sea • Spiny Desert • Woody Woods • Creepy Cavern • Waluigi's IslandGate Guy • Arrowhead • Pipesqueak • Blowhard • Mr. Mover • Backtrack
Mario Party 4	Toad's Midway Madness • Shy Guy's Jungle Jam • Boo's Haunted Bash • Goomba's Greedy Gala • Koopa's Seaside Soiree • Bowser's Gnarly PartyMega Board Mayhem • Mini Board Mad-Dash
Mario Party 4 (Flash game)	Toad's Game Board • Shy Guy's Game Board • Koopa Troopa's Game Board • Goomba's Game Board • Boo's Game Board
Mario Party 5	Toy Dream • Rainbow Dream • Pirate Dream • Undersea Dream • Future Dream • Sweet Dream • Bowser Nightmare
Mario Party 6	Towering Treetop • E. Gadd's Garage • Faire Square • Snowflake Lake • Castaway Bay • Clockwork CastleThirsty Gulch • Astro Avenue • Infernal Tower
Mario Party 7	Grand Canal • Pagoda Peak • Pyramid Park • Neon Heights • Windmillville • Bowser's Enchanted Inferno!
Mario Party 8	DK's Treetop Temple • Goomba's Booty Boardwalk • King Boo's Haunted Hideaway • Shy Guy's Perplex Express • Koopa's Tycoon Town • Bowser's Warped Orbit
Mario Party DS	Wiggler's Garden • Toadette's Music Room • DK's Stone Statue • Kamek's Library • Bowser's Pinball Machine
Mario Party 9	Toad Road • Bob-omb Factory • Boo's Horror Castle • Blooper Beach • Magma Mine • Bowser Station • DK's Jungle Ruins
Mario Party: Island Tour	Perilous Palace Path • Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain • Star-Crossed Skyway • Rocket Road • Kamek's Carpet Ride • Shy Guy's Shuffle City • Bowser's Peculiar Peak
Mario Party 10	Mushroom Park • Haunted Trail • Whimsical Waters • Airship Central • Chaos CastleNormal Board • Mario Board • Luigi Board • Peach Board • Yoshi Board • Toad Board • Wario Board • Rosalina Board • Donkey Kong Board • Bowser Board
Super Mario Party	Whomp's Domino Ruins • King Bob-omb's Powderkeg Mine • Megafruit Paradise • Kamek's Tantalizing Tower
Mario Party Superstars	Yoshi's Tropical Island • Space Land • Peach's Birthday Cake • Woody Woods • Horror Land
Super Mario Party Jamboree	Mega Wiggler's Tree Party • Roll 'em Raceway • Goomba Lagoon • Rainbow Galleria • Western Land • Mario's Rainbow Castle • King Bowser's Keep

[Edit] Mario Party 9
Main characters	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Wario • Waluigi • Yoshi • Birdo • Toad • Koopa • Shy Guy • Kamek
Other characters	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Toads • Goombas • Whittles • Piantas • Bob-ombs • Urchins • Boos • Goomba Towers • Dolphins • Mechakoopas • Bullet Bills • Piranha Plants • Spinies • Sushi • Huckit Crabs • Swoops • Monty Moles • Hammer Bros. • Fire Bros. • Buzzy Beetles • Penguins • Mr. Blizzards • Fish Bones • Deep-Cheeps • Thwomps • Scaredy Rat • Big Spiny
Mid-bosses	Lakitu • Whomp • Dry Bones • Cheep Cheep • Spike • Bowser Jr. • Diddy Kong
Stage bosses	Wiggler • King Bob-omb • King Boo • Blooper • Chain Chomp • Bowser • Donkey Kong
Items	Banana • Dice Block • Mini Star • Mini Ztar • Slow Dice Block • Z-Banana • 0-1 Dice Block • 1-2-3 Dice Block • 4-5-6 Dice Block • 1-10 Dice Block
Spaces	1-vs-Rival Space • Almost There! • Back Space • Battle Space • Boss Battle Space • Bowser Space • Bowser Jr. Space • Captain Event Space • Dash Space • Dice Block Space • DK Space • Event Space • Free-for-All Space • Green Space • Jackpot+ Space • Lucky Space • Magma Space • Mini Star Space • Mini Ztar Space • POW Space • Shuffle Space • Spin Space • Unlucky Space
Boards	Toad Road • Bob-omb Factory • Boo's Horror Castle • Blooper Beach • Magma Mine • Bowser Station • DK's Jungle Ruins
Minigame modes	Step It Up • Garden Battle • Choice Challenge • High Rollers • Time Attack • Boss Rush
Music	"Can You Do It?" • "Fluff" • "Freshen Up!" • "Good Job!" • "Heart-Pounding Thrills" • "Hit the Field" • "Hurry Up!" • "Island Activities" • "Pandemonium" • "Think About It"
Further info	Bowser Gate • Gallery • Mario Party 9 Collector's Puzzle • Minigames • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Sound test • Staff