Donkey Kong Barrel Blast: Candy Kong's Challenges

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Enjoy! To be honest, I was NOT planning at all to cover this game. I only did it due to circumstances in which this game's soundtrack crossed paths with a side hobby of mine I was catching up on around the summer of 2025 and I thought why not get a little weird and do some videos on the game.

While I have nostalgia from playing the game back when it came out, I am well aware of the infamous reputation it has. It was a racing game meant to use the DK Bongo controls on the Gamecube. Production then moved over into the Wii where motion controls were implemented instead. This results in the controls being rather unintuitive to learn, spotty in execution, and painful to use for long periods of time. Aside from the controls, you're also on rails with no off road areas to get into, making all of the maneuvering be put all into running into items and smashable objects while avoiding harmful obstacles.

It's a shame this game got its controls butchered hard as there could've been a half decent racer with lots of classic DK Country representation at a time when Rare was no longer with Nintendo to helm the series. The true replacement to the canceled Donkey Kong Racing if you will, but alas.

That said, here we are with this video. When you're not doing regular races of grand prixs, there's Candy Kong's challenges. This mode asks you to do a certain task or finish a race under certain conditions. There are 32 of them, but a few of them repeat with higher escalation (more thing to do or harder time to beat). This video will cover most of them while leaving out some of the lower tiered repeats to avoid redundancy.

Now for the timestamps in this video.
00:00 Audio Notice
00:31 1. Smash 15 barrels
01:08 2. Finish each lap in 7th or higher - Salty Sea
03:42 3. Hit rivals with Backwards Barrels 4 times
05:04 5. Hit rivals 5 times
04:52 6. Execute 15 Wild Move combos
06:00 8. 1-on-1 Vs. Kritter
07:42 9. Don't get knocked down - Shimmering Sea
09:49 10. Finish each lap in 3rd or higher - Mt. Dynamite Remix
14:00 11. Smash 40 barrels
14:49 13. Smash 25 Zingers
15:41 14. Help Tiny Kong beat Kalyspo - Mt. Dynamite
18:41 16. 1-on-1 Vs. Klump - Mammoth Glacier
20:52 17. Win without Wild Moves
22:45 18. Win without getting knocked down - Scorching Canyon
24:40 19. Execute 40 Wild Move combos and win - Parched Palace
28:29 20. Collect 200 bananas in 30 seconds - Training Course
29:10 21. Place 1st and 2nd alongside Diddy Kong
30:55 22. Hit Kritters 7 times and win
33:08 23. Parched Palace Time Trial
36:53 24. 1-on-1 Vs. Cranky Kong - Cranky's Temple
39:23 25. Finish each lap in 1st - Dynamite Run
43:33 26. Let Wrinkly Kong place 1st - Salty Sea
45:41 27. Collect 1000 bananas in 2:10 - DK Jungle
48:00 28. Win without getting knocked down - Parched Palace
50:40 29. Hit rivals 8 times and win - DK Sunset
53:44 30. Execute a 30-hit Wild Move combo
54:33 31. 1-on-1 Vs. King K. Rool - Alpine Peak
57:07 32. DK Jungle Time Trial, Under 1:47

Redundant Missions Omitted
4. Collect 200 Bananas - Training Course
7. Smash 15 Zingers
12. Collect 700 Bananas - DK Jungle
15. DK Jungle Time Trial, Under 2 minutes