The arrangement of 'Stickerbush Symphony' that plays halfway through the game's credits is replaced with an original melody, featuring voice clips of Funky Kong.

All bosses have fixed attack patterns, instead of being RNG-based.

It is listed under the 'Kong Family' section.

A figurine of Tawks can be obtained from the Capsule Toy Machine.

In addition, they appear permanently translucent when the player re-visits the level where they were collected previously, similarly to the Puzzle Pieces.

KONG Letters do not have to be collected again should the player lose a life before reaching the next checkpoint or the end of the level.

In the Original Mode, this is only possible on the map screen.

The player is allowed to select and use items purchased from the shop while in a level.

On the map screen in two-player mode, Funky Kong holds onto one of the three Kongs on his surfboard, including in the map screen idle animations. Likewise, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong cannot hop on Funky Kong.This prevents Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong from joining Funky Kong outside of two-player mode, but Funky Kong can still heal himself by breaking them. While playing as Funky Kong, Kong Barrels only display the FK initial.He impersonates Funky and gives him an employee discount. When playing as Funky Kong, Tawks replaces him as the shopkeeper. A parrot named Tawks appears in the Funky's Fly 'n' Buy shop.He can also breathe indefinitely while underwater. His surfboard grants him a number of additional abilities as well, such as a Double Jump, a slower descent, an immunity to most kinds of Spike Traps and the ability to jump on most enemies that the other Kongs cannot safely jump on. As a new playable character, Funky Kong has five hearts, and can perform continuous roll attacks and underwater corkscrew attacks.Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, and vehicles can each withstand an extra hit, increasing their heart amount to three.

The following are the exclusive features of the Funky Mode: The Original Mode, which is set apart from the Funky Mode, represents the default mode of gameplay, with Donkey Kong as the main playable character. Here, the player can select the main playable character to be either Funky Kong or Donkey Kong.

The port introduces a beginner-friendly mode, the Funky Mode, which centers on Funky Kong.

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