The main Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo unlock is the Diva Dress for Pauline, granting her a Super Mario Odyssey-style makeover. But, getting this outfit early requires you to own the specific DK and Pauline amiibo figurine and you then need to find a special Fractone NPC roughly halfway through the DK Bananza. Thankfully, using any other amiibo is much simpler as there's a dedicated option for it on the game's pause menu, but the rewards aren't nearly as interesting. Regardless, here's everything you need to know about using amiibos in Donkey Kong Bananza, as well what the rewards are for scanning them.
How to use amiibos in Donkey Kong Bananza
There are two ways you can scan any of your amiibos in Donkey Kong Bananza (yes, every single one ever released is compatible), which are as follows:
- Press the '+' button on your Joy-Con to pause the game, then select the amiibo button. This brings up the menu for scanning amiibos in Donkey Kong Bananza, showing you where to place them on your Joy-Cons or pro controller for a successful scan.
- Visit the Collectone in the Tropical Retreat area of the Resort Layer (SL 800). It's just to the right of the Style Shop. Speak to the Collectone and it'll prompt you to scan an amiibo as above.
- Note that scanning your Donkey Kong & Pauline amiibo via the Collectone is the only way to unlock the Diva Dress for Pauline early!
All Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo unlocks
There aren't many amiibo unlocks in Donkey Kong Bananza, with the main one being Pauline's Diva Dress outfit. Here's everything you can get by scanning your amiibos while playing DK Bananza:
- Donkey Kong & Pauline amiibo = Diva Dress outfit for Pauline: Scan the DK Bananza amiibo using the Collectone in SL 800 to get a glammed-up look for Pauline, the Diva Dress. She wears a red dress and hat similar to her outfit seen during the New Donk City celebration in Super Mario Odyssey. Be aware that you will unlock this outfit near the end of the Donkey Kong Bananza post game quest, so you don't actually need the Donkey Kong & Pauline amiibo.
- The Diva Dress's perk makes music discs twice as likely to drop from defeated enemies, helping you fill out your record collection for getaways.
- Any other Donkey Kong-themed amiibo = Gold KONG letter tiles: If you scan Donkey Kong & Pauline, either of the Donkey Kong amiibos, either of the Diddy Kong amiibos, the King K. Rool amiibo, or the Donkey and Diddy Kong wristbands from Super Nintendo World, you can summon four gold tiles that spell "KONG" – one for each letter. Smash them for gold that fills your Bananergy and can be spent, or lob them as an explosive.
- Any non-DK amiibo = Material spheres: Scan any of the other amiibos that have been released, and DK will summon a ball of a random material, such as ice, crystal, rock, and Boom Rock. You can obviously use these to create an explosion or interact with some other hazard.
Throwing exploding tiles is quite fun, but most of the Donkey Kong Bananza Bananzas are much more destructive! And if you want to know what lies beyond SL 800, we've listed all of the Donkey Kong Bananza sublayers and levels in this guide.
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