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Donkey Kong Bananza: Hilltop Layer walkthrough

A foggy hill country of Fractones, where a huge banana-shaped dirt pile blocks the sinkhole down.

  • About 40 min in the videos
  • 1 part · 2 steps

Compiled from 1 playthrough video and 6 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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Video: Greentendo Gaming on YouTube. Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Donkey Kong
  • Player 1 is Donkey Kong: punch, climb and dig through the terrain, tear off chunks to throw, and do all the platforming while Pauline rides along.
  • Pauline's singing turns DK into his Bananza forms, each learned from an Elder in one of the layers.
P2 · Pauline
  • Player 2 is Pauline, riding on DK's shoulder. Aim and fire vocal blasts at enemies and walls (Joy-Con 2 mouse controls or motion aiming), and copy nearby terrain to power up the blasts.
  • A second player can join with a shared Joy-Con, or from another Switch 2 (even a Switch 1) through GameShare with one copy of the game.

If your skill levels differ: DK handles every jump, and Pauline's job is aiming her blasts (and copying terrain to power them up), with motion or stick aiming. For an easier run overall, Assist Mode adds path guidance, aim assist, reduced damage and health that refills.Our suggestionGive the newer player Pauline. How to split the roles

Hilltop Layer

Part 1 of 1. Clear the blocked sinkhole.

  1. BothThe layer's sinkhole is buried under a giant banana-shaped dirt pile, and getting it cleared is the goal here.single source
  2. BothIn Fractone Village Pauline turns down an invitation to sing.single source
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Steps compiled from 1 playthrough video and 6 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.