The game is a 3D adventure with strong platforming links, similar to that of Banjo-Kazooie. Much of the gameplay involves collecting various items, such as coins, bananas, weapons, keys, and blueprints. The main goal of the game is to collect Golden Bananas. There are 200 Golden Bananas with a "Nintendo" sticker and an additional special one with a Rareware sticker. They are used for gaining access to various levels, blocked by B. Locker, who has the number of Golden Bananas needed labeled on him for unblocking the level's entrance. There are 25 Golden Bananas in each level, but each Kong is only able to find five. One of the five they find is from Snide after a Kong gives him a special blueprint found in a Kasplat (40 in total). The Boss Keys are the second most important items for completing the game. These are used for unlocking each of the eight locks on K. Lumsy's cage. Seven of them are collected by defeating a level boss. These unlock the next level's entrance area. Sometimes, two levels can be unlocked together, with different amounts of Golden Bananas needed for the B.Locker to unblock the entrance. The entrances appear, because of an earthquake K. Lumsy causes with his tremendous joy.