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====''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' / ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''====
====''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' / ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''====
[[File:DKJB avalanche.jpg|thumb|left|The avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down the mountain in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'']]
[[File:DKJB avalanche.jpg|thumb|left|The avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down the mountain in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'']]
The avalanche{{ref needed}} obstacle first appears in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] game ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' and reprise its role in its [[Reissue#Enhanced ports|enhanced port]] for the [[Wii]], ''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. In both iterations, it is found in [[Silver Snow Peak]] of the [[Orange Kingdom]]. As [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Hoofer]] are running down the mountain, an avalanche approaches the heroes at a fast pace behind them. If they touch it, they will take damage. In ''New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'', a giant [[snowball]] must be removed to escape the avalanche. After the two successfully get away from it, it is not seen anywhere else in the game.
An avalanche{{ref needed}} in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' and its ''[[New Play Control!]]'' port approaches [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Hoofer]] from behind as they go down the mountain in [[Silver Snow Peak]], and the avalanche damages them on contact. In the ''New Play Control!'' version, a giant [[snowball]] must be removed to escape the avalanche.


====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====

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Avalanche
Cliffside Slide
Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong traversing over an avalanche in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
First appearance Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

Avalanches in the Super Mario franchise are rapidly declining heaps of snow that endanger the player characters.

History in the Super Mario franchise

Mario Party 4

An avalanche in Mario Party 4 is what the player characters have to outrun in the Avalanche! minigame.

Donkey Kong franchise

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat / New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

The avalanche in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
The avalanche chasing Donkey Kong and Hoofer down the mountain in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

An avalanche[citation needed] in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and its New Play Control! port approaches Donkey Kong and Hoofer from behind as they go down the mountain in Silver Snow Peak, and the avalanche damages them on contact. In the New Play Control! version, a giant snowball must be removed to escape the avalanche.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

The avalanche[citation needed] obstacle returns in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its enhanced Nintendo Switch port of the same name. It first and only appears in the Donkey Kong Island level Cliffside Slide. However, unlike in the iterations of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, touching the avalanche will cause Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong (as well as Funky Kong in the Nintendo Switch port) to lose a life, making it a replacement for pits in various levels and lava in both Meltdown Mayhem and Volcano Dome.