I see a lot of people on RA complain about hard achievements, speedruns, grindy stuff, multiple playthroughs. Utilize all shortcuts for each level in the first world.

You can also save after beating each boss if you enter the completed world on the world map instead of to the next one and save, then go to the next world with Funky. I'm the first to admit this isn't too much fun and there are instances in the game where you have to do up to three levels until you can access a savepoint (Gloomy Gulch is the worst offender here). With all that being said though, here is how I did it: practice speedrunning a particular level (or levels) in a completed file and whenever you are satisfied with your speed, repeat your effort for that level in the file where it needs to count for the achievement and reload the save if you believe you need to try again. I believe the main reasons why the DKC and DKL games on here have speedrun achievements is because of the save file having a timer and mostly because of the infamous Cranky statement at the end of the first DKC.

I'm also not too much of a fan of speedrun achievements, because even though I do love watching them, I find them more stressful than fun if I have to do it myself.

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