Every amiibo can be scanned in Donkey Kong Bananza, but characters from the Donkey Kong games have a unique use. By scanning Donkey Kong series amiibos, you’ll spawn in four explosive KONG tiles for use in clearing paths or dishing out the hurt.

There are five Ancient Bananza transformations in Donkey Kong Bananza: Kong, Zebra, Ostrich, Elephant, and Snake. Below, read on for details about when you unlock each transformation and how to use them. You unlock this Bananza pretty early in the game in the Lagoon Layer (101).

Donkey Kong Bananza players have pointed out how similar it looks to Link dropping into Hyrule when DK free-falls into the game's first sublayer.