Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze: Puzzle Piece Playthrough Part 1

Marathon playlist here: • Donkey Kong Country (&...
Enjoy! Continuing from the Returns revisit for my marathon, it is now time to go back to the sequel, Tropical Freeze, and get all its puzzle pieces. This time we'll be on the Switch re-release that adds the notable "New Funky Mode" which I also ran with here.
Although when making these two playthroughs, I actually did this one first. With the benefits that Funky Kong provides with his double jump and higher health, along with more confident experience recording Switch footage, I would better optimize the way I played through these levels while nabbing the collectables efficiently. I even ended up pulling some neat shortcuts and skips only possible with said Kong. So I probably had more fun recording this than Returns.
Since this playthrough covers finding puzzle pieces, the old Hard Mode playthrough from a decade ago will remain public should that interest you instead. If you're willing to stick around here, than hope you enjoy this uh... New Funky playthrough!
This part covers all of the first area, Lost Mangroves.
Timestamps for this part.
00:00 1-1: Mangrove Cove
04:10 1-2: Shipwreck Shore
07:38 1-A: Zip-Line Shrine
10:33 1-3: Canopy Chaos
13:38 1-B: Busted Bayou
16:11 1-4: Trunk Twister
19:10 1-K: Swinger Flinger
21:34 1-Boss: Big-Top Bop