If the game doesn't crash initially, it'll probably crash shortly afterwards, especially with Diddy, who doesn't seem to last after transformation. If the Klampon is bypassed with 7E0E1000 Moonjump, the player STILL can't progress because a Blast Barrel blocks the way it will erase the 'air' if jumped into anyway, ending the glitch run. The 'air' can be held onto further up the level, but it is impossible to make it to the Squawks barrel later on without taking a hit or otherwise leaping on an enemy, losing the 'air' there are a few close calls that can be bypassed with save states (an otherwise nearly impossible shaft with a Krook and two Zingers, and a section with three Spinies), but the run-ender finally occurs with a Klampon who by default walks towards a bottleneck as the floor catches up and is impossible to avoid without contact. Dropping the 'air' as one would a normal barrel seems to reset the properties of the object in question, resulting in a normal Rambi barrel, Krook, or whatever. Dixie's absence also affects the timing of whether the player gets a Rambi barrel or a Krook. Whether Dixie is present, and if Diddy is lost by colliding with the Spiny are also factors to what happens after using the generated Rambi barrel. If the player kills the nearby Spiny while it is walking left, nothing will happen if the player throws early, but killing it will allow the player to spawn the Rambi barrel for just a bit longer before the 'air' starts to spawn the Krook. Spawning a Rambi barrel can only happen shortly after being given access to the DK barrel (otherwise the spawn becomes overwritten by the nearby Krook enemy). If the game won't boot up, temporarily remove the backup battery from the cartridge until the SRAM clears itself. Should the latter happen, the corrupted SRAM file will have to be deleted. It's also possible for the SRAM to be modified (which can result in deleted save files) or corrupted in a way that prevents the game from booting up normally. If the player spawns a Rambi barrel, jumping into it can cause any number of things to happen, ranging from simple crashes, to Diddy transforming into other sprites with glitched palettes. Releasing Y at this point will spawn nearby objects in front of Diddy with glitched properties, like enemies moving faster than they should.

If done correctly, the DK barrel will break and Diddy will appear to be holding nothing. Hold Down and quickly release and hold Y again to drop the barrel and pick it up.

As Diddy, pick up the first DK barrel and hold it against a wall. Present in the level Castle Crush is an infamous glitch known for its destructive powers. Specifically: This was apparently fixed in the Wii Virtual Console version but not the Wii U Virtual Console version. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.

Castle crush glitch explanation