In Donkey Kong Bananza, you can scan amiibo to add an extra flavor to DK and Pauline’s journey into the underground. The game supports new Donkey Kong and older amiibo figures that, once scanned, give you special clothes and powered-up objects to help you smash through the terrain.
Below we list what the amiibos do in Donkey Kong Bananza and how to use them, plus explain how to get the Diva Dress for Pauline.
Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo rewards and unlock list
Scanning different amiibo earn you slightly different rewards.
These Donkey Kong-related amiibo will give you four golden KONG tiles per scan, which function as explosive structures to help you clear out a path:
Notably, the Donkey Kong and Pauline amiibo will give you the Diva Dress, an outfit for Pauline that increases the drop rate of music discs. (See below for more on that, since it’s not just a reward for scanning the amiibo the same way these tiles are.)
Scanning non-Donkey Kong amiibo will give you various elemental balls that you can throw. That’s not as fun, but oh well.
How to use an amiibo in Donkey Kong Bananza
To scan amiibo in Donkey Kong Bananza, press the Plus button to open the main menu and then select the amiibo icon. Then, you just need to hold the amiibo against the right control stick on the Joy-Con or on the center of the Pro Controller, against the Nintendo Switch 2 logo to scan it.
How get the Diva Dress using Pauline’s amiibo
To actually get Pauline’s dress, you’ll need to find a specific NPC that kind of… looks like the amiibo itself. We found this amiibo on the Resort Layer (800), which is about halfway into the game. You can find them here:
Once you talk to this NPC, it’ll ask you to scan your amiibo — and you’ll get Pauline’s Diva Dress for doing so, as well as some KONG blocks. Scanning the other amiibo will not net you anything else other than the aforementioned KONG blocks or orbs.