Lift-off Launch is the fifty-fourth stage in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, as well as the eighth stage in the Factory world. This stage is unique compared to other stages in the Donkey Kong Country series because not only it lacks K-O-N-G Letters and Puzzle Pieces, but also features a Rocket Barrel that rides vertically. it also leads the Kongs to a boss in the same stage. Additionally, it is the shortest stage in the game and can only be accessed if Donkey or Diddy Kong find the three hidden switches in Cog Jog, Switcheroo, and Music Madness. Similar to other factory stages, it begins in a factory, where the Kongs must enter a large rocket. A Rocket Barrel is in this rocket, which the primates ride the rocket out of into the skies.