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| | [[File:StarBarrel DKC.png|thumb|150px|A Star Barrel]] |
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| | A '''Star Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> (also known as a '''Check-Point Barrel'''{{ref needed}} and a '''Continue Barrel'''<ref name=DKC>''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' British English Virtual Console digital manual, page 7.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66, pages 11, 12, 15, and 17.</ref>) is a [[Barrel]] with white stars painted on it, and serves as a [[checkpoint]] during a level, usually halfway through. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', and appear in almost every level of the original ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' trilogy, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
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| A '''Star Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> (also known as a '''Continue Barrel''')<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' [[Nintendo Power]] Player's Guide. {{Media link|DKC Guide 20-21.jpg|Page 21}}.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' British English Virtual Console digital manual, page 7.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66, pages 11, 12, 15, and 17.</ref> is a [[barrel]] with white stars painted on it that acts as a [[checkpoint]] during a [[level]], usually halfway through. Star Barrels first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. | |
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| Star Barrels appear in almost every level of the original [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy]], ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Every Star Barrel floats in the air, with the stars spiraling around the barrel circumference. If the [[Kong]]s jump at a Star Barrel, it breaks, and a shower of colorful sparkles rains upon them, indicating that it has been activated. This way, if the Kongs exit a level or lose a life, they can resume from the Star Barrel's location. By doing so, the Star Barrel shakes, and the Kongs burst out of it. However, if the player gets a [[Game Over]] or restarts the game, the Kongs must restart from either the level itself or where the player last saved their game. A Star Barrel's effect also wears off when the Kongs complete a level. Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rickety Race]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' lacks a Star Barrel; one was added in the GBA version. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', two of the [[Krematoa]] levels, [[Stampede Sprint]] and [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]] (in the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]] only), do not have Star Barrels. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] ports of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, if the Kongs exit a level where they have activated a Star Barrel, and the player saves and restarts their game, the Kongs can resume from the Star Barrel.
| | In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', the Star Barrels were replaced with [[Continue Point]]s. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', [[Professor Chops]] instead marks the checkpoint for the Kongs. |
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| In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is a type of Star Barrel known as a '''save barrel'''. One of them appears at [[Candy's Save Point]] and has the same appearance as ordinary Star Barrels. Unlike their normal counterpart, when the Kongs [[jump]] into a save barrel, the barrel does not break. This barrel type neither appears in the [[Game Boy Color]] nor Game Boy Advance versions.
| | ==Description== |
| | Star Barrels have the same role as a checkpoint in each game they appear in. Every Star Barrel floats in the air, with the stars spiraling around the barrel circumference. If the [[Kong]]s jump at a Star Barrel, it breaks, and a shower of colorful sparkles rains upon them, indicating that it has been activated. This way, if the Kongs exit a level or lose an [[extra life]], they can resume from the Star Barrel's location. By doing so, the Star Barrel shakes, and the Kongs burst out of it. However, if the player gets a [[Game Over]] or restarts the game, the Kongs must restart from either the level itself or where the player last saved their game. A Star Barrel's effect also wears off when the Kongs complete a level. |
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| Certain [[cheat code]]s can remove Star Barrels in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Inputting {{button|snes|B}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padleft}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|snes|X}} in the hidden Cheat Code option in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' removes all [[DK Barrel]]s and Star Barrels; inputting "ROCKARD" in the Cheat Code menu does the same in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]]. For ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', inputting "TUFST" (SNES version) / "TUFFER" (GBA version) removes all Star Barrels, though the GBA version's code can be used only when a new file is made.
| | In the [[Game Boy Advance]] ports of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, if the Kongs exit from a level where they have activated a Star Barrel, and the player saves and restarts their game, the Kongs can resume from the Star Barrel. |
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| Star Barrels were initially replaced with [[Continue Point]]s for ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', but these have not appeared in any other game. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', [[Professor Chops]] instead marks the checkpoint for the Kongs.
| | In the original [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] release of ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is a type of Star Barrel known as a '''Save Barrel'''.<ref name=DKC/> One of them appears at [[Candy's Save Point]], and has the same appearance as ordinary Star Barrels. Unlike their normal counterpart, when the Kongs jump into a Save Barrel, the barrel does not break. |
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| ==Profiles==
| | In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', two of the [[Krematoa]] levels, [[Stampede Sprint]] and [[Rocket Rush]], do not have a Star Barrel. |
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| *'''Instruction manual bio:''' "''These barrels are decorated with a star design. If you knock out one of these barrels, you will restart at the barrel's location instead of beginning of the level when you lose a life.''"
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| *'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' "''If you knock out one of these barrels, when you lose a life you will restart at the barrel's location instead of the beginning of the level.''"
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| *''''Instruction manual bio (GBC/GBA):''' "''Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life.''"
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| ===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''=== | | ==Official profiles== |
| *'''Instruction manual bio:''' "''These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue at that point if you lose a life later in the level.''" | | ===''Donkey Kong Country'' (SNES)=== |
| *'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' "''If you break one of these barrels, you will be able to continue the game from that spot when you lose a life.''" | | *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"These barrels are decorated with a star design. If you knock out one of these barrels, you will restart at the barrel's location instead of beginning of the level when you lose a life."'' |
| *'''Instruction manual bio (GBA):''' "''These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one, you'll continue at that point should you lose a life later in the level.''" | | *'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''"If you knock out one of these barrels, when you lose a life you will restart at the barrel's location instead of the beginning of the level."'' |
| | | ===''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' (SNES)=== |
| ===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' (SNES) / ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' / ''Donkey Kong Land III''=== | | *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue at that point if you lose a life later in the level."'' |
| | ===''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' (SNES) / ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' / ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''=== |
| *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point."'' | | *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point."'' |
| | | ===''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC/GBA)=== |
| | *''''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"'"Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life."''"'' |
| | ===Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)=== |
| | *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one, you'll continue at that point should you lose a life later in the level. |
| ===''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)=== | | ===''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)=== |
| *'''Instruction manual bio:''' "''These mark a midway point in the level. Break one to continue from that point if you lose a life before reaching the end.''" | | *'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"These mark a midway point in the level. Break one to continue from that point if you lose a life before reaching the end."'' |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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| Star Barrel DKL3C sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III|Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong]]'' sprite | | Star Barrel DKL3C sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III|Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong]]'' sprite |
| Star Barrel DKCGBC sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color) sprite | | Star Barrel DKCGBC sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color) sprite |
| DKC GBA Star Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| ===Star Barrel===
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| |Jap=コンティニュー・バレル<ref name=SDK>''Super Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref> / コンティニューバレル<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 22.</ref><ref>''Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō'' instruction booklet, page 30.</ref>
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| |JapR=Kontinyū Bareru
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| |JapM=Continue Barrel
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| |Ita=Barile decorato<ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country/09.jpg Donkey Kong Country]'' Italian booklet, pag. 17</ref><br>Barile Stella<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual, pag. 19</ref><br>Barile a stella<ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-land-iii/11.png Donkey Kong Land III]'' European booklet, pag. 48</ref><br>Barile stelle<ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country-2-gba/12-13.jpg Donkey Kong Country 2]'' European booklet, pag. 115</ref><br>Barile stella<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet, pag. 53</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC); European booklet, pag. 111</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA); European booklet, pag. 102</ref>
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| |ItaM=Decorated Barrel<br>Star Barrel<br>Star barrel<br>Stars barrel<br>Star barrel
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| ===Save barrel===
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| |Jap=セーブ・バレル<ref name=SDK/>
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| |JapR=Sēbu Bareru
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| |JapM=Save Barrel
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| |Ita=Barile dei salvataggi di Candy Kong<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual, pag. 17</ref><br>Barile dei Salvataggi di Candy<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual, pag. 26</ref>
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| |ItaM=Candy Kong's save barrel<br>Candy's Save Barrel
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is an [[list of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels|Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref> | | *In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is also an unused sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.<ref>[[tcrf:Donkey_Kong_Country_(SNES)#Barrels|The Cutting Room Floor]]</ref> |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Barrels]] | | [[Category:Barrels]] |
| [[Category:Checkpoints]] | | [[Category:Checkpoints]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Country Objects]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Objects]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Objects]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 Objects]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Land III objects]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Land III Objects]] |
| [[de:Sternenfass]] | | [[de:Sternenfass]] |