Star Barrel: Difference between revisions

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'' PAL Virtual Console digital manual, page 7.</ref>) is a wooden [[Barrel]] with white stars painted on it.  This type of barrel first appeared in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and can be found in every title of the original ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, as well as in the latter two ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' games. The Star Barrel acts as the [[checkpoint]] of a [[level]].  These barrels always float in mid-air and will break upon contact.  Upon being broken, a shower of colorful sparkles rains upon the [[Kong]]s, indicating the barrel is activated.  If the heroes happen to lose an [[extra life]] before completing the level, they will restart the level at the mid-way point where the Star Barrel was activated (instead of at the beginning of the level like normal).  However, if the Kongs lose all of their extra lives and get a [[Game Over|game over]], the heroes must start over from the last place they saved the game.

Additionally, there is a Continue Barrel known as a '''Save Barrel'''<ref name=DKC/> to be found at every [[Candy's Save Point]], only this variety saves the player's data and is unbreakable.