Editing Blast Barrel

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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Auto-FireBarrel DKC.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
A '''Blast Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' instruction booklet|page=18|date=2010|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=It's a Blast Barrel that puts you into a 1-Up Balloon guessing game.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66|page=11|date=November 1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> also known as an '''Auto-Fire Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=24|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet|page=28|language=en-us|date=2005|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> '''Auto-blast Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #51|page=60|date=June 1997}}</ref> '''Cannon Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''DK: Jungle Climber'' instruction booklet|page=14|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Booster Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber'' instruction booklet|page=14|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2007}}</ref> is a common type of [[Barrel Cannon]] that appears throughout the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]]. It is represented by a symbol on the side of the [[barrel]] depicting a white outline of an explosion.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
[[File:BlastBarrels DKCR.png|thumb|left|Both variants of the Blast Barrel in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'']]
Blast Barrels first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. When a character jumps into a Blast Barrel, it automatically launches them in a predetermined direction. The Blast Barrel can launch the [[Kong]]s at great distances and often allows them to reach a location that cannot be reached by other means. The Kongs cannot control when or in what direction they are fired, as the launch is purely automatic. In ''Donkey Kong Country'', Blast Barrels are also used to send the Kongs to [[bonus room]]s or near the end of the level; the [[Game Boy Advance]] version and sequels replace them with [[Bonus Barrel]]s and [[Warp Barrel]]s, respectively, although Blast Barrels with the former's functionality are reused as of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''.

Blast Barrels lack the explosion symbol in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. The steel rims on their entrances are also colored white in those games as well as ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', all Barrel Cannons look like Blast Barrels, even though only a few function like them.

Blast Barrels return in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]], looking and acting the same as in the original version of ''Donkey Kong Country''. These games also contain Blast Barrels with skull heads displayed on them, which instantly self-destruct after they launch the characters.

===''Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge''===
Blast Barrels also appear in ''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'', where they are present alongside Barrel Cannons in [[Barrel Blast Jungle]] and [[Star 9|one level]] of the [[Star World (Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge)|Star World]]. They function just like in the past games, automatically shooting a character in a certain direction once entered.

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
[[File:Donkey Kong Adventure Golden Blast Barrel cutscene.jpg|thumb|Donkey Kong, Rabbid Peach and Rabbid Cranky using a Golden Blast Barrel to launch themselves at Mega Rabbid Kong]]
Blast Barrels appear in the [[Donkey Kong Adventure]] mode of ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''. They can be used by pressing {{button|switch|a}} while standing next to them, and are used to launch [[Donkey Kong]], [[Rabbid Peach]] and [[Rabbid Cranky]] to a certain part of the area they are in.

During the final battle with [[Mega Rabbid Kong]], the heroes must unlock and reach a golden Blast Barrel to deliver the final blow to Mega Rabbid Kong.

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
[[File:MKT Icon BarrelHanafuda.png|thumb|left|The Barrel Hanafuda]]
A Blast Barrel makes a cameo on the [[Barrel Hanafuda]] [[glider]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', which itself uses the same Blast Barrel artwork from [[Mario Hanafuda]].
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Blast Barrel DKC sprite.png|Sprite from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
Blast Barrel DKC2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
Firebarrel.png|Sprite from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
DKC GBC Blast Barrel.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country'' ([[Game Boy Color]])
DKCGBA Blast Barrel.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country'' ([[Game Boy Advance]])
DonkeyKong1 amiiboChallenge.png|''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'' screenshot
MH Apr 4.svg|[[Mario Hanafuda]]
Skull Blast Barrel.png|Skull Blast Barrel from ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
Blast Barrels SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=自動式タル大砲
|JpnR=Jidō-shikitaru Taihō
|JpnM=Automatic Barrel Cannon
|Jpn2={{hover|大砲|たいほう}}バレル<ref>{{cite|title=ドンキーコング ジャングルクライマー (''Donkī Kongu Janguru Kuraimā'') instruction booklet|page=19|date=2007|publisher=Nintendo|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Taihō Bareru
|Jpn2M=Cannon Barrel; compare [[Barrel Cannon#Names in other languages|Barrel Cannon]]
|Ger=Kanonenfass
|GerM=Cannon Barrel
|Ita=Barile-cannone automatico<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual|page=16}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile auto-fuoco<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet|page=52}}</ref>
|Ita3=Barile a scoppio<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' Spanish-Italian manual|page=49}}</ref>
|Ita4=Barile Autopilota<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' European booklet|page=121|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2005}}</ref>
|Ita5=Barile a reazione<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber]]'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref>
|Ita6=Barile esplosivo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' Italian manual|page=23}}</ref>
|ItaM=Automatic barrel-cannon
|Ita2M=Auto-fire barrel
|Ita3M=Burst barrel
|Ita4M=Autopilot Barrel
|Ita5M=Reaction barrel, same as [[Booster Barrel#Names in other languages|Booster Barrel]]
|Ita6M=Exploding barrel
}}

==Notes==
*In [[Tanked Up Trouble]] of ''Donkey Kong Country'', one Blast Barrel self-destructs as it fires the Kongs (predating those of ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''), but only in the original version.
*In the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]], there are [[TNT Barrel]]s that bear a resemblance to Blast Barrels.

==References==
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