Editing Crash Guard

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{{more images|The green variant}}
{{item-infobox
|image=[[File:Crash Guard - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]
|description=''"Makes your mine cart or rocket barrel temporarily invincible!"''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
[[File:Crashguard DKCR3D.png|thumb|left|The Crash Guard, in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''.]]
{{quote|Crash into too many things, and even this stuff can't save you.|Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D}}
The '''Crash Guard''' is an item that appears in the New Mode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' and later reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. In the former game, the Crash Guard is a potion similar to the [[Banana Juice]] except that the potion liquid is a light blue color. In the latter game, the Crash Guard was redesigned to a blue shield, lined with silver and with three small, metal circles positioned near the top.

== History ==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', the Crash Guard can be purchased from [[Cranky Kong's Shop]] for ten [[Banana Coin]]s. It can only be used in levels that feature either a [[Mine Cart|Minecart]] or [[Rocket Barrel]] section. Before starting one of either stage, the player must equip it in their inventory. When used, the Crash Guard protects [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] from up to two hits if they crash into an enemy or obstacle while they ride in the vehicle. If the player adds a second or third Crash Guard to their inventory before a stage, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong can survive four or six hits respectively.
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===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'', the Crash Guard can be purchased at [[Funky's Fly 'n' Buy]], still retaining its price of ten [[Banana Coin]]s. Unlike ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'', the Crash Guard only protects the Kongs from taking damage once, partly because the Mine Cart and Rocket Barrel can withstand two hits before the Kongs lose a life. The Crash Guard does not respawn if the Kongs lose a life.

In the [[Nintendo Switch]] version, the Crash Guard is recolored green, but it still operates the same way as in the original [[Wii U]] version.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クラッシュガード
|JapR=Kurasshu Gādo
|JapM=Crash Guard}}

==Trivia==
*When highlighting the Crash Guard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'', Funky Kong will say "''Vehicle troubles? It's dangerous to go alone--take one of these!''", referencing the quote "''It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!''" from the first [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Game)|''The Legend of Zelda'']] game.
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