Item Handle
- "Handle" redirects here. For the objects from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, see Handle (Donkey Kong Country 3). For the object from Wrecking Crew '98, see handle (Wrecking Crew '98). For the object from Super Mario Bros. Wonder, see handle (Super Mario Bros. Wonder).
Item Handles,[1] or simply handles,[2] are objects in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Item Handles are widespread throughout the levels, always being stuck to the ground. The Kongs can grab the handles and pull them upward, and they have many purposes. In the Wii U version, Donkey Kong can pull one if the player presses 
or 
on the Wii U GamePad. When pulled, an Item Handle can reveal an item, much as item containers do. These include bananas, Banana Coins, hearts, and Puzzle Pieces. An Item Handle can sometimes reveal a throwable object, either a barrel or a Watermelon Fuse Bomb. Other elements hidden under Item Handles are flying bananas and Slot Machine Barrels, as seen in Cliffside Slide. Groups of bananas may burst from the ground, and the player is rewarded with a certain item once all of them are collected in a short time. Some Item Handles, on the other hand, do not hide objects but act as switches, triggering a certain phenomenon or occurrence after being pulled out. For instance, plucking one of the Item Handles in Mangrove Cove causes an enormous tree to sprout, after which it can be scaled using Blast Barrels. The first Item Handle in Zip-Line Shrine has to be pulled in order to access the inside of the shrine. The Item Handles in Seashore War cannot be pulled out, but they are used to raise ship debris above the water instead.
The tufts of grass seen in Super Mario Bros. 2 (and further before in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic) have inspired the creation of Item Handles, since the plucking feature in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was brought over from Super Mario Bros. 2.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory Van Grier (February 21, 2014). Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-16252-4. Page 23.
- ^ von Esmarch and Van Grier. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 30, 33, 34, 39, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56, 60, 61, 98, 102, 112, 153, 188, 216, 217, 218, 224, 247, 250, and 254.
- ^ Nintendo (June 11, 2013). Wii U Developer Direct - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze @E3 2013 (03:10). YouTube (American English). Retrieved July 6, 2024.
