Editing Invincibility Barrel

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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:InvincibilityBarrel DKC2.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|effect=Grants the [[Kong]]s temporary [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]]
}}
An '''Invincibility Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=24|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> also named '''Exclamation Point Barrel'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}}}</ref> or '''Invincible Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' volume 79|page={{file link|Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|17}}|date=December 1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) Volume 35|page=24|date=February 1996}}</ref> is an uncommon type of [[barrel]] appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Invincibility Barrels grant temporary invincibility to the [[Kong]]s, similarly to a [[Super Star]] from the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]. They are identifiable from the large white exclamation mark painted on them. The effects of the Invincibility Barrel allow for some stronger [[List of enemies|enemies]] to be instantly defeated, although normally invulnerable enemies, such as [[Snapjaw (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Snapjaw]]s, remain unaffected by this.

Invincibility Barrels are sometimes hidden and/or required to reach a [[Bonus room|Bonus Level]]. One example is in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', during [[Bramble Scramble (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Bramble Scramble]], where [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] can use an Invincibility Barrel to safely cross a nearby [[bramble]] path and fire into a [[Bonus Barrel]]. In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''{{'}}s [[Riverside Race]], Dixie and [[Kiddy Kong]] must use an Invincibility Barrel (which is invisible, with a banana representing its location) to [[jump]] onto three red [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]es to reach a Bonus Barrel on the hill.

Though Invincibility Barrels have no other appearances, the concept of invincibility also appears in some other games of the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]. In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[Strong Kong]] gives him temporary invincibility, so long as he has a supply of [[Crystal Coconut]]s. In ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', the player can become temporarily invincible by using the "Go Bananas" ability with 20 [[banana]]s and [[Crystal Star (DK: Jungle Climber)|Crystal Star]]s, respectively.

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' "''Break this barrel to become temporarily invincible.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
Invincibility Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
DKL2 GB ! Barrel sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
DKC2GBA Exclamation Point Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA) sprite
Invincibility Barrel 4koma Manga Kingdom.png|An Invincibility Barrel, as seen in ''[[4koma Manga Kingdom]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|無敵|むてき}}バレル<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=23|language=Japanese|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Muteki Bareru
|JapM=Invincible Barrel
|Ita=Barile punto esclamativo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=19|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile dell'invincibilità<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet|page=52|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita3=Barile invincibilità<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' e-manual|page=13|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita4=Barile esclamativo<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|page=115|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' European booklet|page=121|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|ItaM=Exclamation mark barrel
|Ita2M=Invincibility barrel
|Ita3M=Invincibility barrel
|Ita4M=Exclamation barrel
}}

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