Editing Plus and Minus Barrels

|image=[[File:PlusandMinusBarrels_DKC2.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])

'''Plus and Minus Barrels''',<ref name="engmanual">{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}}}</ref> also formatted as '''+ and − Barrels''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79|page={{file link|Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|17}}}}</ref> are [[barrel]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Plus Barrels each depict a green plus sign, whilst Minus Barrels each depict a red minus sign. Plus and Minus Barrels are similar to [[Stop & Go Barrel]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' mainly because they are both used to temporarily prevent an invincible enemy from attacking the [[Kong]]s. Plus and Minus Barrels appear mainly in [[Haunted Hall]], in midair and on the track rails throughout. Jumping at the Plus Barrels is required to increase the onscreen timer, though Minus Barrels are hazardous because they decrease the onscreen timer instead. If the timer reaches zero, the Kongs are attacked by the [[Kackle]] pursuing them. In an earlier level, [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rickety Race]], there is a Plus Barrel at the start, hidden below a wooden platform. This Plus Barrel functions differently, because when the Kongs [[jump]] into the first [[Roller Coaster]], if the player holds Left on {{button|snes|Pad}} as the race's start is signaled, the Roller Coaster moves backwards into the Plus Barrel, which speeds up the Roller Coaster to ride on the remaining track segment. Similarly, a Plus Barrel in Haunted Hall's first [[bonus room|Bonus Area]] causes the Roller Coaster to travel backwards at a high speed.

|Jap=プラスバレル＆マイナスバレル<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=23}}</ref>

|Ita=Barili più e meno<ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|page=114}}</ref>

*The Plus and Minus Barrels do not reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', but an [[list of Donkey Kong Land 2 pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite of a Minus Barrel is hidden within the game data. There is not one for the Plus Barrel.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Donkey Kong Land 2#Minus Barrel|''Donkey Kong Land 2''#Minus Barrel]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>

*The ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet has [[Cranky Kong]] jokingly state that the Minus Barrel can send the Kongs to the [[Minus World]], only to realize he was talking about the [[Super Mario Bros.|wrong game]].