Editing Star Barrel

{{item_infobox
|image=[[File:StarBarrel DKC.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
'''Star Barrels'''<ref>{{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><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1996|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (also known as a '''Continue Barrel''')<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' [[Nintendo Power]] Player's Guide|page={{file link|DKC Guide 20-21.jpg|21}}|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' British English Virtual Console digital manual|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 1994|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=11, 12, 15, and 17}}</ref> are objects introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. These [[barrel]]s have white stars painted on them and function as [[checkpoint]]s in [[level]]s, usually at midway points. Star Barrels in nearly every level of the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy]], ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. If a Star Barrel is jumped at, it breaks, with colored sparkles running out. The Star Barrel shakes upon re-entering an incomplete level (including if replayed), and the characters burst out. Star Barrels in the remakes of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy even function when resetting the game, unlike the original versions.

Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rickety Race]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' lacks a Star Barrel, though the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]]. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', two of the [[Krematoa]] levels, [[Stampede Sprint]] and [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]] (in the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]] only), do not have Star Barrels.

In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is a type of Star Barrel known as a '''save barrel'''. One of them appears at [[Candy's Save Point]] and has the same appearance as ordinary Star Barrels. Unlike their normal counterpart, when the Kongs [[jump]] into a save barrel, the barrel does not break. It returns in neither remake.

Certain [[cheat code]]s can remove Star Barrels in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Inputting {{button|snes|B}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padleft}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|snes|X}} in the hidden Cheat Code option in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' removes all [[DK Barrel]]s and Star Barrels; inputting "ROCKARD" in the Cheat Code menu does the same in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]]. For ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', inputting "TUFST" (SNES version) / "TUFFER" (GBA version) removes all Star Barrels, though the GBA version's code can be used only when a new file is made.

Star Barrels are replaced with [[Continue Point]]s for ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', and [[Professor Chops]] are the checkpoint in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
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|Eng=These barrels are decorated with a star design. If you knock out one of these barrels, you will restart at the barrel's location instead of beginning of the level when you lose a life.{{page needed}}}}

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|Eng=If you knock out one of these barrels, when you lose a life you will restart at the barrel's location instead of the beginning of the level.{{page needed}}}}

*'''Remakes'''
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|Eng=Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life.''"{{page needed}}}}

===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
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|Eng=These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue at that point if you lose a life later in the level.{{page needed}}}}

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|Eng=If you break one of these barrels, you will be able to continue the game from that spot when you lose a life.{{page needed}}}}

*'''Remake'''
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|Eng=These barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one, you'll continue at that point should you lose a life later in the level.{{page needed}}}}

===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' (SNES) / ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' / ''Donkey Kong Land III''===
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|Eng=Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point.{{page needed}}}}

===''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)===
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|Eng=These mark a midway point in the level. Break one to continue from that point if you lose a life before reaching the end.{{page needed}}}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Star Barrel DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' sprite
Star Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''3'' sprite
Star Barrel DKL3C sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III|Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong]]'' sprite
Star Barrel DKCGBC sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color) sprite
DKC GBA Star Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Star Barrel===
{{foreign names
|Jap=コンティニュー・バレル<ref name=SDK>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet|page=17}}</ref> / コンティニューバレル<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1995|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1996|title=''Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō'' instruction booklet|page=30|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Kontinyū Bareru
|JapM=Continue Barrel
|Ita=Barile decorato
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country/09.jpg|format=JPG|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Italian booklet|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile Stella
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=19}}</ref>
|Ita3=Barile a stella
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-land-iii/11.png|title=''Donkey Kong Land III'' European booklet|page=48}}</ref>
|Ita4=Barile stelle
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country-2-gba/12-13.jpg|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' European booklet|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004|page=115}}</ref>
|Ita5=Barile stella
|Ita5C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet|page=53}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC); European booklet|page=111|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA); European booklet|page=102|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Decorated Barrel
|Ita2M=Star Barrel
|Ita3M=Star barrel
|Ita4M=Stars barrel
|Ita5M=Star barrel
}}

===Save barrel===
{{foreign names
|Jap=セーブ・バレル
|JapC=<ref name=SDK/>
|JapR=Sēbu Bareru
|JapM=Save Barrel
|Ita=Barile dei salvataggi di Candy Kong
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile dei Salvataggi di Candy
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref>
|ItaM=Candy Kong's save barrel
|Ita2M=Candy's Save Barrel
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is an [[list of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels|''Donkey Kong Country'' (SNES)#Barrels]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=April 21, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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