Switch Barrel

Switch Barrel

First appearance	Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) (1996)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)
Effect	Changes into a different type of barrel depending on its location

Switch Barrels^[1] are an uncommon type of barrel in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Each of them has an S (which likely stands for "Switch") printed on it. A Switch Barrel displays either a regular barrel, a TNT Barrel, or a Steel Barrel, and whichever type is shown is the one shot out by the Bazukas. If Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong jump at a Switch Barrel, it changes to another barrel, changing what the Bazuka shoots out accordingly. The Kongs can revert to the initial barrel by jumping at the Switch Barrel again.

Switch Barrels appear in only three levels. In Blazing Bazukas, Switch Barrels appear throughout. The Bazukas here usually fire TNT Barrels, and the Switch Barrels can change them to regular barrels, a requirement for getting across the area. Blazing Bazukas has one Switch Barrel in particular that can toggle between a barrel and Steel Barrel, and having it set to the latter is a requirement for the Bazuka to shoot at the Koin, allowing for the DK Coin to be obtained. In Koindozer Klamber, there is only one Switch Barrel, and like in Blazing Bazukas, it alternates between barrels and Steel Barrels, again necessary for defeating the Koin. Lastly, in Criss Kross Cliffs, Switch Barrels are the main focus, and all of them alternate between Steel Barrels and TNT Barrels. The Steel Barrels are used to bounce Dixie and Kiddy higher into the level. However, because a red Buzz often blocks the path, the Switch Barrel has to be used to change the Steel Barrels to TNT Barrels, the latter of which can defeat the Buzz. Once it is defeated, Dixie and Kiddy can use the Switch Barrel to revert to Steel Barrels and continue onward.

Gallery[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! sprite (barrel)
A Switch Barrel in Criss Kross Cliffs

References[edit]

^ Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.

[Edit] Barrels
Objects	Carryable	Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Merfle Barrel • TNT Barrel • Vine Barrel
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	Triggerable	Check and X Barrels • Explosive barrel • Fuel Drum • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Light Barrel • Oil barrel • On & Off Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Question Barrel • Roulette Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel • Star Barrel • Stop & Go Barrel • Switch Barrel • Trigger Barrel
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Items		Backward Barrel • Banana Barrels • Barrel 007 • Barrel Bolt • Mega TNT Barrel • TNT Barrel • Wrench Barrel • Yoo Who Cannon
Scenery		Barrel Shield • Floating barrel • Tumbling barrel
Vehicles		Barrel Jet • Barrel Train • Biplane Barrel • Boomerang-a-barrel • Chrome DK Jumbo • DK Jumbo • DK Maximum • Gold Train • Gyrocopter • Hover Craft • Jumbo Barrel • Motor Boat • Plane • Rocket Barrel • Supersonic Satellite • Taru-gata Machine • Turbo Ski
Characters		Belcha • Dumb Drum • Sharpcask • Shortfuse

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters	Protagonists	Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
	Prisoners	Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Kong^a • Lanky Kong^a • Tiny Kong^a • Chunky Kong^a
	Animal Friends	Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
	Brothers Bear	Bachelor^a • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
	Bosses	Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus^a • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies		Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kracka^a • Kremling (boater)^a • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items		Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolates^a • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rose^a • Shell • Ski • Star
Objects		Animal Barrel • Animal crate • Auto-Fire Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Shield • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Bubbling cauldron • Chairlift • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Drum • Handle • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Level Flag • Metal door • Mine^a • Propellerpack • Ripsaw • Rock • Rocket Barrel • Star Barrel • Steel Barrel • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Toboggan • Tracker Barrel • Trapdoor • Tumbling barrel • Warp Barrel • Waterfall • Wheel
Levels	Lake Orangatanga	Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
	Kremwood Forest	Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
	Cotton Top Cove	Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
	Mekanos	Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
	K3	Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
	Razor Ridge	Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrier^b • Kroctopus Krush^a
	Pacifica^a	Dingy Drain-Pipe^a • Stormy Seas^a • Sunken Spruce^a • Cliffside Blast^a • Ripcurl Reef^a • Surf's Up^a • Barbos's Barrier
	Kaos Kore	Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
	Krematoa	Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush • Knautilus
Miscellaneous		Ask Uncle Tusk • Barrel-Blastapalooza • Cold Crossword Challenge • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Nintendo Music • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack
^a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version ^b Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version

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 {{item infobox
-|image=[[File:Switch Barrel.png|200px]]
+|image=[[File:Switch Barrel.png|150px]]
-|description=A [[barrel]] with an "S" on it
 |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
-|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
 |effect=Changes into a different type of barrel depending on its location
 }}
-'''Switch Barrels'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide. Page 14.</ref> are an uncommon type of [[barrel]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Each of them has an "S" printed on it (which likely represents "switch"). They appear in only three [[level]]s: [[Blazing Bazukas]], [[Koindozer Klamber]], and [[Criss Kross Cliffs]].
+'''Switch Barrels'''<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide|page=14|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996}}</ref> are an uncommon type of [[barrel]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Each of them has an ''S'' (which likely stands for "Switch") printed on it. A Switch Barrel displays either a regular barrel, a [[TNT Barrel]], or a [[Iron Barrel|Steel Barrel]], and whichever type is shown is the one shot out by the [[Bazuka]]s. If [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] jump at a Switch Barrel, it changes to another barrel, changing what the Bazuka shoots out accordingly. The [[Kong]]s can revert to the initial barrel by [[jump]]ing at the Switch Barrel again.
-A Switch Barrel displays either a regular barrel, a [[TNT Barrel]], or a [[Steel Keg]]. It displays the same type of barrel as the ones fired out by [[Bazuka]]s. If [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] jump at a Switch Barrel, it changes to another barrel, and the Bazuka starts firing out that type of barrel. The [[Kong]]s can revert to the initial barrel by [[jump]]ing at the Switch Barrel again.
+Switch Barrels appear in only three [[level]]s. In [[Blazing Bazukas]], Switch Barrels appear throughout. The Bazukas here usually fire TNT Barrels, and the Switch Barrels can change them to regular barrels, a requirement for getting across the area. Blazing Bazukas has one Switch Barrel in particular that can toggle between a barrel and Steel Barrel, and having it set to the latter is a requirement for the Bazuka to shoot at the [[Koin]], allowing for the [[DK Coin]] to be obtained. In [[Koindozer Klamber]], there is only one Switch Barrel, and like in Blazing Bazukas, it alternates between barrels and Steel Barrels, again necessary for defeating the Koin. Lastly, in [[Criss Kross Cliffs]], Switch Barrels are the main focus, and all of them alternate between Steel Barrels and TNT Barrels. The Steel Barrels are used to bounce Dixie and Kiddy higher into the level. However, because a red [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]] often blocks the path, the Switch Barrel has to be used to change the Steel Barrels to TNT Barrels, the latter of which can defeat the Buzz. Once it is defeated, Dixie and Kiddy can use the Switch Barrel to revert to Steel Barrels and continue onward.
-Switch Barrels appear throughout Blazing Bazukas, where Bazukas usually fire TNT Barrels, and the Switch Barrels can change them to regular barrels. This is required for them to get across the area. There is one Switch Barrel in the level that alternates between barrels and Steel Kegs. The Steel Kegs are needed to defeat the [[Koin]] and obtain the level's [[DK Coin]].
-Only one Switch Barrel appears in Koindozer Klamber. Like in Blazing Bazukas, the Switch Barrel is used to defeat the Koin and acquire its DK Coin, and it alternates between barrels and Steel Kegs.
-[[File:Criss Kross Cliffs.png|thumb|left|A Switch Barrel in Criss Kross Cliffs]]
-Switch Barrels are an integral feature to Criss Kross Cliffs, and every one in the level alternates between Steel Kegs and TNT Barrels. The Steel Kegs are used to bounce Dixie and Kiddy higher into the level, and along the way, the Kongs encounter red [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzzes]] blocking the path. The Kongs can defeat them only with a Switch Barrel, which changes the Steel Kegs to TNT Barrels. After defeating the enemy, Dixie and Kiddy can change back to Steel Kegs and continue in the level.
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 <gallery>
 SwitchBarrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite (barrel)
+Criss Kross Cliffs.png|A Switch Barrel in Criss Kross Cliffs
 </gallery>

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