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[[File:SteerableBarrel_DKC2.png|thumb|150px|A Steerable Barrel]]
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|image=[[File:SteerableBarrel_DKC2.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
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[[File:Steerable Barrel.png|frame|left]]
[[File:Steerable Barrel.png|frame|left]]
'''Steerable Barrels'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref> (also referred to as '''Steer Barrels''' in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'')<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Vol. 79, [[Media:Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|page 17]].</ref> are a type of [[Barrel Cannon]] that appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. They appear only in [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Fiery Furnace]], where they have a crucial role of carrying [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] across the enormous [[lava]] gaps. Steerable Barrels are recognizable from a control pad depicted on each of them.
'''Steerable Barrels''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> also titled '''Steer Barrels''',<ref>{{cite|date=December 1995|title=''Nintendo Power'' Vol. 79|page={{file link|Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|17}}|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are objects in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. These [[Barrel Cannon]]s are encountered in [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Fiery Furnace]] only, where they have a crucial role of carrying [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] across the enormous [[lava]] gaps. Steerable Barrels have a distinct control pad depicted on them. Steerable Barrels can be moved in any direction while the player characters are inside, but unlike [[Spinner Barrel|Rotatable Barrel]]s, Steerable Barrels always point in a single direction, making it impossible to rotate them. Most Steerable Barrels have a timer when entered, ranging between one to five seconds, and when the timer reaches zero, the Steerable Barrel blasts the [[Kong]]s out automatically and returns to its original location.
 
When Diddy and Dixie enter a Steerable Barrel, they are able to move it around in any direction freely. However, unlike with [[Spinner Barrel|Rotatable Barrel]]s, the [[Kong]]s cannot rotate and aim the barrel, because it always faces one direction. Most Steerable Barrels have a timer when entered, and it varies from one to five seconds. When the timer reaches zero, the Kongs are automatically blasted out of the Steerable Barrel, which also vanishes and returns to its original location. This means Diddy and Dixie must quickly blast into the next Steerable Barrel or fall onto the nearest land.


Steerable Barrels do not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', even in its own [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]] level.
Steerable Barrels do not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', even in its own [[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]] level.
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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{{foreign names
|Ita=Barile pilotabile<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual, pag. 114</ref>
|Ita=Barile pilotabile<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|page=114|language=it|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|ItaM=Pilotable barrel
|ItaM=Pilotable barrel
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Latest revision as of 17:29, August 5, 2024

Steerable Barrel
A Steerable Barrel
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) (2004)
Steerable Barrel

Steerable Barrels,[1] also titled Steer Barrels,[2] are objects in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These Barrel Cannons are encountered in Fiery Furnace only, where they have a crucial role of carrying Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong across the enormous lava gaps. Steerable Barrels have a distinct control pad depicted on them. Steerable Barrels can be moved in any direction while the player characters are inside, but unlike Rotatable Barrels, Steerable Barrels always point in a single direction, making it impossible to rotate them. Most Steerable Barrels have a timer when entered, ranging between one to five seconds, and when the timer reaches zero, the Steerable Barrel blasts the Kongs out automatically and returns to its original location.

Steerable Barrels do not appear in Donkey Kong Land 2, even in its own Fiery Furnace level.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Barile pilotabile[3] Pilotable barrel

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1995. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18Media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg.
  2. ^ December 1995. Nintendo Power Vol. 79. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17Media:Nintendo Power79 17.jpg.
  3. ^ 2004. Donkey Kong Country 2 European manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 114.