Star Barrel
| Star Barrel | |
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| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country (1994) |
| Latest appearance | Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005) |
A Star Barrel[1][2] (also known as a Continue Barrel)[3][4][5][6] is a barrel with white stars painted on it that acts as a checkpoint during a level, usually halfway through. Star Barrels first appear in Donkey Kong Country.
Star Barrels appear in almost every level of the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Donkey Kong Land 2, and Donkey Kong Land III. Every Star Barrel floats in the air, with the stars spiraling around the barrel circumference. If the Kongs jump at a Star Barrel, it breaks, and a shower of colorful sparkles rains upon them, indicating that it has been activated. This way, if the Kongs exit a level or lose a life, they can resume from the Star Barrel's location. By doing so, the Star Barrel shakes, and the Kongs burst out of it. However, if the player gets a Game Over or restarts the game, the Kongs must restart from either the level itself or where the player last saved their game. A Star Barrel's effect also wears off when the Kongs complete a level. Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. Rickety Race in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest lacks a Star Barrel; one was added in the GBA version. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, two of the Krematoa levels, Stampede Sprint and Rocket Rush (in the GBA version only), do not have Star Barrels. In the Game Boy Advance ports of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, if the Kongs exit a level where they have activated a Star Barrel, and the player saves and restarts their game, the Kongs can resume from the Star Barrel.
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. This barrel type neither appears in the Game Boy Color nor Game Boy Advance versions.
Certain cheat codes can remove Star Barrels in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Inputting 
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in the hidden Cheat Code option in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest removes all DK Barrels and Star Barrels; inputting "ROCKARD" in the Cheat Code menu does the same in the 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 were initially replaced with Continue Points for Donkey Kong Land, but these have not appeared in any other game. In Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Professor Chops instead marks the checkpoint for the Kongs.
Profiles
Donkey Kong Country
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
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 number needed]
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- Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
- English:
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 number needed]
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- Remakes
- Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
- English:
Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life."[page number needed]
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
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 number needed]
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- Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
- English:
If you break one of these barrels, you will be able to continue the game from that spot when you lose a life.[page number needed]
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- Remake
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
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 number needed]
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Land 2 / Donkey Kong Land III
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point.[page number needed]
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Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
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 number needed]
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Gallery
Donkey Kong Country sprite
Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 sprite
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color) sprite
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) sprite
Names in other languages
Star Barrel
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コンティニュー・バレル[7] / コンティニューバレル[8][9] Kontinyū Bareru |
Continue Barrel | |
| Italian | Barile decorato[10] | Decorated Barrel | |
| Barile Stella[11] | Star Barrel | ||
| Barile a stella[12] | Star barrel | ||
| Barile stelle[13] | Stars barrel | ||
| Barile stella[14][15][16] | Star barrel |
Save barrel
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | セーブ・バレル[7] Sēbu Bareru |
Save Barrel | |
| Italian | Barile dei salvataggi di Candy Kong[17] | Candy Kong's save barrel | |
| Barile dei Salvataggi di Candy[18] | Candy's Save Barrel |
Trivia
References
- ^ Nintendo (1995). Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
- ^ Nintendo (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25.
- ^ Nintendo (1994). Donkey Kong Country instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
- ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country Nintendo Power Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest British English Virtual Console digital manual. Page 7.
- ^ November 1994. Nintendo Power Issue 66. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11, 12, 15, and 17.
- ^ a b Nintendo (1994). Super Donkey Kong instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
- ^ Nintendo (1995). Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 22.
- ^ Nintendo (1996). Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian booklet (JPG). Page 17.
- ^ Donkey Kong Land 2 Italian manual. Page 19.
- ^ Donkey Kong Land III European booklet. Page 48.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country 2 European booklet. Page 115.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Spanish-Italian booklet. Page 53.
- ^ Nintendo (2000). Donkey Kong Country (GBC); European booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 111.
- ^ Nintendo (2003). Donkey Kong Country (GBA); European booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 102.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian manual. Page 17.
- ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian manual. Page 26.
- ^ TCRF. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved April 21, 2019.
