Plus and Minus Barrels: Difference between revisions

'''Plus and Minus Barrels'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref> (shortened to '''+ and − Barrels''' in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'')<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79, [[Media:Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|page 17]].</ref> are types of [[barrel]]s that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. A Plus Barrel has a green plus sign on it, while a Minus Barrel has a red minus sign on it. 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 are featured in the level [[Haunted Hall]], where they appear in midair and on the track rails throughout it. [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] must hit the Plus Barrels to increment the onscreen timer, but they must avoid Minus Barrels, which decrease the onscreen timer. If the timer reaches zero, the Kongs will be attacked by the [[Kackle]] pursuing them. Minus Barrels are more frequent in later ports of the level.

In an earlier level, [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rickety Race]], a Plus Barrel appears at the start, hidden beneath a wooden platform. This Plus Barrel has a different functionality; when the Kongs jump into the first [[Roller Coaster]], if the player holds Left on the {{button|snes|Pad}} as the race start is signaled (thus going against the flow of play), it rides backwards into the Plus Barrel, which speeds up the Roller Coaster to ride on the remaining track segment. Similarly, another Plus Barrel also appears in Haunted Hall's first [[bonus room|Bonus Area]], and it causes the Roller Coaster to travel backwards at a high speed.