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|image=[[File:Auto-FireBarrel DKC.png|200px]]<br>A Blast Barrel | |image=[[File:Auto-FireBarrel DKC.png|200px]]<br>A Blast Barrel | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Trick Tour (2020)|Trick Tour]], cameo) (2020) | |latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Trick Tour (2020)|Trick Tour]], cameo) (2020) | ||
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A '''Blast Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, | A '''Blast Barrel''',<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, {{media link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18}}.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' instruction booklet, page 18.</ref><ref>"It's a Blast Barrel that puts you into a 1-Up Balloon guessing game." ''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66, page 11.</ref> also known as an '''Auto-Fire Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 24.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet, page 28.</ref> or '''Cannon Barrel''',<ref>''DK: Jungle Climber'' instruction booklet, page 14.</ref> is a common type of [[Barrel Cannon]] that appears throughout the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series. It is represented by a symbol on the side of the barrel depicting a white outline of an explosion. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Blast Barrels first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. When a character jumps into a Blast Barrel, it automatically launches them in a predetermined direction. The Blast Barrel can launch the [[Kong]]s at great distances and often allows them to reach a location that cannot be reached by other means. The Kongs cannot control when or in what direction they are fired, as the launch is purely automatic. In ''Donkey Kong Country'', Blast Barrels are also used to send the Kongs to [[bonus room]]s or near the end of the level; the [[Game Boy Advance]] version and sequels replace them with [[Bonus Barrel]]s and [[Warp Barrel]]s, respectively, although Blast Barrels with the former's functionality are reused as of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''. | Blast Barrels first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. When a character jumps into a Blast Barrel, it automatically launches them in a predetermined direction. The Blast Barrel can launch the [[Kong]]s at great distances and often allows them to reach a location that cannot be reached by other means. The Kongs cannot control when or in what direction they are fired, as the launch is purely automatic. In ''Donkey Kong Country'', Blast Barrels are also used to send the Kongs to [[bonus room]]s or near the end of the level; the [[Game Boy Advance]] version and sequels replace them with [[Bonus Barrel]]s and [[Warp Barrel]]s, respectively, although Blast Barrels with the former's functionality are reused as of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''. | ||
Blast Barrels lack the explosion symbol in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. The steel rims on their entrances are also colored white in those games as well as ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', all Barrel Cannons look like Blast Barrels, even though only a few | Blast Barrels lack the explosion symbol in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. The steel rims on their entrances are also colored white in those games as well as ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', all Barrel Cannons look like Blast Barrels, even though only a few function like them. | ||
Blast Barrels return in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]], looking and acting the same as in the original version of ''Donkey Kong Country''. These games also contain Blast Barrels with skull heads displayed on them, which instantly self-destruct after they launch the characters. | Blast Barrels return in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]], looking and acting the same as in the original version of ''Donkey Kong Country''. These games also contain Blast Barrels with skull heads displayed on them, which instantly self-destruct after they launch the characters. | ||