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[[File:StarBarrel DKC.png|thumb|150px|A Star Barrel]]
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A '''Star Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> (also known as a '''Continue Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' British English Virtual Console digital manual, page 7.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66, pages 11, 12, 15, and 17.</ref>) is a [[barrel]] with white stars painted on it, and serves as a [[checkpoint]] during a level, usually halfway through. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', and appear in almost every level of the original ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' trilogy, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
'''Star Barrels'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1996|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=25|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (also known as '''Continue Barrels''')<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' [[Nintendo Power]] Player's Guide|page={{file link|DKC Guide 20-21.jpg|21}}|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' British English Virtual Console digital manual|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 1994|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue 66|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=11, 12, 15, and 17}}</ref> are objects introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. These [[barrel]]s have white stars painted on them and function as [[checkpoint]]s in [[level]]s, usually at midway points. Star Barrels appear in nearly every level of the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy]], ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. A Star Barrel breaks when touched, with colored sparkles running out. The Star Barrel shakes upon the player re-entering an incomplete level (including if replayed), and the characters burst out. Star Barrels in the remakes of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy even function when the player resets the game, unlike in the original versions.
 
Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rickety Race]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' lacks a Star Barrel, though one was added in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]]. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', two of the [[Krematoa]] levels, [[Stampede Sprint]] and [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]] (in the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]] only), do not have Star Barrels.
 
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. It returns in neither remake.
 
Star Barrels can be removed with certain [[cheat code]]s in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Inputting {{button|snes|B}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|padright}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|padleft}}, {{button|snes|A}}, {{button|snes|X}} in the hidden Cheat Code option in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' removes all [[DK Barrel]]s 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 are replaced with [[Continue Point]]s for ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', and [[Professor Chops]] is the checkpoint in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.
 
==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
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|Eng=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 needed}}}}


In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', the Star Barrels were replaced with [[Continue Point]]s. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', [[Professor Chops]] instead marks the checkpoint for the Kongs.
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|Eng=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 needed}}}}


==Description==
*'''Remakes'''
Star Barrels have the same role as a checkpoint in each game they appear in. Every Star Barrel floats in the air, with the stars spiraling around the barrel circumference. If the [[Kong]]s 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 an [[extra 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.
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|Eng=Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life.''"{{page needed}}}}


In the [[Game Boy Advance]] ports of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, if the Kongs exit from 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.
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
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|Eng=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 needed}}}}


In the original [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] release of ''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.
{{multilang profile
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|Eng=If you break one of these barrels, you will be able to continue the game from that spot when you lose a life.{{page needed}}}}


Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|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 (level)|Rocket Rush]] (in the GBA version only), do not have Star Barrels. Additionally, certain cheat codes can remove Star Barrels in those games. Inputting {{button|snes|B}},{{button|snes|A}},{{button|padright}},{{button|padright}},{{button|snes|A}},{{button|padleft}},{{button|snes|A}},{{button|snes|X}} in the hidden Cheat Code option in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' removes all DK and Star Barrels; inputting "ROCKARD" in the Cheat Code menu does the same in the Game Boy Advance version. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' has a cheat menu as well, where inputting "TUFST" (SNES version) / "TUFFER" (GBA version) removes all Star Barrels, though the GBA version's code only works for a new file.
*'''Remake'''
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=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 needed}}}}


==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' (SNES)===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"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."''
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''"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."''
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (SNES)===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"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."''
*'''Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''"If you break one of these barrels, you will be able to continue the game from that spot when you lose a life."''
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' (SNES) / ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' / ''Donkey Kong Land III''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' (SNES) / ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' / ''Donkey Kong Land III''===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point."''
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===''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC/GBA)===
|type=manual
*''''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life."''
|Eng=Star Barrels mark a midway point in the stage. If you break one of these barrels, you'll continue from that point.{{page needed}}}}
 
===''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"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."''


===''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''"These mark a midway point in the level. Break one to continue from that point if you lose a life before reaching the end."''
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|Eng=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 needed}}}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
===Star Barrel===
{{foreign names
|Jap=コンティニュー・バレル<ref name=SDK>{{cite|language=ja|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong'' instruction booklet|page=17}}</ref> / コンティニューバレル<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1995|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=22|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1996|title=''Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō'' instruction booklet|page=30|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JapR=Kontinyū Bareru
|JapM=Continue Barrel
|Ita=Barile decorato
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country/09.jpg|format=JPG|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Italian booklet|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile Stella
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' Italian manual|page=19}}</ref>
|Ita3=Barile a stella
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-land-iii/11.png|title=''Donkey Kong Land III'' European booklet|page=48}}</ref>
|Ita4=Barile stelle
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|url=www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country-2-gba/12-13.jpg|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' European booklet|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004|page=115}}</ref>
|Ita5=Barile stella
|Ita5C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Spanish-Italian booklet|page=53}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC); European booklet|page=111|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA); European booklet|page=102|date=2003|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|ItaM=Decorated Barrel
|Ita2M=Star Barrel
|Ita3M=Star barrel
|Ita4M=Stars barrel
|Ita5M=Star barrel
}}
===Save barrel===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Ita=Barile decorato<ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country/09.jpg Donkey Kong Country]'' Italian booklet, pag. 17</ref><br>Barile a stella<ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-land-iii/11.png Donkey Kong Land III]'' European booklet, pag. 48</ref><br>Barile stelle <ref>''[https://www.mariocastle.it/risorse/manuali/donkey-kong-country-2-gba/12-13.jpg Donkey Kong Country 2]'' European booklet, pag. 115</ref>
|Jap=セーブ・バレル
|ItaM=Decorated Barrel<br>Star barrel<br>Stars barrel
|JapC=<ref name=SDK/>
|JapR=Sēbu Bareru
|JapM=Save Barrel
|Ita=Barile dei salvataggi di Candy Kong
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita2=Barile dei Salvataggi di Candy
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref>
|ItaM=Candy Kong's save barrel
|Ita2M=Candy's Save Barrel
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is also an unused sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.<ref>[[tcrf:Donkey_Kong_Country_(SNES)#Barrels|The Cutting Room Floor]]</ref>
*In ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is an [[list of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels|''Donkey Kong Country'' (SNES)#Barrels]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=April 21, 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:03, September 19, 2024

Star Barrel
Star Barrel
First appearance Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005)

Star Barrels[1][2] (also known as Continue Barrels)[3][4][5][6] are objects introduced in Donkey Kong Country. These barrels have white stars painted on them and function as checkpoints in levels, usually at midway points. Star Barrels appear in nearly every level of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Donkey Kong Land 2, and Donkey Kong Land III. A Star Barrel breaks when touched, with colored sparkles running out. The Star Barrel shakes upon the player re-entering an incomplete level (including if replayed), and the characters burst out. Star Barrels in the remakes of the Donkey Kong Country trilogy even function when the player resets the game, unlike in the original versions.

Certain levels in the games lack Star Barrels. Rickety Race in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest lacks a Star Barrel, though 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 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. It returns in neither remake.

Star Barrels can be removed with certain cheat codes in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Inputting B Button, A Button, +Control Pad right, +Control Pad right, A Button, +Control Pad left, A Button, X Button 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 are replaced with Continue Points for Donkey Kong Land, and Professor Chops is the checkpoint in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

  • 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]


  • 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]
  • 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]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

  • 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]


  • 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]
  • 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]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Land 2 / Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

  • 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]

Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)[edit]

  • 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]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Star Barrel[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • In Donkey Kong Country, there is an unused sprite for the Continue Barrel with its top open.[19]

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. ^ 1996. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 25.
  3. ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 17.
  4. ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country Nintendo Power Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 21Media:DKC Guide 20-21.jpg.
  5. ^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest British English Virtual Console digital manual. Page 7.
  6. ^ Tilden, Gail, et al. (November 1994). Nintendo Power Issue 66. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 11, 12, 15, and 17.
  7. ^ a b 1994. Super Donkey Kong instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 17.
  8. ^ 1995. Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 22.
  9. ^ 1996. Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30.
  10. ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian booklet (JPG). Page 17.
  11. ^ Donkey Kong Land 2 Italian manual. Page 19.
  12. ^ Donkey Kong Land III European booklet. Page 48.
  13. ^ 2004. Donkey Kong Country 2 European booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 115.
  14. ^ Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Spanish-Italian booklet. Page 53.
  15. ^ 2000. Donkey Kong Country (GBC); European booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 111.
  16. ^ 2003. Donkey Kong Country (GBA); European booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 102.
  17. ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian manual. Page 17.
  18. ^ Donkey Kong Country Italian manual. Page 26.
  19. ^ TCRF. Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved April 21, 2019.