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(It's "save barrel" in-game and in the manual.)
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[[File:StarBarrel DKC.png|thumb|150px|A Star Barrel]]
[[File:StarBarrel DKC.png|thumb|150px|A Star Barrel]]
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 '''Check-Point Barrel'''{{ref needed}} and a '''Continue Barrel'''<ref name=DKC>''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]]''.
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]]''.


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.
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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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.
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.


In the original [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] release of ''Donkey Kong Country'', there is a type of Star Barrel known as a '''Save Barrel'''.<ref name=DKC/> 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.
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.


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]] (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|snes|L}},{{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.
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]] (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|snes|L}},{{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.
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