Star Barrel: Difference between revisions

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'' PAL 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.

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.

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.

 

 

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

;''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC/GBA)

Star Barrel DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' sprite

Star Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''3'' sprite

Star Barrel DKL3C sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III|Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong]]'' sprite

Star Barrel DKCGBC sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color) sprite