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|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])

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'' [[Nintendo Power]] Player's Guide. {{Media link|DKC Guide 20-21.jpg|Page 21}}.</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 that acts as a [[checkpoint]] during a [[level]], usually halfway through. Star Barrels first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.

Star Barrels 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]]''. 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 a 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. 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 [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|GBA version]] only), do not have Star Barrels. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] ports of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy, if the Kongs exit 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 ''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. This barrel type neither appears in the [[Game Boy Color]] nor Game Boy Advance versions.

Certain [[cheat code]]s can remove Star Barrels 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 [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|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 were initially replaced with [[Continue Point]]s for ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', but these have not appeared in any other game. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', [[Professor Chops]] instead marks the checkpoint for the Kongs.

===''Donkey Kong Country''===

*'''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.''"

*''''Instruction manual bio (GBC/GBA):''' "''Break open a star-spangled Continue Barrel to restart at that location the next time you lose a life.''"

 

===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===

*'''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.''"

*'''Instruction manual bio (GBA):''' "''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.''"

*'''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.''"

*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>TCRF. [[tcrf:Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels|Donkey Kong Country (SNES)#Barrels]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.</ref>

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