A Slot Machine Barrel in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Slot Machine Barrels[1] are a unique type of Barrel that appear in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. They have the same purpose as End of Level Targets and Level Flags from earlier Donkey Kong Country titles, even giant fruits from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, in that they represent the end of every level (except boss levels and Key Temples).
At first, the Slot Machine Barrel is idle and displays a yellow star on a red background. When the Kongs go near a Slot Machine Barrel, the roulette in its center begins to spin between prizes. They include a banana (which represents five), a red Life Balloon, a Banana Coin, or a DK symbol. By hitting the barrel, the Kongs win the displayed prize, and the level ends. Unlike End of Level Targets, the prizes for Slot Machine Barrels are consistent in every level.
If the Kongs hit a Slot Machine Barrel just as it displays the DK logo, the player can shake the Wii Remote (and Nunchuk, depending on play mode) to hit the Slot Machine Barrel several times until it breaks. The number of hits given to the barrel provides the same number of a random prize to the Kongs. The count does not exceed 15, even if the Slot Machine Barrel is hit more than 15 times.
In Time Attack mode, the Slot Machine Barrel displays a checkered flag. By hitting the barrel, Professor Chops waves the checkered flag to stop the timer, and the Kongs finish the level. In Donkey Kong Country Returns, the Slot Machine Barrel of the Golden Temple displays a Mirror Trophy. When the Kongs hit that Slot Machine Barrel, the player unlocks Mirror Mode.
In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, some levels contain more than one Slot Machine Barrel. These additional barrels mark a secret exit, much like Red Flagpoles from the New Super Mario Bros. series, and they unlock a hidden, alternate path on the world map.
Gallery[edit]
Donkey Kong Country Returns[edit]
A Slot Machine Barrel as it appears in the game
The Kongs win a red Life Balloon from a Slot Machine Barrel
Donkey Kong hitting a Slot Machine Barrel when the DK logo is displayed
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Spanish | Barril sorpresa[2] | Surprise Barrel |
| French | Tonneau-tombola[3] | Raffle Barrel |
Trivia[edit]
- A distinctive jingle plays just before the barrel spins, which is similar to the one from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, when Gōrumondo gets beaten by Donkey Kong.
References[edit]
- ^Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet, page 18 (North American version), page 23 (PAL version)
- ^Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet, page 62
- ^Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet, page 40
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| Barrel types | Animal Barrel • Backward Barrel • Banana Barrels • Barrel Bomb • Barrel Cannon • Barrel Shield • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Button Barrel • Check and X Barrels • Cranky's Kong Barrel • Dance Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Fishing Barrel • Fuel Barrel • Golden Barrel • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Iron Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Mega TNT Barrel • Merfle Barrel • Oil barrel • Oil drum • ON/OFF Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Rocket Barrel • Rolling Barrel • Shrinkbarrel • Slot Machine Barrel • Star Barrel • Steerable Barrel • Stop & Go Barrel • Style Barrel • Switch Barrel • Tag Barrel • TNT Barrel • Tracker Barrel • Training Barrel • Warp Barrel • Water Barrel |
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| Other | Barrel Train • Belcha • Biplane Barrel • Dumb Drum • Jumbo Barrel • Yoo Who Cannon |
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| Paper Mario series | Big Paint Star • Crystal Stars • Mini Paint Star • Pure Heart • Royal Sticker • Star Block • Star Spirits |
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| Donkey Kong franchise | End of Level Target • End of stage • Exit • Golden Banana • Level Flag • Slot Machine Barrel |
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| Other | Finish Line • Goal gate • Goal (Yoshi Topsy-Turvy) • Goal Door (Mario vs. Donkey Kong series) • Goal door (Wario Land series) • Goal Ring • Luigi |
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| Characters | Protagonists | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi the Rhino • Squawks the Parrot • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine |
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| Bosses | Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck / Stompybot 3000 • Tiki Tong |
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| Enemies and obstacles | Tiki Tak Tribe | Big Zing • Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giant Pillar • Screaming Pillar • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (Factory) |
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| Objects | Items | Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard* • Green Balloon* • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon |
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| Barrels | Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel |
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| Miscellaneous | Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Tire • Trapdoor |
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| Vehicles | Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel |
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| Moves | Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack |
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| Levels | Jungle | Jungle Hijinxs • King of Cling • Tree Top Bop • Sunset Shore • Canopy Cannons • Crazy Cart • Platform Panic • Mugly's Mound |
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| Beach | Poppin' Planks • Sloppy Sands • Peaceful Pier • Cannon Cluster • Stormy Shore • Blowhole Bound • Tidal Terror • Tumblin' Temple • Pinchin' Pirates |
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| Ruins | Wonky Waterway • Button Bash • Mast Blast • Damp Dungeon • Itty Bitty Biters • Temple Topple • Shifty Smashers • Ruined Roost |
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| Cave | Rickety Rails • Grip 'n' Trip • Bombs Away • Mole Patrol • Crowded Cavern • Jagged Jewels • The Mole Train |
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| Forest | Vine Valley • Clingy Swingy • Flutter Flyaway • Tippin' Totems • Longshot Launch • Springy Spores • Wigglevine Wonders • Muncher Marathon • Blast & Bounce • Mangoruby Run |
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| Cliff | Sticky Situation • Prehistoric Path • Weighty Way • Boulder Roller • Precarious Plateau • Crumble Canyon • Tippy Shippy • Clifftop Climb • Perilous Passage • Thugly's Highrise |
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| Factory | Foggy Fumes • Slammin' Steel • Handy Hazards • Gear Getaway • Cog Jog • Switcheroo • Music Madness • Lift-off Launch • Treacherous Track • Feather Fiend |
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| Volcano | Furious Fire • Hot Rocket • Roasting Rails • Smokey Peak • Bobbing Basalt • Moving Melters • Red Red Rising • Five Monkey Trial • Tiki Tong Terror |
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| Cloud* | Crushin' Columns* • Gushin' Geysers* • Spiky Surprise* • Mischievous Moles* • Topsy Turvy* • Tar Ball Fall* • Robo Factory* • Lavawheel Volcano* • Golden Temple |
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| Further information | Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Staff |
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| * Exclusive to Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D |
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| Characters | Playable | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong* |
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| Supporting | Catfish • Funky Kong • Professor Chops • Rambi the Rhino • Squawks the Parrot • Tawks* |
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| Bosses | Pompy, the Presumptuous • Skowl, the Startling • Ba-Boom, the Boisterous • Fugu, the Frightening • Bashmaster, the Unbreakable • Lord Fredrik, the Snowmad King |
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| Other | Big Squeekly • Goats • Mugly • Skittler • Snaps |
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| Enemies | Snowmad | Tucks (Archy · Archy (fire) · Big Sphen · Boom Bird · Bouncy Tucks · Painguin Tucks · Papa Painguin · Pointy Tucks · Soary · Speedy Tucks · Trench Tucks · Tuff Tucks · Tenacious Tucks) • Fluff (Harey · Harold · Tuff Fluff) • Hootz (Blue Hootz · Hot Hootz · Puffton · Tuffton) • Ice dragon • Lemmington • Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie · Fish Poker Pops · Walbrick · Walnut) |
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| Objects | Items | Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Blue Balloon • Capsule Toy Machine • Crash Guard • Flying banana • Gold Heart • Green Balloon • Heart • Heart Boost • KONG Letters • Mysterious relic • Puzzle Piece • Red Balloon |
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| Projectiles | Barrel • Kong Barrel • Water Sack • Watermelon Fuse Bomb |
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| Miscellaneous | Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bell • Burlap Hanging Sack • Climbing Grass • Collapsible Underwater Grass • Cracked Block • Current • Item container • Item Handle • Pile of leaves • Purple Flower Platform • Rambi Crate • Rolling leaf • Slot Machine Barrel • Snowflake Shield • Spinning Platform • Spring Platform • Vine-Triggered Platform • Zip-Line Vine |
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| Vehicles | Log Canoe • Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel |
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| Obstacles | Electroid • Fireball • Giant Spiked Nut • Hanging TNT • Icicle • Proximity mine • Snowball • Snowflake • Tornado • Volcanic debris |
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| Moves | Cane Bounce • Cartwheel Attack • Cling • Corkscrew • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Helicopter Spin • Ranged attack • Roll Attack |
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| Levels | Lost Mangroves | Mangrove Cove • Shipwreck Shore • Canopy Chaos • Trunk Twister • Zip-Line Shrine • Busted Bayou • Big Top Bop • Swinger Flinger |
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| Autumn Heights | Windmill Hills • Mountain Mania • Horn Top Hop • Sawmill Thrill • Alpine Incline • Wing Ding • Crumble Cavern • Rodent Ruckus • Mountaintop Tussle • Bopopolis |
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| Bright Savannah | Grassland Groove • Baobab Bonanza • Frantic Fields • Scorch 'n' Torch • Twilight Terror • Cannon Canyon • Rickety Rafters • Bramble Scramble • Triple Trouble • Precarious Pendulums |
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| Sea Breeze Cove | Deep Keep • High Tide Ride • Amiss Abyss • Irate Eight • Sea Stack Attack • Current Capers • Rockin' Relics • Shoal Atoll • Fugu Face-Off • Spinning Spines |
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| Juicy Jungle | Harvest Hazards • Reckless Ride • Fruity Factory • Panicky Paddles • Jelly Jamboree • Frosty Fruits • Beehive Brawl • Jammin' Jams • Punch Bowl • Platform Problems |
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| Donkey Kong Island | Homecoming Hijinxs • Seashore War • Aqueduct Assault • Blurry Flurry • Forest Folly • Cliffside Slide • Frozen Frenzy • Meltdown Mayhem • Dynamite Dash • Icicle Arsenal • Volcano Dome • Slippy Spikes |
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| Secret Seclusion | Levitation Station • Rocket Rails • Crazy Clouds |
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| Miscellaneous | Extras • Lord Fredrik's horn |
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| Further info | Gallery • Media • Staff |
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| * Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version |
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A matching game to flip over • Can’t-miss games • The multiplayer way • Which Kong could fit your style? • Who’s that toy? |
