The steel rims on their entrances are also colored white in those games as well as Donkey Kong Land, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.

In Donkey Kong Country, Blast Barrels are also used to send the Kongs to bonus rooms or near the end of the level the Game Boy Advance version and sequels replace them with Bonus Barrels and Warp Barrels, respectively, although Blast Barrels with the former's functionality are reused as of Donkey Kong Country Returns.īlast Barrels lack the explosion symbol in Donkey Kong Land 2 and Donkey Kong Land III. The Kongs cannot control when or in what direction they are fired, as the launch is purely automatic. The Blast Barrel can launch the Kongs at great distances and often allows them to reach a location that cannot be reached by other means. When a character jumps into a Blast Barrel, it automatically launches them in a predetermined direction. Both variants of the Blast Barrel in Donkey Kong Country Returnsīlast Barrels first appear in Donkey Kong Country.

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