Slot Machine Barrel

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Slot Machine Barrel
A Slot Machine Barrel inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Effect	Ends the level; rewards aRed Balloon,Banana Bunch, orBanana Coin; may start a short punching sequence where the player earns up to fifteen of one of the aforementioned items instead

Slot Machine Barrels^[1]^[2] are objects inDonkey Kong Country Returns (as well asits Nintendo 3DS port andits Nintendo Switch port) andDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (as well asits Nintendo Switch port). These golden hoopedbarrels are the ends of alllevels that are not boss levels orKey Temples, succeedingEnd of Level Targets andLevel Flags from earlier games of theDonkey Kong Country series.

Slot Machine Barrels float in the air. At first, a Slot Machine Barrel is idle. An opening in its center facing the screen displays a yellow star on a red background. When theKongs go near a Slot Machine Barrel for the first time in each playthrough of a level, the display in the opening spins like a roulette, displaying icons for prizes. They include abanana (which represents aBanana Bunch and therefore five bananas), aRed Balloon, aBanana Coin, and a DK symbol. By touching the barrel, traditionally byjumping into it, the player character punches it open to win the item being displayed and end the level. Unlike with End of Level Targets, the prizes for Slot Machine Barrels are consistent in every level. Sometimes, the player can reach a Slot Machine Barrel only via aBarrel Cannon, meaning that the player has to account for the travel time to ensureDonkey Kong orDiddy Kong arrives at the Slot Machine Barrel at the right time to win a specific prize. In silhouette levels, the Slot Machine Barrel's center is displayed with color.

If the Kongs hit a Slot Machine Barrel just as it displays the DK logo, the player can shake Wii Remote (and Nunchuk , if one is used) inDonkey Kong Country Returns or press X Button / Y Button or L Button / R Button (depending on the control scheme) inDonkey Kong Country Returns 3D to hit the Slot Machine Barrel several times within a limited time window, similar to various objects and enemies fromDonkey Kong Jungle Beat. At the end of this, the barrel breaks and the Kongs get one of the three items, but the quantity is multiplied by the number of hits. The maximum number of hits is 15.

InTime Attack mode, a Slot Machine Barrel displays a checkered flag and does not spin. When the Kongs hit the barrel,tutorial pig waves the checkered flag to stop the timer, and the Kongs finish the level.

InDonkey Kong Country Returns, the levelTidal Terror ends with a gianttreasure chest containing the Slot Machine Barrel. The final platform of the levelGolden Temple lacks a Slot Machine Barrel. Instead, the player must repeatedly shoot between three Barrel Cannons to turn a gear that causes a giant monkey statue and several items to rise out of the clouds in the background. Once the statue is in place, the Barrel Cannons vanish and the gear explodes. The statue then dispenses the Slot Machine Barrel. When the level is played in any mode except for Time Attack, this Slot Machine Barrel only contains aBanana Mirror and does not spin. Obtaining the mirror unlocksMirror Mode.

InDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, some levels contain more than one Slot Machine Barrel. These additional barrels mark asecret exit, much likesecret Goal Poles from theNew Super Mario Bros. subseries, and they unlock a hidden, alternate path on theworld map.

Gallery[edit]

It has been requested thatmore images beuploaded for this section. Remove this notice only after the additional images have been added.Specifics: Each icon on the barrel

Donkey Kong Country Returns[edit]

A Slot Machine Barrel as it appears in the game
The Kongs win a Red 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
Japanese	ゴールバレル^[?] Gōru Bareru	Goal Barrel
French	Tonneau-tombola^[3]	Raffle Barrel
Italian	Barile sorpresa^[4]^[5]	Surprise barrel
Spanish(Latin American)	Barril sorpresa^[6]	Surprise Barrel
Spanish(European)	Barril tragaperras^[7]	Slot Machine Barrel

Notes[edit]

The jingle that plays just before the barrel spins is the same sound effect that plays when aGōrumondo orMini Panda is defeated inDonkey Kong Jungle Beat.

References[edit]

^2010.Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 18.
^2010.Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet.Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 23.
^Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet. Page 40.
^Donkey Kong Country Returns Italian manual. Page 23.
^Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Italian electronic manual, section 9
^Donkey Kong Country Returns instruction booklet. Page 62.
^Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Spanish electronic manual, section 25

[Edit] Barrels
Objects	Carryable	Barrel •DK Barrel •Iron Barrel •Merfle Barrel •TNT Barrel •Vine Barrel
	Enterable	Animal Barrel •Arrow Barrel •Barrel Cannon •Blast Barrel •Bonus Barrel •Boo Barrel •Booster Barrel •Button Barrel •Cranky's Kong Barrel •Dance Barrel •Diddy & Dixie Barrels •DK Launcher Barrel •Fishing Barrel •Golden Barrel •Shrinkbarrel •Spin Barrel •Spinner Barrel •Steerable Barrel •Style Barrel •Tag Barrel •Tracker Barrel •Training Barrel •Warp Barrel •Yellow Launcher Barrel •Yoo Who Cannon
	Triggerable	Check and X Barrels •Explosive barrel •Fuel Drum •Ignition Barrel •Invincibility Barrel •Krockhead Barrel •Light Barrel •Oil barrel •On & Off Barrel •Plus and Minus Barrels •Question Barrel •Roulette Barrel •Slot Machine Barrel •Star Barrel •Stop & Go Barrel •Switch Barrel •Trigger Barrel
	Obstacles	Barrel •Barrel Bomb •Barrel Cannon (Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast) •Basket of snakes •Black drum •Oil •Oil drum •Spiked Barrel
Items		Backward Barrel •Banana Barrels •Barrel Bolt •Mega TNT Barrel •TNT Barrel •Wrench Barrel •Yoo Who Cannon
Scenery		Barrel Shield •Drum •Floating barrel •Tumbling barrel
Vehicles		Barrelcopter •Barrel Jet •Barrel Rocket •Barrel Train •Biplane Barrel •Boomerang-a-barrel •Chrome DK Jumbo •DK Body •DK Jumbo •DK Maximum •Gold Train •Gyrocopter •Hover Craft •Jumbo Barrel •Motor Boat •Plane •Rocket •Rocket Barrel •Supersonic Satellite •Taru-gata Machine •Turbo Ski
Characters		Belcha •Dumb Drum •Sharpcask
Miscellaneous		Barrel 007 •Couch Potato Cruiser •K.C.C.B.M. •Shortfuse

[Edit] Goals
Super Mario series	Axe •Bell •Giant Gate •Goal (Super Mario Bros. 3) •Goal (Super Mario Land) •Goal (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins) •Goal Pole (Big •secret •flying) •Goal ring •Golden Coin •Grand Star •Green Star •Jumbo Star •Key Door •Keyhole •Magic ball •Magic Wand •Mask Gate •Mentama Mark •Multi Moon •Power Moon •Power Star •Red Power Star •Shine Sprite •Shiny Crown •Switch (Super Mario Land) •Warp Door •Warp Pipe
Paper Mario series	Big Paint Star •Comet Piece •Crystal Stars •Mini Paint Star •Pure Heart •Royal Sticker •Star Block •Star Spirits •Streamer
Donkey Kong franchise	End of Level Target •End of stage •Exit •Goal Gate •Golden Banana •Level Flag •Slot Machine Barrel •Rare Orb •Tiki Tak Tribe (Krazy Kalimba •The Maraca Gang •Gong Oh •Banjo Bottom •Wacky Pipes •Xylobone •Cordian)
Yoshi franchise	Goal (Yoshi Topsy-Turvy) •Goal (Yoshi's Crafted World) •Goal Ring
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	amiibo Door •Goal Door •Locked door •Mini-Mario •Toy box
Other	Crown •Finish line •Goal Flag •Goal gate •Goal door (Wario Land series) •Luigi •Magic gem •Nightmare Chunk •Secret exit

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country Returns /Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D /Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters	Playable	Donkey Kong •Diddy Kong •Dixie Kong^c
	Supporting	Cranky Kong •Rambi •Squawks •Super Kong •Tutorial Pig •Whale •Wigglevine
	Bosses	Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) •Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) •Stu (Gong Oh) •Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) •Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) •Thugly (Xylobone) •Colonel Pluck (Cordian) •Tiki Tong
	Other	Elephant •Giraffe •Zebra
Enemies and obstacles	Tiki Tak Tribe	Fireball •Flaming Tiki Buzz •Giga Goro Ball •Screaming Pillar •Screaming Pillar (big) •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 (big) •Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Enemies and obstacles	Other	Ack •AckStack •Ape-Eating Plant •Awk •Big Squeekly •Bonehead Jed •Bopapodamus •Bowling bird •BuckBomb •BuckBot •Buzzbite •Cageberry •Char-Char •Chomp •Chū Komorin •Electrasquid •Electroid •Fireball •Firebite •Frogoon •Giant Chomp •Giga Rangwi •Green Chomp •Hopgoon •Hothead Jed •Humzee •Jellybob •Kowalee •Leaping flame •Mimic •Mole Guard •Mole Miner •Muncher •Pinchly •Rawk •Ready-Bots (Pogobot ·Pyrobot) •Rentamaguma •Robobee •Shooting Chomp •Skellirex •Skittler •Skittler Pillar •Skullyrex •Snaggles •Snippys •Squeekly •Squiddicus •Squidly •Stilts •Toothberry •Wiggle •Yellow Snaggles
Objects	Items	Banana •Banana Bunch •Banana Coin •Banana Juice •Banana Mirror •Crash Guard^b •Green Balloon^b •Hanging vine •Heart •Heart Boost •K-O-N-G Letters •Map Key •Puzzle Piece •Rare Orb •Red Balloon
	Barrels	Barrel Cannon •Blast Barrel •DK Barrel •Regular Barrel •Slot Machine Barrel
	Miscellaneous	Bag •Container •Green surface •Rambi Crate •Red and blue blocks •Tire •Mole Train •Spiked shaft (Jagged Jewels)^b •Spiked shaft (Tiki Tong Terror) •Trapdoor •Tar pit
	Vehicles	Mine Cart •Rocket Barrel
Moves		Barrel Jet •Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) •Blow •Charge •Cling •Crouch •Grab •Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) •Jump •Kong Roll •Peanut Popgun •Run •Helicopter Spin^c
Levels	Jungle	1-1:Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2:King of Cling • 1-3:Tree Top Bop • 1-4:Sunset Shore • 1-5:Canopy Cannons • 1-6:Crazy Cart • 1-K:Platform Panic • 1-B:Mugly's Mound
	Beach	2-1:Poppin' Planks • 2-2:Sloppy Sands • 2-3:Peaceful Pier • 2-4:Cannon Cluster • 2-5:Stormy Shore • 2-6:Blowhole Bound • 2-7:Tidal Terror • 2-K:Tumblin' Temple • 2-B:Pinchin' Pirates
	Ruins	3-1:Wonky Waterway • 3-2:Button Bash • 3-3:Mast Blast • 3-4:Damp Dungeon • 3-5:Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6:Temple Topple • 3-K:Shifty Smashers • 3-B:Ruined Roost
	Cave	4-1:Rickety Rails • 4-2:Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3:Bombs Away • 4-4:Mole Patrol • 4-5:Crowded Cavern • 4-K:Jagged Jewels • 4-B:The Mole Train
	Forest	5-1:Vine Valley • 5-2:Clingy Swingy • 5-3:Flutter Flyaway • 5-4:Tippin' Totems • 5-5:Longshot Launch • 5-6:Springy Spores • 5-7:Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8:Muncher Marathon • 5-K:Blast & Bounce • 5-B:Mangoruby Run
	Cliff	6-1:Sticky Situation • 6-2:Prehistoric Path • 6-3:Weighty Way • 6-4:Boulder Roller • 6-5:Precarious Plateau • 6-6:Crumble Canyon • 6-7:Tippy Shippy • 6-8:Clifftop Climb • 6-K:Perilous Passage • 6-B:Thugly's Highrise
	Factory	7-1:Foggy Fumes • 7-2:Slammin' Steel • 7-3:Handy Hazards • 7-4:Gear Getaway • 7-5:Cog Jog • 7-6:Switcheroo • 7-7:Music Madness • 7-R:Lift-off Launch • 7-K:Treacherous Track • 7-B:Feather Fiend
	Volcano	8-1:Furious Fire • 8-2:Hot Rocket • 8-3:Roasting Rails • 8-4:Smokey Peak • 8-5:Bobbing Basalt • 8-6:Moving Melters • 8-7:Red Red Rising • 8-K:Five Monkey Trial • 8-B:Tiki Tong Terror
	Cloud^b	9-1:Crushin' Columns^b • 9-2:Gushin' Geysers^b • 9-3:Spiky Surprise^b • 9-4:Mischievous Moles^b • 9-5:Topsy Turvy^b • 9-6:Tar Ball Fall^b • 9-7:Robo Factory^b • 9-8:Lavawheel Volcano^b • 9-1^a/9-9^b:Golden Temple
Further info		Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track •Extras (image names in other languages) •Gallery (3D ·HD) •Iwata Asks • "Mine Menace" •Staff (3D ·HD)
^a Appears inDonkey Kong Country Returns ^b Appears inDonkey Kong Country Returns 3D andDonkey Kong Country Returns HD ^c Appears inDonkey Kong Country Returns HD, introduced in version 1.1.0
RelatedPlay Nintendo activities Can’t-miss games •Who are these jerks of the jungle? •Who's Your Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Banana Bud?

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) /Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters	Playable	Donkey Kong •Diddy Kong •Dixie Kong •Cranky Kong •Funky Kong*
	Supporting	Don Zunāna •Funky Kong •Professor Chops •Rambi •Squawks •Tawks*
	Bosses	Pompy •Skowl •Ba-Boom •Fugu •Bashmaster •Lord Fredrik
	Other	Big Squeekly •Fish • Goats •Mugly •Skittler •Snippys
Enemies	Snowmad	Tucks (Archy ·Archy (fire) ·Big Sphen ·Boom Bird ·Painguin Tucks ·Papa Painguin ·Pengatcha 1-gō ·Pointy Tucks ·Soary ·Speedy Tucks ·Speedy Tuff Tucks ·Trench Tucks ·Tuff 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)
Enemies	Other	Bouncelisk •Bucky •Buffaloafer •Buzzy •Carnivorous Plantlife (Venus Trap Platform ·Chompette) •Cheesy Chester •Chompasaurus •Dozy •Electrified Anemone •Finley (Blue Finley ·Green Finley ·Red Finley) •Flaming Falling Totem Pole •Fritz •Gordo •Green fish •Hermit crab •Horror Gills •Jellyfish •Large Mimic •Mama Saw •Mimic •Monocle Monica •Piranha •Porcupal •Pufftup •Punchy Paddy •Schnautzel •Sea Urchin •Snaggles •Sour Dodo •Squiddicus •Swooper Dooper •Thug Slug •Toucan't •Wild Wendell •Yellow Snaggles
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
	Projectiles	Barrel •Kong Barrel •Water Sack •Watermelon Fuse Bomb
	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 •Swinging vine •Vine-Triggered Platform •Zip-Line Vine
	Vehicles	Log Canoe •Mine Cart •Rocket Barrel
	Obstacles	Avalanche •Chunk of ice •Electroid •Fire •Fireball •Fire Floor •Giant Spiked Nut •Hanging TNT •Icicle •Proximity mine •Snowball •Snowflake •Sting Tentacle •Tornado •Volcanic debris
Moves		Cane Bounce •Cartwheel Attack •Charge •Cling •Corkscrew •Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) •Helicopter Spin •Kong POW •Ranged attack •Roll Attack •Water Skip
Levels	Lost Mangroves	1-1:Mangrove Cove • 1-2:Shipwreck Shore • 1-3:Canopy Chaos • 1-4:Trunk Twister • 1-A:Zip-Line Shrine • 1-B:Busted Bayou • 1-K:Swinger Flinger • 1-BOSS:Big Top Bop
	Autumn Heights	2-1:Windmill Hills • 2-2:Mountain Mania • 2-3:Horn Top Hop • 2-4:Sawmill Thrill • 2-5:Alpine Incline • 2-6:Wing Ding • 2-A:Crumble Cavern • 2-B:Rodent Ruckus • 2-K:Bopopolis • 2-BOSS:Mountaintop Tussle
	Bright Savannah	3-1:Grassland Groove • 3-2:Baobab Bonanza • 3-3:Frantic Fields • 3-4:Scorch 'n' Torch • 3-5:Twilight Terror • 3-6:Cannon Canyon • 3-A:Rickety Rafters • 3-B:Bramble Scramble • 3-K:Precarious Pendulums • 3-BOSS:Triple Trouble
	Sea Breeze Cove	4-1:Deep Keep • 4-2:High Tide Ride • 4-3:Amiss Abyss • 4-4:Irate Eight • 4-5:Sea Stack Attack • 4-6:Current Capers • 4-A:Rockin' Relics • 4-B:Shoal Atoll • 4-K:Spinning Spines • 4-BOSS:Fugu Face-Off
	Juicy Jungle	5-1:Harvest Hazards • 5-2:Reckless Ride • 5-3:Fruity Factory • 5-4:Panicky Paddles • 5-5:Jelly Jamboree • 5-6:Frosty Fruits • 5-A:Beehive Brawl • 5-B:Jammin' Jams • 5-K:Platform Problems • 5-BOSS:Punch Bowl
	Donkey Kong Island	6-1:Homecoming Hijinxs • 6-2:Seashore War • 6-3:Aqueduct Assault • 6-4:Blurry Flurry • 6-5:Forest Folly • 6-6:Cliffside Slide • 6-7:Frozen Frenzy • 6-8:Meltdown Mayhem • 6-A:Dynamite Dash • 6-B:Icicle Arsenal • 6-K:Slippy Spikes • 6-BOSS:Volcano Dome
	Secret Seclusion	7-1:Levitation Station • 7-2:Rocket Rails • 7-3:Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous		Extras •Funky Kong's surfboard* •Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info		Gallery •Multimedia •Staff (Switch)
RelatedPlay Nintendo activities		A matching game to flip over •Can’t-miss games •The multiplayer way •Which Kong could fit your style? •Who’s that toy?
* Exclusive toDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for theNintendo Switch