Plus and Minus Barrels | |
Plus and Minus Barrels artwork from the game Donkey Kong Country 2. | |
User(s) | Kong Family |
Purpose(s) | Control the timer |
Game(s) | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |
First Appearance | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (for SNES) (1995) |
Latest Appearance |
Plus and Minus Barrels are a type of Barrel unique to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Plus and Minus Barrels are only found together in Haunted Hall. Their primary purpose is to increase or decrease the time when a Kackle would attack the Kongs. In Haunted Hall, as a Kackle begins to chase a Kong, a timer begins and as it depletes, the Kackle draws closer, until zero, where it injures a Kong. By breaking a + Barrel, the timer will increase, keeping Kackle away. However, the opposite happens when - Barrels are collected, and should thus be avoided.
One of the Bonus Stages in Haunted Hall contains a Plus Barrel, which will cause the Skull Cart to travel in reverse rather than forward.
A secret Plus Barrel can be found in Rickety Race by reversing the Skull Cart as soon as the race starts. It would give the player a significant speed boost, making it easier to defeat the Klanks, and finish the race in first place sooner.
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Trivia[]
- The original DKC2 manual claims the minus barrels will take them to the "Minus world", a reference to a famous glitch found in Super Mario Bros.
- A number of connections can be made with Donkey Kong Country's Stop & Go Barrels of Stop & Go Station; the barrels both appear exclusively in that one level, are needed to disable invincible enemies (in DKC's case, Rockkroc, and both provide a temporary effect in disabling the foe (the latter in Plus Barrel's case).
Barrels | |
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Transportation | Biplane • Bonus • Boo/Ghost • Booster • Cannon • Diddy & Dixie • Funky/Jumbo • Golden • Rocket • Rotatable • Steerable • Style • Tracker • Warp • Yellow Launcher |
Projectiles | DK/Buddy • Steel Keg • TNT • Vine • Wooden/Regular |
Enemies | Belcha • Dumb Drum • Kaboom • Klasp • Klobber • Knocka • Kracka • Kuchuka • Oil Drum |
Player Status | Animal • Invincibility • Kong • Plus and Minus • Star • Tag |
Other Status | Check and X • Krochead/Krockhead • Light • On & Off • Stop & Go • Switch |
Fuel | Fuel • Ignition • Oil |
Miscellaneous | ? • Button • Cranky's Training Barrel • Mega TNT • Shield |