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Items and Barrels
Items
Banana Bunch Coins
 Use these coins when you want to get hints and advice.
Kremkoins
 These coins are hidden in each Bonus Level. Use them to travel to unknown lands...
Bananas and Banana Bunches
 Collect 100 to earn an extra life. There are ten bananas in a bunch.
Animal Crates
 Break these crates to release the animal drawn on the crate.
Extra Life Balloons
 Grab these balloons to earn extra lives. Different colors give you different numbers of lives.
KONG Letters
 Collect all four letters, KONG, in one stage to earn an extra life.
Barrels
Animal Barrel
 Jump into an Animal Barrel to become the animal drawn on it.
DK Barrel
 If you lose either Diddy or Dixie, break these barrels to make them reappear.
Star Barrel
 Break these barrels to create a checkpoint, allowing you to restart your game from that point if you lose a life later in the level.
TNT Barrel
 These barrels will explode when they hit enemies or objects.
Barrel Kannons
 Jump in these barrels to get fired across big distances. There are many different types of Barrel Kannons.
Exclamation Point Barrel
 Break these barrels to gain temporary invincibility.
Bonus Barrel
 Jump into one of these and get sent to a bonus stage!
Diddy and Dixie Barrel
 Some Barrel Kannons are usable only by a certain character.