Editing Animal crate

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An '''animal crate''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #26, Special page 26.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> also called a '''goodie crate''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide. Page 15.</ref> is a crate that contains an [[Animal Friends|Animal Friend]]. Animal crates first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and have since recurred throughout the ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. The contained Animal Friend is identifiable from its depicted silhouette on the animal crate. The [[Kong]]s can usually break one open by [[jump]]ing on it, therefore freeing the Animal Friend, and ride on it until the end of a [[level]].

Animal crates have a similar counterpart, the [[Animal Barrel]]. Instead of freeing an Animal Friend, these barrels transform the Kongs into the one depicted on it. Animal crates are usually placed in areas where an Animal Friend comes in useful. For example, freeing Enguarde from his crate makes underwater levels easier for the Kongs because Enguarde can defeat most underwater enemies. Similarly, Animal Barrels are usually placed where the Kongs are required to their pictured Animal Friend, for instance [[Rattly]] in [[Rattle Battle (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rattle Battle]], because of his high jumping ability.

In ''Donkey Kong Country'', all five Animal Friends had their own animal crate, including [[Squawks]]. Animal crates made a second appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', where they retained their functionality. The game only has two Animal Friends, both of whom have their own crate: [[Rambi]] and [[Expresso]].

Animal crates returned in ''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s first two sequels, ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3|3]]''. In both titles, the crates were changed slightly. Their sprites were aligned slightly differently. The Animal Friends' icons from the first ''Donkey Kong Country'' were also redesigned on the crates. Animal Barrels also appeared in the sequels, meaning that a level may either have the Kongs ride an Animal Friend or transform into one.

In the original ''Donkey Kong Country'', after the Kongs open an animal crate, it lies on the ground unfolded. It disappears after they move a distance away with the Animal Friend and return. In the sequels, the crate immediately vanishes after the Animal Friend is freed. Another difference is that a short jingle plays when the animal crate opens instead of a realistic sound effect like in the first title. The [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of all three games reused the crate-opening sound effect from the original ''Donkey Kong Country''.

Animal crates did not appear in ''Donkey Kong Land''{{'}}s sequels, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III|III]]''. They were succeeded by Animal Barrels in both games, so as a result, the Kongs cannot ride any of the Animal Friends in either title. This is most likely because in the latter two games, most Animal Friends have special moves that they didn't have in ''Donkey Kong Land'' (for example, Rambi can charge), which requires an extra button (Select). Due to the limited amount of buttons on the [[Game Boy]], this would leave no buttons to dismount from an animal.

Two animal crate variants appear in the 3D platformer, ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They are the '''Rambi Crate''' (also called '''Rambi Transformation Box'''<ref name=Brady>Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Strategy Guide. Inside cover page.</ref>) and '''Enguarde Box''' (also called '''Enguarde Transformation Box'''<ref name=Brady/>), which are only usable by [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Lanky Kong]] respectively. These crates function similarly to Animal Barrels—when DK and Lanky hop into their crate, they transform into their respective Animal Friend. This only occurs temporarily.

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|align="center"|[[File:EnguardeCrate.png]][[File:EnguardeCrateDKC2.png]]<br>Enguarde Box<ref>Lockhart, Ryan. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide. Page 58.</ref>

|align="center"|[[File:Rambi Crate DKC SNES.png]][[File:Rambi Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Rambi Crate<ref>Knight, Michael. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide. Pages 34, 70.</ref><ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 64, 106, 240.</ref>

|align="center"|[[File:Squitter Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Squitter Crate<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide. Page 97.</ref>

|Jap=アニマルコンテナ<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 19.</ref>

|SpaA=Animal Box<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) ''La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial'', page 45.</ref>

|Ita=Cesta con sopra il simbolo di un animale<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 24</ref><br>Cassa animale<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European booklet, pag. 113</ref><br>Gabbia<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 12</ref><br>Cassa di animale<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC); European booklet, pag. 113</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA); European booklet, pag. 107</ref><br>Cassa con l'icona di Rambi<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' Italian e-manual, section 10</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' Italian e-manual, section 15</ref>

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