Barrel Cannon

The barrel cannon is an item appear in all three Smash games and originated from the Donkey Kong franchise. When it appears, fighters can pick it up and hurl it at enemies. If the barrel makes contact the enemy will be inside it and the barrel will spin until the opponent presses a button and is launch in whatever direction the barrel is facing. In the Kongo Jungle stage a barrel cannon swivels beneath the stage allowing combatants to survive deadly falls if they fall in it. In Brawl it is unknown if the barrel cannon will act as an item but it will appear in Donkey and Diddy Kong's stage in the Subspace Emissary.