Do you have the barrel breaking effect already? Its going to be fun to bug test that one xD The only thing I can think of atm is if you picked up some star upgrade with a similar/bugged effect.
No I do not have any barrel breaking effect. Ever since this happened, I hadn't been able to break any barrels. I tried finding all NPCs but the gloves still didn't appear in the shop.
3rd run since this happened and the gloves are still not appearing.
