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Donkey Konga
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Donkey Konga sounds pretty sweet, especially since I'm new to the world of GameCube and have never tried a Konga compatible game. Due to living in Canada I was left out of that Jungle Beat + extra drums for $10 deal, and Jungle Beat still costs $65 here without the extra drums.
Donkey Konga, on the other hand, is $19.99 at futureshop, I figured I'd buy two copies so I could have 2 sets of kongas.
Is it good? or would the money be better spent on Jungle Beat?
Donkey Konga, on the other hand, is $19.99 at futureshop, I figured I'd buy two copies so I could have 2 sets of kongas.
Is it good? or would the money be better spent on Jungle Beat?
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Ok, that makes me feel a bit better, anyway, worht it then I take it?
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They've got the bongos for $5 each, and they've got Jungle Beat + 2 bongos for $15
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I'm no graphics whore but the graphics are laughably basic; somewhat low resolution sprites with a few frames of animation. Along with that it's packed with just an atrocious soundtrack. Sure, you get to play maybe two or three Nintendo songs, but that's pretty much there is to look forward to. Everything else is just complete trash, does not mix well at all for the theme of the game or even the method to playing the bongos; the covers of the songs are just god-awful too.
It's the retarded sibling wearing a helmet banging on his head with a spoon compared to Guitar Hero or basically every other rhythm game.
Yeah, I was really excited for Donkey Konga, but became disappointed once I played it. It actually took me forever to find a copy of the original, but when I did I just found it painful - as Dciple mentioned, the songs are just poor covers and there's really kind of an uneven feel to the game. If you're dying to play a game with bongos, get Jungle Beat - it's much better, and a great game overall.
My friends and I were really hyped up and excited to play Donkey Konga when I bought it one day through an impulse.
Hauled the stuff over to a friends, set it up, and we played our first song.
Everybody gave it the disappointing "Oh" after the song was done.
I played though the game a bit still hoping it would get better or finally it would click.
Didn't happen.
The best thing I can say about this game is that you get some cool looking bongos.
Like the fun times of DDR?
The ad clearly showed that you got both the game with bongos and 2nd bongos. Even though the setup in the store indicated the same, I checked. Yep: $10 for a game and two bongos. I now have, like, 8 bongos not even counting the four I passed on to my niece/nephew and one to a friends.
The bongo-less games are $15 at most US stores. DKJB+bongos is still in stock for $15 after coupon at many BB stores and some have DKonga 2 also.
The problem is that I can't save: Namco JPN games nuke out anything that's on the card, even with Freeloader.
I went to buy it at EB. Yes! I was exited to see it in stock conveniently placed next to the in store sign for all the featured 10 dollar games. I snag both Jungle Beat and Geist and head for the counter. This is where the story turns dumb.
The register dude says that JB is not part of the deal. He says that the deal only works when there is an extra set of drums. They had no extra drums, so there was no deal. And I was dumbstruck.
So I went to Gamestop down the hall and bought it for 10 bucks even though they had no extra drums there either.
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song selection is all over the map, but there are some really great ones there
The PA blokes once stated that the game is exponentially more fun as bongos+players are added and, as hard as it may be to set up, the game should be played with three people at a minimum.
I heard this has the Zelda overworld theme.
This excites me. Are there any other songs taken from the series? (I think Saria's Song would be awesome on this.)
A while back ago, I had a classmate who brought this in when everyone was supposed to bring a musical instrument for some song and dance thing. It was awesome, but sort of lost its impact seeing as how many people brought Guitar Hero controllers.
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so really, dont give a shit about them
- in rhythym games you soon learn what's fun to listen to doesnt really have a correlation with what's fun to play.
i would rarely listen to any of the songs in the DK games, but lots are really fun to play.
The Mario one is pretty cool, but the Zelda one kinda sucks.
Oh, as for more Nintendo tracks:
21 tunes from Nintendo Famicom games.
A few Smash Brothers Track.
Eh. I've played my share of DDR and Guitar Hero and the like, and I'm pretty sure the awesomeness of the song directly correlates to the enjoyment factor for me.
It's a taste thing, I guess. Though I can certainly see why the overworld theme wouldn't make for a very good song in a rhythm game.
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That said, I don't think I would have enjoyed Canned Heat as much as I did if I didn't already love the song.
THAT IS AN EXCEPTION.
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As a rhythm game, yeah, the game is pretty weak compared to other far, far better games -- but as a party fixture, Donkey Konga is nigh unmatched. I have four bongos and DK1, and I bring that shit everywhere with me. Everyone loves it, gamers and nongamers, musicians and nonmusicians alike, in multiplayer mode -- it's like a hyper drum circle, where rhythms and melody lines get passed back and forth to each other. It's also difficult to resist laughing when you can see three of your friends wailing the shit out of bongo drums out of the corner of your eye. My favorite is the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5; hilarious because of the time-signature changes.
Don't even bother with the single-player, as it's pretty flimsy; buy it solely as a multiplayer experience. It is fan-fucking-tastic, and I can't recommend it enough. I'm even interested in DK2, even though I can't stand most of the songs normally, only because it's just fun to play with friends.
tl;dr:
Shame that did so poorly in NA.
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I actually took advantage of that deal, too, just to replace those shitty-ass Pelican bongos. Fuck those things, man, they're like playing the drums on a wooden table.
That song, multiplayer, second and third player just clapped every few seconds, but the first and the fourth player... I... I'm sorry, I can't talk about it now, it was just... madness.
No, I haven't, because everyone else I know read threads like these and didn't buy them, and I've gotten over trying to enjoy the game due to other stuff. Maybe, someday, I'll meet people who have two more bongos, and I will experience an awakening.
Unless you have to play with the pellican bongos. Then I would rather stab out my eye. DO NOT get teh pelican bongos. Even if someone offers them to you for free. Actually if someone tries to give you them, graciously accept and then hit them over the head with them.
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I prefer the tracks in DK to DK2, but they're still both worth picking up.