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Donkey Konga
Donkey Konga game cover
Donkey Konga game cover
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Platform(s)GameCube
ReleaseJapan December 12, 2003
United States September 27, 2004
European Union October 15, 2004
Genre(s)Music
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Donkey Konga (ドンキーコンガ, Donkī Konga) is a GameCube rhythm game starring the gorilla Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. Instead of the standard GameCube controllers, the game is intended to be played with a special controller called the DK Bongos that resemble two small bongo drums. The standard controller can be used, but is not recommended.

Donkey Konga was developed by the same team of people who made the popular Taiko: Drum Master series for the Sony PlayStation 2. The songs include hits such as Louie Louie, We Will Rock You, Shining Star, Rock Lobster, and many more. On top of this, there are songs from the Super Mario series, the Legend of Zelda and other Nintendo related music.

Gameplay

The player must hit the drums (with either or both of their hands) and clap (the sound of which is detected by a microphone built in the controller) in time with the music. Symbols that scroll from right-to-left across the screen show what the player has to do. Successfully playing builds up the player's life bar and earns in-game coins that can be used to unlock additional content, which includes more difficult songs to be unlocked, mini-games, or the ability to replace the standard 'bongo' sounds by other noises such as a tambourine or barnyard animal noises.

In the the easiest mode, "Monkey", the symbols are widely spaced and follow obvious beats in the music. The harder levels, "Chimp" and "Gorilla" the symbols come more frequently, often in "bunches", and require the player to listen closely to the music.

Up to four controllers can be attached for multi-player games, either in competition (two players only) or cooperation.

The Japanese, European, and US versions have different track list. The different versions have an amount ranging from 31-33 songs.

Story

File:Donkey Konga - Super Mario theme screenshot.png
A screenshot of the Japanese Donkey Konga, playing the Super Mario Bros. Theme on "Chimp" level

Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are hanging out at the beach one day when they come across some mysterious objects that resemble barrels. Fearing they had something to do with King K. Rool, they take them to Cranky Kong. Cranky explains that they are bongos, so Donkey tries playing them. Diddy tries to do so as well. Then, when Donkey clapped, the bongos started glowing. Cranky explained that the bongos had some kind of power inside them. Donkey and Diddy continue to play the bongos, but they both play terribly. Cranky advises them to practice. At first they are against this, but then they realize if they can become successful in playing the bongos, they could afford as many bananas as they wish, so they start practicing.

Sequels

Two further sequels, Donkey Konga 2 and Donkey Konga 3 have been made. Donkey Konga 2 has been released in all regions, however there are no plans to release Donkey Konga 3 outside of Japan. The sequels are virtually the same as the original, the only major changes being different songs, mini-games, background environments, and additional Donkey Kong characters.

Awards

See also

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