Until recently things have been fairly quiet on the Donkey Kong front. Despite last year being the 20th anniversary of the NES that propelled Nintendo into people's homes their big ape that starred in one of the biggest games of the console and launched Mario into the world didn't get much ... Read review
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King of the Jungle Review ofDonkey Kong: Jungle Beat (GameCube)by
3rdRockSatan
Advantages: Great use of bongos | Bright and refreshing Disadvantages: Very short
...been fairly quiet on the Donkey Kong front. Despite last year being the 20th anniversary of the NES that propelled Nintendo into people's homes their big ape that starred in one of the biggest games of the console and launched Mario into the world didn't get much of a fanfare. Now things have changed. He's now the proud star of the Donkey Konga franchise and also has a new GBA game, King of Swing, under his belt, or fur. Finally Nintendo bring along ... ...be used for the odd Donkey Konga session before gathering dust. Ever one for innovation they decided on a new use for those bongos. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat is the worlds first bongo-controlled platform game and, unless there's a sequel, probably the last. Bucking the trend for most videogames these days there's little story to Jungle Beat. Put simply Donkey Kong wants to be king of the jungle. To do this he must traverse through a multitude of levels ...
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Advantages: its fun, hard and the musics great! Disadvantages: its only 1 player and its over too quickly
*--Donkey Kong, jungle beat--*
Donkey Kong is a marvellous game in anyone's books. The graphics are great and the levels are over flowing with excitement and mystery! Over the years Nintendo have tested the minds of gamers and have mesmerised them in gloriously colourful worlds and scenery! Never before have I quite experienced something like this game though. I love the idea that you combine instruments and computer games together.
Story line
... ...once again. There are 50 sprites hidden all the kingdoms. DK must find as many bananas as he can to exchange them for sprites at the magical tree.
Objective
Help DK (Donkey Kong) to collect as many bananas as you can to get special jungle sprites from the magical tree at the end of each level. All in all there are 13 levels which each ascend in difficulty until you get to the last level in which you have to find the evil king ape and kill him.
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