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Fun and Innovative; A Welcome Change!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's rare that something this different comes along. There was Track and Field for the NES, the first to use a floor mat. There was the DS, which opened up a whole new world with the touch screen. Now there's Jungle Beat, a game which is truly innovative in every way.

Jungle Beat is a standard Donkey Kong platformer. It's side scrolling, and the goal is to finish the levels with the most banannas (referred to as "beats" in this title). Here's the twist: you control DK with the bongos.

The controls, strange as they may sound, are exceptionally intuitive. Left bongo moves left, right moves right, both top jump, clap to interact with the environment. Every stage has 2 "levels" and a boss fight. Once you beat that, your total remaining beats are measured, and you earn medals. the more beats, the more medals (with a possible 3 for each stage). As you earn more medals, you get more stages to play.

The concept is simple, but it is so much fun. If you didn't get Donkey Konga for the bongos, this is what you want. Not to mention, with bongos in hand, you'll be able to enjoy Donkey Konga 2 next month.

The only down side to Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is that there is no multiplayer. A 2-4 player mode, whatever that may have been, would have enriched the experience. But all in all, the title is still excellent.

GameCube owners should buy this game. There's nothing like it on any other system, and I doubt there ever will be.

They've done it again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My mom got this game as a gift for me. It is super fun! On my first try, I got to the 2nd barrel! For those of you who don't know what this means, Donkey Kong is trying to become the king of all the kingdoms. These kingdoms are found in barrels. When you find a barrel, you find kingdoms. The bosses are easy. They keep on repeating the same ones, but each one has different moves. Once you figure out how to defeat one of the bosses, you can defeat all of the bosses based on that boss!
NOTE:YOU NEED THE DONKEY KONG BONGOS TO PLAY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My kids love this game. They still play it,so often I've bought games they play for a week and never agian.I would say this was money well spent.

Great game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my kids & they love it! I myself am not one to play video games but I find this one hard to put down.

so cool i could play it all day

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

if you like hands on games then this is for you! i purchased it at
gamestop for $9.95. it came with the game and two sets of the bongos.
in this game you help d.k. get thru levels by hitting the bongo drum.
this game is great for all ages! but to be play it you must have a nintendo gamecube

I give this game a so-so rating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: March 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is so-so. It is very very short for good gamers. I almost finished it in one day. Another thing is that it is hard to control it with the bongos. Since you can play it with the controller I tried that. It did not help one bit, infact it made it worse. So I give this game a so-so rating, and I think before you buy this game try to rent it first.

Donkey Kong Jungle Beats

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game deserves 5 stars because you can control Donkey Kong with bongos.
You fight hogs, kongs(apes like donkey k.), and bird bosses. What I like about this game is that you can grab, fight, and conter attacks.This game overall rocks out loud.

Pure Brilliance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I thought this game was the most innovative game i have ever played and the most fun.
I still pick up my bongo's and have a hell of a lot of fun. At first i thought it was strange, but it is a brilliant game which is very simple to use and great to master. It is such a unique game away from the standard controller and the great levels that make this nintendo game brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!
Worth getting...without a doubt!

Big hit at Christmas!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

My kids thoroughly enjoyed receiving this game at Christmas. It has been one they have played with regularly ever since.

Great Game and Great Price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We got this whole package from Amazon for $19.99. That included the game and the bongos. It is a very fun game (a tad childish, but still fun).

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