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My son LOVES this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: June 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My son spotted this game and the bongos at Toys R Us and started playing. I had a hard time getting him out of the store! He cried like crazy.(he just turned 5 and usually doesn't do that)I told him we'd go back and play again someday. Well, he kept bugging me and my husband everyday to PLEASE take him up there to play it.
(We have a Super NES that was mine and we have Donkey Kong 1,2,and 3 that he constantly plays, so he is familar with it)
So, I bought a game cube 2nd hand for 45 bucks and bought the game/Bongo combo at Toys R Us. He has played it ever since we got home (4 hours now) with no sign of slowing down. I'm sure it will keep him happy for a long time.
This game actually gives your arms a workout with all of the drum beating and clapping. I also can be in the other room and know "what he is up to" as long as I hear the drums beating, LOL. I'm glad I bought this.

Fun as all get out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Who'd have thought that bongos (and clapping) would be a good interface for a platformer? Not me. I played this in a store and was hooked pretty quickly.

The interface is great - multiple taps on the left bongo to go left, right to go right, and both at once to jump, along with a few other combos. You clap which makes DK clap, which sends out sound waves in a certain radius that can affect other things.

So simple, yet so good. The multipliers with the fruits are a great device -- run over a banana and it counts as one, run over 5 and they count as 5, but jump into the perfect position to clap and collect them all at once and you can score 20.

So I'm clapping and banging on the drums and it's a total blast, and I realize I'm actually working up a sweat playing the game. And like most Nintendo first-party games, the gameplay is near perfectly solid, the gameplay is set up in that toally addictive Nintendo style where you don't want to stop.

The best Video game!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool.You should buy it is worth your money.You will like it.Control is in the bongs!Hit the drums to make DK Run,Jump,do backflips,pound the ground,leap off the walls,and last but not least you can poop on people and barf.

YOU DON'T NEED THE BONGOS TO PLAY BUT THEY MAKE THE GAME BET

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THE KID'S REVIEW FROM MARCH 28 ENTITELD THEY,VE DONE IT AGAIN IS WRONG. YOU DON'T NEED BONGO'S TO PLAY, BUT IF YOU PLAY WITHOUT THE BONGOS THEY CHANGE THIS GAME TO 3 STARS. BUY IT WITH THE BONGOS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM AND PICK UP DONKEY KONGA TOO. YOU'LL SAVE ABOUT 20 DOLLARS IF YOU BUY THE BONGOS AND DONKEY KONG JUNGLE BEAT SEPERATE IT WILL COME TO 80 DOLLARS. IF YOU BUT THE GAME WITH THE BONGOS INCLUDED YOU WILL SAVE 30 BUCKS.

BY TEXX

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a great videogame anyone can enjoy. It blends music, beat, rythm, and adventure into one small disc. The people at Nintendo have really done a good job with this addition to the Donkey Kong series. The play style is amazing and the boss fights are done perfectly. If you've enjoyed other Donkey Kong games including Donkey Konga, it is certain that you will enjoy this. You can play the game using a normal controller, but I would recommend the D.K. Bongos if you want the full experience. Donkey Kong Jjungle Beat is a great game to add to your collection, and for a good price even including the D.K. Bongos.

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!!!!!!!!

The Best Game Ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is totally awesome. The bongos are the best thing to come along in a while. Buy this game and you will a happy person. 2-D action platformer you play with bongos, what could be better; answer: nothing.

Innovation and a slick combo system have me wanting more!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Now if only this game will be popular enough to produce a sequel. It should be, for how good it is.

This game is the most innovative game I have seen since Katamari Damacy for PS2, innovation including but not limited to the cool bongo controller. As for me I don't have the bongos, but even with a standard controller the controls feel fresh. The game only uses four buttons, and that includes directions. And it works. Its control is spot-on, and is just a joy to play.

To advance in this game you collect crests of multiple colors, and before long you will find that to advance you need to take advantage of one of this game's biggest assets - its beat system. The 'beats' you collect work as both your score and your life meter. The cool thing about them is the combo system. Combos multiply the beats you pick up by how many tricks you have done, and a combo doesn't end until DK lands his feet firmly on the ground. Many of the stages are designed so DK doesn't have to land for a long time, making for some thrilling combos. Just pick up a banana and you earn 1 beat, but pick it up along with other bananas as part of a combo, and you may earn much more.

Using combos to earn the most beats you can in each stage, and the crests you earn for doing so, are what give this game tons of replay value. And using the combo system is just so fun that it keeps you wanting to come back for more. Some of the stages (maybe all of them, I don't know) let an expert earn many, many more beats than you need for the best crest, while some stages are challenging enough that I, having played the game A LOT, still have not come close to the best crests.

I want to but I can't complain about the length; there are 32 platforming levels and 18 bosses. Actually those 18 bosses are 5 different bosses that repeat a lot, but that's alright; each time you meet one it has new moves to throw at you. The bosses are worth mentioning and were quite fun to learn, though only 1 of the 18 seemed difficult even at first. As for the length I want more, but this game's length is average or better; there is a lot to this game. But it is so good that I have played it tons, and now I want more. I beg Nintendo for a sequel. :)

The graphics are beautiful, and seamless as they switch modes and distances. The challenge isn't that great until you earn your way into the tougher stages, but the challenge of earning every crest has some very tough spots, and is still out of my reach (a good thing). I would say, with or without the bongos (your choice), buy 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.

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

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