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Amazingly fun for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: May 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I admit that the bongos seem like a silly gimmick when you first look at them. But when you start playing with them, these are REALLY good rhythm and drum trainers!

The game comes with a good selection of songs to play along with - from Allstar to La Bamba, from the Nutcracker Suite to Shiny Happy People. There should be songs in here to suit all musical tastes. There are a bunch of different ways to play the songs. There are freestyles where you just drum and clap along any way you wish. There are a series of built in rhythms where you have to match up as well as you can with the song. There are two player modes where one person drums and the other person claps. There are a number of challenge modes where people play head to head or try to get better scores on the same song.

There are even rhythm trainers where you learn about different rhythms and learn how to hold them over a number of bars. It really is quite amazing how much the game teaches you about syncopation and unusual rhythms. If you feel you're rhythmically challenged, this game can get you to learn how rhythms work. If you think you're a pretty good drummer, give a try on some of the more challenging songs and see if you can keep up!

The game is great for solo play and even more fun in party situations, especially because the songs are so much fun. As you earn coins, you can use them to buy more difficult song versions, new sounds for your bongos and even new bongo visuals. You get a lot of incentive to keep getting better and better.

Where many games teach you skills that might seem meaningless (arcane combinations of button mashing), this game is actually teaching you a real life skill that is great. You could become a better real life drummer, or at least be able to hold your own better at any dances you might go to.

What's even better, this game is great for all ages. Young kids can have fun randomly hammering - while adults can do serious work in perfecting their skills.

Highly recommended!

Good...could have been Great!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Look. I like the donkey kongas. The first one was great. The second one has been a bit of a letdown. Oh sure it's fun and delivers that but, for instance, in the first game I knew 85% of the songs. I can only recognize 30% of the songs in the new game because the others are just horrible drek I wouldn't listen to to begin with! There were a few surprise songs on there that I was glad to see, but the song that "sampled" the music from the "Young and the Restless" is, well, just HORRIBLE! It should have been better; at least better songs to choose from and Nintendo failed to pick those. I still have fun with it irregardless of some of the C"rap"py music. If you know a lot of newer songs, you'll love it. It's just good for me. Not great. No Motown? No Beatles? No Elvis? No 70's classic rock? What happened?

Great Game, Not Perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: May 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I disagree that the 1st game was better. The 2nd game is more developed and has a wider range of songs to choose from. There is music for everyone and even if you don't like a certain song, you will still have fun playing to it on the kongas since it will be a challenge. The songs are great to take your anger and energy out on and the beats really reflect the mood, stlye, melody, and rhythm of the song. The parts also help you develop an ear for the other instruments and what is going on with the other parts, not just the rhythm.
There are more extra features on this game. The only one I don't like is the freestyle. I don't find it fun just to play whatever I want because what you're playing isn't recorded or saved and there's no way to know what you did. The mini games are really fun and great for multiplayer. The feature where 2 players can play on 1 set of kongas is great because it builds team work and trust. It's a lot of fun for one person to get red, another yellow, and you both clap.
I havn't played multi-player (except the 2 player feature I just mentioned) because extra kongas are expensive and I don't want to make that purchase yet since no one else I know owns kongas or the game.
This game is also rated teen for mild lyrics. I havn't noticed any swearing but there are certain references including suffocation. Most songs are suitable for young children however. The whole family will enjoy Donkey Konga. I also recommend the 1st game in the series.
Although the real artists who perform the songs are not the people on the songs, the fake versions are still great and are performed by very talented musicians. They do a great job of covering the song to sound just like the real artist.
The only complaints I have are they could replace all the r and b and rap songs with some songs that are more rhythm heavy and upbeat. I also believe the game is a bit too short but the extra features and multi player make up for that.

Simple, yet surprisingly fun.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was hesitant to pick this game, since I had played it just a bit before. I bought the Donkey Konga 2 pack, with the bongos. I played it, and loved it. The soundtrack isn't the best (from what I hear, Donkey Konga has a better one), but some of the songs on it are actually quite good. There should be a introduction to the game though, to teach users which color equals what button. I've had a blast with this game, and am still trying to beat some of the tougher Gorilla remixes. I'd recommend this to anyone who has some resemblence of a beat.

not bad, could be even better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is not bad. you beat LEFT, RIGHT, BOTH, CLAP according to the music notes that scroll across the screen.

however, for some songs, the beat of the song doesn't match that of the appearing note, even for the simple level. on the difficult level, the notes come out just too fast and you can't even match that to the tempo, not to mention you have to match the LEFT/RIGHT/BOTH/CLAP. can you do 5 or 6 LEFT/RIGHT/BOTH/CLAP within 2, 3 seconds without mistake? to me, maybe that's possible if the notes is memorized... but is this a game about memorization?

also, this game could improve by setting a mode that a "star" comes out instead of the LEFT/RIGHT/BOTH/CLAP, and with the star you can do LEFT/RIGHT/BOTH/CLAP and it still count as a "match". that way, it can be simpler and it can work like the taiko drum master on ps2.

This is an AWSOME game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is great!!!!!
I recomend this game to any parent who is buying a gamecube for their kids this holiday season. The game comes with a set of bongos. On the bongos there is of coarse a right and left bongo and suprisingly also a clap sensor. This game is also excellent in teaching your kids how to play the bongos in a way. This game is REALLY fun. I recomend it for children over the age of 6 or 7.

Donkey Konga 2 Rocks!

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

I love this great toy! I love it even though I barley recognize any of the sogs. I love this great game and you might think that the price is a little steep, I think it could be lowered, but it is great! You got to get this game for your kid, I got it for Christmas and I love it!
This is a review by Gavin DeGraw Fan!

LOADS OF FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My son bought this for our daughter and at first I thought, "GREAT, MORE STUFF TO CLEAN UP." But we haven't stopped playing it since! We laugh so hard at our first (or second, or third...) attempt at the hard songs, but it's all worthwhile when you finally get to "clear" a song. It totally ROCKS!

Fun But difficult

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This I would have to say is a very fun game. At first glance I never would have thought it could be fun for people older than 12. But I was completely wrong.
The game offers loads of fun for all ages and can be fun either by yourself (Not recommended) or with up to 3 other people. When you have a bunch of friends together and you want to find a reason to make fun of one another than this will be your game.
Watch out for those higher levels though. They are extremly hard. You have to be some little kid that plays in your momma's basement all day to get good at those.

Over all, its a great group game. I would recommend it. Good luck collecting all those Bongos!

I love music games!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Music oriented games are always fun for me. I love being able to sing along. With this game I also get to feel like I'm actually playing the music too. Big plus. Players who had the first version of the game will also like this one a lot. There were no real ground breaking changes from the game, but it was good to finally be able to clap along with new songs. It has some nice new songs - Even some modern hits, as well as a fresh new look. This is a good sequel.

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