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finaly a game mom likes!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: October 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My husband and son suprised me with this game for my birthday, strange I know. Big suprise we are all addicted! This game is fun for all of us ages seven to thirty- seven. Most video games these days make me feel sea-sick or have extreme violence. This game is good old fashioned take me back to atari times fun!!! All the neighbors are hanging out too, so it's not just me. Check this game out at the local store, one try and you'll have to buy it!

Unused Potential is Disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The very idea of a new "beat game" which would be released by Nintendo intrigued my friends and me deeply. Therefore, we purchased this game shortly after its release. I must say that at first, it was a grand experience. While it wasn't as fulfilling or difficult as Dance Dance Revolution, it had its own flair. However, it didn't take much time for me to become disappointed in this release from Nintendo.

I have two major problems with the game. The first is the musical selection. There are only a few songs that are appropriate for playing bongos. I love The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, but "The Impression That I Get" is not my idea of a bongo-playing song. This goes for most of the songs offered by the game. Nintendo needed to put more money into having salsa and swing mixes of their songs composed and recorded for the game instead of throwing their money into royalties for other songs.

Secondly, the game lacks replay value. The very fact that you can only unlock songs that you already have, only in a harder mode is rather shallow. (Although it is at least refreshing to experience the songs on a more difficult setting.) The extra bongo sounds and mini-games are disappointing to say the least. It would have been a good investment to allow for the unlocking of completely new songs.

And so, it seems, at least to me, that Donkey Konga does not offer the depth of an excellent game. It gives a quick fix and is nice game to pick up and play for a few minutes or perhaps at a party. However, it does not provide an ongoing enough game experience to permit excellent replayability.

Great quality, great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: August 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. I've played the demo and it's amazing how fun it is to play "wild thing" over and over. The drums pick up really well. My mom even loves this game!

something different

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I saw this at a kiosk at a game store a few months back and played it for a bit and thought it was rather interesting but wasn't sure if I wanted to. I ended up with a gift certificate and picked it up. I play it with my 6 year old cousin and while I enjoy it a lot, the true fun is watching him play. It's been 2 days and we are both improving a lot. It's a great change of scenery to play this rather than some of the boring racing games we play all the time. From reading the manual it seems you can use a regular controller for this game as well, though I don't know why you would want to if you have access to the bongos.

Addicting Blast

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: August 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I went to EB Games at 11 and wondered what those drums were. I tried a song or two and really sucked at it. I stuck at it all day and got really good at it. I played it straight until 4 oclock that day. I got up to the highest level in the demo and was completing the hardest songs. By then people were surrounding me watching me play it. This is an amazing game and totally addictive. It's definitely a must own. I can't wait to play it with four players. I just hope they can keep up.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Being a drummer, I whipped through this game pretty quickly (Gold on all levels in 2 days). But the fun of it is seeing what else you can do. I've gotten through the medium difficulty using only my feet. I've also been practicing playing the game with 2 sets of drums (2 players by yourself). I wish there were more songs, but sometimes you have to be content with what you've got and improvise. Awesome game.

Donkey Kong does it again!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well, i've tried other donkey kong games...donkey kong 64, donkey kong country...but this is fantastic!! its completely unique!! Its like the foot pounding game DDR, but this is with your hands. gotta challenge yourself and move those hands as quickly as possible!! I absolutely love it!! This game will keep you with the beat and jumpin like mad!!

DON-KEY KONG-GA

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is different to many others because of its unique controller - a set of bongo drums. I originally bought this game for my mother who is a fan of Nintendo's characters and loves Bongos but this game was a little too hard for her and not fun.
The actual gameplay consists of a bar with a combination of either blue stars, yellow circles, red circles or purple circles, which stand for hitting the left drum, hitting the right drum, clapping and hitting both drums together.
The game itself features 30 songs from artists (always American, never Japanese which is VERY disappointing!) and Nintendo themes.
As the song plays, the different symbols run along the bar and you have to match the right action to get points (and coins in only one section to buy items/songs/etc.)
My mother got bored with the same repetitive motions all the time and stopped playing soon after I'd bought it for her. Even the multiplayer isn't interesting as it just features `get higher points'.
And if you want bonus games, bongo sounds, etc. you can only earn coins to buy these things in one section and you have to keep redoing the same songs to get up your coin total which can take along time when you earn around 100 coins each go and some music costs 9999.
Overall if you're a fan of Donkey Konga, I think you'll like this but it's not something to waste your money on, on a rainy day. Try Eyetoy on the PS2 instead.

To clarify this other moron

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: August 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This guy is telling you it's the worse game that he's ever played and it doesn't come out for another 2 months!!!

Nintendo haters, ugh!

It is fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played the demo at Gamestop too. If you like Samba De Amigo or DDR, you will love this game...but you probably already know that. If you like music and video games, you should like it as well. The drums are a lot more responsive than I originally thought they would be. Great peripheral at a great price. Heck, Samba was $50 and another $80 for the maracas. The drums are included with Donkey Konga.

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