



The overall goal is to collect as many banana’s as possible to earn medals to unlock the next worlds. (except the last world!) Each of them follow the same structure, namely 2 normal stages and 1 boss fight. You’ll keep yourself occupied with obstacles most of the time rather than actual monster killing.ĭonkey Kong Jungle Beat consists out of different ‘worlds’ and each of them consists out of 3 stages. Overall a job well done, even though the game may miss that authentic Donkey Kong feel.Īs mentioned earlier the game is a platformer, and a decent one. The overal sfx aren’t too shabby either and they don’t get annoying after playing the game for some time. The music is still very enjoyable and some of the tunes will surely wander around in your head for quite some time.

The stages and all the characters (as mentioned earlier) look detailed, colorful and appealing.ĭonkey Kong Jungle Beat’s soundtrack is a decent one but it lacks the quality of the soundtracks we came to love from the previous titles. In certain combat scenes when taking a closer look to the enemies or DK himself, you see that the game was developed to fully use the console’s capacities. Overall the game may look simple but it is actually quite detailed for a game that was released for the previous generation of consoles. What the game lacked in story it makes up in its appearance. Of course like all other Donkey Kong games you can have a decent amount of fun, without actually having a decent plot to work with. I honestly have no clue what the real story of the game is, and if there is any. How appealing this game may look, the story value is very very low. This was the first platforming Donkey Kong game in years, but its unique character was defined by its unique controlling method, namely the DK Bongo. Takashi Nagasako, who previously did the voice of Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda series, does the voice of Donkey Kong and has continued the role in the years that have followed.Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was released for the Nintendo Gamecube in 2005 and was ofcourse a console exclusive. The Wii version of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is somewhat changed from the original GameCube version, including new levels, modifications of old levels, and traditional controls that have the player use the analog stick to move and the A button to jump, unlike the GameCube version which required the player to beat the bongos to do both. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat features the ape Donkey Kong and is played with the DK Bongos. In 20, the game was re-released in the New Play Control! series of revamped GameCube titles. It was released in Japan in December 2004, in Europe in February 2005, and in North America and Australia in March 2005. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.
