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New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Comments by Dan Pearson

11 June, 2009

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Ignatius_Cheese
11/06/09 @ 10:08
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Brilliant game. Absolutely loved it on the Cube. In fact, went back to playing this at the weekend.

For those who missed out first time around, it sounds as though the controls should make it easily accessible. As a first title for Nintendo Tokyo, it is a fine achievement.

I'll be sticking with the bongos though... ;o)
Tomo
11/06/09 @ 10:11
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The box art really is the worst ever for these New Play games isn't it?
Triggerhappytel
11/06/09 @ 10:15
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I nearly bought this on the Cube a couple of months back from a little bric-a-brac shop with bongos for a fiver - didn't get it because I have enough games I never play cluttering up the place. Perhaps I should go back and see if it's still there.
greenthumb
11/06/09 @ 10:15
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"..like a hippy with particularly adhesive locks, you were dreadfully attached..." oh dear....
DFawkes
11/06/09 @ 10:17
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I remember seeing a screenshot comparison, the graphics are actually upgraded a little since the GC version. Not lots, but textures and some effects have been tweaked.

Not that it matters, it looks like a cracking game either way that I'll have to buy eventually :)
Ninja_Tino
11/06/09 @ 10:22
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Will definitely get it, as I missed it on the cube but those bongos still sound brilliant. I may have to hunt around for it.

Oh and also, did the developers also create Super Mario Galaxy?
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JonFE
11/06/09 @ 10:24
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Purchased it last Friday and my son finished it over the weekend, with at least two crests on most kingdoms - three even on some. He enjoyed it more than the GameCube original probably to the more sensible control scheme. Cracking little game, there's so much fun to be had in either the original or the updated form; definitely recommended if you like this sort of game...

PS. Like Ignatius I still prefer the bongos, if only for the adrenaline-rushing, heart-pumping, palms-sweating gameplay :)

EDIT: @Ninja_Tino: AFAIK yes; Super Mario Galaxy and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was created by the same developing team. They also share similar gameplay elements if you look closely.
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20charactersmax
11/06/09 @ 10:31
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Toothball
11/06/09 @ 10:31
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Well, it does sound like they've done a good job with it. And it would have been a shame to leave such an entertaining game to be lost in the past. I think I'll stick with the bongos though. Playing this on Cube was a much better work out than all those fitness games you see these days.
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11/06/09 @ 10:33
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Tomo: the box art is reversible - the original unbordered artwork is available on the back.
scouserfuller9
11/06/09 @ 10:34
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@Tomo - Have you tried turning the box cover around? It has two different sides with one looking more like an original Wii games box art.

Done the whole game with all the crests already. Apart from the bosses which take far more damage out of you than in the original version the game is actually far, far easier than with the Bongos. Part of this is probably down to having already played the GC version though.
Wastelander
11/06/09 @ 10:48
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/shuns Mowgli

THE POWER
MWOAHAHAAHA
DDevil
11/06/09 @ 10:51
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Shunning Mowgli is fun and easy to do thanks to the karma system. Another fine product from craigyinc.
PatAU
11/06/09 @ 10:52
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Nice to see someone capable of reviewing a Wii game without starting off with a disclaimer about motion controls.
JetSetWilly
11/06/09 @ 10:57
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Any good deals for this doing the rounds?
jonsaan
11/06/09 @ 10:59
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I thought this was a tad rubbish with the bongos.
Tomo
11/06/09 @ 11:18
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Wow. That really is very clever. I did not know that. Congrats Nintendo.
Rubarack
11/06/09 @ 12:01
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But which is better, this or the original?
chubster2010
11/06/09 @ 12:12
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Awesome, awesome game - one of the few Gamecube re-releases that I would whole hearted recommend picking up. Buy it (but get the original with the bongo's if possible!).
turnget2005
11/06/09 @ 13:30
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@eurogamer

is this review in response to Mr Moore saying that you guys cant usually be bothered to review wii games? ;)
lemonfist
11/06/09 @ 13:50
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Fantastic game. Definitely my favourite platformer from the GC/PS2/Xbox generation.
photoboy
11/06/09 @ 15:52
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It was a great game on the Cube, but I stopped playing after a while because I became obsessed with getting the 1000 bananas score on every level and ended up with very, very sore hands from smacking the bongos so hard! I might give this a try if the new controls are less arduous.
smelly
11/06/09 @ 18:43
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the review doesnt explain properly how the nunchuck/wiimote replace the bongos?

am i shaking them as if i was playing the bongos (eww!) - or controlling this like a normal platfomer?

How much "Waggle" is there (i refuse to play another game where waggling replaces jumps - as it's inprecise)??

etc etc etc.
smelly
11/06/09 @ 18:45
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>one of the few Gamecube re-releases that I would whole hearted recommend picking up.

Pikmin?


Oh and @20charactersmax: Cheers man.. didnt see your post!
JeroenZM
11/06/09 @ 21:08
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Dammit Dan, why did you have to remind me of Donkey Kong Country and DK's (somewhat) diminished status over the last couple of years? This is an excellent game though, I recommend it to anyone who thought Galaxy was brilliant and missed out on this title four years ago.
jonsaan
12/06/09 @ 05:53
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But it's nothing like galaxy. At all.
JonFE
12/06/09 @ 06:41
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If you manage to collect 1000 bananas at the end of a kingdom, you will be awarded a third crest. Once you have collected all three crests on all three kingdoms of the barrel you're playing in, a hidden fourth kingdom will unlock.

So, there are at least four hidden kingdoms to unlock (which, if I recall correctly, was also the case with the GameCube original)...
JeroenZM
12/06/09 @ 09:33
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Jonsaan: While the overall gameplay is vastly different, there are some parallels between the ingenuity of the controls and level design. There's even a space level in which you hurl DK from planet to planet.
RABicle
12/06/09 @ 13:12
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The game was a masterpiece on the cube. An arcade highs core fest of a platformer. The combo system added so much depth to an otherwise simple game.

I'm not sure about the review's interpretation of the story though...
"The story is rock-solid Nintendo fare: DK's kingdom has been ravaged by the rulers of the various other fruity realms, and his stash of bananas appropriated. In order to restore his pride and nutritional balance, you must retrieve them from the clutches of various apes, warthogs, birds and robotic, elephantine artillery pieces."
I saw it as more, one day DK was walking along and punched a tree stump because he was angry and then the sun rose and he stood up and beat his chest and carried on as he does every day, fighting everyone and eating bananas. Best story.
johnlenham
12/06/09 @ 22:46
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@ Smelly

I got this earlier today and its really run I was grining like an ape ( ;p) through the first 6 stages!

you control movment with the nunchuck, A to jump (?) then to perform sound wave "attacks" you shake the mote.
Also there little sections where you have to do drum type movements with both controls.

Probably didnt explain it very well but its awesome.
Nikanoru
14/06/09 @ 21:01
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I lol at the one or two "stupid nintendo wahhhh" comments among the praise from people who've played the game and loved it.

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