Author Topic: Donkey Konga controllers..? (Read 11676 times)

JGarcia050 · « **on:** September 22, 2004, 06:40:21 AM »

I was wondering how many Bongos come with Donkey Konga.....cause i want to also play with my brother and i don't want to pay and extra $30 for another bongo. (which i can only use for one game now)

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2004, 06:42:50 AM »

Uh, one...What a silly question...(You can play with a regular controller, you know)

kennyb27 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2004, 11:18:04 AM »

Actually, I heard they are shipping 4 Bongos with Donkey Konga.

/sarcasm

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2004, 11:51:58 AM »

LOL!!!!!!!!! Kenny if Nintendo shipped Donkey Konga with 4 drum controllers then Donkey Konga will cost about 140 - 175 then.

JGarcia050 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2004, 11:55:50 AM »

Why would i want to play with a regular controller....that would be so boring

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2004, 12:00:22 PM »

Why would Ninty give away more than one set of bongos with DKonga? People need to stop expecting to get things free, because that's just not how life works...

Pikkcuber · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2004, 01:47:03 PM »

Definitly not going to ship 4 bongos. for that the package would have to be like 50 feet wide. I agree its stupid that we have to buy an extra bongo for 30 bucks but thats just the way things go.

kennyb27 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2004, 01:57:49 PM »

It's not stupid. How much do you pay for a new Nintendo controller? It has an MSRP of $24.99, and if I remember right, the MSRP when GCN launched was $34.99. So paying $29.99 for a bongo is not that bad at all.

Pale · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2004, 03:15:45 PM »

And if Nintendo packaged two bongos, queue the people who are pissed off that the have to pay for an extra one when they will only ever be playing one player....

Or I guess Nintendo could have just called you and asked you what would make you happiest.. =P

JGarcia050 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2004, 05:25:13 PM »

i pay $30 for a regular controller (wavebird) because i can play it with more than one game. Not like Donkey Konga and the bongo. I will only be using it for 1 game and i don't think $30 is a resonable price for it.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2004, 05:28:03 PM »

Ahem, Jungle Beat and Odama will be using it as well...

Rob91883 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2004, 08:51:39 PM »

49.99 With bongos...that’s already a good deal you cheap thingy you. I presumed more than one player can play with one bongo set (make that lazy brother of yours clap, or else bust a cap). If he really wants to get into the action, make him pay for the extra bongos, or if you really want him to play with you then cough up the dough. It could have been worse, Nintendo could have sold the package for 69.99 with bongos to begin with.

joshnickerson · « **Reply #12 on:** September 23, 2004, 03:07:43 AM »

The Wavebird's spoiled me, I was disappointed that the bongos weren't wireless

olanmills · « **Reply #13 on:** September 25, 2004, 10:51:59 PM »

It's not just about what you think extra bongos are worth to you. A bunhc of money was spent developing the game, and the bongos cost a certain amount of money to produce. They're packing one set of bongos with the game and selling it for the standard price of $50.

They probably can't really afford to sell the extra bongos cheaper than $30, otherwise, they probably would.

Anyways, the game's a lot of fun but there needs to be an expansion. I want more songs. Plus it is kind of dissappointing that none of the songs are performed by the original artists.

I guess Nintendo was trying to keep the licensing costs down. If you check the manual, all of the songs are licensed from EMI/Virgin. A larger soundtrack obviously would have cost more money, and probably be from multiple publishers, further adding to cost.

Still, there should have been a lot more Nintendo game songs. Really there are only three in the game. I can think of a whole ton of Nintendo game songs that they could have had on Donkey Konga. The DKC soundtrack would have been a good place to start.

Bartman3010 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 26, 2004, 05:27:19 AM »

Yeah, that always irked me. If its Donkey Konga, why no Donkey Kong songs?

Maybe in Konga 3...

By the way, is there going to be a special promotion with Konga packed with GCNs? Or was that just a rumor?

Chongman · « **Reply #15 on:** September 26, 2004, 06:07:59 AM »

Isn't there already a japanese expansion??

Hmm...that tells me donkey konga 2 in about...april or march

joshnickerson · « **Reply #16 on:** September 26, 2004, 08:26:35 AM »

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Originally posted by: Bartman3010
Yeah, that always irked me. If its Donkey Konga, why no Donkey Kong songs?

It's got the DK Rap from DK64 and SSBM. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is entirely up to you...

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Originally posted by: Bartman3010

By the way, is there going to be a special promotion with Konga packed with GCNs? Or was that just a rumor?

I've seen display boxes for it on IGN somewhere (too lazy to look now) but I think it's UK only. Especially since we've got the Metroid Bundle going on right now...

EDIT: Okay, I'm not that lazy. The picture for it is
here. Looking closely at it, the "Only For" symbol on the picture of the DK box looks like the PAL bubble instead of the US triangle. So it's for Europe only.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #17 on:** September 26, 2004, 10:51:31 AM »

That promo is only in Europe hence the PAL only for "bubble"

Perfect Cell · « **Reply #18 on:** September 26, 2004, 06:06:49 PM »

As long as Nintendo supports DK Konga with more Expansions its WELL Worth it...

Trust me, i bought Samba De Amigo and the Slightly more Expensive Marracas back in the Day.... Ahhh the Sega Dreamcast.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #19 on:** September 26, 2004, 09:03:32 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bartman3010
Yeah, that always irked me. If its Donkey Konga, why no Donkey Kong songs?

Maybe in Konga 3...

Please don't give Nintendo any ideas. By this time next year I may be posting news about
Donkey Konga Songa at my site. jk

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** September 27, 2004, 02:47:54 AM »

Lord: Not only the PAL "bubble", the GC sign on the side of the box is on the upper side, not the lower (unless Tales has the sign weirdly aligned that should be a way to tell NTSC and PAL apart).

Caliban · « **Reply #21 on:** September 28, 2004, 09:54:59 AM »

OK, from what I've read the game in the US will come with one drum controller at the price of $49.99, right?! Yet here in Canada we have to buy the drum controller seperately? That's $59.99 + $39.99 + 15% taxes = Nintendo should consider their buisness ways here in Canada!

Pale · « **Reply #22 on:** September 28, 2004, 10:32:40 AM »

Thats weird that it would be different in canada, seeing as the donky konga box here in the states is one of most international nintendo things i've seen released here. It even comes with two instruction books.

Caliban · « **Reply #23 on:** September 28, 2004, 01:21:28 PM »

Nintendo hasn't let me down by a close call.
Yes, the drum controller does come included with the game here in Canada but apparently the game-shop clerks didn't even know it would be included. I went to get the game at noon and they didn't have it so I asked when they would and they said by 2pm they would, I also asked if the drum would be included and they said no because that's what they've been told. When I went back to get it they had just received it and they still didn't know if it was included or not but on the box it said "Donkey konga (DK Bongos included)", so they and I concluded that indeed they were included. I got mine at EBGames btw and I had checked if futureshop would have it included but even futureshop's site said that the drums had to be bought seperatly. This mis-information is bad for Nintendo's buisness because people want to buy/pre-order it and they are told that the drum has to be also bought, so I think that Nintendo should either inform the retailers or at least publicize that info better to the buyers.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #24 on:** September 28, 2004, 01:34:42 PM »

"It's got the DK Rap from DK64 and SSBM. If that's a good thing or a bad thing is entirely up to you..."

Why does Nintendo keep unearthing that thing? It's the only track on the SSBM soundtrack that people complained about. The general consensus is that the DK Rap SUCKS so why keep re-using it? Considering the general backlash against DK64 you figure they would make an effort to try not to make any references to it in the hope that we'll all forget. But then this is the company that has Krystal in Star Fox Armada and has kept Yoshi in his Yoshi's Story look so maybe they have some weird obsession with any of their titles people hate.

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