At E3 today, a Nintendo representative gave us some very good news on Donkey Konga. First of all, the game is set to launch on September 27th at the surprisingly low price of $49.99, including the Konga controller. We had all assumed the controller would drive the price up to $60 or $70, but at the standard retail price, Nintendo is practically giving the Konga controller away.

As for buying extra Konga controllers, they’re only $29.99 (about the price of a regular GC controller). Since other specialty controllers can run up to $80, this is again good news, and will allow more people to enjoy the four-player mode, which Nintendo is saying is the best way to play.

On top of this, the Nintendo representative stated that they’re taking a wait-and-see approach to the possibility of an expansion disc, but the US version will have just as many songs as both Japanese discs combined. The song list we detailed on Tuesday, is likely still incomplete. On the down-side, he did note that the pop songs featured in the US version won’t be performed by the original artists. Since some of the songs in the Japanese version are the same way, this isn’t surprising, but may come as a disappointment for some.