Nintendo Ships DK Barrel Blast

Wii

October 8, 2007, 12:29 pm EDT
Total comments: 12

If you just can't wait for Mario Kart Wii, here's another mascot racer from Nintendo.

DONKEY KONG: BARREL BLAST LETS PLAYERS GO BANANAS ON WII!

Oct. 8, 2007

Nintendo has given some rocket-powered barrels to a bunch of apes, and the rest of you had better get out of the way. The high-octane Donkey Kong®: Barrel Blast launches today exclusively for Nintendo's Wii™ system. It's a game that anyone can pick up and play, but racing fans will have - dare we say it? - a blast perfecting their moves.

Up to four players choose a racer from a variety of characters, including multiple members of the Kong family, as well as their friends and enemies. Racing is a snap. Players shake the motion-sensitive Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ to accelerate and turn, or press a button to jump, attack or use a variety of items to thwart their competitors.

Each of the 16 racecourses is littered with bananas. Gather 50, perform a Wild Move and watch your Barrel Rocket hit hyperspeed. The game even includes a variety of fun challenges for players to complete to receive special rewards.

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast is rated E for Everyone and is poised to rocket into the library of every Wii fan. For more information about Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast, please visit www.Nintendo.com.

Talkback

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorOctober 08, 2007

If this had still used the Bongos, it would have been a day one purchase for me... Now it's going to have to wait...

CrimmJames Jones, Associate EditorOctober 08, 2007

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Originally posted by: NewsBot
DONKEY KONG: BARREL BLAST LETS PLAYERS GO BANANAS ON WII!

Dear Nintendo,

No more puns.

kthxbye

NinGurl69 *hugglesOctober 08, 2007

Nintendo, no one cares. Yay.

LuigiHannOctober 08, 2007

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
If this had still used the Bongos, it would have been a day one purchase for me... Now it's going to have to wait...

Yeah, seriously. What's the point of the game now? Controlling a racing game with the bongos would have been clever and interesting, and having the Wii remote simulate bongos for a music game could be fun, but having the Wii remote simulate bongos for a racing game... does not compute.

GoldenPhoenixOctober 08, 2007

Wow, this game snuck up on me, too bad I don't know much about it and don't really care to know much about it.

MashiroOctober 08, 2007

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
Wow, this game snuck up on me, too bad I don't know much about it and don't really care to know much about it.

What she said.

king of snakeOctober 08, 2007

Why couldn't they just give the option of using bongos? Would that be so hard?

This would have been a day one purchase for me too, but now I'll wait for NWR's review before even considering it.

CalibanOctober 08, 2007

The prospect of playing this game with bongos was enticing, now I'm not so sure, then again Nintendo is making the right choice...hang on, the VC supports the GC controller, stoopid Nintendo, why did you have to not include Bongo support, why.

king of snakeOctober 08, 2007

Yeah, VC... so does Smash Bros Brawl for crying out loud...

UltimatePartyBearOctober 08, 2007

Early reviews are not promising according to Game Rankings, including a 6.5 from Nintendo Power. That's the highest one so far, too.

NinGurl69 *hugglesOctober 08, 2007

Nintendo and their corrupt, inflated scores.

DAaaMan64October 08, 2007

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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Early reviews are not promising according to Game Rankings, including a 6.5 from Nintendo Power. That's the highest one so far, too.

Kairon should be an on call reviewer for Nintendo Power.

"Somebody call Kairon, we got another pile o' crap commin' in!"

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