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Title: Donkey Konga
Post by: Pikkcuber on September 13, 2004, 03:16:51 PM: I went to minneapolis this weekned and i went to the Mall of America. And several stores had the new nintendo demos with pikmin2 paperMario2 and mario pinball land. But when i went to a circuit city in North Saint Paul they had all those games and a Donkey Konga Demo. This may not be the deepest game but playing donkey konga was a blast. My reflexes suck and it was very difficult but i still had fun. They had like 6 songs playable all the small things,wild thing,donkey konga theme,2 songs i havent heard of, and you cant hurry love (by the supremes, HAHA). But i didnt get a chance to look at all the game modes, does anybody know them? How did you guys think of it? Nintendo is really making it hard for us poor kids. I dont know if i should get Donkey Konga Paper Mario 2 or Mario Tennis all three look great
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Berto2K on September 13, 2004, 03:46:29 PM: There is only one mode, but 2 difficulty settings for Konga in the demo. I have played it all to pieces in a couple locations around here. I don't know when my wrists will go back to normal. The angle that they have the Kongas set at on the kiosk is horrid. They should have set them flat, it is so much more comfortable. I played for a couple hours worth at E3 and had no problems. Though after the same amount of time (1 hour, 2 days) at the kiosk, my wrists were very sore from being bent backwards playing.

I can't wait to play it at home. Then bout a week after it comes out I'm going to hang out with my old college buddies with the game. Its gonna be a blast. Mulitplayer is so much better I feel. It actually feels like you are all making the song because there is so much going on on the screen on the higher difficulties.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: joshnickerson on September 13, 2004, 04:17:29 PM: I had reservations until I tried out the demo, and now it's on my "get" list.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Pale on September 14, 2004, 03:08:16 AM: Clapping is kind of embarassing in the middle of a store. =P
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 14, 2004, 07:19:32 AM: Ahahaha, I felt the same way, Pale...I happened to "miss" most of the clapping sections of the songs I played during the demo... ^_^,
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Ian Sane on September 14, 2004, 07:42:19 AM: I don't know what draws more attention. Me clapping or my brother yelling "DUDE YOU'RE CLAPPING TOO LOUD!"

"The angle that they have the Kongas set at on the kiosk is horrid."

No kidding. I usually punch the Kongas the whole time because it's more natural. From what I've played this game is a lot of fun but I don't think it's a "buy" for me. I imagine that if I invited some friends over I would get all I wanted out of it in a weekend rental. Of course that's assuming I can find a place that will rent this thing out.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Berto2K on September 14, 2004, 11:47:44 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
Ahahaha, I felt the same way, Pale...I happened to "miss" most of the clapping sections of the songs I played during the demo... ^_^,

Tapping the side of the Kongas works just as well Bill without the embarrassment . Leave the clapping to the kids who come up and you ask them if they want to play.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on September 14, 2004, 12:23:37 PM: I had fun clapping out loud in the EB games even if everyone was staring at me and hey it brought attention to people lol. bottom line i had fun ALOT of fun. Hopefully Namco makes the Taiko Drum controllers not too expensive for Taiko Drum Master on the PS2.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Pikkcuber on September 14, 2004, 03:09:30 PM: Well Berto i know how many modes were avaliable for the demo i wanted to know how many for the final game. Yeah i felt kind of weird clapping at first but maybe thats what made it so fun. Too bad an extra congo is 35 bucks (thats what it was on ebgames.com anyway) that might hurt my chance of getting it but it was very fun playing the demo i hope ninty throws more modes in there so i can play it for the long haul
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: joshnickerson on September 14, 2004, 03:12:57 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: Pikkcuber
Too bad an extra congo is 35 bucks

Actually, you can use the standard controller as well for multiplayer matches, though it wouldn't be the same...
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: mjbd on September 14, 2004, 04:27:33 PM: I purchased the E3 DVD that IGN i selling, and it had a good review of the game. When I first read about the game, I kinda though it sounded stupid, but after seeing the game in action, it looks like it could be very fun. It has me intrigued to say the least.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Bloodworth on September 14, 2004, 10:58:26 PM: oh goodness don't even mention playing with the controller

*dies

Read my reviews
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: KDR_11k on September 15, 2004, 12:03:27 AM: 35 bucks is the same you pay for a standard controller and less than the cost of a wavebird. Where's the problem?
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: RareWare on September 15, 2004, 07:29:20 PM: I figure that a few of my friends are gonna get it and then we can just use our own set of drums.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: MaleficentOgre on September 15, 2004, 07:31:28 PM: I have two druns, and will have my third very soon. Thank you very much nintendo for releasing three copies of the game in a year. Konami you are not.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: mjbd on October 18, 2004, 06:30:18 PM: I picked up this game recently. Its pretty cool. I am looking forward to some multiplayer action. Its a tough game, when playing on chimp mode, some of the songs get going pretty fast, and when I screw up, its hard to get back on track. People usually laugh when they first see you playing, but once they try it, they will be hooked.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: UncleBob on October 19, 2004, 01:21:31 AM: My (new) local Game Crazy is having a DK Tournament on the 30th. I'm not entering (I suck badly), but my wife is - she rocks at this game...
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: KDR_11k on October 19, 2004, 05:35:05 AM: Hm, just noticed that (at least here) Donkey Konga w/Bongo is cheaper than an average GC game...
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Bartman3010 on October 19, 2004, 09:14:06 AM: I was thinking that developers could try adding a DK Bongo mode. It plays just like Donkey Konga, but whats different are the songs and (of course) the bongo notes.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on October 24, 2004, 07:39:47 AM: How would they make a Bongo mode since the only notes you can do is left drum,right drum, both drums and clap.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: MaleficentOgre on October 24, 2004, 06:41:36 PM: there should be a mode where if you have more drums set up that one player could use them all.
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: ib2kool4u912 on October 25, 2004, 04:47:12 PM: I have enough trouble keeping up with one drum.......
Title: RE: Donkey Konga
Post by: Pale on October 27, 2004, 04:31:55 PM: Did anyone else get an email survey from Nintendo today? I think it has to do with whether or not you registerred Donkey Konga at their site. The jist of it was basically whether or not i would buy a sequel with more songs in the next 3 to 6 months. Could be news worthy guys cause it kind of shows that the sequel may still be up in the air for the states.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on October 27, 2004, 04:44:10 PM: I also recieved this survey and I filled it out.
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Nephilim on October 28, 2004, 02:41:11 AM: I got my Australian Version of Konga today
Gotta say all the songs are good except "busy child" and "the loco-motion"
will have to get use to it more, the expert stages are a bit hard for myself atm, dont see how reviews claim these are easy gosh, esp if your clapping.
I found tapping the side is easier but kinda ruins the whole point of the mic and the fun factor.
Kinda like the ppl who only use c-stick in melee...
kewl game
hopefully there is a add-on for australia, or atleast the pal one works with ours
Title: RE:Donkey Konga
Post by: Pale on October 28, 2004, 05:06:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: DeadlyD
Kinda like the ppl who only use c-stick in melee...
Eww, thos people need to just stop playing games. ~_-