Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Studio	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Senior Developer	Yoshiaki Koizumi (Director) Satoru Iwata (Executive Producer) Takao Shimizu (Producer)
Erstveröffent- lichung	December 16, 2004 February 4, 2005 March 14, 2005
platform	Nintendo GameCube , Wii
genre	Jump 'n' run
Game mode	Single player
control	DK bongos
medium	Mini DVD
Age rating	USK PEGI
information	On June 5, 2009, a remake of the game was released for the Nintendo Wii .

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (ド ン キ ー コ ン グ ジ ャ ン グ ル ビ ー ト Donkī Kongu Janguru Bīto) is a game in the Donkey Kong series for the Nintendo GameCube that was released in 2005 .

Gameplay

The DK Bongos used to play Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is played with special controllers called DK Bongos . By tapping a bongo, Donkey Kong moves in that direction. If both bongos are touched at the same time, DK will jump. The DK Bongos also recognize the player's clapping noises. These trigger various actions in the game. The player controls Donkey Kong through various levels in which as many bananas as possible have to be collected. Depending on how many bananas you were able to collect at the end of a game world, you receive a coat of arms. These are available in four versions - bronze (under 400 bananas), silver (from 400 bananas), gold (from 800 bananas) and platinum (from 1200 bananas). The number of bananas can be increased through combos and extras. With this coat of arms, new game worlds can be unlocked. Only Donkey Kong and some animal helpers can be played , other members of the Kong family do not appear. The final boss of the game is Ghastly King .

Game worlds

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is divided into six barrels, which in turn are divided into individual game worlds. The game worlds consist of two levels and a boss .

barrel	Game world (s)	Activation condition (s)
Suntan barrel	opening	Playable from the start.
D barrel	Bananas	Opening must be completed.
	orange	1 coat of arms
	Watermelon	2 coats of arms
	Apple	3 coats of arms
K barrel	strawberry	6 coat of arms
	pineapple	7 coat of arms
	lemon	8 coat of arms
	grape	9 coat of arms
J barrel	cherry	12 coat of arms
	peach	14 coat of arms
	Honeydew melon	16 coat of arms
	Stink fruit	18 coat of arms
B barrel	pear	25 coats of arms
	Lychee	29 coat of arms
	chili	34 coat of arms
	Star fruit	41 coat of arms
Moon barrel	Giants battle	22 coat of arms DJ kegs must be locked.
	The grand finale	51 B-barrel coat of arms must be locked.

development

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development , publisher was Nintendo . The game was produced by Takao Shimizu , Yoshiaki Koizumi was appointed as the director and the future Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was the executive producer . Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka are the general producers, the music is by Mahito Yokota .

music

The soundtrack of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat contains 35 tracks. The track “Dawn Savanna” is a remix version of the track “DK Island Swing” of the Donkey Kong country soundtrack DK Jamz produced by David Wise , Eveline Fischer and Robin Beanland . The track "Battle for Storm Hill" is used in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , and the Donkey Kong Jungle Beat theme appears in Donkey Konga 3 .

success

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat received top ratings from critics. The current rating at GameRankings is 81.74%, the rating website Metacritic awards the game a Metascore of 80. The video game website GameSpot rates Donkey Kong Jungle Beat with 7/10, with IGN Entertainment the rating is 8.8 / 10.

Trivia

• In 2004 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat received the Game Critics Award in the “Most Original Game” category.
• In the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl there is the “Maxikaskade” stage, which is based on Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on Nintendo
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat at MobyGames
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat in the English MarioWiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NEW PLAY CONTROL! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat . Nintendo . Retrieved October 20, 2014.
2. ↑ Section “Name in other languages” in the article on Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ( English ) MarioWiki. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
3. ↑ Section "Kingdoms and bosses" in the article on Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ( English ) MarioWiki. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
4. ↑ Official game instructions from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, page 19
5. ↑ Various authors : Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Soundtrack ( English ) NintendoWiki. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
6. ↑ Section "Donkey Kong Series" in the article List of music in Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( English ) MarioWiki. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
7. ↑ Juan Castro : Donkey Konga 3 Details Revealed ( English ) IGN . February 24, 2005. Accessed 2014-20-10.
8. ↑ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ( English ) GameRankings . Retrieved October 20, 2014.
9. ↑ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ( English ) Metacritic . Retrieved October 20, 2014.
10. ↑ Jeff Gerstmann : Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Review ( English ) GameSpot . May 11, 2005. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
11. ↑ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Review ( English ) IGN . May 11, 2005. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
12. ↑ 2004 Winners ( English ) Game Critics Awards . Retrieved March 28, 2020.