Donkey Konga 2

Donkey Konga 2
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Developer	Namco
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Nintendo GameCube
Release dates	July 1, 2004; May 9, 2005; June 3, 2005;
Languages	English; Japanese; French (Europe); German; Italian; Spanish (Europe);
Genre	Rhythm
ESRB:	- Teen
CERO:	- All ages[?]
PEGI:	- Three years and older[?]
USK:	- All ages[?]
Modes	Single player, multiplayer
Format	Nintendo GameCube: Optical disc
Input	Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo GameCube Controller DK Bongos
Serial code	DOL-GY2J-JPN;

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Not to be confused with Donkey Kong II.

This article is about the Nintendo GameCube game. For the Adobe Flash game, see Donkey Konga 2 (Flash game).

Donkey Konga 2 is a Donkey Kong video game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is the sequel to Donkey Konga and the second title of the Donkey Konga series. A sequel to the game, Donkey Konga 3, was released, although never internationally. Donkey Konga 2 was first released in 2004 and then received an international release in 2005. It is one of the few games in the Super Mario franchise that received a T rating from the ESRB.

Like the other Donkey Konga titles, Donkey Konga 2 utilizes the DK Bongos peripheral, but it retains its compatibility with the GameCube Controller.

Story[edit]

DK and Diddy argue over each other's performance.

Dixie urges the Kongs to go on tour.

Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong were practicing the bongos; its energy was draining from the Kongs shouting and arguing with one another over their performance. Cranky and Dixie show up and hear them arguing. The Kongs blame each other to Cranky, but Dixie looks at Diddy's bongos and tells him and DK that she was listening to them and claims their bongo playing is "way off". Dixie is about to play the bongos, and DK and Diddy doubt her capability of playing them. To their surprise, Dixie was very good at playing the bongos. After drumming, Dixie told DK and Diddy to work on their drumming skills, specifically citing their timing and accuracy.

Cranky told DK and Diddy that they can only improve by competing against other people. He mentions of the whole world with music, and that the Kongs should tour off the island to practice on their bongos. Diddy expressed his love for the idea while Donkey Kong was unaware of the entire situation. He asked what the big deal was and if they would have a tour guide. DK and Diddy fantasize and excitedly shout in unison of all the Bananas they would be able to eat. Dixie decides to join the Kongs, and says that they cannot leave the island without her bongo skills. Diddy gets annoyed at her statement and professes to be good at playing bongos. The opening ends with the three Kongs leaving the island, and Cranky asks himself if they are prepared for a world tour, hoping they would "break a leg".

Gameplay[edit]

Donkey Konga 2 has largely similar gameplay to that of Donkey Konga's. It retains its Taiko no Tatsujin-based gameplay style. The player must hit the notes in conjunction with the song playing. A few unique modes appear in this game, including "Concert", "Freestyle Zone", and "Music Lab". Coins are used to purchase extra features in the Shopping Mall or to play mini-games in the Music Lab.

Aside from the story introduction, Dixie Kong has a role as a professional drummer. Sometimes, after completing a mode, Dixie provides advice to the player, known as "Dixie's Notes". Each bit of advice she provides is catalogued in the "Hall of Records" for the player to review. Dixie is also Donkey Kong's opponent in the Barrel Race mini-game.

Modes[edit]

Screenshot	Mode	Description
	Street Performance 1-2 players	The player performs a song while hitting the corresponding musical notes to collect coins, which are stored in a DK emblem chest. Banana Fairies sometimes appear and temporarily increase the coin value to three.
	Concert 1-4 players	Players synchronously perform a song, each with their own notes to hit, and can both use one DK Bongo Controller in Share Mode. Concert is also playable in single-player, where Donkey Kong competes against a CPU-controlled Dixie.
	Freestyle Zone 1 player	The player has a "freestyle" to perform their own beats on the DK Bongos (or GameCube Controller). From the menu, other backgrounds and songs can be chosen instead. A "Hit Count" meter is at the top-right, which counts how many times the player pressed a button, indicated by various images appearing onscreen. The meter resets after exceeding 1,000 hits.
1 player	Shopping Mall	This is where the player can use coins to purchase unlockables in either the "Jungle Jams" and "Bongos-A-Go-Go" category. It replaces DK Town from Donkey Konga. "Jungle Jams" sells Gorilla (expert) difficulty variations of each track. Meanwhile, "Bongos-A-Go-Go" sells different sound sets while playing.
	Hall of Records 1 player	The player can look at their achievements from "Hit Parade," showing the highest percent of notes hit; "Dixie's Notes;" a collection of messages from Dixie; and "Badge Collection;" showing all of the player's obtainable badges.
	Battle 2-4 players	A multiplayer mode where players compete to achieve the high score.
	Challenge 1-2 players	The player performs several songs within either the "6-Song Set", "12-Song Set" and the unlockable "Full Set".
	Music Lab 1-4 players	The player can play one of two minigames, Barrel Race or Rhythm Keeper, by paying 50 and 100 coins in single-player and Vs. (multiplayer), respectively.
	Electric Hut (Options) 1 player	The player can change settings for their controller (either DK Bongos or GameCube), switch between Stereo and Mono, and adjust the sound effect and music volume from Volume Balance.

Shopping Mall unlockables[edit]

Bongos-A-Go-Go[edit]

Sound sets are all differently priced yet function the same. Sound sets consist of three sound effects based on its title, corresponding to clapping, the left, and right bongo while performing. The following items are sold for the following amount of coins:

Alarms Set: 2,900 coins
Birds Set: 4,800 coins
Boing Set: 3,200 coins
Party Set: 2,600 coins
Drums Set: 2,000 coins
Fight Set: 5,800 coins
Gigglebox Set: 4,500 coins
Gong Set: 9,600 coins
Horns Set: 7,700 coins
Kittycat Set: 8,000 coins
Office Set: 6,400 coins
Safari Set: 6,800 coins
Ding Set: 3,900 coins
Sea Mammals Set: 5,200 coins
Symphony Set: 8,000 coins
Synth Set: 9,600 coins

Jungle Jams[edit]

Each song has a purchasable Gorilla Arrangement, which is peforming the song on expert difficulty. Like with Bongos-A-Go-Go, each item is individually priced even though the general purpose is the same. Song prices differ in each regional release and are provided below.

List of songs[edit]

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Like its predecessor, Donkey Konga 2 features a different set of songs per regional version.

Song		Difficulty									Ordering			Jungle Jams Cost
Song		Solo			Duet			Share		Battle	Ordering
Artist	Song Name	Monkey	Chimp	Gorilla	Monkey	Chimp	Gorilla	Share	Quartet	Battle	NA	EU	JP
	Donkey Konga 2 Theme^[A]	★★^NA ★★★^EU ★★★★★★^JP	★★★^NA,EU ★★★★^JP	★★★★★★★^NA ★★★★★★^EU,JP	★^NA ★★★★^EU,JP	★^NA ★★^EU ★★★★★★^JP	★★★★★★★★^NA ★★★★★^EU ★★★★★★^JP	★★^NA ★★★★^EU,JP	★★★^NA ★★★^EU ★★★★^JP	★^NA^JP ★★^EU	1	21	1	2800^NA,EU 765^JP
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Trepak	★^NA ★★^EU ★★★^JP	★^NA ★★★^EU ★★★★★^JP	★★★★★★★★	★^NA,EU ★★^JP	★★★★^NA ★★★★★★^EU,JP	★★★★★★★	★★^NA ★★★★^EU ★★★★★^JP	★★★★★★★★^NA,EU ★★★★★★★^JP	★★^NA ★★★^EU ★★★★^JP	2	17	30	3000^NA,EU 963^JP
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