Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a Donkey Kong racing game for the Nintendo Wii. Instead of cars, players utilize rocket-powered bongos. It is controlled with the Wii Remote and Nunchuk Attachment. The game incorporates Miis. It was released on June 28, 2007 in Japan and October 8, 2007 in the United States. A European or Australian release date has not been revealed yet.

Gameplay
In order to accelerate the player's racing bongos, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk Attachment must be shook together, and while to jump, players need to raise the Wii Remote and Nunchuk Attachment upwards. Characters are able to attack each other by punching. Characters not only use rocket powered bongos, but are also able to utilize vehicles such as Tobbagans and Minecarts.

Modes include Candy's Challenges, Time Trial, and a "Make-Your-Own-Cup" mode.

Setting
Sixteen racing courses and seven worlds have been confirmed to be in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast; each world has a different number of courses. The DK Jungle has three, the Tropical Beach has three, the Lava Volcano has three, the Desert has two, the Snow World has two, the Sky World has two, and the Space Level is only one course.

Many of the courses have enemies from other Donkey Kong games serving as obstacles. For example, the volcano level has Flip Flaps and Neckies, and the beach level contains Chomps and a giant, pale squid. The outer space track will have a giant, robotic ape with a similar appearance to Donkey Kong as an obstacle.



Confirmed Characters
Characters that have been confirmed as appearing in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast include the following:

Kongs

 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Dixie Kong
 * Lanky Kong (secret)
 * Tiny Kong (secret)
 * Funky Kong (secret)
 * Wrinkly Kong (secret)
 * Cranky Kong (secret)
 * Super Donkey Kong (secret)

Kremlings

 * A Kritter
 * Kip (new character)
 * Kass (new character)
 * Kopter (secret)
 * Kalypso (new character) (secret)
 * Kludge (new character) (secret)
 * Klump (secret)
 * King K. Rool (secret)

Other

 * Rambi the Rhinoceros
 * Enguarde the Swordfish
 * Although Candy Kong is in the game, she is not a playable character, and instead handles one of the game menus

Items
As well as physically attacking racing opponents, players are also able to use a variety of weapons while racing. The items are split into two categories, with one category coming out of red balloons, and the other coming out of green. These items include: Squawks the Parrot, a giant barrel, Crystal Coconuts, three Zingers, Chunky Kong's Pineapple Launcher, a Banana Fairy, a "banana bomb", a melon resembling an Orange Grenade, Mini-Neckys, Coke, a Banana bunch, a Blue Banana, a banana made of lava, a bottle with a W on it, a bottle with a Z on it, a tornado, and a Mischevious Monkey. There are also six confirmed barrel types: a Barrel Cannon, a red Barrel Cannon, a gold Barrel Cannon, a normal barrel, a Steel Keg, and a TNT Barrel.

Bananas are also found throughout the race courses. Bananas come in three different varieties, and each one fills up the Boost Meter a different amount. When the meter is filled with enough bananas, it allows the player to do a boosted charge through the level. Regular bananas fill up the meter very little, banana buches are the equivalent of 5 bananas and can be found both on the track and in balloons, and Golden Bananas fill up the meter enough for one boost. However, Golden Bananas are very rare, and often something must be performed to have access to one.

Trivia

 * Donkey Kong Barrel Blast has gone through many working titles, such as DK Bongo Blast (when it was going to be a GameCube title), Donkey Jet, and Donkey Kong Jet.


 * King K. Rool does not use barrel jets, but uses the same controls as all of the other characters.