Talk:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Should there be a template for the kingdoms?

Do it. If we don't need it later, it can be taken care of. Be decisive.=)

Okay, I made one.

Box Art of Japanese Wii Version
Here is the box art of the Japanese Wii version:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qYtSudeyL._SS500_.jpg

--Grandy02 14:11, 2 November 2008 (EST)

Story
The Japanese site for the Wii version features the game's story - in Japanese, of course. I've read that it tells that the other pictured Kongs stole DK's bananas. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r49j/prologue/index.html --Grandy02 14:57, 3 December 2008 (EST)

Here's the story in English: http://www.donkeykong.com/prologue/ --Grandy02 15:12, 29 April 2009 (EDT)

American release date
Was this game actually released in America this early? Haven't heard of it being in stores yet. - 16:11, 19 December 2008 (EST)
 * No, haven't read anywhere else about that date, the source doesn't tell the truth. IGN and other sites still have no date, so I removed it. --Grandy02 16:37, 19 December 2008 (EST)

Spin-off
What exactly makes this game a spin-off of the Donkey Kong series? It's a platforming game with only different controls. I'd say it's part of the main series. - 14:36, 10 January 2009 (EST)


 * Yeah, spin-off is not a good term to use, although I wouldn't say this was part of the Donkey Kong Country series or anything like that. Just a part of the general series. --
 * Where should I put it on ? - 16:01, 10 January 2009 (EST)


 * After Donkey Kong 64, because I believe it was released after that but before King of Swing. --

Banana Banquet
Does the Banana Banquet level even exist ? Nobody made an article of it yet (as if nobody knew anything about it) and there are no videos of it on Youtube. Koopalmier 00:56, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Alright, so we don't have any proof that it exists. I'll delete it. Koopalmier 20:19, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Question Mark
In my version of Jungle Beat (Wii), the levels stop after Cactus King. Am I forgetting to do something? Is this exclusive to the Wii version? Is my version a dud?
 * This kind of question would be better off on the forums.
 * First of all, never mind (Sorry for wasting your time). Second of all, my account is inacessible for some reason.

Move related foreign name enemy articles to match Super Mario Galaxy model names?
According to Naming, development names are low-tier acceptable sources for article names and can take precedence over foreign names. Debug material is listed as an example, and since Super Mario Galaxy has internal names for the Jungle Beat leftover model data, I'm wondering if this can be instead used for those pages. The following have named counterparts in the Galaxy game disc: Should these be changed, or are internal names a step too far? LinkTheLefty (talk) 15:45, 10 April 2015 (EDT)
 * Bucky – Bakky (Fire, Ice & Sea)
 * Hatchī – Bee (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat)
 * Cocopī – CocoPig
 * Haribonbon – RushAirFish / NeedlePoppo
 * I agree that the names should be moved, but how are you planning on naming CocoPig and RushAirFish / NeedlePoppo? Keeping them as mashed-together name just looks off, and there's at least one example of a filename ("spyguy_anim.bin") being expanded into something more legible ("Spy Guy"). 12:28, 20 July 2017 (EDT)

Levels
Why don't the individual levels have their own articles? Instead, the level details are given in the kingdom articles. Even if the kingdoms are just two levels and a boss, so are the worlds in Wario World, and those have separate articles just like the worlds and levels in any other game. Is there an actual reason for this, or is it just that no one bothered to split them off? 17:48, 3 July 2016 (EDT)

Relation to the Donkey Kong Country series
I'm currently watching a playthrough of this on YouTube, and have noted that it has many elements in common with the later Donkey Kong Country Returns. I also note that this game can easily be considered a Super Mario Sunshine analog to the DKC series, being "the odd one for the GameCube". As it stands, Donkey Kong 64 is considered to be part of the series while this isn't. Any official reasons? It actually have several elements in common with the current listing, especially in the remake. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 05:10, 10 November 2017 (EST)
 * Jungle Beat is not a DKC game as far as I know. I have the GameCube version and the only real connections it has with the Country games are that DK collects bananas, DK swings on vines occasionally, and that Dawn Savanna's music is a rendition of "DK Island Swing." Aside from Donkey Kong himself, no characters from the Country games appear in Jungle Beat at all. The Wii version apparently added a few DKC elements, such as the inclusion of Barrel Cannons and changing the story to be about stolen bananas. Maybe there is more stuff in the Wii version I'm unaware of, but I'm fairly sure Jungle Beat isn't a DKC game. 23:49, 15 November 2017 (EST)
 * Many sound effects and gameplay elements from this game were later used for Returns. Anyways, it's a platformer revolving around collecting bananas, has similar Animal Buddies, similar themed enemies (note how most enemies in this game are pigs), and all in all, it seems mostly like a Donkey Kong Country game adapted for the unique control scheme (so the West could have some use for the Bongos, as Konga didn't sell well in this hemisphere.) Ever since Returns, the reasons to consider it not one have become tenuous at best, given that it lacked the Kremlings and took many elements from this game. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:52, 15 November 2017 (EST)