Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

Donkey Kong Jet is an upcoming Donkey Kong game for the Nintendo Wii; like a previous Donkey Kong game, Donkey Kong Jet will be of the racing genre, though instead of cars, players will utilize what appear to be rocket-powered bongos. A North American or European release date has yet to be revealed for Donkey Kong Jet, though the game's Japanese release date has been said to be June 28, 2007.

Gameplay
Currently, it has been revealed that, along with the Wii Remote, Donkey Kong Jet will also utilize the Wii Remote's Nunchuk Attachment. In order to accelerate the player's racing bongos, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk Attachment must be shook together, while to jump, players will need to raise the Wii Remote and Nunchuk Attachment upwards. It has also been reported that characters will be able to attack each other by punching. It has recently been revealed that character will not only use rocket powered bongos in Donkey Kong Jet, they will also be able to utilize vehicles such as Tobbagans and Minecarts.

As well as physically attacking racing opponents, players will also be able to use a variety of weapons while racing; these items include: Squawks the Parrot, a giant barrel, Crystal Coconuts, a Zinger, a bazooka, a banana fairy, and a "banana bomb". Recently, a melon resembaling Orange grenades has appeared, as well as Neckys. There are also five confirmed barrel types: a Barrel Cannon, a red Barrel Cannon, a normal barrel, a Steel Barrel, and a TNT Barrel.

From recent videos it has been confirmed that there will be a Time Trial mode.

Setting
Sixteen racing courses and seven worlds have been confirmed to be in Donkey Kong Jet; so far, a beach track, a track taking place in the sky, a snow covered mountain track, a volcano track, a jungle track near a village and what appears to be a track taking place underwater, with a Chomps-like shark and a pale, giant squid in it, have been seen.



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

Kongs

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

Kremlings

 * A Kritter
 * Kip (new character)
 * Kass (new character)
 * Kopter (new character)
 * Kalypso (new character)
 * Kludge (new character)
 * A Kremling with a barrel over their head (new character) (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

Trivia

 * Donkey Kong Jet was originally known by the name DK: Bongo Blast and was to be a GameCube game, before being moved to the Wii.