Donkey Kong Barrel Blast: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:Cover DKBB.jpg|250px]]<br>'''North American box art'''

|genre=[[Genre#Racing|Racing]]

|modes=Single-player, Multiplayer

|platforms=[[Wii]]

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This game requires twenty-two blocks on the player's Wii system to save game data, and the game data can also be copied and moved to an [[Memory Card|SD card]] or transferred to another Wii.

==Gameplay==

The vehicular form of transportation in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' are rocket-powered bongos; due to their aerial nature, the racers are unaffected by the course's grounded terrain, but they move slower underwater and automatically reach their top speed inside a wormhole and when entering a Launcher Barrel. As with all racing games, players pick a character with varying stats, strengths and weaknesses, and race around an obstacle filled course in an attempt to finish in first place out of eight competing racers. During a race, players can obtain [[list of items|items]] from [[Balloon (Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)|balloon]]s and use them to interfere their rivals progress, which draws inspiration from that of the general [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]. Additionally, also drawing inspiration from the ''Mario Kart'' series, more powerful items are awarded to racers who are further behind; players in first place are likely to get either the weaker [[Banana Bunch]]es or [[Backward Barrel]]s items, while those near last place may get a [[Crystal Coconut]], [[Mega TNT Barrel]] or [[Quawks]]. When a race is completed, players receive a certain amount of points depending on which position they finished a race in. The player with the most amount of points at the end of the set of races is the winner.

A unique feature in this game is the ability to ride a [[Toboggan]], a [[Minecart]], as well as [[Animal Friends]]. The former two pits the player in a small bonus game were they can obtain more bananas and use the bonus area as a shortcut, while the latter allows a player to break through obstacles. Several types of barrels are also present, each with a different purpose. Normal barrels are weak obstacles that are essential to Wild Move combos, [[Iron Barrel]]s significantly slows down a player who bumps into them while [[Barrel Cannon|Launcher Barrel]]s can be used as shortcuts. Players also encounter some wooden panels with a red '''!'''-mark on them. These are known as Surprise Panels, and they summon a wide variety of items after being touched. Some examples are [[Golden Banana]]s, barrels, and Launcher Barrels. Three difficulty levels not only control the difficultly of CU players during a race, but how fast a player will move once they reach their top speed, with Rookie being the slowest, Pro being medium and Expert being the fastest.

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==Jungle Grand Prix==

[[File:DKBB JungleGrandPrix.png|thumb|upright=1.4|The cup selection screen.]]

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===Cup unlocking criteria===

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==Other modes==

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==Enemies==

These characters act as obstacles and tries to attack racers. Racers slow down when struck by their attack or by colliding with them directly. A defeated enemy rewards a racer with ten bananas. Defeated enemies respawn after a while.

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===Bananas===

The key to winning is collecting bananas to fill the Wild Move gauge. It takes 50 bananas to fill it and obtain a Wild Move. Collected bananas respawn on the racetrack after a while.

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==Barrels==

''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' features a variety of Barrels. Some of them can be spawned by touching a Surprise Panel.

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==Critical reception==

''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' was met with mostly negative reviews for its slow racing, imprecise controls, a lack of online mode, and that the Bongo Controllers were left out of the game even though GameCube controllers are completely compatible with the Wii. It has an average score of 43.94% from 32 reviews on GameRankings and an average of 46 based on 34 reviews on Metacritic.

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===Sales===

According to Famitsu sales data, ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' sold 79,201 copies in Japan by the end of 2007.<ref>Geimin.net [https://web.archive.org/web/20090127020427/http://geimin.net/da/db/2007_ne_fa/index.php 2007年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（ファミ通版）]. 2007 (Retrieved July 9, 2016)</ref>

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==Media==

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*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rdkj/index2.html Official Japanese website]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130507053633/http://www.nintendo.com/sites/dkbb/ Official North American website] (archived)

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