Donkey Konga: Difference between revisions

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|developer=[[Namco]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

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|platforms=[[Nintendo GameCube]]

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''Donkey Konga'' eventually received two sequels: ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' and the Japan-exclusive ''[[Donkey Konga 3 JP]]''.

[[File:DKa opening.png|thumb|left|The opening sequence]]

[[File:DKa opening 2.png|thumb|left|Donkey Kong realizes the potential to become famous from playing bongos.]]

Following Diddy's advice, the duo take the barrels to [[Cranky Kong]]. Cranky chuckles and explains that they are bongos. DK decides to call them the "DK Bongos", and he plays on them. Diddy comments that DK is bad at the bongos, and he tries the bongos. DK, in turn, laughs and claims that Diddy plays the bongos poorly. He claps, which cause the bongos to glow. Cranky explains that the instrument glows and makes noises from detecting clapping.

The main gameplay is largely identical to the ''{{wp|Taiko no Tatsujin}}'' games, which were also designed by the same developers. The player has the option to utilize the DK Bongos or a standard GameCube controller. During gameplay, the player controls [[Donkey Kong]], whose goal is to hit scrolling notes, known as beats. They must hit it with accurate timing when it moves under a cursor on the far left. There are four types of beats (red, light blue, yellow, and purple), and are each associated with a different button. A word appears on screen for every passing note, and the displayed word is based on the accuracy of the player hitting the beat. A combo is displayed if the player hits two or more consecutive beats, but it vanishes if the player misses a beat.

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All four gameplay modes (except Challenge) have three levels of difficulty modes, from lowest to highest: Monkey, Chimp, and Gorilla. The second player plays as [[Diddy Kong]] in multiplayer modes. Every song has a varying number of beats, which is indicated from the number of barrels next to their titles on the selection menu.

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The player can purchase individual songs to perform on Gorilla (expert) difficulty.

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The player can purchase alternate sounds for the bongos to make during gameplay.

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The player can purchase three mini-games to play in the ape arcade, two of which have a 2-player competitive (Vs.) mode.

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*[[pikipedia:Ai no Uta|Ai no Uta]] - [[pikipedia:Strawberry Flower|Strawberry Flower]] (''[[pikipedia:Pikmin series|Pikmin]]'' commercial theme song)

*{{wp|Ashita ga Aru sa}} - Re:Japan

*{{wp|Colors (Utada Hikaru song)|Colors}} - {{wp|Utada Hikaru}}

*Donkey Konga (theme song)

*{{wp|Fly High (Ayumi Hamasaki song)|Fly High}} - {{wp|Ayumi Hamasaki}}

*Hamutarou tottoko Uta - Hamu-chans (''{{wp|Hamtaro|Tottoko Hamutarou}}'' opening theme)

*{{wp|Hungarian Dances (Brahms)|Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor}} - {{wp|Johannes Brahms}}

*Hyokkori Hyoutanjima (theme song for the animated film of the same name)

*{{wp|Koi no Dance Site}} - {{wp|Morning Musume}}

*{{wp|La Bamba (song)|La Bamba}} - {{wp|Ritchie Valens}}

*{{wp|Momoiro Kataomoi}} - {{wp|Aya Matsuura}}

*[[DK Rap|Monkey Rap]] - Grant Kirkhope (''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' theme song)

*Shake - {{wp|SMAP}}

*Super Mario Theme - [[Koji Kondo]] (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' theme song)

*Campfire Medley  

*{{wp|Dancing in the Street}} - {{wp|Martha and the Vandellas}}

*[[DK Rap]]  

*''Donkey Konga'' Theme  

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==Reception==

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==Staff==

{{main|List of Donkey Konga staff}}

==Gallery==

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<gallery>

DK Diddy DKa 3.png|[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]

Cranky3.jpg|[[Cranky Kong]]

DKongaKingK.RoolSprite.png|[[King K. Rool]]

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==Media==

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' - The tracks "[[smashwiki:Music (SSBM)#Jungle Japes|Donkey Kong Country Theme]]", "[[smashwiki:Music (SSBM)#Rainbow Cruise|Rainbow Cruise]]", "[[smashwiki:Music (SSBM)#Opening|Super Smash Bros. Melee Opening]]", and "[[smashwiki:Music (SSBM)#Kongo Jungle|DK Rap]]" are taken from this game.

*''[[wikirby:Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' - The Japanese and North American releases both include the anime's theme song.

==Names in other languages==

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