Donkey Konga - PAL Release

[Ravon]

amazon are selling the game and bongos for ?29.99.. my order just went in... woot

[OnceAJournalist]

You get the Gamecube as well...

And Shigeru Miyamoto...

And a free monkey...

What more do you want!!!

[MasterPlan]

I dont think I'll be doko doko pan pan'ing to blink 182 - all the small things somehow... I'll stick to the jpn version that I cant save

anyone wanna donate me a jpn cube?

[weightgain]

Got my usa version from NY. About ?25 for game and bongos. Well happy =)

[teodi]

Just had a quick play on the UK version and if anyones seen Shaun of the Dead and fondly remembers the scene in the pub where they are fending off the barkeep it's worth a play just for the giggles you get out of playing 'Dont Stop Me Now'

Track listing is far far superior to the dodgy US version aswell. Tho JAp still rules the roost

[FreQstyle]

Don't suppose anyone's had chance to play this who's also had some experience with Pop'n Music on an full-sized controller ?

Any music game with crazy peripherals tempts me something rotten, but the gameplay on this looks like it could be very similar to Pop'n, just with 7 less buttons (meh!)

Is there more to slapping the old bongen than first meets the eye?

Or is it really as simple as slapping the right bongo at the right time? (or the left bongo at the right time )

I'm torn between this and the upcoming Sega Superstars on PS2 (finally, I can use the dreamy maracas again!)

[fragmast3r]

got to be honest the novelty wore out pretty quickly when i had the jap version its just a case of left hit, right hit occasional drum roll etc and clap (hell dont even have to clap just tap the side of a bongo and it recognises as a clap) but it still is an essential party game

[Papercut]

I wouldn't have said it was essential... Taiko is a better game, if you don't have it. The drumming is a little more interesting than bongod too.

Having said that, the bongos are very well made.

[fuse]

Don't suppose anyone's had chance to play this who's also had some experience with Pop'n Music on an full-sized controller ?

Sup :> Had a lot of experience with pop'n - admiteddly mostly on a small controller, but have a full-sized now etc...

The game's fun, but yeah, it is hella simplistic compared to the high-end bemani games (I can clear a couple of level 40/41 songs on pop'n, the first time I played one of the songs on Donkey Konga I was 2 notes from full-perfecting it)... definitely would advise against buying it if you're looking for a challenge. As said, it's a novelty, and probably works way better as a party game, don't go expecting anything with any major longevity :<

[SharkAttack]

Anyone know if the PAL drums work on the JPN/US cubes yet? (I assume they do)

[Jakeway]

Has anyone seen the adverts yet? They really are pushing this game as Ive seen it three times in two days.

[siegeuk]

Definately pushing it, since I had the 'job' of demonstrating it to people in the entrance to Debenhams (on account of me working for one of the Game debenhams stores). Was repeatedly told I had a great job, and it's definately a game that's better with more than one player, as the kids who took a bongo each will tell you. Not sure about longevity though, unless you have a lot of friends around often.

[Mayhem]

Given what I've played of the PAL version so far, it's the hardest one of the lot yet (playing Richard III on the highest level made me want to curl up and die first time around, and I'm someone who's beaten the previous 3 iterations fairly okay!).

[weightgain]

Need more practice on this then if it's easy for you mayhem - I found the top difficulty level rock !!! (US Vers)

[Ryanz0r]

i was playing this in the shops yesterday, seemed fun.