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I just bought donkey konga w/two drums for 20 buck at corner yardsale and after an hour or two of party fun, broke back out Taiko drum master. Anybody else dig these?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 14 May 2006 04:12 (twenty years ago)

There's a donkey konga game that my friend has that isn't a rhythm game, it's more like a platformer that you control with the DK bongos. Like, you rapidly pound the bongos to run, and clap to attack. It's actually pretty fun, although it's very short.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Sunday, 14 May 2006 05:44 (twenty years ago)

I dunno. I think most post-bemani/parappa games have tried to expand on the basic rhythm-action template, in one direction or another. But drum based games always tend to feel like a huge leap backwards (or at least those with only one or two drums do. I guess DrumMania gets an exception).

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 14 May 2006 11:17 (twenty years ago)

(And I'd let Samba De Amigo off too).

― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 14 May 2006 11:18 (twenty years ago)

I'm still waiting for a bemani game to beat the "driver's ed" level of Parappa, with the Can riff & Marsha Warfield-type moose

― kingfish doesn't live here anymore (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 14 May 2006 13:17 (twenty years ago)

the DK action bongo game is Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. It's a shitload of fun.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 14 May 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)

Do any of these games come close to Samba De Amigo's majesty?

― ¯\(º_o)/¯ (Chris Piuma), Sunday, 14 May 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

i've only played taiko for a few minutes and couldn't really get into it. mainly because i played it in circuit city. umm...Donkey Konga gets boring after a little while. DK Jungle beat is a shitload of fun, but it has nothing to do with keeping a beat or anything like that. if you already have the bongos, you might as well buy it.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Sunday, 14 May 2006 23:26 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is so much better than you would think a platforming game controlled by bongos could ever be. It actually made getting those bongos worth it, compared to the generally boring blandness of Donkey Konga. The scoring/chaining method and level layout is pretty brilliant. Getting these Gold/Platinum medals is pretty tough!

― Nhex, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 04:01 (seventeen years ago)

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