Donkey Konga
| Donkey Konga | |
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Namco |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Hiroyuki Onoda |
| Producer(s) | Hiroshi Igarashi |
| Designer(s) | Hiromi Endo |
| Artist(s) | Naruhisa Kawano Toki Iida |
| Composer(s) | Junko Ozawa Jesahm |
| Series | Donkey Kong |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Release |
Donkey Konga Donkey Konga 2 Donkey Konga 3
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| Genre(s) | Music game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 7/10 |
| EGM | 7.5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 6/10 |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| Game Informer | 7/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| Game Revolution | B |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo Power | 4.2/5 |
| Maxim | 8/10 |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Eurogamer | 5/10 |
| Game Informer | 7/10 |
| GameSpot | 6.9/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
| GameTrailers | 8/10 |
| GameZone | 7.8/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 3.9/5 |
| Detroit Free Press | |
Donkey Konga (ドンキーコンガ Donkī Konga?) is a GameCube rhythm video game starring the ape Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. Instead of the standard GameCube controllers, the game is intended to be played with a special controller called the DK Bongos that resemble two small bongo drums.
Donkey Konga was developed by the same team of people who made the Taiko: Drum Master series for the PlayStation 2. The tracks include hits such as "Louie Louie", "We Will Rock You", "Shining Star", "Rock Lobster" and "Losing My Religion". There are tracks from the Mario series, the The Legend of Zelda series and other Nintendo related music. All regional variants of the game have differing track listings, and in the North American version of both games, almost all of the licensed non-Nintendo/traditional songs are shortened covers.
The Japanese, PAL, and US versions have different track lists. The different versions have around 30 tracks resp. around 55 in Donkey Konga 3.
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are hanging out at the beach one day when they come across some mysterious objects that resemble barrels. Fearing they had something to do with King K. Rool, they take them to Cranky Kong. Cranky explains that they are bongos, so Donkey tries playing them. Diddy tries to do so as well. Then, when Donkey claps, the bongos start glowing. Cranky explains that the bongos have some kind of power inside them. Donkey and Diddy continue to play the bongos, but they both play terribly. Cranky advises them to practice. At first they are against this, but then they realize if they can become successful in playing the bongos, they could afford as many bananas as they wish, so they start practicing.
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