Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

[lazyfatbum]

Wow.

What happens when you take DKC with 3-D graphics (many of which look some of the best graphics i've ever seen including fur-shading up the whazoo) and have it use the DK Bongos?

Pure fucking magic, that's what.

I've never even imagined a game like this, it borrows from just about every 2-D game in the world and after a 30 some odd year legacy of 2-D gameplay it manages to create something completely new that is so genius it has to be played to be believed.

Does anyone here have the game?

[Dark Jaguar]

Don't have it, but I've played it. Easily beats the Donkey Konga games (since those are just Dance Dance Revolution with bongos anyway).

It is interesting enough I'm almost willing to spend money on those ridiculous add-ons.

[Sacred Jellybean]

I want to buy that game and the bongos and get really good at it and challenge my friend Dave to a dual after I smoke copious amounts of marijuana and drink shots of hard liquor in a short span of time and still fucking kick ass. Like I did in Smash Brothers tonight to Dave. Melee, fools, not 64.

Beat'em with Falco and Luigi, I did. And I had some people ganging up on me, too. Of course, they also had liquor and/or pot in them, so I'm sure their focus was off (moreso due to the alcohol). I almost won as Kirby, but I might have died on that one. Yeah. 3rd time was the charm for them. They all cheered when Dave took me out when I had ~165% and he had ~120%. He was playing as Fox, tricky bastard.

Pikachu sucks. I got a tad bit mean (I was drunk, after all) and paused the game midway when I was two lives down on Kirby (seperate round, and they were SDs) and he was playing defensively as Pikachu. I paused the game and said to him (going from drunken memory), "Okay, Bill... I know I've called you a pussy when playing this game before... but let's review here. I'm playing as Kirby. I'm have one life left at zero percent. You're Pikachu. You have 35 percent with three lives. And you're still fucking hopping around and running away from me?" and he calmly (that's why he's awesome, he's a stoner without smoking pot, though he had been drinking) said to me, "Well, it's a sign of my respect for you as a player." Right thing to say, Bill. Not that I would have gotten viloent.

Sorry do derail the topic. Yeah, this game looks awesome. I'll definitely put it high up on my list. Maybe even before the PS2/Silent Hill 2 purchase. Of course, my fucking car got towed tonight after I left it out after fucking 20 minutes because tow truck companies can charge you 200 bucks for one god damn incident and make enough money to have other cars patrol around the parking lots they guard so mother fucking dearly.

Don't worry, I pissed on the sign. And a guy was just showing up with a newly-towed car. Someone had to have gotten out and smelled that. And Brian (Toler, not Black Falcon, you cretin) pissed on one of the tow trucks. I was feeling pissed off earlier, but I chewed out that fat old guy at the window, saying this business is based on fucking people over and demanding to speak to George Smith.

George Smith was the alleged owner of said tow truck company, but Jelly fucking donut behind the 1 inch bullet proof glass, when handling the money I crumpled up and stuffed inside the crotch and asshole parts of my pants (UNDER the underwear) on the ride there, said that George Smith no longer owned it. I bet he was fucking lying.

I wanna look up this George Smith and chew him out for starting a satanic business.

Sorry, derailing again.

Yeah. Bongos.

[Dark Jaguar]

What in the...

I thought you were a rational person.

[lazyfatbum]

That was like every Feldman and Haim movie at the same time.

You can play DKJB without the bongos but the question is why would you want to.

[Dark Jaguar]

Not sure, I suppose.

Here's a question. Any chance that a couple Revolution controllers could replace the bongos? I only ask because it would be nice if a total of 3 controller "types" (standard, Revolution, and an eye-toy) could completely and utterly replace ALL custom controllers evar'd. (The eye-toy already replaces dance pads.)

[A Black Falcon]

Maybe it COULD, but it wouldn't be as good as playing a drum game on, well, drums...

[Dark Jaguar]

Sure would save money though.

[Sacred Jellybean]

What in the...

I thought you were a rational person.

Most of the time, I am. Rational enough to know that controllers couldn't replace bongo drums in a game that was designed around bongo drums, too. :p

[A Black Falcon]

That much, at least, is definitely true.

[Dark Jaguar]

I was suggesting like, those drumless "air sticks", only instead you are using the Rev controllers.

http://chunkpicard.ytmnd.com/

[lazyfatbum]

As a hypothetical it doesn't really apply teh jaguar taht is dark. You have a instrument that uses the palm of your hand along with clapping/rim shots from a mic sensor. So there's no real translation there to the Revcons. It wouldn't work out with any fluidity that conducive to DKJB anyway.

As drum sticks yes, it would work beautiful. But for bongos, spend the 25 bucks and get a pair and find the game for sale by itself (I've seen them for as cheap as 15 used). Or better yet, for 40 get the bongos with DKJB.

My taste in games is pretty well rounded and I have a good sense of gameplay as in what works, what doesnt and what can be enjoyed for months/years. I can tell you that i'll be playing DKJB on Revolution for a loooong time... WITH bongos that is. :D

I can also say that DKJB uses the bongos to an extent that I think Nintendo was really after. Of course Donkey Konga and it's sequel is awesome and well worth your time to sit down and play but DKJB is the real meat behind the peripheral imo.

For Revolution, hopefully they'll come out with something like 'Diddy's Rock & Roll' where you have a full virtual drum kit. The revcons would be able to detect what part of the drum you're hitting (altering the sound) how hard you're hitting, etc while also giving the player a full drum kit to mess around in though a side from having the two revcons it would be wise to include a foot pedal as well. You could even throw in just about any percussion instrument (like a xylophone) and unlike most music-games these could be full range virtual instruments

[Sacred Jellybean]

My taste in games is pretty well rounded and I have a good sense of gameplay as in what works, what doesnt and what can be enjoyed for months/years. I can tell you that i'll be playing DKJB on Revolution for a loooong time... WITH bongos that is.

I can also say that DKJB uses the bongos to an extent that I think Nintendo was really after. Of course Donkey Konga and it's sequel is awesome and well worth your time to sit down and play but DKJB is the real meat behind the peripheral imo.

Awesome, that's what I was hoping for. I can't wait to try it out.

I was suggesting like, those drumless "air sticks", only instead you are using the Rev controllers.

Yeah, I could see that a little better.