Donkey Konga more like Donkey Donga

[Kairyu]

Hey, outta curiosity, what musical genres have been represented in DDR-esque games so far? Any rock/heavy metal? Or is it just Japanese pop/techno and rap in DK?

[me2]

Pop'n Music has every genre. I'm not kidding. Every song has a different genre. Special Cooking, Reggae, Ska, Heavy Metal, Hi Punk... =)

[NESLolo32]

Hey, outta curiosity, what musical genres have been represented in DDR-esque games so far? Any rock/heavy metal? Or is it just Japanese pop/techno and rap in DK?

Okay.

• Beatmania I and III (DJ Simulation with 5 keys) - Mostly club music and the occasional hiphop
• Beatmania II/DX (DJ Simulation with 7 keys) - A lot of techno and rave, Super Eurobeat, and ambient music
• Gituar Freaks/Drummania (Guitar- Guitar shaped thing with 3 buttons and a strum thingy, Drum- a basic drum set) - Pretty much anything that has an electric guitar in it.
• Keyboardmania (A 2-octave keyboard with an effector wheel)- MIDI-ish music.

Pop'n Music has every genre. I'm not kidding. Every song has a different genre. Special Cooking, Reggae, Ska, Heavy Metal, Hi Punk... =)

I can justify that. It's definitely true. Although, I don't see much rap (which isn't bad)

[Ganonator]

One of my neighbors bought this game, and he enjoys it quite a bit. He's also into RPGs like KOTOR, morrowind, and many action shooters, halo, zelda, etc.

What really motivated him was the way he could input to the game. You have Drums, and you clap. But, when you miss the drum beats, you naturally yell 'fuck', which registeres as a clap beat. So, we sit there and hit the drums, and yell 'fuck' at the screen, and we improve our combos.

[me2]

I can justify that. It's definitely true. Although, I don't see much rap (which isn't bad)

There's plenty of it in ee'MALL. E-Rap and E-Rap two, Experimental rap...

[AtmaWeapon]

http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/puz...s.html?page=53

That screenshot from the hell that is Gamespot pretty much shows off the only game screen there is in Donkey Konga. Every animal on the screen (including the banana chicken) was painstakingly animated with almost FOUR WHOLE FRAMES of animation.

Graphics aren't the game's emphasis, but hear me out. When I play Frequency, my sight and hearing are both overloaded with information. Part of the challenge is I have to mentally categorize all the visual data while I'm trying to hit the beats. The same with DDR, From what I've seen, the user is constantly assaulted with lots of spastic flashing colors.

Donkey Konga does not do this. The graphical complexity would be pretty much the same if the screen was black and displayed "LEFT" "RIGHT" or "CLAP" in giant white text.

I still pretty much enjoy it on the higher difficulties now, but I really don't think its quality is on par with its companions in the genre. Plus, its really disappointing that I don't really want a single one of the unlockables, since none of them actually give me a different gaming experience.

[vegeta1215]

I heard that you can unlock a feature so you can play along to the Zelda theme song, or use Zelda sounds or something. Is there any truth to this?

[DsS Game]

Well I gotta give credit to whoever made the game because I feel old school in this game from the screenshot. Ellie the elephant and the banana birds. Both from Donkey kong Country 3. Man super nes was the shit back in the days lol. I might get it just cause of that. MY friend enjoys it.

Daywalker