This week’s Famitsu reveals that Donkey Kong Bongo Blast, a bongos-controlled game originally penned in for release on GameCube, is now set for release on Wii later this year.
Good news for those who like Wii or Donkey Kong. Bad news for those who like blistering their hands through too much Nintendo bongo play!
The Wii Remote and Nunchuk will be used to power up one of DK’s two rocket-powered barrels
Bongo Blast will feature seven worlds and sixteen courses and players will shake the controllers to accelerate, turn by shaking on one controller harder than the other and jump by raising both controllers at once.
Bongo Blast will also feature a split-screen multiplayer mode for up to four players and is due out in Japan on 28th June. Nintendo UK are, unsurprisingly, not releasing any official details on the game’s Euro release.
Let’s just hope it gets over here sooner rather than later.
Good news for those who like Wii or Donkey Kong. Bad news for those who like blistering their hands through too much Nintendo bongo play!
The Wii Remote and Nunchuk will be used to power up one of DK’s two rocket-powered barrels
Bongo Blast will feature seven worlds and sixteen courses and players will shake the controllers to accelerate, turn by shaking on one controller harder than the other and jump by raising both controllers at once.
Bongo Blast will also feature a split-screen multiplayer mode for up to four players and is due out in Japan on 28th June. Nintendo UK are, unsurprisingly, not releasing any official details on the game’s Euro release.
Let’s just hope it gets over here sooner rather than later.
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InsaneJonny 19 Apr 2007 12:11
1/9
Are the DK bongos still usable? otherwise this is going to be as stupid and ill-conceived has playing the otherwise great DK: Jungle Beat with the GC controller.
zoydwheeler 19 Apr 2007 12:22
2/9
Is it f**k. Playing it with the Wii Remote and Nunchuck makes loads more sense than hitting some stupid plaggy drums! I for one think this will RULE on Wii.
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LUPOS 19 Apr 2007 13:16
3/9
Bla Bla *expletive*! I for one think it will play perfectly well with the Wii remote, but i also think the concept was intended to be used with the bongos and there for would have been fun with them as well. I see no reason why the bongo's won't still be supported. Tap left= go Left, Tap right= go right, both=speed up, clap=jump. Its the exact same scheme.
One of the things people liek about playing multiplayer Wii games is the silliness that ensues, I think it'll be a shame if we never get to race with drums :(
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One of the things people liek about playing multiplayer Wii games is the silliness that ensues, I think it'll be a shame if we never get to race with drums :(
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InsaneJonny 19 Apr 2007 14:06
4/9
Kay maybe I'm exaggerating, but my point was the game was made to be played with the bongos, and with only 3 bongo games out I would like more games to justify my purchase of extra bongos.
It won't compare to the awfulness of playing jungle beat with the GC remote but there's something uneasy about "shake one more then the other to turn."
It won't compare to the awfulness of playing jungle beat with the GC remote but there's something uneasy about "shake one more then the other to turn."
OptimusP 19 Apr 2007 14:12
5/9
Crap another GC-game going Wii, oh well, could get very fun.
LUPOS 19 Apr 2007 14:17
6/9
InsaneJonny wrote:
Kay maybe I'm exaggerating, but my point was the game was made to be played with the bongos, and with only 3 bongo games out I would like more games to justify my purchase of extra bongos.
I completely agree, even though I don't own Bongos. Whats worse is all the games jumping to Wii instead of GC. Think about all those poor people who have GC's and not Wiis (though that gap will be none existent by years end at it's current pace), worse to pay 20bucks for bongos or 200 for a console and have it abandoned. Should at least do it Zelda style with a dual release :/
InsaneJonny wrote:
It won't compare to the awfulness of playing jungle beat with the GC remote but there's something uneasy about "shake one more then the other to turn."
Perhaps you've never play "toobin"?!
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Absinthe-Review.net 19 Apr 2007 16:56
7/9
InsaneJonny wrote:
Kay maybe I'm exaggerating, but my point was the game was made to be played with the bongos, and with only 3 bongo games out I would like more games to justify my purchase of extra bongos.
It won't compare to the awfulness of playing jungle beat with the GC remote but there's something uneasy about "shake one more then the other to turn."
It won't compare to the awfulness of playing jungle beat with the GC remote but there's something uneasy about "shake one more then the other to turn."
Yeah, really. Although with the title "Bongo Blast" I'm sure there will be bongo support. It's strange though that there is no mention of bongo functionality. You think Nintendo would want to clear this up right from the start...
And yes, to be honest, I think shaking the Wiimote is very annoying, so if the entire game is controlled like this there's no way I'm going to touch this piece, no matter how much I love Wii.
LUPOS wrote:
Bla Bla *expletive*! I for one think it will play perfectly well with the Wii remote, but i also think the concept was intended to be used with the bongos and there for would have been fun with them as well. I see no reason why the bongo's won't still be supported. Tap left= go Left, Tap right= go right, both=speed up, clap=jump. Its the exact same scheme.
One of the things people liek about playing multiplayer Wii games is the silliness that ensues, I think it'll be a shame if we never get to race with drums :(
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One of the things people liek about playing multiplayer Wii games is the silliness that ensues, I think it'll be a shame if we never get to race with drums :(
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racing with drums...ahhh that would be great. You would actually start getting tired after a while, so it would be much more like a real race. I have 2 sets of bongos and in team mode where differnt players cooperate by playing the notes of different instruments (in Donkety Konga) it is brilliant! Think how much fun it would be with 4 players! Or, relating more to the matter at hand, 4 people frantically pounding on bongos in a race! Ah, that would be priceless, ha ha!
And this is only a dream, but...wireless bongos...
...something to dream about.:)
InsaneJonny 19 Apr 2007 17:10
8/9
B- Lo wrote:
And yes, to be honest, I think shaking the Wiimote is very annoying, so if the entire game is controlled like this there's no way I'm going to touch this piece, no matter how much I love Wii.
I actually meant from a technological standpoint, both wiimote and nunchuck have different things detecting motion in them, and in a game where they need to be able to record things exactly the same, it could get troublesome.
Plus yeah, shaking the wiimote to race seems f**king stupid.
LUPOS 19 Apr 2007 18:44
9/9
InsaneJonny wrote:
I actually meant from a technological standpoint, both wiimote and nunchuck have different things detecting motion in them, and in a game where they need to be able to record things exactly the same, it could get troublesome.
Actually the remote and nun chuck have identical "motion detection". the difference is the remote ALSO has the pointing. If the game doest use pointing and just uses shaking then there will be no difference from one hand to the other.
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