Nintendo Europe has today revealed the official list of tunes that it intends to bundle with the forthcoming Euro release of Namco's flam-tastic Donkey Konga. According to Nintendo Europe's website, the playlist is unique and targeted to appeal specifically to Europeans - a statement that appears to have been justified by the inclusion of a few British bands.
The official playlist only included the track titles so, being the great guys and gals we are here at SPOnG, we've done our best to dig deeper and/or blindly guess in order to bring you info on artists/bands as well.
The list has not been fully finalised yet, but it should go a little something like this:
Lady Marmalade - Labelle or Christina Aguilera + Pink + Some other bird
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai, unless it's the band Canned Heat with something like 'On the Road Again', which would be better
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Alright - Supergrass (hopefully), possibly Cast
The Locomotion - Little Eva or Kylie (most probably the latter)
Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas or Bowie + Jagger
Para Los Rumberos - Either Masters at Work, Santana, or the amusingly titled Willie Colon
Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - We can only imagine it's Benny Goodman and his Orchestra…
You Can't Hurry Love - Diana Ross + Supremes or Phil Collins
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Oye Como Va - Santana
Last Day - Notorious BIG?
99 Red Balloons - Nena or possibly Goldfinger's punk cover
The Impressions That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Busy Child - Crystal Method
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
I Want You Back - Jackson 5 or possibly the terrible Bananarama song
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai
Richard III - Supergrass
Wild Thing - The Troggs or the million other bands that have covered it
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
Back For Good - Take That
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Turkish March
Mario Bros. Theme
Kirby Green Greens
Zelda (Latin Version)
Rainbow Cruise
Battlefield
Donkey Konga Theme
DK Rap
Donkey Konga, complete with the amazing set of simian bongos, is due to hit European shelves on October 15th - we can hardly wait!
The official playlist only included the track titles so, being the great guys and gals we are here at SPOnG, we've done our best to dig deeper and/or blindly guess in order to bring you info on artists/bands as well.
The list has not been fully finalised yet, but it should go a little something like this:
Lady Marmalade - Labelle or Christina Aguilera + Pink + Some other bird
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai, unless it's the band Canned Heat with something like 'On the Road Again', which would be better
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Alright - Supergrass (hopefully), possibly Cast
The Locomotion - Little Eva or Kylie (most probably the latter)
Dancing In The Street - Martha and the Vandellas or Bowie + Jagger
Para Los Rumberos - Either Masters at Work, Santana, or the amusingly titled Willie Colon
Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - We can only imagine it's Benny Goodman and his Orchestra…
You Can't Hurry Love - Diana Ross + Supremes or Phil Collins
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Oye Como Va - Santana
Last Day - Notorious BIG?
99 Red Balloons - Nena or possibly Goldfinger's punk cover
The Impressions That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Busy Child - Crystal Method
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
I Want You Back - Jackson 5 or possibly the terrible Bananarama song
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai
Richard III - Supergrass
Wild Thing - The Troggs or the million other bands that have covered it
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
Back For Good - Take That
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Turkish March
Mario Bros. Theme
Kirby Green Greens
Zelda (Latin Version)
Rainbow Cruise
Battlefield
Donkey Konga Theme
DK Rap
Donkey Konga, complete with the amazing set of simian bongos, is due to hit European shelves on October 15th - we can hardly wait!
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Comments
crafty bison 27 May 2004 16:12
1/9
The track listing looks excellent, I'm dead impressed! I expected less from Nintendo, however much it pains me to say it...
mrnull 27 May 2004 16:49
2/9
>The track listing looks excellent, I'm dead
>impressed! I expected less from Nintendo, however
>much it pains me to say it...
Yeah, who said Nintendo needed RARE to make a decent DK title... every forum user here. As much as I'd like to see a next-gen primate platformer, this game is getting better and better the more I hear. I can only hope that us kids in America don't get a specially focused track listing. Nelly and Blink 182 have already killed my radio. My games are my last bastion of hope!
>impressed! I expected less from Nintendo, however
>much it pains me to say it...
Yeah, who said Nintendo needed RARE to make a decent DK title... every forum user here. As much as I'd like to see a next-gen primate platformer, this game is getting better and better the more I hear. I can only hope that us kids in America don't get a specially focused track listing. Nelly and Blink 182 have already killed my radio. My games are my last bastion of hope!
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SPInGSPOnG 27 May 2004 17:21
3/9
What is so amusing about a guy named after a punctuation mark?
Oh, I see, Willie. Like penis, Colon, like s**tpipe.
You guys have gutterminds.
Oh, I see, Willie. Like penis, Colon, like s**tpipe.
You guys have gutterminds.
DoctorDee 27 May 2004 17:24
4/9
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
NOT TWO JAMIROQUAI TRACKS!!!!! Please!
NOT TWO JAMIROQUAI TRACKS!!!!! Please!
SilverDogg 27 May 2004 18:10
5/9
im disgusted. im really really disgusted. the japanese version is still the far best one. the japanese songs are what you are after. damn they rule.
anyway, i really do hope that "99 red ballons" is the goldfinger version, although, i dont think it is ;_;.
anyway, i really do hope that "99 red ballons" is the goldfinger version, although, i dont think it is ;_;.
Joji 27 May 2004 20:35
6/9
A case of some parts working and others not. Nice to see it coming to europe in the first place. And if you want the jap version you can have that on import( via freeloader) then have two bongo drums and diiferent two versions of the game. A much better option I'm sure you'll agree.
Just make sure you have to different versions of the game save on two different memory card.
Mixing them may reformat your card to a japanese one.
Just make sure you have to different versions of the game save on two different memory card.
Mixing them may reformat your card to a japanese one.
Pandaman 27 May 2004 21:05
7/9
You crazy Europeans get the better soundtrack between the American and overseas version.
You also get topless women running around for no particular reason.
...at least that's what they tell me.
You also get topless women running around for no particular reason.
...at least that's what they tell me.
micta 28 May 2004 09:12
8/9
mrnull wrote:
>kids in America don't get a specially focused
>track listing.
We're the kids in America, woh-oh. You are Kim Wilde and i claim my free packet of seed
>kids in America don't get a specially focused
>track listing.
We're the kids in America, woh-oh. You are Kim Wilde and i claim my free packet of seed
SilverDogg 28 May 2004 17:17
9/9
heh, i am gonna import the japanese game. it kicks ass =). im also gonna buy the american version and the european version. why so many you ask? well, they all have different songs =). then ill have to buy three different versions of dk2 aswell. yehaw!