Donkey Kong begins with the four levels found in the original arcade game, in which Mario must reach the top of the level and save Pauline. After these four initial stages are completed, the usual arcade ending begins, but after a few notes of the "victory theme" Donkey Kong revives, grabs Pauline again, and takes off with her, with Mario giving chase. The player is then presented with 97 additional stages spanning nine worlds, for a total of 101 stages with the very last one a fight against a mutated, larger Donkey Kong. The main gameplay is largely identical to the Taiko no Tatsujin games, which were also designed by the same developers. The player has the option to utilize the DK Bongos or a standard GameCube controller. During gameplay, the player controls Donkey Kong, whose goal is to hit scrolling notes, known as beats. They must hit it with accurate timing when it moves under a cursor on the far left. There are four types of beats (red, light blue, yellow, and purple), and are each associated with a different button. A word appears on screen for every passing note, and the displayed word is based on the accuracy of the player hitting the beat. A combo is displayed if the player hits two or more consecutive beats, but it vanishes if the player misses a beat. EAD Tokyo went on to develop Super Mario Galaxy (2007) for the Wii, which was acclaimed as one of the greatest video games of all time [59] and became one of the bestselling Wii games. [60] Galaxy refined concepts that EAD Tokyo introduced in Jungle Beat; Koizumi reflected that Jungle Beat provided him with the experience to create engaging gameplay with a simple control scheme in Galaxy. [61] In fact, GamesRadar said that Jungle Beat became more compelling when viewed as a Galaxy prototype, with shared sound effects and a "gleeful turnover of ideas [that] reeks of Galaxy 's scattershot fun-bursts". [62] Destructoid said the connections between Jungle Beat and Galaxy were obvious when considering Jungle Beat 's "level of imagination and surrealism... [which] wasn't present in the [ Donkey Kong Country] games", [63] while Kotaku noted further parallels between level tropes in Jungle Beat and Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010). [64] Also you can't re-try a bonus stage in a level without dying or exiting the level first. Something you could do in DKC 2 and 3 for most of the bonus stages.

a b c d e McFerren, Damien (February 27, 2014). "Month of Kong: The making of Donkey Kong Country". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. There are a little over 30 songs featured in the game. Like its predecessor, Donkey Konga 2 features a different set of songs per regional version. I quite enjoy the ability to gain tons of speed and momentum in a flash on the modern games, lots of insane jumps you can pull off with that. But once you're in the air, it's quite a commitment if you don't have Dixie or Diddy. I feel that you can't change directions as smoothly as you can in the original trilogy, which leads to some jumps feeling a bit more sluggish.a b c Hernandez, Pedro (May 31, 2010). "My Favorite Nintendo Character: Donkey Kong Part 2". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022 . Retrieved April 30, 2022.

Elston, Brett (April 5, 2006). " Donkey Kong Jungle Beat review". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020 . Retrieved July 10, 2020. McFerran, Damien (May 13, 2021). "Rumour: The Next Donkey Kong Is Being Developed By The Super Mario Odyssey Team". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022 . Retrieved May 3, 2022. Main article: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Seth Rogen voices Donkey Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) The main Donkey Kong games are platformers in which the player must reach the end of a level. Donkey Kong was initially the antagonist, but became the protagonist starting with Country. The original games featured a small cast of characters, including Donkey Kong, Mario, Pauline, and Donkey Kong Jr. Rare's games expanded the cast with friendly Kongs, such as Diddy, Cranky, Funky and Dixie, and the Kremlings, an army of antagonistic crocodiles led by Donkey Kong's nemesis King K. Rool. Mario, the protagonist of the 1981 game, became Nintendo's mascot and the star of the Mario franchise, and Donkey Kong characters appear in Mario games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Tennis. Donkey Kong has also crossed over with other franchises in games such as Mario & Sonic and Super Smash Bros.

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Donkey Konga - The sequel to this game. The core gameplay and some modes (such as Street Performance) first appeared in this game. a b Minotti, Mike (August 8, 2015). "The RetroBeat: Donkey Kong '94 for the Game Boy is Nintendo's forgotten masterpiece". VentureBeat . Retrieved February 24, 2023. Jungle Beat was released in Japan on December 16, 2004, in Europe on February 4, 2005, and in North America on March 14. [24] It was released as both a standalone game and a bundle with the DK Bongos. [25] [26] The European version was released on the same day as the Game Boy Advance Donkey Kong game DK: King of Swing. [26] To promote the North American release, Nintendo sent 20 individuals dressed up as apes to participate in the 20th Los Angeles Marathon, which took place on March 6. The individuals wore Jungle Beat-branded clothing, carried DK Bongos, and chanted the game's title as they ran. [27] Jungle Beat was released when Donkey Kong had mostly been relegated to spin-offs and supporting roles in other Nintendo franchises, following Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. [8] The original DKC trilogy is, in my opinion, one of the finest things ever made in the video game history, games I replay and enjoy anytime. The only 2D platformer I think that is as good as the DKC trilogy is Super Mario World.

One of the problems with this approach shows when you support this opinion with purely subjective arguments. So, you don't get the physics, the timing, the movement and the slightly more complex controls, which is fine in itself. But the latter is a perfect example of simply personal preference. You have to actually push a button, to grab a vine? How does that make the controls bad? To you, this may be an inconvenience and unusual. But to me, this adds a layer of interactivity and challenge to the game. It makes it more "realistic" and intense. So nobody is right, but it's far from "objectively" bad. Further information: Saturday Supercade, Captain N: The Game Master, and Donkey Kong Country (TV series) However if the author of the article had titled this "my favourite DK games" then it would have been ok, as people often like inferior games more for a whole load of different reasons. a b "Review Crew: Donkey Kong". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No.61. Sendai Publishing. August 1994. p.28.Casamassina, Matt (May 6, 2009). "N ew Play Control! DK Jungle Beat Review". IGN. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012 . Retrieved March 30, 2013.

Willington, Peter (July 16, 2011). "Donkey Konga (GameCube) Review". Nintendo Life . Retrieved March 30, 2014. BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed Well, I do think we'll get another 3D Mario for the Switch soon, just like we're getting BotW2 next year, and it will most likely be Odyssey 2, because the first Odyssey had great sales and the developers already have the experience and resources they gained from making the first Odyssey.

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a b "2004 winners". Game Critics Awards. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016 . Retrieved August 25, 2013.