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Also known as: Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat [UK]

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Donkey Kong returns to the arcades

Capcom takes the big ape back to the arcades with Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom

Words: Mike Jackson, CVG UK
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Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom looks like a spiritual sequel to Jungle Beat, a brilliant 2D-style platformer on GameCube made unique by its use of the Bongo controllers.

Donkey Kong will hit Japanese arcades housed in a huge three-player arcade cabinet. With nothing but two buttons on the control panel of the cabinet, a similar control style to Jungle Beat, which saw players hit the button repeatedly to run left and right.

The three player functionality will presumably allow players to compete in what looks like a series of mini-games.

Above: There's been no word on whether Banana Kingdom will feature a "Eat DK's head" minigame amongst its collection, but we're crossing our fingers

Unfortunately, the official Japanese website doesn't offer much firm info for us English-speakers due to a lack of plaintext for Babelfish to work its magic on.

Capcom was not available for comment but we'll keep chasing.

February 20, 2007


 
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Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Genre: Action
Release date: Mar 14, 2005
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo
Features: Bongo controller, Memory card (3 blocks), Progressive scan, Dolby Pro Logic II
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