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Between shoddy controls and a total lack of bongos, all this game gives you is a sore wrist and desperate longing for Mario Kart Wii.

Genre: Racing
Release date: Oct 8, 2007
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Paon

Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

4 player VS

4 FLAWED
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Latest Screenshots

Screenshots updated Oct 8, 2007

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Latest Stories

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FAQ's and Guides from CheatPlanet

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News

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Following its sudden disappearance late last year from the GameCube release charts, DK Bongo Blast...

News from N4G Apr 13, 2007

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Review

This one's really scraping the bottom of the barrel of monkeys

Oct 8, 2007

Oct 8, 2007 Donkey Konga - drums and monkeys, together at last; their powers combined in a game that was perfect in design and execution, packed with a satisfying pair of drums to bash your tunes out on. When Nintendo monkeyed (ha!) with the formula for DK Jungle Beat, even the most optimistic gamers choked at the idea of playing a platform game with a pair of bongos, but Nintendo proved the doubters wrong and weve never been so happy to have been mistaken. Jungle Beat remains one of the ...

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Previews

DK Bongo Blast

Still about blasting bongos but no longer about a bongo blast

May 30, 2007

Amusingly, even Nintendo isn't quite sure what this is called anymore. We don't blame them: you'll probably remember that it was Donkey Kong Bongo Blast a couple of years back - but that was when it was destined for GameCube, and controlled with the plug-in bongos that originally came packaged with Donkey Konga. And it also borrows bits from GameCube's cancelled Donkey Kong Racing, too. We'd like to suggest they name it "Donkey Kong's Formerly Bongo-Controlled But Keeping The Spirit Of The ... » Read Full DK Barrel Blast preview

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