Donkey Konga - The Drums, The Majesty 31
Thanks to Nintendojo for revealing new details regarding the previously rumored, Namco/Nintendo co-produced GameCube-exclusive rhythm game, Donkey Konga. The site has pictures of the "new Congo Drum peripheral dubbed as 'Barrel Konga Drums'" which will be shipping with the game, and the 4-player, 32 music-track title may include the Super Mario Bros theme alongside "Latin beats, pop music, dance, classical, Anime and children's tunes." Adding to the fun, "the drums will include a microphone that's designed to pick up the sound of claps thus making the game require you to clap as well as bang on the drums", but Nintendojo reckon a U.S. release to be "highly unlikely" since "it caters too perfectly towards the Japanese audience" weaned on games like Taiko No Tatsujin.
Now... (Score:3, Funny)
Already been made. (Score:2)
Just a thought... (Score:1)
Re:Just a thought... (Score:2)
Re:Just a thought... (Score:3, Funny)
yeah, right (Score:2)
I predict a petition and eventual US release of this game. And I am excited to see it when it arrives.
Speaking of tabs (Score:2)
Re:Speaking of tabs (Score:1)
US Release ENTIRELY possible (Score:5, Interesting)
Nintendo.
I DO own Taiko no-Tatsujin, and I recently ran it at Anime Weekend Atlanta [awa-con.com] this past weekend...And it was a HUGE BIG SUCCESS with everyone there. And they weren't just Anime fans that are used to the Japanese culture. It's just a FUN game to play. EVERYONE asked me how they could get it for themselves...Unfortunately it's not seeing a stateside release anytime soon...
...Or is it?
Namco also ran the home version of Taiko no-Tatsujin at the G-Phoria awards [g4tv.com] (Yes, I know the awards sucked on TV, but there is a point here) to "gauge interest" of the American audience towards a game like it. And it was a hit there as well.
THEN I hear about Donkey Konga not long after G-Phoria.
But, nobody would buy a game based on traditional Japanese Taiko drumming. HOWEVER, they WOULD buy a game base on bongo drumming if it had the right marketing power behind it.
Enter Donkey Kong and Nintendo. If ANY COMPANY can get an innovative game to sell here in the US, it's Nintendo. Hopefully, they WILL release Donkey Konga in the US and let it open the doors for other rhythm games to enter the market so I don't have to always import the suckers.
If you have any musical ability at all and have never played a good rhythm game like Taiko no-Tatsujin, Beatmania IIDX, or even the US released Guitaroo-Man, you're missing out. You don't NEED to have musical ability to enjoy it or be good at it. I hope Donkey Konga gives the exposure the genre needs...Realize that the rhythm game genre pretty much stands next to the fighting game genre in Japanese arcades and that's why there's still arcades on every block in Tokyo.
Samba de Amigo (Score:1)
Samba de Amigo was a blast, and it says something that it is well-night impossible to find the maracas for purchase anywhere.
Sure, the game may not have sold as much as many others, but having what must be relatively near a 100% sales rate on the maracas should give pause to the nay-saye
Re:Samba de Amigo (Score:2)
I have them, and it's a blast to play the game with the maracas, as opposed to a controller.
Re:Samba de Amigo (Score:1)
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Re:US Release ENTIRELY possible (Score:1)
So basically, the submitter took the opinion some idiot "game journalist" (that one still cracks me up) as gospel. What a relief.
Maybe Now we can play games online (Score:4, Funny)
just a thought.
Re:Maybe Now we can play games online (Score:1)
I wanna move (Score:2, Funny)
Japanese type games in america not selling well (Score:2)
This game will sell in Japan because those people are crazy, but it won't sell in the US. It will be a very very small group of people who buy it and then will spout off about how such a great "game" it is and they don't understand why people don't like it.
Imports... (Score:1)
But if Nintendo doesn't get this released in the US, I just may have to go hunt an import copy down and figure out what I need to do to play it. I've really enjoyed the rhythm games I've played - I was a serious DDR addict for a while, still enjoy it though my legs STILL hurt from playing one day and going to the gym the next day, and I loved Drum Mania the one time I got to play
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