Donkey Konga?! WTFH?

[BoneStormer]

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August 13, 2003 - Last week Nintendo announced that it had partnered with Namco to develop a GameCube update to the Donkey Kong series. It was assumed that the title would be a pure platformer in the tradition of the franchise. However, IGNcube has learned differently. Here's what we know:
The beginnings of this new Donkey Kong game may trace as far back as the Dreamcast system. Sonic Team had just released Samba De Amigo, a port of a successful maraca-based arcade music game, and it immediately became popular with a niche audience. Designer Shigeru Miyamoto was one of the game's followers, and he on several occasions spoke highly of it.

On March 10, 2003, Nintendo registered the trademark for Donkey Konga. This, say sources, is the tentative name for the new title, which dumps its platformer roots in favor of exploring the music genre.

Donkey Konga is a music title in which gamers play conga drums with Donkey Kong and friends, allege sources. So far insiders have been unable to tell us if the game will work with standard GameCube controllers or if players will need to purchase a separate conga peripheral, but the latter seems more likely.

Stay tuned for more on the intriguing project. -IGN

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Am I the only one who does not like that idea one bit? That's a worse change then making StarFox an "adventure"! Blah. Nintendo has really lost me with all this so-called "quirky" crap(though others personal feelings are free to differ). GC/Nintendo is fine and well, but I definitely like both Xbox and PS2 better.



And you can now add Mace Griffin (yeah well, it's just another example) and Dead Phoenix (one of the Capcom "Big 5") to the canned GC games list. (Oh, and Dead Revolver on PS2 is canned, but VF4 Evo is out, and cheap!)

I haven't been to a videogame site in a long time (probably since I last started a new thread back in June;), and when I do, I see Gamerfeed changed its loook. And I don't like it.

Get out, and take your Sacagawea dollars with you! I'll give you 'til three. One!

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Yeah they changed their look a couple days ago.

Anyway you're definately not the only one that doesnt like the idea of this Donkey Kong game. Maybe they could use these resources (a game made by Namco) to instead make something really awesome like Mushroom Kingdom Machineguns. It just seems like a waste of resources. I dont know about too many interesting games next year, but this year I will be wishing for copious amounts of cash (for all the games Im buying, you see).

By the way, Capcom canned like 5 games (maybe more) a couple months ago and only one of them was for GC. Is that saying anything?

[BoneStormer]

I'm glad I'm not alone on this. It's not just the demise of DK, it's the fact we all heard rumors of a new DK and like many I was intruigued, hopeful if you will that he would return to his former glory (of say the DKC years), and we get another game to look forward to on GC (bringing my list to 4). But NO! Damn you Nintendo and Namco!

Get out, and take your Sacagawea dollars with you! I'll give you 'til three. One!