Customer Reviews

Donkey Konga 2

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Unfortunately, this game does not live up to the original. The original game featured well known songs that were reimagined to fit in well with the drums. There were few songs that I didn't like and have fun playing with.

The tracks on the sequel are unimaginative and bland. They all sound the same. It's about impossible to discern what song it is in song selection mode if you don't know it from the song title because the introductions to all the songs sound the same.

In the original game, the songs were a bit different than the original including original vocal stylings and the music was arranged to sound cool accompanied by bongos. The new songs are just standard arrangements with substandard vocalists.

On a positive note, the mini games are much improved and more fun to play.

Basically the music in this is no better than your average blend of a 6 month late Now compilation, however the gameplay is so incredibly addictive and fun that it's pretty easy to forgive it. If you give in to the fact that really dorky bad song can be fun and goofy to play if you don't take it too seriously(example: Smash Mouth's "All-Star"), then it's a blast. This is Donkey Konga, not Guitar Hero. It's best when played with friends in my opinion, but it has it's moments on those lonely days as well. I cannot forgive it for not having a few Nintendo classics on it like the last one did though. Not even a reworking of the "DK Rap," quite possibly the best song to ever hit the DK universe.

Sadly Donkey Konga 2 was way ahead of its time. I remember hearing about this game back when the first one came out, and thinking it was a strange idea. Kongas as controllers didn't make any sense. Where were the arrows? Where were my A and B buttons?
The idea, although great, didn't really catch on and this gem slid into the realm of the forgotten video games.
When Guitar Hero came out everyone flocked to purchase it, but no one realized that donkey konga was the exact same thing, and possibly more fun.

the 2-4 game play is better that most games, most defiantly more enjoyable than any guitar game. the notes are on barrels rolling across the screen from right to left. you ether hit the left or right bongo, or both, or clap to earn points and eventually be crowned donkey konga king. There are freestyle modes, and minigames, and new songs can be earned and unlocked through the in game store.

You use the konga controllers to play along with popular songs from video games, and in the case of number 2, pop songs from the late 90's early 00's. If the series had continued the songs would have continued to be updated and the game would have stayed upbeat, but as it is several years old now you may not recognize some of the songs on this title.

One player mode can get boring fast, so I would suggest starting with 2 bongos. the more players you have the fore fun this game becomes. Even the smallest child will enjoy this one. At one point during a family get together we had the full 4 players clapping and smacking the bongos in time to a uptempo classical melody and the fun and energy was so great that most of my family went home and purchased this game for their own families.

In conclusion, BUY THIS GAME!!! You will not regret it.

I know you can probably not even buy the drums anymore, but if you have them, this is a great game. It is much more sophisticated that the original and it has more levels/options you can play. My son loves it and tells me that it is "way more" fun than the original PS2 game that the drums come with.

The game mechanics are incredibly fun and this fact cannot be overstated. What hampers the game is the incredibly horrible selection of music. Unfortunately, since this game is, for all intents and purposes, a MUSIC game the resulting experience is far more unsatisfactory than one could imagine. I'm not sure who picks the music that is okayed to appear in the game, but when Hillary Duff appears as one of the better tracks in the game you know that you have a problem. More original music would have been far more satisfying (the Donkey Konga 2 theme song was one of the best tracks in the game) and a system that rewards you with extra SONGS as the game progresses would have made the game far more enjoyable. If you are anything more than a casual gamer I would say pass up on buying this game (but be sure to rent since the experience is fun), but if you are under the age of 11 or are buying for that age group do buy this game. To summarize the game you could compare it to eating pineapples: great in small doses, bad when you overdo it.

Much better songs than the first edition! I like this game alot.

This game is so much fun! I've been playing it for 7 hours straight.