I have never looked forward to new episodes in a series of content more in my life. Donkey Kong December will be a cherished tradition for years to come.
There is a limited amoutn of Donkey Kong games, you cant make it every year. What kind of crazy man would try to squeeze content out of a beloved series untill it milks out?
I played Donkey Konga a lot as a kid. Playing it the conventional way always annoyed my parents to death, so I figured out how to play it virtually silent. You could just depress both bongo buttons without slapping them, and to clap you'd just lightly tap the side of either bongo. It would produce a sharp enough noise for the inner microphone to interpret it as a clap. As such, the Konga continued on...
I was lucky, we were in our 20s when donkey konga came out and it would be part of the random hangouts with friends. 2 player mode was a huge hit, be as loud as we want. I can’t believe this came out before guitar hero, so good.
Whenever I play Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, this is how I play it. Sure, you can beat on the bongos like they owe you money, but playing it silently is the way to go.
And when there's those parts where you're supposed to clap as much as possible, you can blow air on the mic in between the bongo drums. It would register like 300 claps and I felt like a video game god
jungle beat was *quite literally* my jam as a kid 😂 i played this so much my mother bought me a new game for game cube to STOP playing the bongo maddening game LOL
holy shit I remember hearin about this game but I honestly had no clue it was so influential on Nintendo's work... Wild that Donkey Kong December was just a silly joke last year and this year it's been full of legitimately great content
My theory is that he actually did want to do something like this last year, but the scope of the project kept growing until he had to push it back to this year. Upon which he could finally release these videos in quick succession covering all the most important games in the series. If I'm right about this then I'm very glad for the delay because it is abundantly clear from the quality of these videos that they have come from a pure passion and genuine interest in the elusive yet masterfully made series that is Donkey Kong along with its many ventures into the different types of games it has tackled over the years.
Fun Fact: Jungle Beat was the first game the ESRB ever handed an E10+ rating to. Which is completely understandable. This game goes so hard just because it can. Enemies in this game are very scary for small children (mechanized elephants, giant apes with sharp teeth, etc). DK beats the tar out of anything standing in his way. Everyone knows the rapidfire punches, but then there are these bird bosses that carry eggs, and literally the way you deal damage to them is to have DK cling onto the egg and fucking woodpecker it.
It's wild how DK Jungle Beat and Shadow the Hedgehog are two of the most notable early games with E10+ ratings, when their tones are so wildly different.
@@franciscobutte yeah it's very lame how so many fans of dunkey are completely unoriginal themselves, pitiful really. take notes people, you're watching dunkey and you can't come up with your own material?? you're in the wrong place.
I played this game to hell and back as a kid. In fact I played it so much that I begged my parents to get me the DK bongo drums just to experience the game the way it was truly meant to be played. Aaaah.. masta pece. 👌
I really wanted to buy, I was even willing to shell out the 60 bucks to buy the bongos. But I listened to the reviews (yea I was one of those kids) too much and they were all fairly lackluster. I should’ve listened to my gut.
It’s even better when you get suspended after _”jokingly”_ threatening to stalk and dox CZcams employees over your failed witch hunt against a smaller channel 😂
@@Eggs_scrambled83 same dude me and my brother beat that game with just the bongos but the fact you could do all that platforming with just those bongos was fucking fun
@@alternateenergy9685 I remember it being more consistent than clapping, but yeah slapping a piece of hard plastic over and over does not feel good on the palms.
Once in high school I stayed up with my friend and we beat the entirety of jungle beat with the bongos using only our feet. very difficult experience but we pulled through
Real talk - I never comment on Dunkey videos, but real props to my man here for talking about a game I was OBSESSED with as a kid. Jungle Beat in my mind was genius and just because it was a WILD way to play didn’t mean that the bongos didn’t work. It was crazy how smooth it was, and how badass DK was the whole time. Now to see that legit that one game influenced my favorite Mario games? My heart is full.
This takes me back. I have a special connection to this game because it was one of the few games they had in the children's hospital arcade. At 10 years old I had to have brain surgery and during my recovery my Dad would wheel me down to the arcade so we could play Donkey Konga together. He loved it. Sadly he died a year and a half ago, but this is one of the memories I will cherish from him. 💕💖
What's so amazing about this series of videos is that the whole time I'm expecting the typical sarcasm and satire and it's actually...not. There's a lot of truth to this stuff.
I feel like Koizumi doesn't get as much attention as someone like Miyamoto, but he definitely deserves more credit. Just about every game that's he's been involved with has been fantastic.
how? if you have the original hardware and game ok but nintendo has no other way to alloy people play retro games same as playstation and their shitty sub plan
@@DarkP1 I have it on wiiu Edit: also everyone with Nintendo switch online has access to a frick ton of nes and Super Nintendo games. People with online+ even have a Nintendo 64 emulator. The switch is one of the only consoles they’ve ever released without backwards compatibility. (Even the gamecube had a game boy advance adapter!)
You seemed to glance over how much adrenaline this game gives you. Every level goes hard as fuck and the and the music is full of mongo jams. The whole experience playing is a blissful novelty and the bongos are so kinetic and responsive. The fight against Ghastly King at the end is unforgettable and it’s a shame more people didn’t get to play it.
Yeah it was the opposite for me. I had the bongos specifically for this game. I remember really liking the boss fights, laying into them with this JoJo punches.
Dude those fucking punch sequences were so satisfying. My mom got so pissed at me beating the absolute shit fuck out of those bongos because she thought I was going to break them.
Hey man, this Donkey Kong series really reminded me of how much I’ve appreciated your videos over the years. Been going back and watching a bunch lately and I just feel the need to try to express something. Your videos, and I think your example more generally, have really had an effect on me. Your whimsical, humorous approach to conveying passionate, well-thought ideas consistently makes me feel like I can take a similar approach in my life. And it makes me feel like I’ll reach a place that feels like home, one day. I moved to a new country this year, so I’ll be spending Christmas with strangers. That sense of impending eudaemonia I feel when I watch your videos is really gonna help me out here. It wouldn’t be the first time you’ve helped uplift me when I doubted myself. Your best joke was Paul Creenis of Paul Beenis games. Do more Paul Creenis jokes
I want a 3d speed platformer for donkey kong with motion controls. Rolling down hills grinding on vines like tarzan , swinging vines, minecarts barrels, rockets ,riding animals Thrust yourself like gorilla tag . All with joycons with real good music capturing the essence of being donkey kong yourself blazing through a jungle with immense force and speed and a perfect balance of physical effort with rewarding you with more speed more exhiliration (however you spell that) i would want each joycon to control an arm . I never realized that what i had been looking for would actually be a spiritual successor to donkey kong jungle beats .
man i played this game as a kid and i absolutely loved it. im so happy that dunkey loves the donkey kong series, as a kid i never realized how little it was compared to mario/luigi and other nintendo characters. jungle beat was such an incredibly fun game to me i beat it multiple times. and yeah even as a kid, with the bongo drums, that game is fuckin exhausting lmao. thank you dunkey for shedding light on these donkey kong games. donkey kong country was my favorite game though. beat that game so many times late night as a 9 year old boy playing games on my gameboy when i shouldve been asleep haha
First time I've ever seen someone talk about Jungle Beat and I'm so happy This game was amazing, I wish I still had it because my past baby self just could not understand even a fraction of the awesomness of this game (and also how to play it correctly) It kinda had the same vibe as that one Mario kart but actually it's Donkey Kong game where to advance you had to swing the controllers one by one in the right rythm, this one was also very fun (and somewhat physical). But Jungle Beat was just so awesome it doesn't even come close to it
I only played jungle beat once, and it changed my life, that's when I fell in love with games and decided to become a developer. I've loved weird controllers since that day
The GameCube era was full of ambition and great quality on Nintendo's part - it's a shame that games like Jungle Beat weren't appreciated at the time they came out, but hopefully guys like Dunkey and Scott the Woz will get people to go back and appreciate the era for what it was.
First time i played it was on a fantasy retro convention, and watching people play there using this method transitioned to when I bought it myself. Got 100% on all songs no hand pain involved
Jungle Beat is unironically my favorite DK game. The music, the levels, the vibrant colors, the rhythm of gameplay, the bosses, everything was so fun and well-tuned. Would love that studio to make another DK game some day.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was my absolute favorite game to play as a kid and I bought it new with bongos because I didn’t even know until last year Donkey Konga was a game. What a masterpiece. Seeing the boss in the background truly was an “oh shit” moment.
In all honesty, I havent played a donkey kong game in about 20 years. Watching this series has opened my eyes to how deep this franchise actually is. All thanks to Dunkey’s talent for story telling.
Donkey Kong jungle beat was probably the first game I beat multiple time as a kid in elementary school. Trying to getting those platinum rankings, gave me my love for trophy hunting today
I played Jungle Beat so much that I wore out three of the four bongo drum controllers my parents bought me & my siblings to play Donkey Konga. Love both of 'em to bits.
Jungle beat will always hold a special place in my heart. It came out when I was six and I've been playing it ever since. Its such a fun and unique game that is a lot of fun to play and speedrun. The bosses; while repeated, never get old for me. This game will always be a 10 out of 10 for me baybeeeee
This game was truly the first in the genre of “strand type, open zone bongo clapping” that would shape the game industry as we know it today. Thank you GreenDay.
I don’t know how they’d do it but I’d actually love to see a remake of Jungle Beat. Perhaps it uses joycon motion controls like the Wii version but with DK bongo conpatability for those who have them.
I unfortunately can't see it happening, but I'm fine with it. I'll do my yearly replay of this masterpiece till I die Maybe if Mother 3 finally comes out when GBA comes to the Switch...
Both Super Mario Galaxy games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat are so much alike. They even used the same exact sound effects from 4 Zelda games, including The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Link's Crossbow Training and Skyward Sword!!
Thank you for being a modern day Video Game historian. Opening my eyes to so much I never knew and paying homage to the great developers and studios that brought us and continue to bring us so much joy!
This game ‘Donkey Kong Jungle Beat’ reminds me a little bit of the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. I can definitely tell the developers of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat took some inspiration from the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, you should review that game
One of the few who owned and loved this game at release. Combo and high score chasing was brilliantly designed. The movement fit the design perfectly. Never really put together how much galaxy borrowed. Man those swimmiable floating water/jelly islands in JB were so cool.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is literally the most amazing Donkey Kong game to this day. Musics are absolute masterpieces. Gameplay is top notch, lots of replayability, very hard to master and easy to learn. Graphics are gorgeous, it aged like fine wine. And for the last bit... It's the closest feelings you'll have from being a JoJo character punching people down.
I played this so much as a kid, I can still feel the sting from the bongos. Jungle Beat is my favorite Donkey Kong game and one of the most fun games I've ever played on Gamecube
One of the coolest gaming memories I have is getting gold medals in all the levels, playing one again on a whim and racking up an insane multiplier, then getting a platinum medal. Realising that there was that much potential for score multiplication that there was an entire tier of medals I hadn't even seen despite beating the game showed me what a refined and polished experience it was.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is one of my favorites, so I'm glad you're showing it some love! Can't even tell you how many times I replayed that banshee level with the floating fireballs just to listen to the music. My parents HATED the game though because I played those bongos like that guy that spanks cats.
I was really really hoping dunk would talk about this game, very nostalgic to me and genuinely extremely underrated, it's a mastapiece in my book and it's awesome seeing it have some spotlight
Jungle Beat gave me such a unique feeling playing it as a kid, such an insanely different game from anything out there. I still remember that and the Donkey Konga's very fondly. My mom hated me for clapping all fucking day though.
I remember playing jungle beat till 4 am and I was literally drenched in sweat. I woke my mom up to ask if I could use my parents’ shower and she was quite confused. Such a fun game
Man, I played Jungle Beat with my brothers a ton as a kid! Had the bongo controller and everything. I don't remember too much about it, but I do know I sucked pretty bad at it. Video brought back some fond memories
I loved jungle beat I actually have a copy in my car that I take with me wherever I go it's the wii version but it still functions all the same, it was a big part of my childhood and oh boy this game just had so much action, that everything you did felt like a really big deal, the boss fights because of this always felt high stakes, life or death. I think that's part of what makes games like these so special. As a kid, just the mystique and stakes of a game carving out a place in your brain and living there I think is what really makes a game an experience and not just a game and donkey Kong jungle beat is just that.
1:22 I remember dunkey using this song in one of his League videos and it's crazy to me that, all these years later, I'm only just now finding out what it's from- on the same channel.
It's a crime against humanity that children will no longer experience the anxiety of playing this game at night while also trying not to wake anybody up
no its not, i think its only natural the creators of mario galaxy, mario galaxy 2, 3d land, 3d world, mario odyssey would also go on to create Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ™
this game went hard a decade and a half before 'goes hard' was even a term. the bosses, minigames, and even the 'basic' gameplay made you feel like Chuck Norris with how much you destroyed and bent this world to Donkey Kong's whims
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was made back in a time when we didn’t ask many questions. As a kid you just kind of knew if a game was good or not regardless of da bongos you played them with.
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Today, I learned that Donkey Kong invented the entire game industry we know today
It truly is the first Jennifer Lawrence type game.
Right I didn't know that. I loved jungle beat no wonder mario galaxy is my favorite Mario game. I learned something today.
F*cking prick, he's the reason we have ads and microtransactions in 60$ games
@@milesbbop9563 alright settle down.
You're saying this like it's a joke
I have never looked forward to new episodes in a series of content more in my life. Donkey Kong December will be a cherished tradition for years to come.
@@MClashers It will be
There is a limited amoutn of Donkey Kong games, you cant make it every year. What kind of crazy man would try to squeeze content out of a beloved series untill it milks out?
@@LeonardoGPN donkey kong says ooh ooh aah aah
@@MClashers he did it for the last 10 years that makes it a tradition
@@MClashers you know what they say, if it happens twice it's a tradition. And guess what it's year 2 already. Donkey Kong December Forever!
I played Donkey Konga a lot as a kid. Playing it the conventional way always annoyed my parents to death, so I figured out how to play it virtually silent. You could just depress both bongo buttons without slapping them, and to clap you'd just lightly tap the side of either bongo. It would produce a sharp enough noise for the inner microphone to interpret it as a clap. As such, the Konga continued on...
I was lucky, we were in our 20s when donkey konga came out and it would be part of the random hangouts with friends. 2 player mode was a huge hit, be as loud as we want. I can’t believe this came out before guitar hero, so good.
Whenever I play Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, this is how I play it. Sure, you can beat on the bongos like they owe you money, but playing it silently is the way to go.
And when there's those parts where you're supposed to clap as much as possible, you can blow air on the mic in between the bongo drums. It would register like 300 claps and I felt like a video game god
Yup, played the game exactly like that too. Same for Jungle Beat
jungle beat was *quite literally* my jam as a kid 😂 i played this so much my mother bought me a new game for game cube to STOP playing the bongo maddening game LOL
This video was exactly as long as it took me to eat. Dunkey, you truly are the people’s hero.
Way too relatable bro, I enjoyed this comment a lot lol. TY, happy holidays
@@lup1up Mf left a review☠️
Ah yes, the unknown phenomenon of male necessity to have something to watch while eating
Dunkeycratic People's Republic of Kongo
What did you eat in just four minutes? A singular egg?
holy shit I remember hearin about this game but I honestly had no clue it was so influential on Nintendo's work... Wild that Donkey Kong December was just a silly joke last year and this year it's been full of legitimately great content
My theory is that he actually did want to do something like this last year, but the scope of the project kept growing until he had to push it back to this year. Upon which he could finally release these videos in quick succession covering all the most important games in the series. If I'm right about this then I'm very glad for the delay because it is abundantly clear from the quality of these videos that they have come from a pure passion and genuine interest in the elusive yet masterfully made series that is Donkey Kong along with its many ventures into the different types of games it has tackled over the years.
Kongtent
@@IsKriny Whadaya mean we got the ultimate donkey kong december video with super donkey kongu shake
Donkey Kong December was never a joke. I disagree with your statement.
@@IsKriny why did I read this in Dunkey’s voice lol
It only took a year for a true DK December but God damn I love it
We shouldn’t have said he wouldn’t do it.
He never said dk december 2021.
My head canon is that he spent all year preparing these videos just to upload them through December.
Glad he truly did it this time.
Dunkey broke the cycle. He made the best trilogy and made a 4th and a 5th one. God Damn!
This is the 5th one
douglas adams did it first
@@blitheringape5321 Ayyyyy
Dunkey marches to the beat of his own drum.
it´s a five part trilogy
Fun Fact: Jungle Beat was the first game the ESRB ever handed an E10+ rating to.
Which is completely understandable. This game goes so hard just because it can. Enemies in this game are very scary for small children (mechanized elephants, giant apes with sharp teeth, etc). DK beats the tar out of anything standing in his way. Everyone knows the rapidfire punches, but then there are these bird bosses that carry eggs, and literally the way you deal damage to them is to have DK cling onto the egg and fucking woodpecker it.
Jungle Beat kinda feels like Asura's Wrath in how outrageously violent it feels
It's wild how DK Jungle Beat and Shadow the Hedgehog are two of the most notable early games with E10+ ratings, when their tones are so wildly different.
I really enjoy these videos where Dunkey can put his talents towards something he really likes
yeah im glad dunkey is finally making good videos
@@blind_mel0n not something you can say for a lot of youtubers these days
He's putting all his talent towards something he really loves
which is Donkey Kong
This is like the 234 time I read this comment.
@@franciscobutte yeah it's very lame how so many fans of dunkey are completely unoriginal themselves, pitiful really. take notes people, you're watching dunkey and you can't come up with your own material?? you're in the wrong place.
I played this game to hell and back as a kid.
In fact I played it so much that I begged my parents to get me the DK bongo drums just to experience the game the way it was truly meant to be played.
Aaaah.. masta pece. 👌
Did the bongos make it any more fun?
Still have mine and revisit it cuz it's just that good
I remember playing it by flicking the analog stick over and over on my gamecube controller it was weird af but at the same time pretty fun
Wait. You could play it without them? 😅
I really wanted to buy, I was even willing to shell out the 60 bucks to buy the bongos. But I listened to the reviews (yea I was one of those kids) too much and they were all fairly lackluster. I should’ve listened to my gut.
Christmas ain't shit when we got Donkey Kong December
True
It’s even better when you get suspended after _”jokingly”_ threatening to stalk and dox CZcams employees over your failed witch hunt against a smaller channel 😂
I wonder what January's gonna have 😳
So true Mister Acting Male
@@UndertakerU2ber 🇹🇩🗿🇹🇩
Donkey kong junglebeat was amazing, I didnt know it wasn't popular or well-known
agreed loved it
For real that was my childhood it was so good
I didn’t know you could play it with just the controller
@@Eggs_scrambled83 same dude me and my brother beat that game with just the bongos but the fact you could do all that platforming with just those bongos was fucking fun
Fax I loved it too
No joke Jungle Beat is rocks! One of Nintendo’s most creative games of all time! And it needs more love.
The only game with good boss fights
@@ambrosiaplatypus Tropical Freeze's are pretty good.
the best game
I had it on GK, loved it so much
What kind of rocks
I can still feel the pain from slapping the bongo's sides.. 10/10 best game
Never considered smacking the bongos sides, but my hands were probably just as sore from clapping
on wii controller its not different
@@alternateenergy9685 I remember it being more consistent than clapping, but yeah slapping a piece of hard plastic over and over does not feel good on the palms.
Once in high school I stayed up with my friend and we beat the entirety of jungle beat with the bongos using only our feet. very difficult experience but we pulled through
That's the feel-good story of the day!
@@corywertz9268 You misspelled feet ;)
You are my fucking hero
@@lup1up it is actually spelled foots
ok, how the hell did you played a plataformer with bongos? my brain cannot conceive it.
Real talk - I never comment on Dunkey videos, but real props to my man here for talking about a game I was OBSESSED with as a kid. Jungle Beat in my mind was genius and just because it was a WILD way to play didn’t mean that the bongos didn’t work. It was crazy how smooth it was, and how badass DK was the whole time. Now to see that legit that one game influenced my favorite Mario games? My heart is full.
This takes me back. I have a special connection to this game because it was one of the few games they had in the children's hospital arcade. At 10 years old I had to have brain surgery and during my recovery my Dad would wheel me down to the arcade so we could play Donkey Konga together. He loved it.
Sadly he died a year and a half ago, but this is one of the memories I will cherish from him. 💕💖
this is so sweet 😢
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that's so sweet dude
❤️❤️❤️
What's so amazing about this series of videos is that the whole time I'm expecting the typical sarcasm and satire and it's actually...not. There's a lot of truth to this stuff.
Dunkey is at his best when he’s genuine. I love his funny videos, but it’s nice to get his actual opinion without any layers of irony.
Truth to banana power
@@milesbbop9563 jungle beat and galaxy have some similarities, but it’s far from a reskin. It’s more like jungle beat walked so galaxy could run.
I feel like Koizumi doesn't get as much attention as someone like Miyamoto, but he definitely deserves more credit. Just about every game that's he's been involved with has been fantastic.
Proud to say that I played the hell out of Jungle beat when it came out. It was an amazing game.
Donkey Kong December continues to impress, time to go back and replay Jungle Beat
Great game and still holds up, literally just beat it 100% a few days ago
@@DoctorMario606I was worried I only liked it because I played it when I was young. I guess I’ll give it another try 👀
how? if you have the original hardware and game ok but nintendo has no other way to alloy people play retro games same as playstation and their shitty sub plan
@@DarkP1 You always have the wii u re-release on the eshop. Yeah its not the exact same thing but it's still good
@@DarkP1 I have it on wiiu
Edit: also everyone with Nintendo switch online has access to a frick ton of nes and Super Nintendo games. People with online+ even have a Nintendo 64 emulator. The switch is one of the only consoles they’ve ever released without backwards compatibility. (Even the gamecube had a game boy advance adapter!)
You seemed to glance over how much adrenaline this game gives you. Every level goes hard as fuck and the and the music is full of mongo jams. The whole experience playing is a blissful novelty and the bongos are so kinetic and responsive. The fight against Ghastly King at the end is unforgettable and it’s a shame more people didn’t get to play it.
This game kicks ass, it's so dynamic and shockingly playable despite the weird control scheme
jungle beat actually developed the world we know it today that's how good it was. we're simply all jungle beats
Yeah it was the opposite for me. I had the bongos specifically for this game. I remember really liking the boss fights, laying into them with this JoJo punches.
Saaame I never even had the rhythm game but I got phenomenally good at this one, maxing out the combos every single level and it was so. Much. Fun.
Dude those fucking punch sequences were so satisfying. My mom got so pissed at me beating the absolute shit fuck out of those bongos because she thought I was going to break them.
I had the bongos for this game only. Never owned Donkey Konga
@@peytonalexander5300lmao
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Holy shit, DK jungle beat is like a lost memory you unlocked, my god, how I loved this shit when I had a Wii.
Hey man, this Donkey Kong series really reminded me of how much I’ve appreciated your videos over the years. Been going back and watching a bunch lately and I just feel the need to try to express something.
Your videos, and I think your example more generally, have really had an effect on me. Your whimsical, humorous approach to conveying passionate, well-thought ideas consistently makes me feel like I can take a similar approach in my life. And it makes me feel like I’ll reach a place that feels like home, one day.
I moved to a new country this year, so I’ll be spending Christmas with strangers. That sense of impending eudaemonia I feel when I watch your videos is really gonna help me out here. It wouldn’t be the first time you’ve helped uplift me when I doubted myself.
Your best joke was Paul Creenis of Paul Beenis games. Do more Paul Creenis jokes
Dunkey hearted it - I can only assume this means Paul Beenis is coming back.
donkey konga with the bros is literally some of the most fun ive ever had in my life
I played and beat Jungle Beat and never noticed the parallels it has to Mario Galaxy.
Tremendous observation Dunk.
@@milesbbop9563 where have you been in gaming for the last 5 decades
I want a 3d speed platformer for donkey kong with motion controls. Rolling down hills grinding on vines like tarzan , swinging vines, minecarts barrels, rockets ,riding animals Thrust yourself like gorilla tag . All with joycons with real good music capturing the essence of being donkey kong yourself blazing through a jungle with immense force and speed and a perfect balance of physical effort with rewarding you with more speed more exhiliration (however you spell that) i would want each joycon to control an arm . I never realized that what i had been looking for would actually be a spiritual successor to donkey kong jungle beats .
man i played this game as a kid and i absolutely loved it. im so happy that dunkey loves the donkey kong series, as a kid i never realized how little it was compared to mario/luigi and other nintendo characters.
jungle beat was such an incredibly fun game to me i beat it multiple times. and yeah even as a kid, with the bongo drums, that game is fuckin exhausting lmao. thank you dunkey for shedding light on these donkey kong games. donkey kong country was my favorite game though. beat that game so many times late night as a 9 year old boy playing games on my gameboy when i shouldve been asleep haha
I've been praisin this game for years... and nobody believed me! Glad Dunkey shed some light on my favourite Donkey Kong game!
First time I've ever seen someone talk about Jungle Beat and I'm so happy
This game was amazing, I wish I still had it because my past baby self just could not understand even a fraction of the awesomness of this game (and also how to play it correctly)
It kinda had the same vibe as that one Mario kart but actually it's Donkey Kong game where to advance you had to swing the controllers one by one in the right rythm, this one was also very fun (and somewhat physical). But Jungle Beat was just so awesome it doesn't even come close to it
Jungle beat deserves way more recognition, it was my first and only video game for years and it never got boring in all of that time
I only played jungle beat once, and it changed my life, that's when I fell in love with games and decided to become a developer. I've loved weird controllers since that day
I LOVED jungle beat, had to go to a friend's house to play it, and I made any excuse I could to go there. loved the bongos.
Donkey Kong Jungle beat is so good.
ikr, I’m addicted
I'm playing Donkey Kong Jungle Beat right now as I'm typing this comment.
@@kingdavey90 based
I played so many hours of Jungle Beat as a kid, it was one of only two Gamecube games I had (the other being SSX3)
the "thats from jungle beat" section is an all time classic section. Great video as always dunk
The GameCube era was full of ambition and great quality on Nintendo's part - it's a shame that games like Jungle Beat weren't appreciated at the time they came out, but hopefully guys like Dunkey and Scott the Woz will get people to go back and appreciate the era for what it was.
DKJB is massively underrated. It had such a good sense of flow to the platforming and you could string together some wild combos.
The bosses were so fun too
Pizza Tower, when he mentioned score being health I realized
So I’ve been watching your channel for about 4 years now. I just wanted to say that I love you. That’s all. Keep doing God’s work.
Jungle Beat finally getting the recognition it deserves
just slap the side of the bongo for claps, way easier. when it asks you to clap as fast as you can in a row, just blow into the microphone.
Did the exact same thing when I was a kid. After awhile I didn't event drummed anymore, I just pressed on the Bongobuttons with a bit more force.
@@DiegoDerSchatten the way of the moon coin
First time i played it was on a fantasy retro convention, and watching people play there using this method transitioned to when I bought it myself. Got 100% on all songs no hand pain involved
I did that, my friends complained that it was cheating and after like 15 years, i kinda agree :P
Jungle Beat is unironically my favorite DK game. The music, the levels, the vibrant colors, the rhythm of gameplay, the bosses, everything was so fun and well-tuned. Would love that studio to make another DK game some day.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was my absolute favorite game to play as a kid and I bought it new with bongos because I didn’t even know until last year Donkey Konga was a game. What a masterpiece. Seeing the boss in the background truly was an “oh shit” moment.
Q*bert was truly ahead of its time in its fish mechanics
Donkey Konga being the og guitar hero get even more awesome when you realize that people used the controller to beat dark souls like a legend
Ah, a fellow Lenny fan
In all honesty, I havent played a donkey kong game in about 20 years. Watching this series has opened my eyes to how deep this franchise actually is. All thanks to Dunkey’s talent for story telling.
Donkey Kong jungle beat was probably the first game I beat multiple time as a kid in elementary school. Trying to getting those platinum rankings, gave me my love for trophy hunting today
I played Jungle Beat so much that I wore out three of the four bongo drum controllers my parents bought me & my siblings to play Donkey Konga. Love both of 'em to bits.
I played this game as a kid and completely forgot about it until this video. Actually felt the neurons in my brain reconnect the memories.
Same
Jungle beat will always hold a special place in my heart. It came out when I was six and I've been playing it ever since. Its such a fun and unique game that is a lot of fun to play and speedrun. The bosses; while repeated, never get old for me. This game will always be a 10 out of 10 for me baybeeeee
Very underrated game DK Jungle Beat. Playing it on the Wii was something sublime.
Genuinely one of the best and most intense platformers of all time, like this game was epic especially the storming the castle stage
You don't actually have to clap in the rhythm game. My friend found out you can just tap the side of the bongos and it registers exactly the same.
And for the long clap tracks just blow into the receiver.
This game and the mini games in Mario Party (for N64) were hell on your hands.
@@dravenation8428 I still have blisters from that mini game with the boo and the bicycle powered lightbulb.
This game was truly the first in the genre of “strand type, open zone bongo clapping” that would shape the game industry as we know it today. Thank you GreenDay.
This might be the most educational Dunkey video I've ever seen. That SMG reveal was mindblowing.
I don’t know how they’d do it but I’d actually love to see a remake of Jungle Beat. Perhaps it uses joycon motion controls like the Wii version but with DK bongo conpatability for those who have them.
I unfortunately can't see it happening, but I'm fine with it. I'll do my yearly replay of this masterpiece till I die
Maybe if Mother 3 finally comes out when GBA comes to the Switch...
Both Super Mario Galaxy games and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat are so much alike. They even used the same exact sound effects from 4 Zelda games, including The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Link's Crossbow Training and Skyward Sword!!
I adored this game as a kid. It really kinda shaped my aesthetic even unto today.
Your aesthetic? The game changed the way you look?
@@TexasGreed seriously, they don't even hear how cringe they are when they think this shit.
@@TexasGreed don't question it
@@TexasGreed That's the power of great art.
@@TexasGreed He's naked and only uses a red tie!
This series legit might be Dunkey's best work yet, absolutely phenomenal videos. Can't wait for the Retro games video.
Thank you for being a modern day Video Game historian. Opening my eyes to so much I never knew and paying homage to the great developers and studios that brought us and continue to bring us so much joy!
This game was unironically my childhood. I’m so happy it is getting a dunkey review
This game ‘Donkey Kong Jungle Beat’ reminds me a little bit of the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. I can definitely tell the developers of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat took some inspiration from the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, you should review that game
One of the few who owned and loved this game at release. Combo and high score chasing was brilliantly designed. The movement fit the design perfectly.
Never really put together how much galaxy borrowed. Man those swimmiable floating water/jelly islands in JB were so cool.
even the game engine is basically identical between the two games
How Dunkey connects the unknown dots with creative editing and personality… he’s a genius
I used to practice speed-running jungle beat before I even knew what speed running was. This game was truly a masterpiece
What's most impressive is that this entire episode was edited using the bongos.
Thanks for uploading this in time for your bi-annual tradition of celebrating Funky Kong February, always my favorite part of the week.
Jungle Beat was my JAM. Coolest boss fights in the series with the Kong masters.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is literally the most amazing Donkey Kong game to this day.
Musics are absolute masterpieces.
Gameplay is top notch, lots of replayability, very hard to master and easy to learn.
Graphics are gorgeous, it aged like fine wine.
And for the last bit... It's the closest feelings you'll have from being a JoJo character punching people down.
I played this so much as a kid, I can still feel the sting from the bongos. Jungle Beat is my favorite Donkey Kong game and one of the most fun games I've ever played on Gamecube
One of the coolest gaming memories I have is getting gold medals in all the levels, playing one again on a whim and racking up an insane multiplier, then getting a platinum medal. Realising that there was that much potential for score multiplication that there was an entire tier of medals I hadn't even seen despite beating the game showed me what a refined and polished experience it was.
Getting to watch this series is like being gifted a master's lecture on video game history and culture. Dunkey, there just isn't anybody like you.
donkey kong december really blasting off
This game has no right being as good as it is.
I played Jungle Beat so much as a kid and I never even thought about how much of its mechanics were lifted into Mario Galaxy, Holy shit
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is one of my favorites, so I'm glad you're showing it some love! Can't even tell you how many times I replayed that banshee level with the floating fireballs just to listen to the music. My parents HATED the game though because I played those bongos like that guy that spanks cats.
I had Jungle Beat but never played Donkey Konga. Fun game. Cemented Donkey Kong as my favorite Nintendo character
I LOVED donkey kong jungle beat. I would replay the boss fights so many times because they were just so good.
I was really really hoping dunk would talk about this game, very nostalgic to me and genuinely extremely underrated, it's a mastapiece in my book and it's awesome seeing it have some spotlight
This line of donkey kong videos have all been great.
I used to walk to my local Target just to play the Donkey Konga demo. Never had it myself. When they took it away I was devastated. Great times.
I loved jungle beat with all my heart, for its time it was super underrated and I wouldn’t mind a remaster of it or a remake
Freaking love the Donkey Konga games, got 1&2 and Jungle Beat still
Jungle Beat gave me such a unique feeling playing it as a kid, such an insanely different game from anything out there. I still remember that and the Donkey Konga's very fondly. My mom hated me for clapping all fucking day though.
I remember playing jungle beat till 4 am and I was literally drenched in sweat. I woke my mom up to ask if I could use my parents’ shower and she was quite confused. Such a fun game
played Jungle Beat so much growing up. Possibly one of my favorite games.
The Donkey Kong arc is one of the better arcs in the entire series.
You can tell how good these videos are, when you try to hit the like button but you realise is already pressed
I am loving this year's DKD. These videos are really showing off Dunkey's ability to be verbose and erudite.
Man, I played Jungle Beat with my brothers a ton as a kid! Had the bongo controller and everything. I don't remember too much about it, but I do know I sucked pretty bad at it. Video brought back some fond memories
I loved jungle beat I actually have a copy in my car that I take with me wherever I go it's the wii version but it still functions all the same, it was a big part of my childhood and oh boy this game just had so much action, that everything you did felt like a really big deal, the boss fights because of this always felt high stakes, life or death. I think that's part of what makes games like these so special. As a kid, just the mystique and stakes of a game carving out a place in your brain and living there I think is what really makes a game an experience and not just a game and donkey Kong jungle beat is just that.
1:22 I remember dunkey using this song in one of his League videos and it's crazy to me that, all these years later, I'm only just now finding out what it's from- on the same channel.
Underrated gem. Loved this game as a kid.
It's a crime against humanity that children will no longer experience the anxiety of playing this game at night while also trying not to wake anybody up
For me that was NSMB Wii, my dad is the lightest sleeper on earth and the sound of the Wii even just booting up was enough to wake him
Jungle beat for the Wii was the first donkey Kong game i ever played and i loved it to death even though it was exhausting lol
I was not ready for the end of this video, that was a mind-blowing history lesson right there.
no its not, i think its only natural the creators of mario galaxy, mario galaxy 2, 3d land, 3d world, mario odyssey would also go on to create Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ™
Came for the meme, left with respect & knowledge.
this game went hard a decade and a half before 'goes hard' was even a term. the bosses, minigames, and even the 'basic' gameplay made you feel like Chuck Norris with how much you destroyed and bent this world to Donkey Kong's whims
i actually didnt know jungle beats wasnt very liked.. I LOVED that game. the bongos were awesome.
I’ve seen people turn them bongo’s into midi beat machines… 👌
Yo that’s sick
instead of clapping you could tap the side of the drums! I learned this by playing when my parents were trying to sleep 💀
This is the best Donkey Kong game out there, no doubt of that in my mind.
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was made back in a time when we didn’t ask many questions. As a kid you just kind of knew if a game was good or not regardless of da bongos you played them with.