Donkey Kong comes swinging back in a Raresic game.. It sticks to the Roots of DK King OF Swing Real Score

User Rating: 8.5 | DK: Jungle Climber DS
By NBAmaster30 | Review Date:
Donkey Has had a long history as a video game character.. He was the first real villian of Mario.. in the arcade Game Donkey Kong.. Then he was gone for a little while and DK JR had some spot light including an apperance in Super Mario Kart. Then Rare Took Donkey Kong and Gave him his signature tie. Now we have the Donkey Kong today! But Rare was not having this Ape be a Villian, instead he would be the main character of his own series for the SNES Donkey Kong Country.. and those were 3 damn fine games.. the only problem was that in only one game you could play as the Kongster! Then Donkey Kong was gone agian until he stared in his own 64 bit game Donkey Kong 64.. it was a Classic.. it was also very hyped it even got a limited editon N64! the Lime Green Color.. and the Cartrige was in fact Yellow.. Now we are seeing that For Halo 3! Then Rare Left Nintendo For Microsoft and Donkey Kong was left without a maker.. nobody knew what would happen to everyones favorite Ape.. After Rare left Donkey Kong was in Bongo based games like Jungle beat, and Konga.. then Panon the new makers made a Average DK game that was so different from the Rare games we played.. and quite frankly turned me off.. Now They are back with a Sequel and this time its the closest thing to a Raresic Donkey Kong game..

Donkey Kong Jungle Climber is by far the best game that uses the shoulder buttons maybe on any system.. Why you ask.. because almost all the controling is done by two back buttons! No other game has ever done that.. The Game uses great use of the DS dual screens however there is little to no touch screen features.. the only one being you tap the screen for a super kong move of whatever you call it.. the Shoulder act as your arms in the game.. the main idea is about climbing.. you use the respective should button to control each arm.. so you can grab and climb up mountians. a is to power jump your only physical attack in the game.. it would have been nice to have a roll or something cause at times it can be hard to take out emimies.. The Controls are very basic and an entire stage gives you the 411 about the controls.. its easy but very Unique.. nothing i have ever seen..

Donkey Kong Story goes something like that.. King K rool is back agian.. he has stolen the banana on top of Mount Kong.. then Fanana (a Humaniod Banana..) you can see him on the most recent smash bros update as a Trophy! Fanan mistakes you for the Kremlins and you destory his ship.. now you got to track down K Rool and Help Fanana with his ship.. its stupid like all Nintendo Games.. but the storyline is meaining less and if you ever played a Nintendo game you know that Storys are not top notch.. they are always lame.. but who cares it aboue gameplay

Donkey kong gameplay is terrific.. with many different stages and different items to collect! In the game you also have Diddy Pal around with you.. Diddy is Very Helpful and when you get hit and loose him you will feel very sad :( cause he helps you a lot.. Some things you can do with diddy is: Throw him up high to get items, use him to beat enimies.. he picks up items like hammer and wings to help you out, and he gives you more life.. The Gameplay is very Rareisc.. it feels like someone from rare made this game because of the collecting of items.. and just the feel of the game. That is good thing cause Rare has never failed me on a DK game and this feels like rare made it.. The game also makes you think in a different way.. how to climb up and up to get past the level.. using stones or vines to climb! its a lot of fun!

The Graphics in this game look great! 3-D talk scenes are feaquent and the 2-D graphics are so colorful.. i love the design of this game how it goes back to that jungle like DK.. tha Cartoon Crap was lame.. now it has a more realistic look and that jungle look the title says.. there are so many colors, and the minor 3-D effects look great.. the Way they go back to the Old Rare look was good enough for me!

Overall DK Jungle Climber is a Must buy for any DK lover.. if you played any of the the Old games then check it out.. its a little different but the fact that the style is back and the platforming parts are great.. the puzzles are put in, in correct places and the game seemed to have the edges smoothed out.. the Story line is pretty long and there are also mini Games! some of them are fun others are annoying.. you can play these over single card Multiplayer however there is no Online at all, which is a bummer.. it would have been nice to play online.. Buy this if you enjoyed King Of swing cause this game owns that one! it does everything better in Jungle climber then King OF Swing

Breakdown
Gameplay: Simple and very Unique.. platforming is fun and the level are very creative.. no other game uses the shoulder buttons quite like this!
Graphics: great 3-D scenes and 2-D graphics are so colorful and well done
Sound: Classic Music shows up along with a lot of Rare- DK Country Style Music.. DK grunts are also done well.. Funny Ape!
Value: With Single Card Multiplayer and a Nice length story this game should last you over a long car ride or Plane Trip.. but the game is also replayable!
Overall: The best Donkey Kong game in a little while.. i was very skeptical at first but playing the game and expericening it has become a Surprisingly Good Experience! Pick it up if you can 30 bucks is not that bad

Final Score
8.4

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