Product Description

Race to victory with the DK Crew! Donkey Kong and friends have located high-powered barrel rockets, and now the battle for king of the jungle is on. You've never played a racing game quite like this!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4546 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: RVLPRDKE
• Released on: 2007-10-08
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .38 pounds

Features

• Race in 16 stages spanning across 7 worlds
• It doesn't stop with barrels! Other racing vehicles include toboggans, minecarts, and animal buddies Rambi and Enguarde.
• Race as Donkey, Diddy, Dixie, Funky, Tiny or Lanky Kong
• Challenge up to three friends
• Special unlockable characters

Customer Reviews

Need For Jungle Speed
Back when Nintendo made the Gamecube, there have been a lot of games that relied on the pounding of specialty bongos, and those were made for Donkey Kong. With games like Donkey Konga and its sequel, and the thrill of action from beating up villians and foe kongs from the challenging Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, we've been pounding back into Donkey Kong and his heart all over again. But, now he has made his debut with a new game onto the Wii, that captures the need for jungle speed. This hasn't been the only time Donkey Kong has made it into the racing era. While he made before from being a character on the Mario kart franchise for years, this one takes a beating and keeps on playing for the Wii.

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast for the Nintendo Wii, brings Donkey Kong into a new generation of pounding action. The gameplay of course takes the bongo control gameplay, as you use your Wii remote and nunchuck controller to pound and steer Donkey Kong, and his family friends Diddy, Dixie, Tiny Kong, and his foes the Kremlins, those vulgar alligators from the Donkey Kong Country series, through 16 different courses. The graphics look beautiful as you go through courses ranging from the snowy mountains, to the sunny streams. As you race, you try to add up bananas to boost your speed, with trilling wild moves, and hover through wicked stunts. There are also great shortcuts to uncover that take full action of the Wii controllers, with Mine Carts, animal friends, and barrel cannons which blast you into orbit. There are also a few extras items here that range from extra bananas, to whirlwinds that snatch bananas from other racers as you race your way through the game.

All in all, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast was originally set to be made for the Gamecube, but does a much better job as a title on the Nintendo Wii. While there are other more well-profiled racing titles coming for the Wii like the upcoming Mario Kart Wii and Need For Speed: Prostreet, and more high-profiled games like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast is a fun and thrilling title that brings in the fun well as a great racing title. I really recommend this as a great buy for any Wii owner.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B

Control: B

Fun & Enjoyment: B 1/2+ for solo players; A- for multiplayers

Overall: B+

Kong will entertain you well
This game is not meant for hardcore racing fans of GT and Dirt.

Excellent game for children and family. Controls work very well. This game is very very enjoyable. Easy to pick up and play. As with every other game from Nintendo there is lot of content to go around. Iam seeing this game on sale most of the times, pick it up you wont go wrong. Multi-player/party mode is one of the main strengths of this game.

tough
this game although very interesting requires a lot of energy and co-ordination. you need to swing your arms up and down vigorously in order to move fast enough and this can get very tiring and loose it's fun appeal very quickly. if you're only looking for a racing game, get mario kart instead. loads more fun and easier to play.