Completely unexciting DK Jet videos
by Eric Caoili 
{ Jun 15th 2007 at 2:00PM }
We're still not clear on whether or not DK Jet will allow players to use their bongo peripherals, but even that might not be enough to save what looks like a half-hearted effort from developer Paon. The former GameCube title's official site has several videos illustrating its new control scheme with the Wii remote and nunchuck -- drum both to tear through the course at breakneck speeds of 30 mph, waggle with only one hand to veer right into a wall, and put them back down when you decide to play Mario Kart DS instead!There are a lot of movies and sections at the site that haven't been revealed yet, so there's still plenty of opportunities for DK Jet to impress us before its June 28th release in Japan. If you listen to the ridiculous noises Donkey Kong makes with every jump, however, it sounds like the depressed groan of a gorilla who just wants to go home. Throw a barrel past the post break for one of the demonstration clips we grabbed.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chachi @ Jun 15th 2007 2:14PM
i don't think it looks that bad. might be cooler when you play with other people...
B-Ry @ Jun 15th 2007 2:22PM
I'd much rather see a full blown DK game for the wii. hint hint nintendo
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Fares @ Jun 15th 2007 4:53PM
Doesnt look that bad
Ethan Duffy @ Jun 16th 2007 5:59PM
And the moral of the story is; Hand models can't play games.
Lijik @ Jun 17th 2007 1:21AM
Did Paon take a shit on you guys or something? The videos don't look that bad. Sure it doesn't look OMGWTFBBQ fantastic, but I don't expect videos demonstrating controls to do so.
Take Guitar Hero (just since I've been playing it alot), if you just used little clips and showed off the gameplay mechanics one by one in a simple fashion that's easy to digest, it'd look fairly boring as well.
Burnt Meatloaf @ Jun 18th 2007 6:32AM
It's amazing what you can get for $50 these days. Do you thing game developers ever say to themselves, "I can't believe someone will actually buy this."
furtive @ Jun 18th 2007 7:37PM
Why does shaking the right controller, thus firing the right bongo-rocket, move dk to the right??! Shouldn't he spin counter-clockwise and move to the right?? Come on Nintendo... don't dumb this one down. Fix the physics and switch back to the bongos please.