Nintendo Media | Donkey Kong Blasts Off on Wii

By Jorge Ba-oh 27.04.2007 17

The jungle is set alive with barrel-blasting action as Donkey Kong and the diabolical krunch family take to the skies in Donkey Kong: Bongo Blast with the game heading to Wii.

Nintendo released a handful of screens and artwork from the latest build.

Be sure to stick around for additional media updates..

Box art for Donkey Kong: Jet Race
Also known as

Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast

Developer

Paon

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Driving

Players

4

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  n/a

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  10/10 (1 Votes)

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dojo is offline. dojo 27.04.2007#1

This isn't particularly a stab at this game, but I think using motion blur to make a game look better (which invariably is the case with some games e.g. Burnout) is becoming a bit of a clich

 
jb is offline. jb 27.04.2007#2

Who knows - it'll probably look fairly decent in action but from some of these stills the background elements look tacky/lazy.

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dojo is offline. dojo 27.04.2007#3

Yeah, I know what you mean. The draw distance looks a bit dodgy too. Meh, screens can't tell you everything about a game. Videos are where it's at.

 
Balladeer is offline. Balladeer 27.04.2007#4

DOn't tell me - the Kong Clan make up the playable characters. Imagine having to listen to Diddy's inane squealings every time you pass him. Wouldn't that be fun?[/sarcasm]


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Azuardo is online! Azuardo 27.04.2007#5

Perhaps the graphics were based off the GC engine which the game was originally intended for? It doesn't look amazing but I'm sure it'll be pretty fun.

 
Megadanxzero is offline. Megadanxzero 27.04.2007#6

As long as you can still use the bongos I'll probably end up getting it, since those things make anything fun. If you can't they've gone insane...

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dojo is offline. dojo 27.04.2007#7

Azzy said:
Perhaps the graphics were based off the GC engine which the game was originally intended for? It doesnt look amazing but Im sure itll be pretty fun.

But because it isn't a launch title like Zelda, there's no excuse for the game to look like a GameCube game. No excuse at all. Smilie

 
dartmonkey is offline. dartmonkey 28.04.2007#8

Megadanx said it. This must use the Bongos.

Dojo also said it. There is no excuse for this not to look sublime. It doesn't require realistic water effects or particle wotsits, just sharp colourful 60fps bozness.

Has anyone noticed a weird graphical thing with ExciteTruck? As you get closer to hills while flying through the air the textures slowly jump up in detail. Anyone?

Less posty, more gamey.
 
CuRoi is offline. CuRoi 28.04.2007#9

Is this game still going to be called Donkey Kong: Bongo Blast? I thought it was changed to Donkey Jet? May be a sign that there's going to be no bongo functionality.

( Edited on 28.04.2007 01:03 by CuRoi )

 
tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 28.04.2007#10

Pretty...ish...motion blur is getting old.

 
Dritttoolegit is offline. Dritttoolegit 28.04.2007#11

im looking forward to this


 
Mandown is offline. Mandown 28.04.2007#12

Jb the title has now been renamed and is is called Donkey Kong Jet, and not Donkey Kong: Bongo Blast


Wait till you see the game in motion before passing judgement.^

It does look OK in my eyes, and it is essentialy a GC port, even if it is not a launch game it has been specced just above GC like TP.

Upspeccing a game at a late stage development is i imagine costly and very time consuming. LS

 
ohm is offline. ohm 29.04.2007#13

I'd rather motion blur than shitty graphics by themselves, and it works so why do you guys complain? It makes the game feel even faster too. Looks pretty fun to be honest.

 
Shig Guevara is offline. Shig Guevara 29.04.2007#14

I JUST WANT ANOTHER GOOD DONKEY KONGA! konga 2 sucked ass. Anyway does this even use the bongos?

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Mandown is offline. Mandown 29.04.2007#15

I wonder if it will play like Mario Kart, IGN.COM have 80 or so screencaps and have been going through them all trying to assume details The findings will be on the site next week. LS

 
MattEvansC3 is offline. MattEvansC3 29.04.2007#16

I don't have a problem with the graphics, as long as I can see my character, opposing characters, obstacles and the way I'm meant to be going that's all I'm concerned about. Everything else is window dressing which for me is a negative, you need to focus on the race not the high definition scenery otherwise BANG! you've just lost first place.

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Zapp is offline. Zapp 29.04.2007#17

It looks fun, im not to bothered about graphics coz games like this arent suppose to have amazing grfx... its all about the gameplay Smilie

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