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The game received a re-release port to the [[Nintendo Wii]] in 2009 (2008 in Japan) titled ''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''.  

 

'''Story from the instruction booklet:'''

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|bgcolor="pink"|'''Sun Barrel'''

|bgcolor="pink"|Opening

|bgcolor="pink"|{{color-link|Opening Ceremony|black}}

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|bgcolor="pink"|

|-bgcolor="green"

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|Jungle Deeps|white}}

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|VS. Dread Kong|white}}

|-bgcolor="green"

|-bgcolor="green"

|{{color-link|Sky Garden|white}}

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|VS. Scruff Roc|white}}

|-bgcolor="green"

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|Desert Oasis|white}}

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|VS. Rogue-Hog|white}}

|-bgcolor="green"

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|Ice Warren|white}}

|bgcolor="green"|{{color-link|VS. Turret Tusk|white}}

|-bgcolor="skyblue"  

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|Spirit Tree|black}}

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|VS. Mo-Hog|black}}

|-bgcolor="skyblue"  

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|Pristine Sea|black}}

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|VS. Karate Kong|black}}

|-bgcolor="skyblue"  

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|Cactus Mine|black}}

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|VS. Fleet Roc|black}}

|-bgcolor="skyblue"  

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|Primeval Ruins|black}}

|bgcolor="skyblue"|{{color-link|VS. Grave Tusk|black}}

|-bgcolor="purple"  

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|Grim Volcano|white}}

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|VS. Hard Roc|white}}

|-bgcolor="purple"  

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|Ancient Foundry|white}}

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|VS. Torch Tusk|white}}

|-bgcolor="purple"  

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|Banshee Swamp|white}}

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|VS. Bloat-Hog|white}}

|-bgcolor="purple"  

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|Aerie Fortress|white}}

|bgcolor="purple"|{{color-link|VS. Ninja Kong|white}}

|-bgcolor="yellow"  

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|Clock Tower|black}}

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|VS. Gloat-Hog|black}}

|-bgcolor="yellow"  

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|Lava Cavern|black}}

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|VS. Thunder Roc|black}}

|-bgcolor="yellow"  

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|Magma Coliseum|black}}

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|VS. Double Tusk|black}}

|-bgcolor="yellow"  

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|Asteroid Belt|black}}

|bgcolor="yellow"|{{color-link|VS. Sumo Kong|black}}

|bgcolor="red"rowspan="2"|<font color="white">'''Moon Barrel'''</font>

|colspan=2, bgcolor="red"|{{color-link|VS. Cactus King|white}}

|bgcolor="red"|{{color-link|Ghastly King|white|Cactus King}}

|bgcolor="red"|<font color="white">22 Crests<br>Clear D-J Barrels</font>

|colspan=2, bgcolor="red"|{{color-link|VS. Ghastly King|white}}

|bgcolor="red"|{{color-link|Ghastly King|white}}

|bgcolor="red"|<font color="white">51 Crests<br>Clear B Barrel</font>

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|The heroic ape.

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|[[Black Clione]]

|[[Mini Iga]]

|[[Fire Mini Iga]]

|Flaming Mini Igas that burn Donkey Kong on contact.

|[[Ice Mini Iga]]

|Frozen Mini Igas that can freeze Donkey Kong.

|[[Needle Poppo]]

=="New Play Control!" series==

In 2008/2009, ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' was ported to the [[Wii]] as part of the [[New Play Control!]] series of games, a series of GameCube games remade to take advantage of the Wii's motion controls. In addition to the new control style, the port also features new levels, additions and changes to the existing stages, and some gameplay mechanics having been altered from the original version to accommodate the change in controls.

The development team wanted to keep the game's mechanics and presentation as simple as possible to appeal to players intimidated by the complexity of modern games.<ref name="NSider"></ref> Elements from previous ''Donkey Kong'' games except Donkey Kong himself and the bananas were not featured as the game's development team thought ''Jungle Beat'' was too different in tone from previous ''Donkey Kong'' titles and that they hoped the game would showcase the style of the newly-formed [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|EAD Tokyo]]<ref>Hyle (April 26, 2019), "[https://dkvine.com/?p=news_body&post=5945 Guess Who's Certified Fresh?]", ''DK Vine''. Retrieved October 20, 2019</ref>  (a statement that would be [[List of rumors and urban legends about Mario#Yoshiaki Koizumi and Donkey Kong Country|notoriously mistranslated]] as Koizumi saying the ''Donkey Kong Country'' cast was not "fresh enough"<ref name="NSider"></ref>).

Nintendo sent out fifty people dressed in gorilla costumes to compete in the Los Angeles Marathon on March 6, 2005, to promote ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''. Several of said runners were wearing ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''-themed t-shirts and sweatbands, and some were also carrying DK Bongos.<ref>Casamassina, Matt (March 8, 2005.) [https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/08/apes-run-rampant Apes Run Rampant]. IGN. Retrieved November 1, 2014.</ref>

At release, ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' was well received by critics. The game's main criticisms were its short length and departure from the classic ''Donkey Kong Country'' gameplay, as well as a lack of replay value. ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' mainly received praise for its advanced graphics, as well as for the unique use of the DK Bongos Controller, which many critics called innovative. The game was rated the 95th best game made on a Nintendo system in the Top 200 Games List by [[Nintendo Power]] in its February 2006 issue, and in the final issue the game was rated 130 in the 285 best Nintendo games of all time list.<ref>Brain (December 12, 2012). [https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-power-ranks-the-top-285-nintendo-games-of-all-time/ Nintendo Power ranks the top 285 Nintendo games of all time]. Nintendo Everything. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> EAD Tokyo would also use the experience from developing this game when they went on to develop ''Super Mario Galaxy''<ref name="Iwata Asks">[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/super_mario_galaxy/0/0 Iwata Asks: Super Mario Galaxy] (accessed March 07 2012)</ref>.

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==References to other games==

*''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'': At the very beginning of the Cactus/Ghastly King battles, part of the music that plays is a remix of the tune that plays when Donkey Kong climbs atop the [[Construction Site]] with [[Pauline]].

*''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'': The entire concept of collecting bananas and riding Jungle Buddies originated from this game. Additionally, the background music that plays in Dawn Savanna, after clearing any boss stage, and the ending are remixes of the [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]] theme. Lastly, voice clips from [[Funky Kong]]'s theme can be heard towards the end of the [[Opening Ceremony]].

==References in later games==

*''[[Mario Kart DS]]'': Many of Donkey Kong's voice clips from ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' are reused for this game.

*''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'': Several gameplay mechanics and elements from ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' are reused in this game, including sound effects. Several assets from this game have also been found that [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|go unused]] in the final game.

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'': Rumble Falls is a default stage that can be selected in the game, and the background also changes rapidly, with one of them being the background that was used in the Sky Garden stage. Also, the song, "Battle For Storm Hill", in its original form, may be selected as background music for that stage and custom stages. Lastly, the Party Monkey, Gale Hawg, Hoofer, Karate Kong, and Donkey Kong's appearance in this game appear as [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]s, and Helibird and Turret Tusk appear as [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]].

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'': Donkey Kong's [[Final Smash]] in this game is based on his combo punch attacks in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''. Additionally, Karate Kong and Ninja Kong both appear as [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirits]].

Hoofer the Wildebeest.png|[[Hoofer]]

Dread Kong.png|[[Dread Kong]]

Karate Kong.png|[[Karate Kong]]

==Glitches==

===Infinite wall clap/clap momentum===

By clapping on every frame while on a wall, the player can slide up the wall. Additionally, the player's momentum increases for every clap, causing them to speed away if the player reaches the top of the wall or jumps off of it, similar to the [[List of Super Mario 64 glitches#Backwards Long Jump|backwards long jump]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFAs9C78EqQ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat TAS Banana Kingdom]. Posted to YouTube by BlunderstabTAS (February 3, 2013). Retrieved November 1, 2014.</ref>

===Defeating both Double Tusks===

By defeating one of the two Double Tusks with an attack that brings the total HP of both down to zero, both Tusks are destroyed, but the "enraged" animation (when a boss' HP is below half) for the one that is destroyed second plays instead of the "victory" animation (though the music and sound effects still play).<ref>[https://youtu.be/Hz-rJZvIqLg?t=3m Donkey Kong Jungle Beat TAS Chili Pepper Kingdom]. Posted to YouTube by BlunderstabTAS (August 11, 2014). Retrieved November 1, 2014.</ref>

==Pre-release and unused content==

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In the E3 2004 demo, the Party Monkeys are shown to be normal brown monkeys, similar in appearance to Donkey Kong. The Dread Kong boss did not exist, the stand-in boss being a gray clone of Donkey Kong. Most of Donkey Kong's voice clips for the demo were also reused from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.

 

''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' was the first game developed by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]'s Tokyo division, which would later go on to develop every 3D ''Super Mario'' game starting with ''Super Mario Galaxy''. The game's producer was Takao Shimizu, the manager of EAD Tokyo Group No. 1, and it was directed by [[Yoshiaki Koizumi]], the manager of Group No. 2, both of whom had been a part of development of several previous ''Mario'' games. The music was composed by [[Mahito Yokota]], who later collaborated with other Nintendo staff to compose the soundtracks for various other Nintendo games. Donkey Kong's voice clips were provided by his current voice actor [[Takashi Nagasako]].

==Name in other languages==

*One of the bosses in this game, Karate Kong, is voiced by Hironori Miyata, the current voice of [[Ganondorf]] from the [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''Legend of Zelda'' series]]. Coincidentally, Takashi Nagasako, the voice actor for Donkey Kong in this game and in the current ''Donkey Kong'' series, had previously voiced Ganondorf in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''.