I played Donkey Konga

Surprisingly, EB Games had the bongos set up last night. Only a few songs were unlocked, but you could see all the songs that eventually were available... seemed like about 40.

The game is better than I thought it would be. I played Wild Thing, Theme from Donkey Kong, All the Small Things and Busy Child. The songs are full-length, not little 60-second snippets like DDR.

For those who don't know, DK is like DDR, but you use a pair of congo drums. Depending on the scrolling symbols, you either hit the left drum, right drum, both drums at once or clap your hands (there's a mic on the drums).

The songs I played seemed fairly easy, but might be much harder for someone not familiar with music games. I think it's going to be a huge hit. I'll buy it.

I saw it in passing at the local GameStop, but didn't check it out. Now I might have to.

I want to play that game. Where did you play it(where do you live?)

EB Games, Polaris Fashion Place mall, Columbus, Ohio.

So that should be about a 10-hour drive for you. :)

Next time im at geauga lake and i walk accross the street to get food ill go over to game stop and try it out. How much is it, and how are the congo drums to play it with?

Donkey Konga is *so* two weeks ago.

I had the chance to sit and play the game for more than an hour a few weeks ago and it was really quite a bit of fun. All of the songs were available as well. Some of them are instantly recognized, but others didn't work as well when translated to banging and clapping.

It's a ton of fun, especially with four players.

I believe it will be $49.99 when it comes out Sept. 28 (which is quite a deal for a game with a peripheral).

The drums are pretty cool... the heads aren't tight like real congo drums, they're more soft and rubbery. The mic is quite sensitive.

Heh, I played Donkey Konga a few weeks ago at a local Toys 'R Us with a friend of mine. He had played it a bit before and he showed me how to use it. But then I was playing and I didn't know that there was a mic between the drums, so this happened:

*screen shows "clap" symbol*
Me: Hey what do I do here?
Jamie: You have to clap!
Me: How do I clap?
*Jamie claps his hands together*
Me: D'oh! :)