Donkey Kong Jungle Climber preview DS

Donkey Kong is back - or will be back in October - for another outing for the well-loved gorilla platform game. Each new version of Donkey Kong generally brings us something fresh, so what will Donkey Kong Jungle Climber have to offer? We've had a hands-on look at Donkey Kong Jungle Climber this month, and we've news of all the new features, mini-games, visuals and much more in this issue. Read our Donkey Kong Jungle Climber preview for Nintendo DS now to find out more!

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Donkey Kong Jungle Climber preview for Nintendo DS
A recent BBC report about the success of both Nintendo’s current consoles confirmed a universal truth - that Donkey Kong is still one of the Japanese giant’s most recognisable characters, alongside Mario and Pokemon. Yet somehow he seems destined never to spearhead a singularly successful franchise, with his creators preferring to utilise his name to boost the profile of riskier propositions. Not for him a succession of car toony sports titles mixe d in with regular platfoming excursions, nor a series of titles that have seen lit tle change from their first iteration. No - with DK, you get something different nearly every time, whether it be rhythm-action (Donkey Konga), peripheral-enhanced 2D adventures (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat) or even Wiimote-controlled onrails racers (the forthcoming Bongo Blast, from the same developers).
Among this typically idiosyncratic fare was GBA title DK: King of Swing - an underrated minor treasure which, like Gamecube gem Jungle Beat, utilised an inventive control system for unconventional plat forming fun. Using just the shoulder buttons, DK had to make vertical and occasionally horizontal progress by grasping onto various handholds. The L but ton was - naturally - his left hand and the R button his right, and holding down one or the other rotated DK in the appropriate direc tion. Pressing both allowed you to stop to consider your next move, as well as allowing for a boost launch to k ill enemies upon release.

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