Donkey Kong Jungle Climber review for Nintendo DS

Donkey Kong needs no introduction to Nintendo gamers - fans of the series will have been waiting for this latest instalment on the DS for some time. Platform fans are in for a treat with Donkey Kong Jungle Climber. The game makes great use of the DS two-screen format, and even if you're a returning Donkey Kong fanatic, you won't find it samey or too easy. Check out our Donkey Kong Jungle Climber review for Nintendo DS to find out more now!

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Donkey Kong Jungle Climber review for Nintendo DS
O ne of the DS's strengths – and simultaneously one of its key weaknesses – is its touchscreen. Often developers feel forced to use it, even if their game is unsuited to the DS's unique interface. Fortunately, Paon have followed up their underrated GBA platform-puzzler with a game that pretty much ignores the touchscreen for the most part, with the vast majority of the game's moves per formed by just two buttons – the L and R shoulder ones.

It sounds like a strange concept, and indeed those who didn't play King of Swing on the Advance may struggle with the controls initially. Describing them makes it sound like simplicity itself – hold the L button to grab with DK's lef t hand and rotate him in that dire ction, or R to swing him the other way. Pressing both charges up a jump attack (assuming Kong can grab two adjacent pegs), while pressing A can boos t the at tack fur ther.