Donkey Konga

Donkey Konga
Developer: Namco Publisher: Nintendo Platform: GameCube Released in JP: December 12, 2003 Released in US: September 27, 2004 Released in EU: October 15, 2004 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences.

Donkey Konga takes the rhythm drumming gameplay of Namco's Taiko no Tatsujin games and gives it the old banana slamma. It was the first game to introduce the plastic cover tune DK Bongos, which ended up becoming a staple feature in all subsequent Donkey Kong games on the GameCube.

Debug Menu

To do: Document more thoroughly. Codes for other regions.

Enter the following Action Replay code to access a debug menu after the Nintendo and Namco logo screens in the PAL version. The options are, for the most part, self-explanatory.

Version	Encrypted	Decrypted
USA	4Z8F-7P2Q-Z6NKP AA10-7N49-Z0F7Q 2XWB-7MXZ-5UN7A DQX8-TFC6-J7HB4 5FH3-RWPZ-459Z2 XEX7-M4U3-U8EP0 RE6Y-E07Q-BE1VX G1E5-3EXF-6WVDA	00005F83 08000000 04003600 807E0020 04003604 907E0024 04003608 7FC3F378 0400360C 48052558 0403A89C 38600001 04055454 38600001 04055B60 4BFADAA0
Europe	EEVC-A7HR-A6QN9 AA10-7N49-Z0F7Q 2XWB-7MXZ-5UN7A DQX8-TFC6-J7HB4 PR1B-K9WB-8RE4W XJ2W-968T-34C8M 9WAX-A8R3-J660A HKDF-BCBF-44MRM	05EE454D 18000000 04003600 807E0020 04003604 907E0024 04003608 7FC3F378 0400360C 48054848 0403CDA4 38600001 04057724 38600001 04057E50 4BFAB7B0

(Source: Ralf@gc-forever)

Regional Differences

To do: More regional differences. Source Check for more note count differences between regions. Also provide screenshots of differences.

Songs

This game features around thirty songs, most of which differ between regional release.

Song	Japan	US	Europe
99 Red Balloons	No	No	Yes
Advance Adventure	Yes	No	No
Ai no Uta	Yes	No	No
All the Small Things	No	Yes	Yes
Alright	No	No	Yes
Ashita ga Aru sa	Yes	No	No
Ashita he no Tobira	Yes	No	No
Back For Good	No	No	Yes
Bingo	No	Yes	No
Busy Child	No	Yes	Yes
Campfire Medley	No	Yes	No
Canned Heat	No	No	Yes
Clarinet no Kowashichatta	Yes	No	No
Colors	Yes	No	No
Cosmic Girl	No	No	Yes
Dancing In The Street	No	Yes	Yes
Densetsu No Starfy	Yes	No	No
Desire -Jouretsu-	Yes	No	No
Diddy's Ditties	No	Yes	No
DK Rap (Monkey Rap)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donkey Kong Country Theme	No	No	Yes
Donkey Konga Theme	Yes	Yes	Yes
Don't Stop Me Now	No	No	Yes
Fly High	Yes	No	No
Hamutarou totokko Uta	Yes	No	No
Hungarian Dance #5 in G Minor	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hyokkori Youtan Shima	Yes	No	No
I Think I Love You	No	Yes	No
I Want You Back	No	No	Yes
Kaze no La La La	Yes	No	No
Kirby!	Yes	No	No
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!	No	Yes	No
Koi no Dance Site	Yes	No	No
La Bamba	Yes	No	No
Lady Marmalade	No	No	Yes
Like Wow	No	Yes	No
Louie, Louie	No	Yes	Yes
Love Somebody	Yes	No	No
Mambo No. 5	Yes	No	No
Mario Bros. Theme	No	No	Yes
Mas Que Nada	Yes	No	No
Mata Aeru Hi Made	Yes	No	No
Mini Moni Jan-ken-pyon!	Yes	No	No
Momoiro Kata Omoi	Yes	No	No
Mori no Kumasan	Yes	No	No
Okina Furui Tokei	Yes	No	No
Oklahoma Mixer	Yes	No	No
On the Road Again	No	Yes	No
Oye Como Va	No	Yes	Yes
Para los Romberos	No	Yes	Yes
Pokemon Advance Theme	Yes	No	No
Pokemon Theme	No	Yes	No
Rainbow Cruise	No	No	Yes
Richard III	No	No	Yes
Right Here, Right Now	No	Yes	No
Rock Lobster	No	Yes	No
Rock This Town	No	Yes	No
September	No	No	Yes
Shake	Yes	No	No
Shining Star	No	Yes	No
Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)	No	Yes	Yes
Stupid Cupid	No	Yes	No
Super Mario Theme	Yes	Yes	No
Super Smash Bros. Melee Opening	No	No	Yes
The Galaxy Express 999	Yes	No	No
The Impression That I Get	No	Yes	Yes
The Legend of Zelda Theme	No	Yes	Yes
The Loco-Motion	No	Yes	Yes
Tubthumping	No	No	Yes
Turkish March	Yes	Yes	Yes
We are the One	Yes	No	No
We Will Rock You	No	Yes	No
What I like About You	No	Yes	No
Whip It	No	Yes	No
Wild Thing	No	Yes	Yes
You Can't Hurry Love	No	Yes	Yes

Song Oddities

For some reason, Donkey Konga Theme has one less note in the Monkey difficulty in the Japanese version compared to European and USA, but also a considerable difference in Quartet. In Europe and USA, the note count for lanes 1, 2, 3 and 4 is 182, 174, 180 and 181 notes respectively, where as in Japanese the count is 231, 223, 230 and 223 notes respectively.

Warning Screen

The Japanese version has a start-up warning advising players to be wary of vibrations, the sound and the amount of time they play. This warning is absent for the International releases.

Title Screen

Japan	US	Europe

Every title screen depicts a scene of the beach, but the US version displays a different scene from the international versions. The latter two depict a straight view of the beach, which is partially obscured by the game's logo. The Japanese version's title screen has the logo shifted up to accommodate the game's title in Japanese and has additional copyright info. The US version's title screen shows Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong partying at the shore, with a pair of bongos and a boombox in the scene, the "PRESS START BUTTON" text also had the word "BUTTON" removed for the international versions.

Banner

International	US

The banner was changed to accommodate the game's logo.

(Source: Mariowiki.com)