Today on Never Was A Gamer, we're talking about the last full game in our arc on unusual, focused mechanics: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat! It's the closest you can come to owning a full bongo drum peripheral without having to clear a space in your tiny apartment closet.
We're talking about video game peripherals, immersion, the limits of the gamer body, and how the hell Nintendo came to make a mainline Donkey Kong game that you play with a set of damn bongos. Join us!
Timecodes:
1.25 Peripherals and unusual mechanics.
10.40 Donkey Konga.
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17.00 Developing Jungle Beat.
30.00 What's it like to play?
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36.45 Okay but with bongos though?
44.00 But is it a Donkey Kong game?
1.00.00 Standout levels.
1.09.35 Final thoughts.
