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Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade!

A rhythm and beat game like the popular Dance Dance Revolution game series, but instead of matching the beats with your feet you use your hands to play the bongos. Starring the characters from the Donkey Kong…

50 1 July 2004

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! is a music developed by Namco, released 1 July 2004 on Nintendo GameCube.

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What Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! is

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! is a music game developed by Namco and released in 2004. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A rhythm and beat game like the popular Dance Dance Revolution game series, but instead of matching the beats with your feet you use your hands to play the bongos. Starring the characters from the Donkey Kong series of games. There are more than 30 tunes to drum beats to, from every genre of music - pop favorites to classical remixes. The more on-time your beats are with the music the higher score you get to earn more coins to unlock different beat sounds.
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How it plays

It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! is the 96th of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Donkey Konga 1+2 Pack in 2004. Its critic score of 50 is 25 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! launched on 1 July 2004, within three weeks of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room and ESPN NFL 2K5. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill 4: The Room, ESPN NFL 2K5.

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Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! — frequently asked questions

When did Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! come out?
Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! was released on 1 July 2004 for Nintendo GameCube.
Does Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! have multiplayer?
Yes. Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! supports multiplayer.

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