Donkey Konga (2004, GameCube) - Donkey Ain't Funky

The GameCube was a weird time for Nintendo. Existing franchises were taken in unexpected directions, from a Luigi-centered ghost busting game launching with the system instead of a Mario Bros platformer to Metroid's graceful transition to first-person shooting to The Legend of Zelda's cartoony visual reinvention with The Wind Waker. Star Fox turned into a crappy Zelda knockoff with Star Fox Adventures,the only Kirby game released was a racing game, and after the successful Donkey Kong Country trilogy on SNES and Donkey Kong 64, Nintendo decided the system's Donkey Kong title should be a bongo-based rhythm game.

Review - Crazy Kong

Donkey Kong's one of my all time favorites and is one of the more universally known arcade games. Along with Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga duo machines, Donkey Kong/Mario Bros. machines are one of the few classic arcade games I still see in random movie theaters and malls. People still like these games and still play them, and somehow, Nintendo still hasn't released an arcade perfect Donkey Kong on a home system. This isn't a Donkey Kong review, though. Not really.