#Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat

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Helper Monkeys 'Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat' Nintendo Gamecube

[they-have-the-same-va]

Big the Cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series (since 2003) shares a Japanese voice actor with Donkey Kong from the Super Mario and Donkey Kong series (since 2004).

Voiced by Takashi Nagasako

[terrible-super-mario-ideas]

The Blood Pine, which first appeared in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, is actually a power-up, turning Mario into Blood Mario upon collection.

[theknucklehead]

Something interesting I thought about watching Ralph Breaks the Internet the other day; when Ralph goes to BuzzzTube in order to get views to earn money, some of the viewers comment on Ralph being that old arcade character. I questioned this originally because you'd think Wreck-It Ralph would have gone on to make a name fir himself like Donkey Kong did, but instead the movie makes it sound like Ralph only ever had the one arcade game and that's it.

After thinking it over it occurred to me: I don't think most people (adults especially) know that Donkey Kong is a franchise, if kids went and asked their parents if they know who Donkey Kong is, chances are they will just say he's that arcade game gorilla. So in a way the movie is staying true to how most people forget that Donkey Kong went on to make a name for himself in his own series of games as well as guest appearances in other games like Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Super Smash Bros.

That said, it would have still been cool if the movie did add in lore to their games suggesting they went down a similar path that Mario did; Felix stars in his own series of games similar to Mario Bros. Mario World, Mario 64, etc. While Ralph went on to do the Country games, Sugar Rush became Mario Kart and maybe the characters actually made crossovers with other games. (And I don't just mean Kingdom Hearts)

[eggplantmandudeguy]

more of yall need to talk about this shit this was the rawest fucking game Nintendo ever made but it gets nothing

[dirk0pg]

scariest boss fight

[pokerninja2]

DREAD HIM

[thedakku]

Donkey Konga and DK Jungle Beat for GameCube! 🦧🪘🪘🍌

[thecartoongamer]

Put out a video on the Gamecube classic Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. Ya better give it a watch, if you know what's good for you!

[theruffiansretrorampage]

art by Porky Shine

[mice-rats-daily]

Today’s rat is the Kamikami from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat!

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Weird Enemies 'Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat' Nintendo Gamecube

[dragonanon]

Since Nintendo is releasing a remaster of Donkey Kong Country Returns for the the Switch, I SINCERELY hope that they make a remaster of another beloved Donkey Kong game from my childhood 😭❤️

[im-captain-basch]

Kairo, your fighting-type gym leader for the Pokemon Trainer AU

Oooh he ourple.

Kairo is the Unova region's fighting-type expert, and a master of martial arts in his own right, taking post in Opelucid City. He is very serious as a martial artist and pokemon trainer, having been trained under the same type experts from different parts of the world. Despite this, he is very encouraging to those he battles and always has wisdom to dispense, whether he emerges victorious from the fight or not. In addition to his duties as a gym leader, he also owns a dojo that trainers can visit to help up their pokemon's less stellar stats.

Kairo is a Unovan native, and has ancestry from all over the world. Although he enjoys martial arts, he prefers it more as a way to stay active, but will gladly instruct anyone who wishes to know it for self-defense.

His team consists of:

Taeko (Mienshao, female, Careful nature)

Lee (Throh, male, Relaxed nature)

Shu (Sawk, male, Jolly nature)

Ryu (Lucario, female, Bold nature)

Hugo (Hawlucha, male, Sassy nature)

Ripple (Poliwrath, male, Modest nature)

Some additional fun facts:

-Similar to other characters, Karate goes by a different name in the AU for simplicity... and also because it felt kind of weird for people to know his actual name while calling him something that deals with his profession outside of being a gym leader. While it was going to happen anyway, this change was not actually implemented until this posting. From my brief research, the name he uses here can mean either "victorious one" or "master" depending on the origin you're looking at.

-Of course his trainer inspirations are the various fighting-type experts over the course of the series. The appearance is mostly inspired by the clothing of various forms of martial arts.

-Karate/Kairo as the fighting-type gym leader was actually chosen by poll! He was up against the other three "kong" bosses from Jungle Beat, and is the only one who got more than one vote.

-I mentioned a really long time ago that there were three characters that I had to redraw. Karate/Kairo is one of them, being one of two that I drew but was unable to post before my computer went fucky-wucky in July 2022. His and Taeko's design here is mostly redrawn from what I remember of the original.

-He and Wrinkly were neighbors as children.

-The fighting-type experts he's trained under include Marshall of Unova's Elite Four (at least in regards to his youth) and Mustard of the Isle of Armor.

-Kairo is quite fond of bluk berries, so much so that he has a patch of plants of them that he grows himself. If he happens to find himself with an overabundance, he'll give the berries to his gym trainers or sell them to shops for a reasonable price despite their rarity in the region.

[chrismas95]

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Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - Battle for Storm Hill

Art by Lukas Liebhold