Take Your Game to the Next Level with Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Take Your Game to the Next Level with
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Control the Action in Nintendo’s New Video
Game with a Set of Bongos

REDMOND, Wash.–March 14, 2005–That
tap-tap-tapping you hear is the sound of the most innovative video game control
system to come along in years. Get physical with Donkey Kong(R) Jungle Beat(TM),
made exclusively for Nintendo GameCube(TM), by using a pair of bongos to control
the game action. Mastering the game requires good timing, bongo abilities and a
love of bananas.

"You can work up a sweat while rapping,
tapping and clapping your way to high scores," says George Harrison, Nintendo of
America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications. "When
it comes to new ways to have fun with video games, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat more
than fits the bill."

This single-player game requires players to
time their movements just right, because on-screen characters react to the beats
tapped on the bongos. Tap the right drum and Donkey Kong(R) runs to the right.
Tap both drums at once and he’ll jump. Clap and the built-in microphone will
cause him to emit a destructive sound wave. Run, jump, swim, battle or swing on
vines — whatever you do, the control is at your fingertips. The beat of the
bongos is everything.

Donkey Kong seeks to gather as many bananas
as possible while exploring vast jungle kingdoms and battling a variety of
enemies like warthogs and giant birds. He’ll visit volcanic peaks and snowy
mountains while hitching rides with a variety of swimming and flying friends. At
the end of each stage, players earn a bronze, silver, gold or platinum crest,
depending on how many bananas they have collected. The more crests they collect,
the more levels open up.

The worldwide leader and innovator in the
creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan,
manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable
video game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the best-selling
Game Boy(R) Advance SP, Nintendo DS(TM) and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems extend
Nintendo’s vast game library and continue the tradition of delivering a rich,
diverse mix of quality video games for players of all ages. Since the release of
its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.9
billion video games and more than 336 million hardware units globally, creating
enduring industry icons such as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching
popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R).
A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash.,
serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere.