E3 2007 Screens | Smash Update: Donkey Kong Does Brawl

By Jorge Ba-oh 12.07.2007 16

Eagle-eyed readers noticed Nintendo's favourite ape prancing about in the E3 2007 short trailer for Smash Bros. Brawl, and today the Official Dojo site confirms the return of Donkey Kong to the playable roster.

It's Donkey Kong, ruler of the jungle. The original giant powerhouse makes a triumphant return!

Looks like his giant punch is still the haymaker you remember. Don't doubt his strength or you'll end up with the ultimate headache!

Be sure to stick around for updates...

Box art for Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Fighting

Players

4

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10 (594 Votes)

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jb is offline. jb 12.07.2007#1

Looking pretty good, the ape is certainly hairier than ever!

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Marzeee is offline. Marzeee 12.07.2007#2

Smilie Definitely the best looking character model so far! That looks incredible, look at his hair.

Just reminds me of how good a new Donkey Kong adventure game would look on the Wii. Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen though. Smilie

 
knighty is offline. knighty 12.07.2007#3

Needs moar Starfox Adventures hair.

 
WP-Final is offline. WP-Final 12.07.2007#4

He was in that tiny E3 trailer?Smilie Never saw him although I guess Nintendo rushed the part about SSBB to get to more important things.

Did you know it's games like Nintendogs, Brain Age and Wii Sports that are increasing the gaming population?Smilie

 
Ph00p is offline. Ph00p 12.07.2007#5

Character models 10/10
every other texture in the game 4/10

Seriously people look how ugly the floors and backgrounds look.

 
ohm is offline. ohm 12.07.2007#6

Haha zelda looks funny, they would've used Peach though if they had unveiled her.

 
mooojc is offline. mooojc 12.07.2007#7

Definitely one of the best looking characters so far.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 12.07.2007#8

He looks nice & fluffy. The first screen is a funny little tribute to Pauline & Mazza I reckon. Smilie

I'm wondering if they intended to reveal him yesterday? Well anyway, it looks like we also got a 15 second teaser trailer of gameplay, with about 2 seconds of stuff not seen at E3 near the end. Hopefully more soon I guess.

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James2t3 is offline. James2t3 12.07.2007#9

Ph00p said:
Character models 10/10 every other texture in the game 4/10 Seriously people look how ugly the floors and backgrounds look.

You do realise your not going to be playing the game that close up?

Anyway no surprise loooking good although the Jungle Beat DK looked better.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 12.07.2007#10

I think they would have done Jungle Beat DK, but I guess they wanted him to match the style of all the other characters in the game, that's the thing with Smash Bros, they have to make it look like noone is really out of place.

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The Croft is offline. The Croft 12.07.2007#11

Kong sure looks swish. Glad to see him announced he was my second favourite character in Melee.


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Rinx is offline. Rinx 13.07.2007#12

I'm very surprised they came up with an entirely new Donkey Kong model - I thought they might've used the Jungle Beat one.

This one looks exactly like his Donkey Kong Country model, which I absolutely love. Now all we need are Diddy and Dixie!Smilie

( Edited on 13.07.2007 15:16 by Eblel )

 
Megadanxzero is offline. Megadanxzero 13.07.2007#13

You people are mad, his model isn't even that good... The hair looks crap, most PS2 games have better looking hair than that. If it looked like

THEN it'd be good... But even then the Jungle Beat one looked way better... I don't get why they didn't use their awesome hair thing that they used in SFA and Jungle Beat.

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Gibdo is offline. Gibdo 15.07.2007#14

I guess he doesn't look quite as fantastic as he could have. But meh, I really don't care.

 
WP-Final is offline. WP-Final 15.07.2007#15

I think he looks a lot better than the Jungle Beat Model. He's more defined and suits the style of the game. Having the fluffy Starfox/JungeBeat hair wouldn't have fitted in.


Jungle Beat

Smash Bros. Brawl

Jungle Beat

Smash Bros. Brawl

 
Rinx is offline. Rinx 15.07.2007#16

To me, it definately looks a lot better.

I loved the Jungle Beat model - I thought it looked great when he wasn't grinning like a cheshire cat. But this looks tons better.

Mainly because he looks exactly like he did in Donkey Kong Country. I never, ever would've expected to see HAL create a 3D model to fully look like his DKC renders/sprites.

And the fur looks much better, because it looks tidier, and more well-defined. I actually think it gives Donkey Kong more of a 'grown up' look, much like Mario with his spiffy, detailed jeans.

I'd actually love it if they used this model in the next big Donkey Kong adventure.

 

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