Rather divisively, Jungle Beat eschews many of the staples from the Donkey Kong Country series--no rolling jumps, no collectible jigsaw pieces or KONG letters, not even Diddy Kong--in favor of a ...

Donkey Kong began his career as the titular villain in the early '80s arcade game ... use the hypnotizing power of music to enthrall the other animals into stealing Donkey Kong’s banana stash.