Nintendo are going to tour Donkey Konga around the UK with "The Nintendo Konga Beach Road Trip." Find out what that means inside.

Rarely is it that Nintendo decides to showcase a new title all around the UK long before the intended release date but it looks as if Donkey Kong will be coming to a town near you.

Starting on the 24th July Nintendo will visit 18 locations in the UK. At each location there will be a Kinga Beach Shack, which includes a Hawaiian beach bar and games. Not only will this include Donkey Konga but also a lot of the latest GameCube and Game Boy Advance games, months before they are available to buy in the UK.

The tour will offer players a chance to play Donkey Konga, Animal Crossing and Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green from Nintendo themselves, but also third party games such as Shrek 2, Sonic Advance 3, Spyro The Dragon Fusion and Crash Bandicoot Fusion.

During the event you can compete in the Donkey Konga Bongo Battle tournament to win a host of prizes, including GameCubes, Game Boy Advance SPs, giant inflatable bananas and t-shirts. The top ten scores will be given VIP tickets to the Donkey Konga Bongo Battle final at Game Stars Live.

While at the event you can enter a prize draw to win a Jeep Wrangler as well. The list of locations can be found below.

• Woolworths Big W - Birmingham - (24 July)
• Woolworths Big W - Tamworth - (25 July)
• London Zoo - London - (28-29 July)
• Woolworths Big W - Newport - (1 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Beckton - (4 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Newark - (5 August)
• Riverside Festival - Nottingham - (6-8 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Hull - (11 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Rotherham - (12 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Bradford - (13 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Bolton - (14 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Manchester - (15 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Norwich - (18 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Coventry - (26 August)
• Balloon Festival - Northampton - (19-22 August)
• Longleat CentreParcs - Wiltshire - (30-31 August)
• Town & Country Festival - Warwickshire - (27-30 August)
• Woolworths Big W - Bristol - (1 September)
• Woburn - Milton Keynes - (2-3 September)

Update:

There has been a small change to the Milton Keynes date, it is now being held on the 2nd and 3rd of September. A new date has been added at Nottingham as well.