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Arcade

Donkey Kong Jr.

Nintendo

3.4/5Tuesday, October 26, 198243.8 years ago

Release

Tuesday, October 26, 1982

Player score

68/100

Platform families

Not announced

Connected releases

5

Game data from IGDB

Editorial overview

Inside Donkey Kong Jr.

What it is

The first Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong Jr. is the first game in the New Wide Screen series. It is a single-screen single-player game.

The premise

After the events of Donkey Kong, Mario has captured Donkey Kong as revenge for kidnapping his lady friend and Donkey Kong Jr. has to save him. However, every time Donkey Kong Jr. gets close to freeing his father, Mario just pushes him further away.

Play styles

Single player

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Perspective

Side view

Themes

Action

Cinematic archive

See the world in motion

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5 assets

Official trailers

TV commercial

Gameplay Video

Screenshots & key art

Beyond this game

Explore the complete universe

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Content map

Everything connected to this release

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Base-game relationship

Donkey Kong Junior

This release depends on or extends the game above.

Production dossier

The complete game record

Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Who made it

Nintendo
Developer · Publisher

Platforms

Game & Watch
Gen 2

Release history

Oct 26, 1982Game & Watch
Apr 23, 1983Game & Watch
Oct 07, 1983Game & Watch

Themes & modes

ActionSingle player

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Store collections

Bundles

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2 releases

Reimagined

Remakes

New productions that rebuild the original experience for another era.

1 release

RemakeDonkey Kong Jr.Apr 8, 1999New production

Platform versions

Ports

Adaptations made for another platform, device, or hardware generation.