Editing Mario vs. Donkey Kong

{{Game
|name=Mario vs. Donkey Kong
|image=[[Image:Mariovsdk.jpg|200px]]
|bgcolor=silver
|fgcolor=black
|developer=[[Nintendo Software Technology]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|system=[[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[3DS Virtual Console|3DS]], [[Wii U Virtual Console|Wii U]])
|release='''Game Boy Advance'''<br />US May 24, 2004<br>JP June 10, 2004<br>EU November 19, 2004<br />'''3DS Virtual Console'''<br />December 15-16, 2011 (''Ambassador'')<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />JP July 23, 2014<br />PAL September 17, 2015<br />US February 9, 2017
|genre=Adventure / Puzzle
|gallery=[http://www.gamehiker.com/gallery/index.php?cat=60 GH Gallery]
|rating= ESRB: E
|}}

'''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''' is a [[Game Boy Advance]] action/puzzle game pitting [[Mario]] against [[Donkey Kong]] in a revival of their rivalry that started in [[Donkey Kong (game)|the original ''Donkey Kong'' arcade game]]. However, it is based more on [[Donkey Kong GB]] with its puzzle-like gameplay.

=Story=

A line of Mini-Mario toys has been made by the Mario Toy Company due to Mario's popularity. Donkey Kong sees a commercial for the toys and becomes obsessed with collecting them all. After finding the toys sold out everywhere, he breaks into the Mario Toy Company and steals all the Mini-Mario toys. Mario initiates a pursuit in order to retrieve the toys.

=Gameplay=

Each different 'world' contains eight levels. The first six levels have Mario collecting the key to the doorway, the Mini-Marios, and three different packages for bonus points. In the seventh level the player has to lead the collected Mini-Marios to the end of the level, with the number of surviving Mini-Marios determining the amount of Mario's lives in the boss battle. Then the player faces Donkey Kong one-on-one in a variety of different-themed boss levels.

The game features a host of unlockable levels. Not only can the player unlock a whole new set of worlds (where you lead a Mini-Mario with a key to the door hole), but also a host of incredibly hard levels to test the player's skill.

=Legacy=

This game spawned a new subseries of ''Donkey Kong''-based video games  for the [[Nintendo DS]] and later platforms. However, the sequels shifted to a different ''Lemmings''-like gameplay style in which the player controlled the Mini-Marios and had to guide them through levels.

==Ports and Remakes==

*In 2011, it was included in the set of Game Boy Advance games that were released for free download on the [[3DS]] to those participating in the [[3DS Virtual Console#Ambassador_Program|Ambassador Program]]. It did not receive a normal eShop release on the 3DS, but in it eventually was released for download on the [[Wii U]] as part of its [[Wii U Virtual Console|Virtual Console]]: for Japan in 2014, Europe and Australia in 2015 and America in 2017.

==Sequels==

It was followed by ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis]]'' for the DS, which changed the gameplay style.

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[[Category: Game Boy Advance Games]] [[Category: Mario Games]] [[Category: Donkey Kong Games]][[Category: Ambassador Program]]