Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. is an action game released by Nintendo in 1982. Donkey Kong has been captured and caged in his latest encounter with Mario. Donkey Kong Jr. is on his way to set him free! Skillfully jump and…
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 21 December 2018 on Nintendo Switch.
What Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. is
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 2018. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. is the 591st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Bowser Jr.'s Journey in 2018.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. launched on 21 December 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk and Ashen. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk, Ashen.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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