Mario vs. Donkey Kong
A remake of the first game in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, originally released for the Game Boy Advance. In this puzzle-platformer, the player controls Mario in a quest to recover the Mini Marios…
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a platform developed by Nintendo Software Technology, released 16 February 2024 on Nintendo Switch.
What Mario vs. Donkey Kong is
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a platform game developed by Nintendo Software Technology and released in 2024. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
After spotting a television commercial for the wildly popular Mini-Mario wind-up toys, Donkey Kong rushes to buy some, only to find the store sold out. Enraged, he breaks into Mario's toy factory and makes off with every last one. Determined to get his toys back, Mario gives chase through a series of factory floors and themed worlds, outmaneuvering hazards and confronting Donkey Kong again and again to recover the stolen Mini-Marios.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the 651st of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Tennis in 2024. Its critic score of 82 is 5 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Mario vs. Donkey Kong holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 77% of the 2,373 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Mario vs. Donkey Kong launched on 16 February 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2 and Persona 3 Reload. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Persona 3 Reload.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mario vs. Donkey Kong yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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