Mario vs. Donkey Kong

After years of apparent goodwill, Mario and Donkey Kong are at it again--this time, on Game Boy Advance. Donkey Kong has stolen all the Mini-Mario toys from the Mario Toy Co., and now it's up to Mario to hunt…

80 24 May 2004

Platform Puzzle Action

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a platform developed by Nintendo Software Technology, released 24 May 2004 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Mario vs. Donkey Kong is

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a platform game developed by Nintendo Software Technology and released in 2004. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Game Boy Advance.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a 2004 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo Software Technology and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The game is the spiritual successor to Donkey Kong, which was released in 1994 for the Game Boy.

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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

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the 337th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario vs. Donkey Kong Card e+: Tobiori Chuui! in 2004. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Mario vs. Donkey Kong holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 53 votes.

What it launched against

Mario vs. Donkey Kong launched on 24 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Cheats and codes

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