Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

"Here’s the full list of games:

The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Metroid Fusion
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
WarioWare Inc
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Wario Land 4
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror"

Nintendo hasn't forgotten about the "3DS Ambassadors", who were promised 20 free Virtual Console games through the 3DS eShop by the end of 2011. The first batch - 10 NES titles - rolled out in September, but the Big N insists that the 10 Game Boy Advance games are still coming sometime this month. Five titles have been confirmed, but what are the remaining ones? More details and speculation in the full article on GameRabies.

A list sent in to writer and co-ordinator of nintendo3dsblog.com - David Turnbull - reveals the 'finalised' list of the 20 free games early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS will recieve pending September 1st. The following currently has no official source and therefore cannot be taken with 100% accuracy until such a time when a source can be found.

NES

  • Super Mario Bros.
  • Donkey Kong Jr.
  • Balloon Fight
  • Ice Climber
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Metroid
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Kid Icarus
  • Zelda II: The Advent...

Donkey Kong once stole a girlfriend of Jumpman/Mario the Zookeeper, yea Mario was once a zookeeper! Back then he was worst off being pixelated than Mario but now he has become a video game icon. Celebrate his 30th birthday with the article.

"1. I’m glad my designers gave me a few more things to do. Sitting at the top of some scaffolding and tossing barrels got awfully boring.

2. No, I don’t have fleas.

3. I do love bananas, especially in a nice banana cream pie.

4. My signature red neck ties are custom made by Dixie Kong.

5. King K. Rool is my arch-nemesis."

"Released on the Game Boy Advance in 2004, Mario Vs. Donkey Kong was deemed by many to be Nintendo’s spiritual successor to the original Donkey Kong, and as such was just another tangent of the most successful videogames franchise ever. So what sets this one apart, and makes it worth trawling through the back of the cupboard or looking through the piles of dross in charity shops for? Is it worth a bid on ebay? Was it just another money-spinner, or did it take gaming forward, push the boundarie..."

"It's a frequently cited fact that Mario is more recognized worldwide than Mickey Mouse (whoever that is), meaning everyone everywhere should know what he looks like, even if his official look has matured over the years.

But in his near three decades of existing, not every official or officially licensed representation of the mild-mannered jumping guy has stuck with the program. History is rife with Mario drawings that are off, laughably bad or just plain wrong. Take our trip down memory la..."