Donkey Kong is a non-playable character, and serves as focal point of the storyline. Donkey Kong Jr. appears as two stickers. It first appeared in arcades and, over the course of the 1980s, was released for a variety of home platforms. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong, but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario (previously named "Jumpman") is now the villain and Donkey Kong Junior is trying to rescue his father. There are a tot… DK JR. gets extra advanced learning compared to Pink Donkey Kong Jr. such as with the +-x/ exercises (and possibly calculus). Donkey Kong Junior Jr (Intellivision) NEW Factory Sealed VGA 85+ 3.5 out of 5 stars (2) 2 product ratings - Donkey Kong Junior Jr (Intellivision) NEW Factory Sealed VGA 85+ Although Donkey Kong Jr. does not appear, he is referenced in the Golden Temple world where the theme that plays in the sky area is a remix of the Donkey Kong Jr., ending, stage and title themes. FS Parts: Nintendo Donkey Kong, JR, Popeye style Iso Trans / power supply (2) Thread starter gsrogers; Start date 18 minutes ago; gsrogers Well-known member. Donkey Kong Jr. is out to save his caged father from Mario. There was even an alternative version for the Game & Watch known as Donkey Kong II with the same story. [16] On September 3, 2009, at 1984 Arcade in Springfield, Missouri, Mark L. Kiehl of Enid, Oklahoma surpassed Wiebe's record with a score of 1,147,800. Donkey Kong Jr. has a kill screen at level 22. Donkey Kong Jr. received an award in the category of "1984 Best Videogame Audio-Visual Effects (16K or more ROM)" at the 5th annual Arkie Awards, where the judges described it as "great fun", and noted that the game was successful as a sequel–"extend[ing] the theme and present[ing] a radically different play-action" than its predecessor, Donkey Kong. Play as Donkey Kong's son, and rescue your dad who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario™. Additionally the Fruit from his game including the Bananas appear as platforms. In the Japanese version, the four levels appear in 1-2-3-4 sequence and then repeat, just as with the Japanese release of Donkey Kong. ; while the real Junior is no where to be found, his presence and impact are felt, Donkey Kong Jr.'s cameo in the Wii U Gamepad in the background at the end of Aqueduct Assault, held high by the statue of the classic DK as a memorial to Junior, Prima Games' Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Super Mario Kart 16 Bits Tab revealing Junior's place in the official Donkey Kong Lineage as the present Donkey Kong's father. 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Donkey Kong Jr. must rescue his father by working his way through a series of four screens. Becoming restless, Junior's career and interests would rather propel him on a journey to follow his dreams and isolate from that life, he went to go achieve his quest for enlightenment in solitary, while not the most open or outspoken role-model, the lesson he taught was that there are many different directions to choose on the path to success. Sometimes, Donkey Kong Jr. even appears out in the open and throws Poison Mushrooms. And who better to rescue his dad than D.K.J.R? Young Adult Junior in Mario's Tennis (Virtual Boy), Artwork of Junior in his debut appearance with his Bell in Donkey Kong Game & Watch from the manual, Fans/Fake Doppelgangers/Clones of Junior in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! He can slide down faster by holding only one vine, or climb faster by holding two. A BBC Micro conversion was made but unreleased. He is also a playable character in Mario's Tennis on Virtual Boy and Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64. Joined Apr 25, 2007 Messages 3,057 Reaction score 69 Location In both games, the original title and an enhanced one were included. Platform : Colecovision | Rated: Everyone 3.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating. The goal of the game is to bring the key over to Donkey Kong's cage and unlock one of the four locks. The game's protagonist, Donkey Kong Junior, also called simply Junior[4] or abbreviated Donkey Kong Jr. or DK Jr.,[5] is trying to rescue his father Donkey Kong, who has been imprisoned. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Abscam. Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 platform game that was released by Nintendo. Donkey Kong Jr.[a] is a 1982 platform game that was released by Nintendo. Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a spirit. [1] As with its predecessor, the music for the game was composed by Yukio Kaneoka.[2]. Donkey Kong Jr. is an arcade platformer and sequel to the original Donkey Kong.True to its name, you play Junior Kong in the game to rescue your … It should also be noted that there is no in-game dialogue/text nor manual/instruction booklet that ever explicitly states that DK is Jr., debunking the fan misconception. Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong™. Mario has kidnapped Junior's Papa!Donkey Kong Jr. was originally released in the arcades in 1982 as a sequel to Donkey Kong. Each box contained a free PEZ or 4 baseball cards inside. When DK Jr. succeeds on the last screen, Donkey Kong is freed and kicks Mario into the distance, leaving him to run away and to an unknown fate; the game then begins again at a higher difficulty level. Played on A and B levels once. In the fourth stage, DK Jr. must push six keys into locks on the topmost platform to free Donkey Kong. It should be noted: DKC3 and DK64 were developed by a different team at Rare as opposed to the original team that made DKC and DKC2 (the original team had moved on and were making the N64 game series Banjo-Kazooie) which can lead to conflicting statements. Furthermore, not only is it common for "son/sonny/my boy" to be short for "grandson", it's also simply used by older people non-literally towards any younger males as a common figurative term (for a vague example: "son of the Kong Family") and form of endearment whether they're biologically related or not ("pappy/pops/old man" is generally used for "grandfather"), and it's possible Cranky raised DK "like a son" (confirmed in DKC and DKCR) instead of literally being his son. It is also referenced in the grand majority of the games that the current Donkey Kong is Cranky Kong's grandson such as in the original DKC trilogy and it's GBC/GBA remakes, Donkey Kong Land, Super Smash Bros. Brawl/Ultimate, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Donkey Kong Jr. is one of the 8 playable characters in Super Mario Kart for the SNES. The game's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various ports to non-Nintendo systems. This was Cranky Kong, https://donkeykong.fandom.com/wiki/Donkey_Kong_Jr. The basic gameplay mechanics remained intact in the remakes. [citation needed]. Donkey Kong Jr. leads charge of Virtual Console releases Juvenile mascot's retro platformer joined on the Wii by Columns, Ristar, and Victory Run. [7]:42, Donkey Kong Jr. is regarded as one of the Top 100 Video Games by the Killer List of Videogames. 1 Backstory 2 Personality 3 Appearance 4 Trivia In the Pilot, Cranky mentioned him, having a job at K. Rool Inc. The kill screen occurs the same way as in Donkey Kong, where an integer overflow occurs after too big a result is given after a multiplication problem in the computing. The two still have a deep love and mutual respect for each other with Cranky being proud of his son and JR. is forever loyal to him. Donkey Kong, Jr. by Coleco - CBS | 1983 SCREENSHOTS (3) Previous Next. Embed Code. (DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing (DOS) • Mario's Early Years (DOS) • Mario's Game Gallery (Mac OS Classic) Console Games The game's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various ports to non-Nintendo systems. Donkey Kong Jr. is the secondary antagonist of 1994 Nintendo game Donkey Kong on Game Boy. VIDEOS. The Japanese version of DK64 says grandson; as does an official Japanese Nintendo Online Magazine that came out around a similar time mentions it, both of which directly contradict the outated fan notion; as that remains accurate to every other in-game reference that came out before and after DK64. Enemies include "Snapjaws," which resemble bear traps with eyes; bird-like creatures called "Nitpickers," some of which can attack by dropping eggs; and "Sparks" which roam across the wiring in one of Mario's hideouts. Donkey Kong Jr. (bootleg) Start Game. After a brief cutscene, the player is taken back to the first stage at an increased difficulty. DK later returned in the game's sequel: Donkey Kong Junior. Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Donkey Kong Junior was produced include Sky Skipper, Popeye, Tennis, Donkey Kong 3, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Space Fever Color, Heli Fire, Radar Scope, and Sheriff. … Music songs from his arcade game and the original Donkey arcade game were remixed and appear as selectable stage music. This version was later released on the e-Reader and is available on the Virtual Console for the Wii. As DKJ is more innocent, nice, happy, curious, heroic, selfless, cautious, patient, well-mannered, somewhat reserved/quiet/soft-spoken, capable of getting little shy/embarrassed, well-versed in social customs, and the Voice of Reason contrasting his violent, selfish, petty, hot-tempered/loud-mouthed, standoffish, clumsy/goofy, empathy lacking, obsessive, aloof, arrogant, and narcissistic dad, which shows that JR. has got the humanistic brains that opposes his dad's animalistic brawn (demonstrated when he is solving tough Math problems), though this doesn't prevent him from being swept into others' intensive feuds, impusively rush into dangerous situations without a pre-planned strategy, get recklessly cocky, or get caught off guard and imprisoned in a cage. When he was first introduced, he had to break his father out of the cage Mario locked him in. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong, but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor. [citation needed], Allgame gave a review score of 4 out of 5 stars praising the graphics and sound being “exceptionally arcade-like” and the controls and play mechanics being faithful to the arcade version concluding “Unlike the NES version of Donkey Kong, all four levels remain intact.”[8], The NES version–along with its predecessor Donkey Kong–was re–released in 1988 in an NES compilation titled Donkey Kong Classics. Dec 4, 2006 3:26pm !, NES Remix, WarioWare, Animal Crossing, Tetris DS, and the Game & Watch Gallery series. Also released was a game called Donkey Kong Jr. he is referenced in the Golden Temple world, He is referenced in the Secret Seclusion world, the original Donkey Kong that kidnapped Pauline. 0. [18][19] Mark Kiehl has since eclipsed the previous world record with a score of 1,307,500. Gregg Mayles on Twitter in 2017 also confirmed that modern DK is Cranky's grandson, and the statement in DK64 was a mistake and an outlier not to be construed as literal since DK64 is the only game that has claimed this. [9] The NES version is also a playable game on Animal Crossing, though a special password is needed from an official website which is now no longer available. Mr. Game & Watch's Down Aerial is a Key that references his arcade game Donkey Kong Jr.. Diddy Kong's White Alternate Costume does reference Junior's appearance in Donkey Kong Jr. Men who wear fedoras in the earlier days of film aside from being very dapper and lady-attractive (this character is the well-mannered polite gentleman type who slightly condescendingly says "m'lady" and does a hat tip and a respectful bow as well as embody the tough dad persona) this demeanor and fashionable hat are used to depict the father, or at least a mature, sophisticated, level-headed, and civilized fatherly figure/"The Man's Man"/"The Everyman" who always brings many forms of respectable wisdom and intellectual advice and is almost completely void of any type of mean-spirited attitude, while they are the type that gives tough love and are slightly stern, they are still good-natured, casual, and fun-loving. Kamek replaced Koopa Troopa and was originally going to appear in Mario Kart 64 but in fact Kamek was the one that was replaced by modern Donkey Kong for the final game for unknown reasons. Unlike other Donkey Kong games, Donkey Kong Country, makes Donkey Kong the protagonist and plays more like Super Mario Bros than anything else. ?oldid=67821, Brains/Wits/Wisdom/Tactician/Logistics/Strategic/Trickster Planning (he's a Pacifist that likes Peace and Fighting for Necessary Protection (shown in, Donkey Kong Jr. is mostly seen walking on his two hind legs/feet and keeping his arms to his sides just like a, Donkey Kong Jr. throughout the video games and other media has made a, DK JR. was originally going to star with his dad, Mario, and, Donkey Kong Jr. first appeared as the son of, Jr. being Cranky's son as well as being the father of the modern Donkey Kong was also later further confirmed in 2017 in DK Lineage section on page 112 in the, Real-life Gorillas reach the age to desire a child at 6–10 years old, and mature at 11-15 since they age 2-3 times faster than humans meaning that Cranky in both human years and Kong years is much older than Mario, by the time of, Mario is Age: 24 and regularly eats 1-Up Mushrooms that make him. There are a total of four stages, each with a unique theme. Donkey Kong Jr. was made available for the Nintendo 3DS from the Nintendo eShop, released in Japan on April 18, 2012,[10] in North America on June 14, 2012[11] and in Europe on August 23, 2012[12] and was given away free to the Ambassadors users before the full release. Mario (or Jumpman) is the main protagonist of the 1981 Nintendo game Donkey Kong and the main antagonist of the 1982 Nintendo game Donkey Kong Jr. and 1984 Game & Watch game Donkey Kong Circus. Arcade. In the version of Super Mario Bros. 3 seen in Super Mario All-Stars, as well as the Game Boy Advance version, the king of World 4 was transformed into a young gorilla identical to Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong Jr. is among the characters in Super Mario Maker that players can transform into by use of Mystery Mushrooms. It was released for the NES and involved the ape solving math problems. Due to the level counter only having one digit, the counter shows numbers 1 to 9 in levels 1 to 9, seven blanks in levels 10 to 16, and the letters A to F in the levels 17–22. Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) Donkey Kong series. Arcade. Donkey Kong Jr. had his own fruit flavored cereal made by Ralston. In the game, Mario has caged Donkey Kong, presumably for the events in Donkey Kong and Jr. must grab the key and free his father. It was again released for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2014. “DONKEY KONG JR.” is an action game released by Nintendo in 1982. 12 used from $6.99 2 collectible from $29.41. As a traditionally reactive hero, Jr. appreciates humanity and believes in mercy, peace, and using diplomacy to talk things out. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. The game was also remade for the Game & Watch as well as the NES. History . Three Game & Watch versions of the game were also made. They can also be used to make bridges appear and disappear, as well as opening and closing gates. Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 platform game that was released by Nintendo. We offer Donkey Kong in multiple Game Console Emulators NES Emulator Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 . It's no surprise that Junior's happiness and ultimate grandiose goal isn't to be a videogame hero like his laid-back and rebellious Star Child of a son, nor is it to obsess over the glorious NES/Arcade/8-bit days of retro gaming like his senile and grumpy father. He looks very similar to Donkey Kong except with darker and jagged fur, slightly more pink skin tone, and more sophisticated. He's best at being the hard-working tough love dad with a blue collar job, a Virtual Boy Tennis player, a fruit hoarder, and the City/Office Kong with an infamous master's degree in arithmetic. Donkey Kong Jr. is not playable in the Super Smash Bros. series but he does make some form of appearances. Nintendo released 114 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Released in 1994 by Rare, Donkey Kong Country shook the video gaming world with its brilliantly realistic graphics, addicting gameplay, and iconic characters (seriously, who does not love Cranky Kong?).