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Donkey Kong Jr. 
Virtual Console Reviews Nintendo Entertainment System
Written by Dave   
Monday, 19 March 2007
Editor's rating
3.6
out of 5
 
     
Published By: Nintendo
Players: 1
Genre: Platformer
Wii Points: 500
Memory Blocks Used: 91
Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong. Play as Donkey Kong's son, Junior, and rescue your dad who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario. Use your jumping and climbing abilities to clamber up vines and chains, gather vital fruit and keys, and open the cage to free your father. Make sure you avoid the pesky birds, nasty electric sparks, and creepy chompers! Four different worlds filled with numerous climbing and jumping puzzles await you in this timeless classic.

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Overall rating (weighted)
3.6
Presentation
4.0
Graphics
4.0
Sound
3.0
Gameplay
3.0
Emulation
4.0
After the success of Donkey Kong in the arcades, Nintendo re-visted the “platformer” concept with the release of Donkey Kong Jr. in 1982. This time however, the tables were turned. Seeking revenge, Mario abducts Donkey Kong and places him in a makeshift prison. It is up to Donkey Kong's son, Junior, to save him from the “evil” Mario.

The big game-play element introduced in Donkey Kong Jr. are vines. Junior must climb and jump from vine to vine to complete each level, while avoiding enemies like crocs, birds, fire, and electricity. Of course, the standard variety of elements like moving platforms, springs, and big chasms are present to give Junior a challenge.

The graphics in Donkey Kong Jr. were ported over from the arcade quite well. More frames of animation were used this time, when compared to the NES port of the first Donkey Kong. The sound has also been ported to the NES quite well, however Donkey Kong Jr.'s soundtrack is not as memorable as Donkey Kong.

One of the biggest issues with the NES port of Donkey Kong was that the developers only completed three out of the four levels from the arcade. This isn't an issue in this sequel, as every arcade level has been ported over to the NES successfully.

Overall, Donkey Kong Jr. is a faithful NES port of the arcade sequel. To be honest, I'm a much bigger fan of the original Donkey Kong in the arcades. My advice would be to hold off on buying this. I'm almost positive that Nintendo will release the original arcade versions of these games on the Shop Channel at some point in the future.
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