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The Plumber Vs. The Brute

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 52
Date: April 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

So Mario Won The First Round,But Now IT'S ONE! Mario Vs.Donkey Kong! The Victory In Donkey Kong JR Was A Great One. But Will Donkey Wrap This Up??I do Have A Bio For The Game:

Mario Builds Mario Toys. But Just Then Donkey Kong Steps In!! A Massive Fight!!!!!!! Will Mario Redo His Victory, Or Donkey Kong Is Winner!! Another Massive Fight Of The Classic Plumber Mario vs. The Brute Donkey Kong!!!!

Well In One Level Mario Goes With Mario Toys (Cool). As We All know It's Time For A Rumble In the Jungle! Not To be Realative with Ali. If You Want To See The Rumble Pick Up A copy Of "Mario Vs. Donkey Kong" At Stores. NOW!

Side Scrolling Puzzle game, quick game, little replay value

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a side scrolling puzzle game, six worlds, eight levels in each. You play Mario, and Donkey Kong has stolen wind up Mario doll toys from a toy factory. Yes, this is seriously the plot! As Mario, you start a level, and you are able to jump (A button), when on top of objects, you can lift them over your head (B button), and you can perform advanced tricks, like pressing left, right and the A button to perform a high jump. The eight levels each have two parts to them, the first part, Mario must get the key to a door, then get it back to the door, if he throws the key (which sometimes you need to), Mario will have 12 seconds to get the key again and pick it up, or else it will disappear and return to where the key was originally. Then the second part is just to get to the wind up Mario doll and pick it up. It is a puzzle game, because in each level, there are red, yellow and blue switches, where if you hit a red switch, it makes red platforms and ladders appear, and the colored platforms and ladders disappear. After the first world it gets more tricky with vines and cables for Mario to climb, then in later levels there are conveyer belts with switches to reverse them. Timing is also important, such as in some levels you must throw a key onto a conveyer belt, and hit a switch to reverse the conveyer belt, then race to hit a switch to enable a yellow colored platform before the key drops off the belt into something that could destroy the key. There are also enemies that are strategically placed, along with ways to get around them or make them disappear. The levels are not big, only four screens large, but the levels don't need to be large, from how clever Nintendo has made the puzzles. Each world has a theme to it, the first level is the toy factory theme, second is a forest theme, third is a lava palace and three other themes. The first six levels of each world are strictly to get a key and get a Mario doll in each of them. Then the seventh level of each world is where Mario must lead the six wind-up Mario dolls through the level, if one of the dolls don't make it to the end of the level, that will effect the eighth level. The eight level of each world is a battle with Donkey Kong. For each level you have to do something different to beat the bad monkey, while Donkey Kong stands in one place and does something to defend himself, usually by throwing things at Mario. However many of the six dolls that made it through the seventh level will be how much energy Mario has when he faces Donkey Kong, so if three wind-up Mario dolls get destroyed in the seventh level, Mario can be hit three times in his battle with Donkey Kong at the end of each world. At the start of each level, it shows you how to perform a new trick or a hint to get you past something. This is a generalized hint, nothing specific, with a little animation showing you how to do the trick. While this is a good puzzle game, most of it is easy, but unfortunately there is not much replay value in the game. Each level has three "gifts" to collect as something that adds to the replay value. Good game, great music for GBA, simple controls, but once you have completed the game, that's it.

i want the guy in the giant monkey suit!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is great. i laughed i cryed i huged it, okay maybe i didn't cry but i did evreything else. this game is soooooooooooo addictive. the so seamingly simple controls are great. And the game gets gradually harder untill where you waist ten lives to get the key.
the story: is donkey kong saw an ad for marios mini mario toy. so the big lumox goes to the toy store but (gasp) they were sold out. (duh you stupid monkey!) so donkey steals all the mini marios from marios factory.

gameplay: in each level there are 8 stages in the first six you find a key and save a mini mario. in the 7th an 8th stage you bring the mini marios through a stage and then you battle donkeykong. you basically jump over obstacles solve puzzles and throw enemies. it's slightly simmilar to donkeykong the arcade game.

graphics:oh my god these graphics rock!

so next time you have a spare thrity dollars buy this game! buy this game!

Very Fun and Addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The high resolution graphics are awesome on this game. This strategy game will turn your brain to mush. The first five levels are easy, but progress to get harder. There is another 6 worlds and six levels in each world after you complete the first set of 6 worlds. The second set does get tricky and hard! I would recommend this game to any Mario fan or people who love the original Donkey Kong! This game has plenty of hours of enjoyment! This game easily would win for the GBA Game of the year!

A Fun Puzzle game with a lot to do but little replay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: June 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong vs. Mario is more of a reminder of the Donkey Kong game released on the Gameboy in 1994. Interestingly enough, this combines the best of puzzles with action adventure and that means that the game will not only be fun, but addictive.

Donkey Kong vs. Mario begins with Donkey Kong watching TV and he sees an advertisement for the famous toy that everybody wants. A Mini-Mario. DK decides he wants one but when the toystore is sold out he goes into a rage and decides to steal some instead. Now as Mario you have to go and retrieve all the dolls that Donkey Kong has stolen.

The game presents puzzle mixed with Action/Adventure. It also has six worlds with eight levels each. Each level begins with Mario having to find a key in the first room, and the stolen Mario doll in the next. The first room is a straight out find the key. When you do its much like Super Mario Bros. 2 in which you have to pick up the key. In the next room you've got to dodge obstacles and enemies to get to the Mario doll.

DK vs. Mario has gameplay very similar to Super Mario Bros. 2. In fact, the enemies come from SMB2 and you can pick them up and throw them. That's not all, Mario has lots of moves he can pull off. Not the same old "jumpman" anymore. Now he can do backflips, hang and balance on telephone wires and do headstands. The headstands prevent damage from falling objects. Mario can also hang on vines like in Donkey Kong Jr.

Each world has seven levels. The first six are always straightforward puzzles. But the seventh level of every world Mario has to lead the rescued Mini dolls to a toy chest. This sounds easy but you must protect the dolls. They can be harmed by natural objects and enemies in the levels. In the eighth level you fight DK.

At first the game seems short. Considering the first few worlds are easy and the levels go by very fast. But after you complete the sixth world you unlock six MORE worlds with six levels each. These levels present more of a challenge.

So there is a lot to do in the game but as I said, the game really oes present little replay. Since the game is a puzzle, the puzzles aren't as fun to solve the second time around, especially considering you won't have to think becuase you already know.

The graphics are actually beautiful and look astonishing. Sometimes they look a little blocky but they're a reminder of the graphics on the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country, only more crisp and clear.

The sound is very good. Great tunes for the levels. But as with a lot of Mario games on the GBA you'll probably get tired of Mario screaming, grunting, groaning and all that stuff. In fact, Mario's voice is more annoying than usual in this game. At least the music in the levels will eventually drown out Mario's voice. It's too bad that you can't turn it off.

Overall Donkey Kong vs. Mario is a remarkably fun game. The puzzles are fun and addictive. What the game lacks in replayability more than makes up for the amount of time you'll spend on it.

Okay game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just bought this game a couple days ago. I like the graphics on it. The game play reminds me of the Donkey Kong game that was released on Game Boy back in 1994. It starts out easy, but gets more difficult as you get further into the game. I am on level four now, and the screen that I am on is very difficult. You have to grab the key and hit direction switches to make the belts go the other way, and you have to hit red and yellow switches to change the blocks into solid ones. I have tried everything to get through that level, and I am quite frustrated right now. If there was a player's guide for this game, it would really help me out a real lot. I can maybe get some pointers on how to beat each level. Overall, this game is fun and difficult at the same time.

A good puzzle game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun,although I am only just now starting the 3rd level. I do like puzzle games. This isnt like the Super Mario games in the past which I truly like alot. I suppose you have to enjoy solving puzzles to like this game.

An excellent platforming puzzle game with a few flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 19
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First and foremost, Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the successor in gameplay to an old original Game Boy title simply called Donkey Kong, often referred to as Donkey Kong '94 to avoid confusion with the original arcade classic. In that excellent game, the object of each level was to acquire a key and make your way to a locked door to proceed to the next level. However, the puzzles were often very devious and required much thought. At the end of each world, you would have to battle Donkey Kong in order to move on to the next world.

Not much has changed since then, since Mario vs. Donkey follows the same basic format with a few twists. The new aspect of each level is that there are actually two parts with two different objectives to each level. In the first half of the level, you have to get the key in order to unlock the door in typical Donkey Kong '94 fashion. You have to manuever around enemies and spike pits to reach your objective, as well as climbing ropes similar to Donkey Kong Jr., using special-colored switches to make platforms appear, and working with conveyor belts. In the second half of each stage, you have to make your way to a Mini-Mario toy (an aspect of the simple and strange storyline). There are also three presents in each level that, if collected, will give you a chance to win extra lives at the end of each level.

The one major problem I have with the game is the controls. For the most part, they are very good, but they can be unresponsive sometimes, leading to unnecessary deaths and frustrated players. The ropes also tend to give me a fit, since you jump off in different ways depending on if you are grasping one or reaching out for another.

The challenge is very good. The first four worlds serve as an introduction, as the game doesn't start getting difficult until the fifth out of six worlds. The first four may lull you into a sense of false security, but when you get to the fifth, you'll start losing lives like crazy. The puzzles often require quite a bit of thinking and strategy. You can't just breeze through this game without a bit of thought and planning.

The game will keep you busy for quite a while. The box says that there are only six worlds, which is a bit misleading. After you finish the six worlds, you will unlock six more worlds with the same themes but different stages. In addition to this, there are many "Expert" levels that you can unlock by aquiring the high score in the normal levels. And believe me, these high scores are often not easy to get.

The graphics in the game are pretty nice, but they look a bit blocky. The backgrounds look great, though. The sound is a bit iffy, though. The music is wonderful and has many hummable themes, but the sound effects, especially Mario's voice, can be a bit grating.

All in all, the game is quite a bit of fun, and would be nearly perfect if the controls didn't have a habit of being unresponsive at key moments. It is a definite must-buy if you are a puzzle fan or have played and liked Donkey Kong '94.

It's a little hard.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The best part is you get to fight Donkey Kong after every World. It gets too difficult too fast. Sometimes I get confused of what to do.

Donkey Kong is Back!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 19
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Reggie:Mario what is you PROBLEM!
Mario: What do you mean.
Reggie: Why didn't you make Dk toys?
Mario: Make toys off that bafoon? NO WAY!
Donky Kong: Hey
Mario: GULP!

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