Donkey Kong Plus (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle platformer; 2002)

E3 2002 footage of Donkey Kong Plus.

Status: Lost

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is a 2005 puzzle platformer for the Game Boy Advance being a sequel to the 1994 Donkey Kong puzzle platformer for the original Game Boy.

It had an early version of the game under the name Donkey Kong Plus in 2002 that takes advantage of the GameCube and Game Boy link functionality.

History

Donkey Kong Plus was publicly shown at E3 2002 as a tech demo. Where it would utilize the Game Boy GameCube link cable feature for users to create levels on the GameCube and then send them to their Game Boy Advance to play them.

Several years later the game would be refitted as Mario vs. Donkey Kong where it would drop the GameCube link support completely possibly due to the overly complex setup, as it would require you to own a GameCube, GameBoy Advance, the GameCube disc, the GameBoy cart, the GameCube/GameBoy link cable, and the GBA multiplayer link cable as it lets you copy your stage to another GBA. While it still retains the gameplay, and concepts, from its early prototype, it would take out the level editor. However, it's hidden and requires you to edit the byte within the game's code.

Its Nintendo DS sequel Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis for the Nintendo DS, would later include a level editor feature.

Avaliability

The only thing resurfacing from the tech demo are screenshots and videos but are in low quality.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Level editor on GameCube.

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  Donkey Kong Plus at E3 2002.

Footage

E3 2002 gameplay footage of Donkey Kong Plus.

See Also

• Diddy Kong Racing Adventure (found build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube sequel to "Diddy Kong Racing"; 2004)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (lost build of cancelled Virtual Boy port of Super Nintendo sequel platformer; 1996)
• Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers (lost build of cancelled Game Boy Advance puzzle game; 2002)
• Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi (lost build of cancelled Famicom educational game; 1983)
• Donkey Kong Parking Attendant (lost build for cancelled SEGA arcade game; existence unconfirmed; date unknown)
• Donkey Kong Racing (lost build of cancelled Nintendo GameCube racing sequel game; 2002)
• Return of Donkey Kong (lost build of cancelled NES game; existence unconfirmed; 1987-1988)
• Untitled Donkey Kong game (lost builds of cancelled SNES-CD and CD-i platformer; existence unconfirmed; 1992-1993)
• DKTV (partially found promotional Donkey Kong 64 videos from defunct Nintendo website; 1999-2000)

External Links

• Nintendo Wiki article on Donkey Kong Plus.