- Platform, Arcade, Action
Donkey Kong is not only Nintendo's first real smash hit for the company, but marks the introduction for two of their most popular mascots: Mario (originally "Jumpman") and Donkey Kong.
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Plot-driven, earnest, resolved and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Nintendo, Ikegami Tsushinki
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Released
- July 9, 1981
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 41 min rushed · 1 h main story · 1.5 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.2/10 from 216 ratings.
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