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| {{distinguish|Circus Kong}}
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| {{italic title}} | | {{italic title}} |
| {{game infobox
| | [[image:Dkcircus.jpg|thumb|200px]] |
| |image=[[File:Dkcircus.jpg|250px]]
| | '''''Donkey Kong Circus''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] title released as part of the Panorama series on September 6, 1984<ref name="ITA">[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/donkey_kong_circus.htm ''Donkey Kong Circus'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref>. It is a remake of the second [http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mickey_mouse1.htm ''Mickey Mouse''] Game & Watch game, which was released worldwide seven months earlier. The two games' codes even seem to have gotten mixed up, with ''Mickey Mouse'' being model "DC-95" and ''Donkey Kong Circus'' being "MK-96".<ref name="ITA"/> Neither the Panorama Screen ''Mickey Mouse'' nor ''Donkey Kong Circus'' were released in Japan. |
| |developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1]]
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| |publisher=[[Nintendo]]
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| |release=September 6, 1984
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| |genre=Platformer
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| |ratings=N/A | |
| |modes=Single player
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| |platforms=[[Game & Watch]]
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| |media={{media|gaw=1}}
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| |input={{input|gaw=1}}
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| }}
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| __NOTOC__
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| '''''Donkey Kong Circus''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] title released as part of the Panorama Screen series on September 6, 1984.<ref name="ITA">[http://web.archive.org/web/20211027230755/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/donkey_kong_circus.htm ''Donkey Kong Circus'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> It is a remake of the second [http://web.archive.org/web/20200807084454/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mickey_mouse1.htm ''Mickey Mouse''] Game & Watch game, which was released worldwide seven months earlier. The two games' codes even seem to have gotten mixed up, with ''Mickey Mouse'' being model "DC-95" and ''Donkey Kong Circus'' being "MK-96."<ref name="ITA"/> Neither the Panorama Screen ''Mickey Mouse'' nor ''Donkey Kong Circus'' was released in Japan. | |
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| [[File:DK Circus MK-96 Bell1.gif|thumb|left|The alarm bell]]
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| The alarm indicator of this game is a bell that is located under the time/score, and the bell swings when the alarm goes off.
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| ==Gameplay== | | ==Gameplay== |
| [[File:DK_Circus.png|thumb|left|250px|Gameplay of ''Donkey Kong Circus'']]
| | In this game, [[Donkey Kong]] (Mickey Mouse) balances on a [[barrel]] (circus ball) while juggling [[pineapple]]s (batons) and avoiding the flaming torches. [[Mario]] (Donald Duck) watches his performance. |
| In this game, [[Donkey Kong]] balances on a [[barrel]] while juggling [[pineapple]]s and avoiding the [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|fireballs]] falling from the [[Oil drum|drums]]. [[Mario]] watches his performance. Donkey Kong receives a [[point]] every time he catches a pineapple. If Donkey Kong loses a pineapple, Mario will laugh at him, resulting in a miss. If Donkey Kong manages to grasp a fireball, he will flail, which also counts as a miss. If Donkey Kong reaches 300 points without any misses, the points will be worth double until he does get a miss. If he has any misses at said score, every miss will be cleared instead. When he gets three misses, the player gets a [[Game Over]]. | | If Donkey Kong loses a pineapple, Mario would laugh at him. If Donkey Kong manages to grasp a fireball, he will flail. |
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| DonkeyKongCircus.jpg|Box art for ''Donkey Kong Circus''
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| DonkeyKongCircus1.png|[[Donkey Kong]] artwork
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| DKCiMarioSprite.png|[[Mario]] sprite
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| DKCiDonkeyKongSprite.png|Donkey Kong sprite
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| Donkey Kong Circus Pineapple.jpg|[[Pineapple]] sprite
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| DK Circus Reset.png|Display when the game is reset
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=ドンキーコング サーカス<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/gamewatch/mario/history.html HISTORY｜ゲーム&ウオッチ スーパーマリオブラザーズ｜任天堂]. ''Nintendo Japan''. Retrieved June 23, 2021.</ref>
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| |JapR=Donkī Kongu Sākasu
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| |JapM=Donkey Kong Circus
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| }}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
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| | *While this originally had a Disney license that was dropped in favor of Nintendo characters{{refneeded}}, the previous Game & Watch game featuring Mickey Mouse was an alternate version of ''[[Egg (Game & Watch)|Egg]]'' released simultaneously in certain countries. |
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| | *This is one of the few Game & Watch units to feature full color. This was actually due to [[Gunpei Yokoi]]'s idea to move the background around the characters rather than vice versa. |
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| |image1=Donkey Kong Circus Jingle.oga
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| |caption1=The game start jingle
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| |image2=Pop Goes the Weasel.oga
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| |caption2=The excerpt of "Pop Goes the Weasel" on which the jingle is based
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| |image3=Jingle+Weasel.oga
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| |caption3=The jingle, slowed down and pitch-shifted to match the song's tempo and pitch, combined with the song itself
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| * This game marks Donkey Kong's first playable appearance, predating ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' by over a decade.
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| *''Donkey Kong Circus'' used a slightly faster rearrangement of the first six seconds of "{{wp|Pop Goes the Weasel}}" for the game start jingle.
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| *While this originally had a Disney license that was dropped in favor of Nintendo characters,{{ref needed}} the previous Game & Watch game featuring Mickey Mouse was an alternate version of ''[[Egg (Game & Watch)|Egg]]'' released simultaneously in certain countries. | |
| *This is one of the few Game & Watch units to feature full color. This was actually due to [[Gunpei Yokoi]]'s idea to move the background around the characters, rather than the other way around. | |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
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| {{Donkey Kong games}}
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| {{Game & Watch}} | | {{Game & Watch}} |
| | {{DKGames}} |
| [[Category:1984 games]] | | [[Category:1984 games]] |
| [[Category:Game & Watch games]] | | [[Category:Game & Watch Games]] |
| [[Category:Puzzle games]] | | [[Category:Puzzle Games]] |
| [[Category:Games]] | | [[Category:Games]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong series]]
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| [[Category:Platforming games]]
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