Return of Donkey Kong

Return of Donkey Kong is a canceled Nintendo Entertainment System game whose existence is attested in Nintendo of America publications from 1987 and 1988. It was featured as an upcoming game in the Official Nintendo Player's Guide in 1987 and the fifth issue (Feb/March 1988) of Nintendo Fun Club.

Not much is known about the title aside from the fact that it was considered a follow-up to Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong Jr. Math and Donkey Kong 3. The two blurbs describing the game suggest that barrel-throwing would return as a mechanic, and that Donkey Kong would appear as a playable character for the first time. No images were ever shown of the game and it is not known if Return of Donkey Kong ever existed past the conceptual stage.

Some believe that it is a precursor to the 1994 Game Boy Donkey Kong. Another possibility is being an earlier name for Donkey Kong Classics, a two-in-one cartridge containing Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.

It is also possible that it was to be a Family Computer Disk System remake of the original game, in a similar fashion to Kaettekita Mario Bros.