Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is an upcoming side-scrolling puzzle-platforming game for the Nintendo Switch and a remake of the 2004 Game Boy Advance game of the same name. It was first announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, and is set to be released worldwide on February 16, 2024. It is the first Mario vs. Donkey Kong game for Nintendo Switch and also the first one in general since Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, released almost nine years prior. As a remake of the first game, it is also the first time the gameplay style of the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong has been revisited since the original's release. Unlike the original version's pre-rendered visuals and the rest of the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series opting for a plastic, cartoony look with outlines, the remake adopts a standard modern art style, taking many cues from Super Mario 3D World and its appearance as a theme in Super Mario Maker 2 in particular. Additionally, the game debuts a redesigned logo for the Donkey Kong series.

Despite Charles Martinet retiring from doing voices for the Mario franchise starting with Super Mario Bros. Wonder, archival voice clips of him as Mario appear to be repurposed here. Contrarily, Donkey Kong now uses voice clips by his current voice actor, Takashi Nagasako, as opposed to reusing Grant Kirkhope's performance from Donkey Kong 64 as in the original Game Boy Advance title.

Gameplay changes

 * Multiplayer is added, with Toad as the second playable character.
 * The locations of the red and yellow platforms in Level 1-DK have been swapped.

Text changes and localization

 * The game has been translated to Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, and Korean, three languages that the original was not available in. Additionally, the game will have Canadian French and Latin American Spanish translations.

Graphical changes

 * The game now uses full 3D models rather than pre-rendered sprites.
 * The cutscenes are now fully animated, instead of swapping between different static frames.
 * Tane Pakkun are redesigned into mechanical Fire Piranha Plants.
 * The toy Ninjis are now black with red buttons, similar to the regular Ninjis' current design.
 * Brickmen are given a pair of movable bricks over their eyes to act as expressive eyebrows.

References to other media

 * Super Mario 3D World: Some of Mario's voice clips are reused from this game. The UI for the timer is also similar to this game.
 * Mario Party: Star Rush: Mario's render for this game is reused for his life icon while Toad's life icon is a recolored variant of other colored Toads' renders.
 * Super Mario Maker 2: Builder Toads can be seen working in the Mario Toy Company building's factory.