Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers

Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers, also called Donkey Kong Puzzle Paint at one point in development, was a canceled puzzle game for the Game Boy Advance and a Donkey Kong spinoff title. The game was developed by Rare Ltd., was shown off at E3 2001, and was originally planned for a November 2001 release date. It's Mr. Pants trademark was registered on November 9, 2001. It was likely postponed ahead of time due to the forthcoming acquisition from in 2002. Eventually, the game was canceled along with Donkey Kong Racing in August 2002, one month before Microsoft's acquisition of Rare.

The very early development name was Animal Crackers, which was registered on April 16, 1997. The game went through many different iterations, with and without Donkey Kong attached to it, including the following working titles: Splonge, Nutcracker, Animal Cracker, and Sunflower. After the development was halted, the Donkey Kong elements from the game were removed, and Rare considered reworking it into a Banjo-series spin-off titled Banjo's Jiggy Juggle, or a  title. The game was eventually converted into , and released in late 2004.

Some of the planned modes included various challenges around Donkey Kong Island, challenges from Cranky Kong, and a multiplayer mode.

Trivia

 * The main Coconut Crackers artwork made a cameo appearance in the original 2002 trailer for the animated 2012 movie .