Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch): Difference between revisions

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|platforms=[[Nintendo Switch]]

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'''''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''''' is a [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Reissue#remakes|remake]] of the 2004 [[Game Boy Advance]] game of [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong|the same name]] released worldwide on February 16, 2024. First announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct,<ref name=Direct>Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfYfuAOKTxA Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023 - Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 14, 2023.</ref> it is the first ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' game for the Nintendo Switch and 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 (Game Boy)|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]] stepping down from his role as [[Mario]], several of his voice clips are reused in this game.

==Differences==

===Gameplay changes===

**As such, the order of worlds has been rearranged slightly to accommodate the new worlds, bringing the total number of worlds to eight instead of six:

***[[Mario Toy Company]]

***[[Twilight City]]

*Multiplayer is added, with [[Toad]] as the second playable character. He is able to pass through one-block tall gaps by performing a handstand and can climb ropes fast without needing to perform a two-handed climb.

*A Gallery mode has been added, where the player can view the cutscenes, music and sound effects of the game.

*The locations of the red and yellow platforms in [[Level 1-DK]] have been swapped.

*Four new Expert levels have been added, bringing the total of Expert levels to 16, with the levels being based on Merry Mini-Land and Slippery Summit, as well as their Plus variants.  

*Scoring has been removed.

*Falls are no longer lethal, and only formerly lethal falls now stun Mario and Toad. Additionally, falls that would nonlethally stun Mario in the original no longer do so.

*There are extra platforms added to [[Level 3-DK+]]. Additionally, the disintegrating platforms over the lava pits regenerate once Donkey Kong loses his last hit point.

*[[Hammer]]s and [[Fruit]]s reappear after using them.

*Pressing up on the controller no longer makes Mario or Toad look up.

*Unlike the Japanese version of the original game, all the [[e-Reader]] levels are cut from all versions.

**In the full game, Mario's fire death animation features a burning sound and a smoke effect, while in the demo, it does not.  

*Mario's [[Game Over]] animation has been altered.

*Mario is no longer seen using the elevator after Donkey Kong kidnaps the Toads and after he is defeated in [[Donkey Kong (level)|the final level]] before the "Plus" levels.

*The Toads no longer make Donkey Kong fall off the building by stepping on his hand, and both them and Mario look in concern when he falls.

===Audio changes===

*The same music plays throughout an entire stage, and is not interrupted by a jingle when the player enters a door.

*One of the channels heard (specifically the audio of an announcer counting in Spanish) on Donkey Kong's television in the intro is changed to a clip of the remake's arrangement of Donkey Kong Plus' music.

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|Bat enemies that fly horizontally, across the stage, and can cause the player(s) to fall from the rope that they were climbing.

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|align=center|[[File:BirdMvsDK.png|90px]]<br>[[Bird (Mario vs. Donkey Kong series)|Bird]]s<ref name=JP>Nintendo (January 12, 2024). [https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch/a97pa/index.html Mario vs. Donkey Kong | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo].</ref>

|Avian enemies that fly around and can drop [[egg]]s on the player(s), which can be avoided by performing a handstand.

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|align=center|[[File:MvsDK NS Bob-omb.png|90px]]<br>[[Bob-omb]]s

|A creature hidden in a pile of bricks. They throw three lines of bricks under them, forcing Mario to [[handstand]] to avoid being hit.

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|Sentient [[Bin|Garbage Can]] enemies. Mario must be careful when picking up Garbage Cans, as they may really be Bucket Men in disguise. They cannot be picked up, but can be defeated with a hammer.

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|Flaming avian enemies that fly across the stage and can drop burning eggs on the player(s).

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|Snifit-like Shy Guys that attack the player(s) with fire from their mask.

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|align=center|[[File:LavaBubbleMVDK.png|90px]]<br>[[Lava Bubble]]s<ref name=Direct/>

|Wind-up Shy Guys that walk throughout the levels, and can be jumped on.

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|Knight-like enemies that push the player(s) using their shield.

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|Crocodile-like enemies that climb [[rope]]s. They can only be defeated by falling fruit.

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|Enemies that are first found sleeping. Once Mario gets near them, they wake up and start running after him. They go back to sleep if they touch a platform's edge.

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|Enemies that fall down when the player(s) approach them. Touching one causes an extra life to be lost.

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|Black Shy Guys that throw spanners at the player.

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|align=center|[[File:BirdNestMvsDK.png|90px]]<br>[[Bird Nest]]<ref name=JP/>

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|align=center|[[File:CandleMvsDK.png|90px]]<br>[[Candle]]<ref name=JP/>

|Spikes that fall from ceilings as Mario gets near them. Falling spikes that get stuck on the ground act as temporary platforms for the player.

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|Floating, fan-like flowers that produce a continuous gust, which can carry Mario and various objects in one direction. Flower Fans of a specific color are activated simultaneously by pressing a corresponding Color Switch.

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