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Donkey Kong 3

The NES port of Donkey Kong 3 is the most re-released version, being part of the e-Reader ports and of the Virtual Consoles.

4 July 1984

Donkey Kong 3 is a platform developed by Iwasaki Giken Kogyo, released 4 July 1984 on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.

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What Donkey Kong 3 is

Donkey Kong 3 is a platform game developed by Iwasaki Giken Kogyo and released in 1984. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Donkey Kong breaks into Stanley's greenhouse and goes to hang in the rafters where he stirs up nests of bugs, which will destroy Stanley's flowers in revenge. Armed with a Sprayer, Stanley must destroy the bees and chase Donkey Kong away before he eats all five of his flowers.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series

Donkey Kong 3 is the 29th of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu in 1984.

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When did Donkey Kong 3 come out?
Donkey Kong 3 was released on 4 July 1984 for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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