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Donkey Kong Circus

Donkey Kong Circus is a Game & Watch title released as part of the Panorama series. It is a remake of the second Mickey Mouse Game & Watch game, which was released worldwide seven months earlier. The two…

6 September 1984

Donkey Kong Circus is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 6 September 1984 on Game & Watch.

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What Donkey Kong Circus is

Donkey Kong Circus is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1984. It is available on Game & Watch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mario was a carpenter who had come in possession of a Kong and his son. Mario, unwittingly, mistreated the ape by putting him in a circus. In the circus, Donkey Kong had to use his legs to balance the barrel he was on, juggle pineapples, and avoid deadly flames.
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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 Mario series

Donkey Kong Circus is the 40th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Punch Ball Mario Bros. in 1984.

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When did Donkey Kong Circus come out?
Donkey Kong Circus was released on 6 September 1984 for Game & Watch.

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