The Iceberg stages, as you would assume, have lots of slippery surfaces. Each new world brings in a new element to the game to make things fresh.

Each world has its own theme, ranging from Big City, to Rocky-Valley, to an Iceberg and even one set on an Airplane. Instead of the measly four levels repeating over and over again as in the original Donkey Kong, Mario now has 101 different stages to traverse, spread over nine worlds. Once you pass those levels though, you soon begin to see how big an adventure is ahead of you.

As you start the game you play the original four Donkey Kong levels and everything feels very samey bar the look of the game.

Whatever the reason was, it wasn’t until many years later that I gave it a look and, boy, was I surprised and annoyed at myself for overlooking what is without a doubt one of the all-time greatest games ever made.ĭonkey Kong takes the core elements of what made the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. Maybe it was when I looked at the game, I thought it was nothing more than a Game Boy port of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. I’m not really sure why I overlooked it, maybe it was due to the fact that it came out around the same time as Donkey Kong Country, which overshadowed it. Back when this game came out in 1994, I’ll admit I didn’t really pay it much attention. That said, I guess the point of a review is to tell you why a game is amazing (or crap), so here goes. It’s an amazing game and everyone needs to play this just to understand why it is so. I could review this game in eight words-this game is amazing, go buy it now-and that would be that, but honestly there isn’t anything else I need to say, it’s as simple as that.

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