Donkey Kong Jr.

"Donkey Kong 2" redirects here. For the Game & Watch game, see Donkey Kong II.
This article is about the video game. For the video game's eponymous character, see Donkey Kong Jr. (character).

Donkey Kong Jr.
North American arcade flier
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Shigeru Miyamoto
Producer(s)Gunpei Yokoi
Artist(s)Shigeru Miyamoto[4]
Yoshio Sakamoto[4]
Composer(s)Yukio Kaneoka[5]
Series
Platform(s)
Release
  • List of re-releases
    • Famicom/NES:
      • JP: July 15, 1983
      • NA: June 1, 1986[3]
      • EU: June 15, 1987
    • Famicom Disk System:
      • JP: July 19, 1988
    • e-Reader:
      • NA: September 16, 2002
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns

Donkey Kong Jr.[a] is a 1982 arcade platform game that was released by Nintendo. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong, but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario is now the villain and Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to save his kidnapped father. It first released in arcades and, over the course of the decade, was released for a variety of home platforms. The game's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various conversions to non-Nintendo systems.

The game was principally designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and his coworker and the company's chief engineer Gunpei Yokoi.[6] Miyamoto also created the graphics for the title along with Yoshio Sakamoto.[4] As with its predecessor, the music for the game was composed by Yukio Kaneoka.[5]

  1. ^ "Monkeying Around With Mario: Donkey Kong Junior". Computer and Video Games. No. 14 (December 1982). November 16, 1982. p. 31.
  2. ^ "Donkey Kong Jr. International Releases". Giant Bomb.
  3. ^ a b c Kohler, Chris (April 7, 2010). "Q&A: Metroid Creator's Early 8-Bit Days at Nintendo". Wired: GameLife. Condé Nast Digital. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol. 1 (Media notes). Scitron Digital Contents. 2004.
  5. ^ "Miyamoto Interview". Nintendo Official Magazine UK. EMAP. September 2003. Archived from the original on December 10, 2006.


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