Editing DK (series)

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{{distinguish|Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong (franchise)}}
{{series infobox
|image=[[File:DKserieslogo.png|150px]]
|first=''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest=''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|number=6 (2 main, 4 promotional)
|franchise=''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]''
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The '''''DK''''' series is a small series in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]. It consists of two [[Genre#Puzzle games|puzzle]] games released for [[Nintendo]] handhelds (namely the [[Game Boy Advance]] and the [[Nintendo DS]]). The games' main element are [[peg]]s which are use to aid the [[Kong]]s to climb and swing across levels. The gameplay was inspired by the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] game ''[[wikipedia:Clu Clu Land|Clu Clu Land]]'', but it has been re-formatted in aspects to provide more of an adventure game feel to it.
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==Installments==
===Main games===
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!width=150 style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"|Cover, original release and system
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[DK: King of Swing]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKKoS cover art.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Europe|February 4, 2005}}[[Game Boy Advance]]</span>
|'''''DK: King of Swing''''' is the first installment in the ''DK'' series, it was released for the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2005. The game features Adventure mode, the main story of the game, it begins when [[King K. Rool]] steals the [[Medal (DK: King of Swing)|medals]] from the [[Jungle Jam|Jungle Jam Tournament]], leaving up to [[Donkey Kong]] (or [[Diddy Kong]]; if playing in the unlockable Diddy Mode) to travel across five worlds to recover them all that are scattered across the levels. Jungle Jam is the game's tournament mode where the player can compete against others on five different kinds of events with a certain amount of challenges, along with additional playable characters to unlock, it can be played in single-player or multiplayer with up to four players via the GBA Link Cable. A Time Attack Mode is also available after beating Adventure mode, where the player can choose any of the levels each with its own best time and play through to beat it with a better time on the high scores list.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKJungleClimber.jpg|145x145px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>{{flag list|Japan|August 9, 2007}}[[Nintendo DS]]</span>
|'''''DK: Jungle Climber''''' is the second and latest installment in the ''DK'' series, it was released for the [[Nintendo DS]] in 2007. In Adventure mode (the game's main story), it starts out when the Kong family are on vacation at [[Sun Sun Island]], while there, the Kongs notice a giant banana at the top of the mountain and decide to go check it out. Once there, King K. Rool and the [[Kremling]]s steals the [[Crystal Banana]]s which they plan to conquer the universe with it. Soon after, a [[Banana Ship]] attacks the Kongs, but once its defeated, an banana alien named [[Xananab]] comes out of it, apologizing to the Kongs whom he mistook for Kremlings, and explain to them that King K. Kool stole the Crystal Bananas to which the Kongs agree to help him get them back. The game also features Challenge mode, where the player can choose out of seven minigames to play and go for the top score; as well as Extra Stages to unlock by collecting a certain amount of [[Banana Coin]]s. Multiplayer mode is also available to play with up to four players.
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===Flash games===
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Hurling for Distance]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKhurlingdistance1.jpg|200x200px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>2005<br>{{wp|Adobe Flash}}</span>
|'''''DK: King of Swing -- Hurling for Distance''''' was an online {{wp|Adobe Flash}} advergame promoting ''DK: King of Swing'' for the Game Boy Advance. It was playable on the official ''DK: King of Swing'' website<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006145204/http://www.donkeykong.com:80/kingofswing/ DK: King of Swing]. ''donkeykong.com''. Archived October 6, 2007 via Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 20, 2017.</ref>, as well as in the [[Nintendo Arcade]] section of nintendo.com<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070911004647/http://www.nintendo.com/arcade Nintendo Arcade]. ''nintendo.com''. Archived September 11, 2007 via Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2017.</ref>, which was removed in newer versions of the website. The characters in the game are simply depicted as their inanimate artworks used for ''DK: King of Swing'', with Donkey Kong being the playable character, [[Cranky Kong]] announcing the results, and a [[Mini-Necky]] spectating.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Banana Grab#Browser game|Banana Grab]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:BananaGrab PC.png|200x200px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>2007<br>{{wp|Adobe Flash}}</span>
|'''''DK: Jungle Climber -- Banana Grab''''' is an Adobe Flash port of [[Banana Grab]], a [[minigame]] in ''DK: Jungle Climber''. This game was playable on the official ''DK: Jungle Climber'' website,<ref name=SKELUX>SKELUX (October 27, 2017). [https://youtu.be/QdR0wrV4jiY?t=7m21s Flash Games Nintendo Made, MEGA Collection!] ''YouTube.'' Retrieved December 23, 2017.</ref> as well as the [[Nintendo Arcade]] section on nintendo.com, where it was listed among other promotional games. This browser version is largely the same as the original minigame, although it does not have a goal score to surpass.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Banana Bonanza#Browser game|Banana Bonanza!]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:BananaBonanza PC.png|200x200px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>2007<br>{{wp|Adobe Flash}}</span>
|'''''Banana Bonanza!''''' is an Adobe Flash port of [[Banana Bonanza]], a minigame in ''DK: Jungle Climber''. This game was playable on the official ''DK: Jungle Climber'' website.<ref name=SKELUX/> This browser version was largely the same as the original minigame, although it did not have a visible time limit.
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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Rolling Panic#Browser game|Rolling Panic]]''
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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:RollingPanic PC.png|200x200px]]<span style="font-size:8pt"><br>2007<br>{{wp|Adobe Flash}}</span>
|'''''Rolling Panic''''' is an Adobe Flash port of the minigame of [[Rolling Panic|the same name]] in ''DK: Jungle Climber''. This game was playable on the official ''DK: Jungle Climber'' website.<ref name=SKELUX/> This browser version is largely the same as the original minigame, although it does not have a goal score to surpass. In this version there is a bug in which only one obstacle appears in each game until the page is reloaded.
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