Editing Donkey Kong Circus

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{{game infobox
|image=[[File:Dkcircus.jpg|250px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release=September 6, 1984
|genre=Platformer 
|ratings=N/A
|modes=Single player
|platforms=[[Game & Watch]]
|format={{format|gaw=1}}
|input={{input|gaw=1}}
}} 
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'''''Donkey Kong Circus''''' is a [[Game & Watch]] title released as part of the Panorama Screen series on September 6, 1984.<ref name="ITA">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20211027230755/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/donkey_kong_circus.htm|title=''Donkey Kong Circus''|publisher=In The Attic|language=en-gb|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> It is a remake of the second [http://web.archive.org/web/20200807084454/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mickey_mouse1.htm ''Mickey Mouse''] Game & Watch game, which was released worldwide seven months earlier. The two games' codes even seem to have gotten mixed up, with ''Mickey Mouse'' being model "DC-95" and ''Donkey Kong Circus'' being "MK-96."<ref name="ITA"/> Neither the Panorama Screen ''Mickey Mouse'' nor ''Donkey Kong Circus'' was released in Japan.

[[File:DK Circus MK-96 Bell1.gif|thumb|left|The alarm bell]]
The alarm indicator of this game is a bell that is located under the time/score, and the bell swings when the alarm goes off.
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==Gameplay==
[[File:DK_Circus.png|thumb|left|Gameplay of ''Donkey Kong Circus'']]
In this game, [[Donkey Kong]] balances on a [[barrel]] while juggling [[pineapple]]s and avoiding the [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|fireballs]] falling from the [[Oil drum|drums]]. [[Mario]] watches his performance. Donkey Kong receives a [[point]] every time he catches a pineapple. If Donkey Kong loses a pineapple, Mario will laugh at him, resulting in a miss. If Donkey Kong manages to grasp a fireball, he will flail, which also counts as a miss. If Donkey Kong reaches 300 points without any misses, the points will be worth double until he does get a miss. If he has any misses at said score, every miss will be cleared instead. When he gets three misses, the player gets a [[Game Over]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
DonkeyKongCircus.jpg|Box art for ''Donkey Kong Circus''
DonkeyKongCircus1.png|[[Donkey Kong]] artwork
DK Circus Reset.png|Display when the game is reset
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ドンキーコング サーカス<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/gamewatch/mario/history.html|title=HISTORY｜ゲーム&ウオッチ スーパーマリオブラザーズ｜任天堂|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 1, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
|JpnR=Donkī Kongu Sākasu
|JpnM=Donkey Kong Circus
}}

==Notes==
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|image1=Donkey Kong Circus Jingle.oga
|caption1=The game start jingle
|image2=Pop Goes the Weasel.oga
|caption2=The excerpt of "Pop Goes the Weasel" on which the jingle is based
|image3=Jingle+Weasel.oga
|caption3=The jingle, slowed down and pitch-shifted to match the song's tempo and pitch, combined with the song itself
}}

* This game marks Donkey Kong's first playable appearance, predating ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' by over a decade.
*''Donkey Kong Circus'' used a slightly faster rearrangement of the first six seconds of "{{wp|Pop Goes the Weasel}}" for the game start jingle.
*While this originally had a Disney license that was dropped in favor of Nintendo characters,{{ref needed}} the previous Game & Watch game featuring Mickey Mouse was an alternate version of ''[[Egg (Game & Watch)|Egg]]'' released simultaneously in certain countries.
*This is one of the few Game & Watch units to feature full color. This was actually due to [[Gunpei Yokoi]]'s idea to move the background around the characters, rather than the other way around.
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==References==
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[[Category:Puzzle games]]
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[[Category:Donkey Kong series]]
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