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| {{distinguish|Circus Kong}}
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| | '''''Donkey Kong Circus''''' is a ''[[Game & Watch]]'' released in September of the year 1984. In this game, [[Mario]] has to control [[Donkey Kong]], who is balancing on a [[barrel]] while juggling [[pineapple]]s and avoiding deadly flames. It is one of the few Game & Watch units to be in color. The plot of the game is that Donkey Kong has escaped from the circus, and Mario needs to stop him from wrecking havoc. |
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| | Later then he would kidnap [[Pauline]], the owner's girlfriend and head to the ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade game)|Donkey Kong]]'' events. |
| |image=[[File:Dkcircus.jpg|250px]]
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| |developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1]]
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| |publisher=[[Nintendo]]
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| |release=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>
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| |genre=Platformer
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| |ratings=N/A
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| |modes=Single player | |
| |platforms=[[Game & Watch]] | |
| |format={{format|gaw=1}}
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| |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"/> 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. | |
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| [[File:DK Circus MK-96 Bell1.gif|thumb|left|The alarm bell]]
| | == Trivia == |
| 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.
| | -This game features identical gameplay to [http://www.intheattic.co.uk/mickey_mouse1.htm/ Micky Mouse], which was released seven months earlier. |
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| ==Gameplay== | | {{Game & Watch}} |
| [[File:DK_Circus.png|thumb|left|Gameplay of ''Donkey Kong Circus'']]
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| 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]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| DonkeyKongCircus.jpg|Box art for ''Donkey Kong Circus''
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| DonkeyKongCircus1.png|[[Donkey Kong]] artwork
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| DKCiMarioSprite.png|[[Mario]] sprite
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| DKCiDonkeyKongSprite.png|Donkey Kong sprite
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| Donkey Kong Circus Pineapple.jpg|[[Pineapple]] sprite
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| DK Circus Reset.png|Display when the game is reset
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=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>
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| |JapR=Donkī Kongu Sākasu
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| |JapM=Donkey Kong Circus
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| ==Trivia==
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| |image1=Donkey Kong Circus Jingle.oga
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| |caption1=The game start jingle
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| |image2=Pop Goes the Weasel.oga
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| |caption2=The excerpt of "Pop Goes the Weasel" on which the jingle is based
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| |image3=Jingle+Weasel.oga
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| |caption3=The jingle, slowed down and pitch-shifted to match the song's tempo and pitch, combined with the song itself
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| * This game marks Donkey Kong's first playable appearance, predating ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' by over a decade.
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| *''Donkey Kong Circus'' used a slightly faster rearrangement of the first six seconds of "{{wp|Pop Goes the Weasel}}" for the game start jingle.
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| *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.
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| *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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| {{Donkey Kong games}}
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| {{Game & Watch}}
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| [[Category:1984 games]]
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| [[Category:Game & Watch games]]
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| [[Category:Puzzle games]]
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| [[Category:Games]] | | [[Category:Games]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong series]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Games]] |
| [[Category:Platforming games]] | | [[Category:Game & Watch Games]] |
| [[Category:Reissues]]
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