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| |image=[[File:DKCC-Donkey Kong Art.jpg|280px]] | | |image=[[File:DKCC-Donkey Kong Art.jpg|280px]] |
| |developer=[[Rare]] | | |developer=[[Rare, Ltd.]] |
| |publisher=Unpublished | | |publisher=None |
| |release=Canceled<br>{{flag list|USA|(Planned for November 2001)<ref name="ncom">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20010623205345/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=649|title=''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers''|publisher=Nintendo.com|language=en-us|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>|UK|(Planned for December 7, 2001)<ref name=gbx>{{cite|date=October 2001|url=archive.org/details/GBX-Magazine-Print-Collection/04%20GBX%20October%202001/page/10/mode/2up|title=Game Boy Xtreme Issue Four|publisher=Thin Ice Media|language=en-gb|page=10}}</ref>|Japan|(Planned for summer 2002)<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20011130143421/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gamezak/nintendo/list|title=でじ端会議室 :: 任天堂新聞|publisher=Zakzak|language=ja|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>}} | | |released=Canceled |
| |genre=[[Genre#Puzzle games|Puzzle]] | | |genre=Puzzle |
| |modes=Single player, multiplayer | | |modes=Single player |
| |ratings= | | |ratings= |
| |platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]] | | |platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]] |
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| |requirements= | | |requirements= |
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| '''''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers''''', also known as '''''Donkey Kong's Coconut Crackers'''''<ref>{{File link|DKCC.jpg|Donkey Kong's Coconut Crackers logo, shared by Rare software engineer Paul Machacek on X}}</ref> and '''''Donkey Kong Puzzle Paint'''''<ref>{{cite|author=Machacek, Paul|date=October 3, 2020|url=x.com/Paul_Mach1/status/1312349471666298880|title=So look what we’ve got here from my newly unearthed archives. IMP went through many incarnations and whilst i recall the 3D version well, I didn’t remember it as DK Puzzle Paint yet here we are. From an undated project redesign document|publisher=Twitter|language=en|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref> during development, was a canceled [[Genre#Puzzle games|puzzle]] game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and a ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' spin-off title. The game was developed by [[Rare]], was shown off at E3 2001, and was originally planned for release in November 2001 in the United States<ref name="ncom"/> and December 7, 2001, in the United Kingdom.<ref name=gbx/> It was likely postponed ahead of time due to the forthcoming acquisition from {{wp|Microsoft}} on September 24, 2002.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20100731105039/http://mundorare.com/features/chronicle-of-a-buyout-foretold|title=''Chronicle of a Buyout Foretold''|publisher=MundoRare|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref> Eventually, the game was canceled along with ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' on August 13, 2002,<ref>{{cite|author=Metts, Jonathan|date=August 13, 2002|url=www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/7645/changes-to-rares-website|title=Changes to Rare's Website|publisher=Nintendo World Report|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref> one month before Microsoft's acquisition of Rare. The game went through many different iterations, with and without [[Donkey Kong]] attached to it, including the following working titles: ''Splonge'', ''Nutcracker'', ''Animal Cracker''(''s''),<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/katewillaert/status/1184603553274519560|title=Apparently this Nintendo/Rare game called "Animal Crackers" became 2004's It's Mr. Pants.|date=October 16, 2019|publisher=X|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref> and ''Sunflower''.<ref>Edge staff (October 2010). "Rare Vintage".</ref>{{better source}} After the game was canceled, the ''Donkey Kong'' elements from the game were removed, and Rare considered reworking it into a ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' spin-off titled ''Banjo's Jiggy Juggle'', or a ''{{wp|Sabreman}}'' title.<ref>{{cite|author=Rare Ltd|date=August 5, 2016|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLJAVWMI1F4|title=Rare Revealed: The Making of It's Mr. Pants|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref> The game was eventually converted into ''{{wp|It's Mr. Pants}}'', whose trademark was registered on November 9, 2001,<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title={{iw|tcrf|Prerelease:It's Mr. Pants}}publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}</ref> and released in late 2004. | | '''''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers''''' is a canceled puzzle game for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and a [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'']] spinoff title. The game was developed by [[Rare Ltd.]], and was originally planned for a November 2001 release date.<ref name="ncom">[http://web.archive.org/web/20010623205345/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=649 Nintendo.com - ''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers'' (Wayback Machine)]</ref> It was likely postponed ahead of time due to the forthcoming acquisition from {{wp|Microsoft Corporation|Microsoft}} in 2002.<ref>[http://mundorare.com/features/chronicle-of-a-buyout-foretold Chronicle of a Buyout Foretold - MundoRare]</ref> However, the game was eventually converted into ''{{wp|It's Mr. Pants}}'', released in late 2004. |
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| Some of the planned modes included various challenges around [[Donkey Kong Island]], challenges from [[Cranky Kong]], and a multiplayer mode.<ref name="ncom" /> | | Some of the planned modes included various challenges around [[Donkey Kong Island]], challenges from [[Cranky Kong]], and a multiplayer mode.<ref name="ncom" /> |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| DKCC Logo.jpg|Logo
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| DK looking forward DK64 art.jpg|Artwork of [[Donkey Kong]] | | DK looking forward DK64 art.jpg|Artwork of [[Donkey Kong]] |
| Title DKCC.png|Title screen | | Title DKCC.png|Title screen |
| Img1 DKCC.png | | Img1 DKCC.png |
| Img2 DKCC.jpg|[[Krazy Kremland]] | | Img2 DKCC.jpg |
| Img3 DKCC.jpg|[[Kongo Jungle]] | | Img3 DKCC.jpg |
| Img4 DKCC.jpg|[[Crocodile Cauldron]] | | Img4 DKCC.jpg |
| Img5 DKCC.png|[[Gorilla Glacier]] | | Img5 DKCC.png |
| Img6 DKCC.png|[[Gangplank Galleon (world)|Gangplank Galleon]] | | Img6 DKCC.png |
| Img7 DKCC.png | | Img7 DKCC.png |
| DKCC Clearance.png|Clearance menu next to Endurance
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| DKCC.jpg|''Donkey Kong's Coconut Crackers'' logo, shared by [[Rare]] software engineer Paul Machacek on Twitter
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| DKPuzzlePaint.jpg|Early ''Donkey Kong Puzzle Paint'' title
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| DKCC PL.jpg|Polish information with another artwork of Donkey Kong
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Trivia== |
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| | [[File:Foodfight! Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers.png|thumb|300px|''Coconut Crackers'' artwork makes a cameo in the original ''Foodfight!'' trailer (top-right).]] |
| |Jpn=ドンキーコング ココナッツクラッカー<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20011213233734/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2001/07/27/n06a.html|deadlink=y|title=ファミ通.com ゲーム/ニンテンドースペースワールド出展タイトル ～ゲームボーイアドバンス（その1）|publisher=Famitsu|language=ja|accessdate=May 25, 2024}}</ref>
| | *The main ''Coconut Crackers'' artwork made a [[List of Mario references in film#Foodfight!|cameo appearance]] in the original ''{{wp|Foodfight!}}'' trailer. |
| |JpnR=Donkī Kongu Kokonattsu Kurakkā | |
| |JpnM=Donkey Kong Coconuts Cracker | |
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| ==Notes== | | ==External links== |
| [[File:Foodfight! Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers.png|thumb|300px|An unused cameo of ''Coconut Crackers'' artwork in ''Foodfight!'' (top right), as seen in the original trailer.]] | | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20020803001753/http://rareware.com/master_frames/frameset10.html Rareware.com page] (Wayback Machine) |
| *The main ''Coconut Crackers'' artwork made a [[List of references in film#Foodfight!|cameo appearance]] in the 2000-2003 sizzle reel made for the animated 2012 movie ''{{wp|Foodfight!}}'', as seen in the original trailer. It does not appear in the final film, which opted for a different, more motion-capture animation style. | | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20010623205345/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=649 Nintendo.com page] (Wayback Machine) |
| | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20010523041620/http://e3.nintendo.com/gallery/dkcoconut/index.html E3 2001 page] (Wayback Machine) |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20011203190433/http://www.rareware.com/master_frames/frameset7.html Rareware.com page] (Wayback Machine)
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20010623205345/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=649 Nintendo.com page] (Wayback Machine)
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20010523041620/http://e3.nintendo.com/gallery/dkcoconut/index.html E3 2001 page] (Wayback Machine)
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20010801153652/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2001/07/27/n06a.html Famitsu news (July 27, 2001)] (Wayback Machine)
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| [[Category:Games]] | | [[Category:Games]] |
| [[Category:Game Boy Advance games]] | | [[Category:Game Boy Advance Games]] |
| [[Category:Puzzle games]] | | [[Category:Puzzle Games]] |
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