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|image=[[File:DKFwM.jpg|200px]]
|image=[[File:DKFwM.jpg|200px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]
|developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|release=Canceled <small>(intended for December 1983)</small>
|released=Canceled (copyright of 1983)
|genre=Music video game
|genre=Music video game
|modes=Music Quiz, Donkey Band
|modes=Music Quiz, Donkey Band
|ratings=N/A
|ratings=N/A
|platforms=[[Family Computer]]
|platforms=[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|format={{format|nes=1}}
|media={{media|nes=1}}
|input={{input|nes=1}}
|input={{input|nes=1}}
}}
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'''''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi''''' is a [[List of unreleased media|canceled]] game set for release on the [[Family Computer]]. It would have followed ''{{wp|Popeye no Eigo Asobi}}'' and released alongside ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]'' as one of the edutainment games based on the Famicom's launch titles.
'''''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi''''' ('''''Donkey Kong's Music Play''''') is a [[List of canceled games and vaporware|canceled]] game set for release on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It would have followed ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]'' as one of the edutainment games in the early [[Donkey Kong (series)|''Donkey Kong'' series]].


''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi'' starred the cast of ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' The game never surfaced, and seems to have only been announced in 1983 in a Japanese handbill as well as magazines.<ref>[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/14/donkey-kongs-fun-with-music-nes-cancelled/ Donkey Kong’s Fun With Music <nowiki>[NES – Cancelled]</nowiki>]. ''Unseen 64''. Accessed June 16, 2008.</ref><ref>Cifaldi, Frank. [https://gamehistory.org/nintendos-first-lost-donkey-kong-game/ Nintendo’s (First) Lost Donkey Kong Game]. ''The Video Game History Foundation''. Retrieved November 10, 2018.</ref>
''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi'' starred the cast of the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' plus series newcomer [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] The game never surfaced, and seems to have only been announced in 1983 in a Japanese handbill as well as magazines.<ref>[http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/14/donkey-kongs-fun-with-music-nes-cancelled/ Unseen 64] (accessed 6/16/08)</ref>


==Game modes==
==Game Modes==
The game featured two modes: Music Quiz and Donkey Band. Two songs are shown on the three released promo pictures: the 1962 Japanese translation of "{{wp|I've Been Working on the Railroad}}" by Satoshi Saki and the 1960 nursery rhyme "''Inu no Omawari-san''" by Yoshida Sato and Ai Tsuchida.
The prototype featured two modes: Music Quiz and Donkey Band.


===Music Quiz===
===Music Quiz===
Music Quiz would seem to involve making bassist [[Donkey Kong]] play displayed notes by [[hammer]]ing piano keys with [[Mario]] and [[Pauline|Lady]]. Screenshots of the game revealed one- and two-player variations:
Music Quiz would seem to involve making bassist [[Donkey Kong]] play displayed notes by [[hammer]]ing piano keys with [[Mario]] and [[Pauline]]. Screenshots of the prototype revealed one- and two-player variations:
*'''One Player:''' Mario plays the notes, with Lady and her hammer on the sidelines.
*'''One Player:''' Mario plays the notes, with Pauline and her hammer on the sidelines.
*'''Two Players:''' Both Mario and Lady play the notes; Mario is Player 1, while Lady is Player 2.
*'''Two Players:''' Both Mario and Pauline play the notes; Mario is Player 1, while Pauline is Player 2.


===Donkey Band===
===Donkey Band===
Donkey Band would be played as a karaoke styled game in which included the player singing into the Famicom player 2 controller microphone. Donkey Kong is on bass once more with [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] playing drums, Mario playing a grand piano and Lady as a vocalist.
Donkey Band would be played as a karaoke styled game in which included the player singing into the Famicom player 2 controller microphone. Donkey Kong is on bass once more with Donkey Kong Jr. playing drums, Mario playing a grand piano and Pauline as a vocalist.
 
==Cancelation==
According to Ichirou Sakurada, a former [[Hudson Soft]] employee, ''Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi''{{'}}s main reason for cancelation was that it featured songs originally written by {{wp|Seiko Matsuda}}, a popular Japanese singer. Nintendo lost the rights to these songs (or possibly never had them to begin with) before the game's scheduled release, and it would have been difficult to import new music over them. Furthermore, there were very few songs in the game at all, with the limited storage capacity of early Famicom games not being able to hold much data. This cartridge was given to Hudson Soft during their development of the [[Family BASIC]] accessory as sample software.<ref>https://famicoms.net/blog-entry-2236.html (Japanese)</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
MusicQuiz2.jpg|Music Quiz (1-Player)
File:MusicQuiz.jpg|Music Quiz (2-Player)
MusicQuiz.jpg|Music Quiz (2-Player)
File:DonkeyBand.jpg|Donkey Band
DonkeyBand.jpg|Donkey Band
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドンキーコングの音楽遊び
|JapR=Donkī Kongu no Ongaku Asobi
|JapM=Donkey Kong's Music Play
}}
==Trivia==
*Although the game was never released, Lady, or rather, Pauline's role as the vocalist in a band was integrated into ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', with her acting as the lead singer of a [[Band (Super Mario Odyssey)|band]].
*[[Cranky Kong]], classically portrayed as the original Donkey Kong, plays a bass at the end of ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.


==References==
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