Editing Expert (world)

'''Expert''' is an extra [[world]] in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], featuring more challenging '''Expert Levels'''<ref>"'''Expert Levels''': Earn enough Perfect ratings to unlock one of these 16 challenging levels. They'll really push your puzzle-solving abilities to the limit!" -''Mario vs. Donkey Kong™ for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site. (n.d.). Retrieved June 23, 2024, from https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-vs-donkey-kong-switch/''</ref> where the player needs to find a [[key]] and bring it to the door to complete them. The first half of levels typically feature themes from all the regular worlds, and the second half features themes from the Plus worlds. While the original [[Game Boy Advance]] version featured all Expert levels in one page, the Nintendo Switch version splits them into two pages (EX1 and EX2), but are otherwise considered the same world.

Expert is unlocked after completing [[vs. Donkey Kong]] ([[vs. Donkey Kong Plus|Donkey Kong Plus]] in the original ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''), and [[Time Attack (Mario vs. Donkey Kong for Nintendo Switch)|Time Attack]] is also unlocked for those levels as well in the remake. Each level must be unlocked by collecting gold stars (earning a "Perfect!" rating in the remake or attaining a target score in the original version) from various levels, with 128 (90 in the original) stars required to unlock all of them.

 

Gold stars cannot obtained in these levels in the original game due to them having no target high scores. However, this was changed in the remake, as stars can now be attained based on how many [[Present (Mario vs. Donkey Kong)|presents]] the player has obtained. This also means this world is also now required for [[Completion#Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)|full completion]] of the player's savefile, as collecting all stars including those from Expert levels will mark the file with a gold medal.

 

In the original version of the game, the bonus game cannot be played even after collecting all the presents in each of these levels. Similarly, the remake does not feature any bonus levels corresponding to this world. If enough levels are completed in EX1, the bonus level in [[Mario Toy Company]] will unlock instead, and the same will occur with EX2 and the bonus level in [[Donkey Kong Jungle (world)|Donkey Kong Jungle]].

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center"

!colspan=8|Expert levels in ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy Advance/Nintendo Switch) &nbsp;

! colspan="2" | Image

! colspan="2" | Name

| [[File:MVDK Level x-1.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-1.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-1]]

|8

|9

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring [[conveyor belt]]s, [[Color Block]]s, and a [[Trash Can|Garbage Can]].

| [[File:MVDK Level x-2.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-2.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-2]]

|16

|18

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring several crumbling platforms made of [[sand block]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-3.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-3.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-3]]

|24

|27

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring moving platforms and [[Lava Bubble]]s

|N/A

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-4.jpg|x108px]]

|N/A

| [[Level EX-4]]

|N/A

| style="text-align:left"|A remake-exclusive level featuring [[Flower Fan]]s and [[Bob-omb Block]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-4.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-5.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-5]]

|40

|36

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring [[Thwomp]]s and [[Thwimp]]s.

|N/A

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-6.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-6]]

|N/A

|48

| style="text-align:left"|A remake-exclusive level featuring [[Ice Block|icy terrain]], focusing on taking advantage of its slippery traction.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-5.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-7.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-7]]

|45

| style="text-align:left"|A level focused on excavating Bob-omb Blocks with [[Bob-omb]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-6.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-8.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-8]]

|54

| style="text-align:left"|A level with moving platforms, [[Direction Switch]]es and Color Blocks.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-7.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-9.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-9]]

|63

| style="text-align:left"|A level focused on riding a [[Shy Guy]] across several [[Spike Trap|spike]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-8.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-10.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-10]]

|72

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring several dispersed [[Donut Block]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-9.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-11.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-11]]

|81

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring [[rope|chain]]s, [[Fire Shy Guy]]s and [[fire bird]]s.

|N/A

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-12.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-12]]

|N/A

|96

| style="text-align:left"|A remake-exclusive level focusing on using [[Flower Fan]]s to carry objects.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-10.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-13.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-13]]

|90

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring several [[Polterguy]]s of different colors.

|N/A

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-14.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-14]]

|N/A

|112

| style="text-align:left"|A remake-exclusive level featuring several icy terrain and conveyor belts, as well as a carryable [[spring]].

| [[File:MVDK Level x-11.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-15.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-15]]

|90

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring [[Spear Guy]]s and [[Hammer]]s.

| [[File:MVDK Level x-12.png|x108px]]

| [[File:MarioVsDKSwitchEX-16.jpg|x108px]]

| [[Level EX-16]]

|90

| style="text-align:left"|A level featuring lasers and several Bob-ombs and Bob-omb Blocks.