Editing Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo Switch)

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'''''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''''' is a [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Reissue#remakes|remake]] of the 2004 [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong|game of the same name]] released worldwide on February 16, 2024. First announced during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct,<ref name=Direct>Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfYfuAOKTxA Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023 - Nintendo Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 14, 2023.</ref> it is the first ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' game for the Nintendo Switch and the first one in general since ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]'', released almost nine years prior. As a remake of the first game, it is also the first time the gameplay style of the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' has been revisited since the original's release. Unlike the original version's pre-rendered visuals and the rest of the ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series opting for a plastic, cartoony look with outlines, the remake adopts a standard modern art style, taking many cues from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its appearance as a theme in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in particular. Additionally, the game debuts a redesigned logo for the ''Donkey Kong'' series. Despite [[Charles Martinet]] having stepped down from his role as the voice actor for [[Mario]], several of his voice clips are reused in this game.

A free demo of the game was released on the [[Nintendo eShop]] on January 31, 2024.<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1752859619943194810</ref> This is the first ''Super Mario'' title to omit the ESRB rating on the box art version officially distributed in the Southeast Asian markets<!-- The Middle East does not count as Saudi Arabia has had a native age rating system since 2016, and the U.A.E. has had one since 2018. Oman does not have one, but it shares its gaming market with the U.A.E. in general. -->, although the first Nintendo-published title overall to omit the rating in those markets is ''[[nwiki:Another Code: Recollection|Another Code: Recollection]]''.<ref>https://nintendosoup.com/all-first-party-nintendo-physical-games-in-southeast-asia-will-not-have-a-rating-on-the-cover-starting-from-another-code/</ref>

**No time limit, where the time limit is labelled with an infinity sign.

**The player starts with five bubbles per level. If the player has any bubbles left, the character will return to a checkpoint in a [[bubble]] in situations that would cause them to lose a life.

**[[Key]]s last for 15 seconds instead of 12 when not held by a character.

**Certain levels contain less enemies.

*Two new worlds, [[Merry Mini-Land]] and [[Slippery Summit]], have been introduced as this version of the game's fourth and sixth worlds respectively, with each incorporating new obstacles like [[Flower Fan]]s, carryable [[Spring]]s, [[Warp Box]]es and icy terrain.

**As such, the order of worlds has been rearranged slightly to accommodate the new worlds, bringing the total number of worlds to eight instead of six:

***[[Mario Toy Company]]

***[[Donkey Kong Jungle (world)|Donkey Kong Jungle]]

***[[Merry Mini-Land]]

***[[Spooky House]]

***[[Slippery Summit]]

*The bonus present minigames have been replaced with various new bonus levels (though the music is retained and rearranged). In these levels, the player must catch a floating key that opens a treasure box before the time runs out, earning five [[Extra life|1-Ups]] in the process.

**Bonus levels can appear after approximately every eighth regular level beaten, with the bonus level corresponding to the last world said level was beaten on. On newly unlocked worlds, it is designed in such a way that up to 4-6 regular levels in the same world must be beaten to open the bonus level for that respective world.

*Retrying a level or exiting a level that has not been cleared yet no longer costs the player a life.

*[[Hammer]]s and [[Fruit]]s reappear after using them.

*Unlike the Japanese version of the original game, all the [[e-Reader]] levels are cut from all versions.

*The game has been translated to Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, Korean, Canadian French and Latin American Spanish. The original was not available in these five languages since, at the time, Nintendo of Europe did not do Dutch localizations, Nintendo of America did not do Canadian French or Latin American Spanish localizations, and Nintendo of Hong Kong and Nintendo of Korea did not yet exist.

*The worlds now are translated in the French, Italian, German and Spanish versions while in the original they were left in English in those versions.

*The game now uses full 3D models rather than pre-rendered sprites.

*The Toads in the intro cutscene now wear hard hats.

*The cutscenes are now fully animated, instead of swapping between different static frames.

*Mario is no longer seen using the elevator after Donkey Kong kidnaps the Toads and after he is defeated in [[Donkey Kong (level)|the final level]] before the "Plus" levels.

*The Toads no longer make Donkey Kong fall off the building by stepping on his hand, and both them and Mario look in concern when he falls.

*Instead of sobbing, Donkey Kong is shown sulking after his defeat in the final cutscene, and Mario does not scold him before giving him the Mini-Mario. However, he does sob after being defeated in-game.

*The music has been rearranged like other [[reissue|remake]]s.

*One of the channels heard (specifically the audio of an announcer counting in Spanish) on Donkey Kong's television in the intro is changed to a clip of the remake's arrangement of Donkey Kong Plus' music.

**[[Nate Bihldorff]]'s voice clips of Shy Guy are heard instead of the fast-talking gibberish when Donkey Kong switches channels to a news broadcast.

**The last "Buy them all!" from the TV announcer is slowed down slightly.

*Several archival voice clips of [[Charles Martinet]] as [[Mario]] and the [[Mini Mario (toy)|Mini-Mario]]s are repurposed here, though some of these clips are not present in the original game.

**[[Samantha Kelly]], in addition to voicing [[Toad]] (who does not appear in the original game) through archival voice clips, also voices most of the other [[Toad (species)|Toads]] throughout the remake in the same way, instead of [[Jen Taylor]]'s performance from the original game (a few of Taylor's clips are retained in the opening cutscenes, however).

**Mario, the Mini-Marios, and the Toads laughing at Donkey Kong before the first final boss battle and [[Donkey Kong Plus]].

**Mario asking, "Hey, Donkey Kong! Are you okay?" in the cutscene before the "Plus" levels.

**Mario saying, "Mamma mia!" when all the Mini-Marios get destroyed.

**Mario saying, "We did it! Good job, little guy." when the Mini-Mario unlocks a door.

==Characters==

|Green mushrooms that grant the player(s) an extra life.

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|align=center|[[File:MvsDK NS Hammer.png|80px]]<br>[[Hammer]]

|Letters that spell out the word "TOY" appearing exclusively in Mini-Mario levels that must be collected to complete the level. They can only be collected by the Mini-Marios.

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|align=center|[[File:HelpBlockMVDK.png|80px]]<br>[[Message Block|Help Block]]

|Gray and black variants of [[? Block]]s that give the player(s) hints and information about the game when hit.

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|align=center|[[File:SandBlockMVDK.png|80px]]<br>[[Sand block]]

|align=center|[[File:BarrelMVDK.png|79px]]<br>[[Barrel]]

|Can be carried and thrown by the player(s). They can be used to defeat certain enemies, or as auxiliary platforms to reach other platforms or to pass wide gaps with [[Spike Trap|spike]]s.

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|align=center|[[File:MvDK NS Switch.png|60px]][[File:YellowSwitchMVDK.png|63px]][[File:BlueSwitchMVDK.png|58px]]<br>[[Color Switch]]

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