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- Reviewed on: 11/21/2006
- Released on: 11/19/2006
- Originally published on GameSpot: Donkey Kong (Wii) Review
Donkey Kong is one of the most significant Nintendo games ever made. Created by the legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Donkey Kong was one Nintendo's first huge video game hits outside of Japan. The original arcade version dates way back to 1981, and about five years later, a stripped-down translation of the game was among the first to ship for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Now all this history can be yours through the Wii's Virtual Console service, which offers a perfectly accurate translation of the NES version of Donkey Kong. Unfortunately, that version was far from arcade-perfect, having been stripped of one of the four original arcade levels. You can still see the prehistoric basis for many more action games to come from playing Donkey Kong, but regardless of its importance in the history of gaming and whatever nostalgic value you can glean from the NES version in particular, it's not fun for long.
Major plot spoiler: Donkey Kong eventually gets what's coming to him.
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