Talk:Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Mario Bros.

Does this really deserve an article? It's just a regular arcade machine with three games in it instead of one. Fawfulfury65

Agreed. Unless there is some notable difference between this and the originals other than being a compilation, it should be merged.--Knife (talk) 15:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

If you don't like this article, then pend it for deletion or merge it. Per Fawfulfury65. Happy Halloween! 23:13, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

So does everyone agree to delete it? Fawfulfury65

It should actually be merged - the link has to lead to somewhere, and the image should be used. The question is, which of the three games will get it? It can be mentioned on all the articles, but the link still has to go to one page... - Walkazo 16:07, 29 December 2010 (EST)

What page should it be merged to then? Happy Halloween!

Let's cut it in thirds and merge to the respective games! Anyone else like my idea?..... Anyone?Magikrazy51 (talk)

Deletion

I requested this article for deletion because we do not need compilation pages on this wiki. Happy Halloween! 23:20, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Make a proposal SWFlash

We can merge this on to there respective article Master Koopakid

DELETE

Let's delete this article. Superfiremario 20:13, 9 April 2011 (EDT)

Why? Hello, I'm Time Turner.

Do not delete this article, it's a different machine and it was only released in the United States of America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pdjr9000 (talk).

No deletion

This page deserves its own article. It's a mashup, and having its own article makes sense. -- Unshy Guy 19:51, 28 December 2018 (EST)

"Jr."?

When is "Junior" shortened to "Jr." in the title? Both the art of the cabinet and the flyer refer to it as "Donkey Kong Junior", so shouldn't this be moved to "Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Junior/Mario Bros."? Kaptain Skurvy 13:03, October 13, 2024 (EDT)

It does hereMedia:DonkeyKong Junior MarioBros RatedFlyer.jpg midway down, but "Junior" should take priority since it is used more often and more obviously. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:06, October 13, 2024 (EDT)

"Jr." on that flyer refers to the the original game itself, not this 3-in-1 pack. So this should definitely be moved. Kaptain Skurvy 15:11, October 15, 2024 (EDT)

Commas instead of slashes

On Andrew Pines' Linkedin account, he stylizes the title of this game with commas instead of slashes. I don't think slashes are used anywhere in the title, to my knowledge. However, he shortens "Junior" to "Jr." in the title, but per my reasoning above, I think we should replace the slashes with commas, but keep the "Junior." Therefore, this article should be named Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Mario Bros. Kaptain Skurvy 06:57, March 1, 2025 (EST)

Delete this page

This talk page section contains an unresolved talk page proposal. Please try to help and resolve the issue by voting or leaving a comment.

Current time: Monday, March 31, 2025, 12:36 GMT

Based on the vote so far, this option may be eligible to close one week early. Please use {{proposal check|early=yes}} on March 24, 2025 at 23:59 GMT and close the option if applicable.

Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Mario Bros. falls in line with other compilations in the vein of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Track Meet, being a compilation arcade machine with no known unique content. Because of this, I believe this page should be deleted, as the other Super Mario-exclusive bundles covered have more meat on them than this does. Donkey Kong Classics had exclusive Mario/Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. artwork, as well as an alternate manner to select one and two player modes, Mario All Stars removed the live-action segments and changed the opening music, Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson features a prototype version of Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection has Time World, Super Mario All-Stars has full sixteen-bit remasters of the first four mainline Super Mario titles, Tetris & Dr. Mario featured full sixteen-bit remakes of both Tetris and Dr. Mario, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World has different sprites for Luigi and four save files, Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition had various special materials, such as an official soundtrack CD, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U had 222 bonus videos, with the New Super Luigi U ones being exclusive to this version of the game, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury had both Bowser's Fury and the ability to dive in Super Mario 3D World. Nintendo World Championships 1990 was built around being a sort of "challenge mode" of sorts for the original Super Mario Bros., featuring ninety-nine lives for Mario, a different title screen, and the game ending once Mario obtains fifty coins. The 1991 and 1992 versions of the Nintendo Campus Challenge also included exclusive Mario challenges, these being to collect twenty-five coins as fast as possible in Super Mario Bros. 3, collecting fifty coins in Super Mario World, and scoring as high as possible in Dr. Mario. This arcade machine simply acts as a compilation of Super Mario games, and does not appear to contain any unique content.

Proposer: Nelsonic (talk)
Deadline: March 31, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Delete

1. Nelsonic (talk) Per proposal.

#Super Mario RPG (talk) Per Nelsonic. On a side note, the page title doesn't look good either.

Keep

1. Salmancer (talk) Woah, hold your horses. Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Track Meet doesn't have a page because it's a package deal with only one game we care about and one/two game(s) we don't. So we can outright fit it under Super Mario Bros with no real repercussions. This is a 100% Super Mario compilation, which means even data like it's release date matters. When you add in the technical notes of Mario Bros being stretched and the historical note of it being the most recent release of the games up until Arcade Archive, there's plenty enough for a page. And while not of the same medium, we do cover television Mario-exclusive package deal Mario All Stars.
2. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) - Per, this could really only be covered by us.
3. LinkTheLefty (talk) This is a compilation where the franchise not only gets top billing, but...all billing. Nani da heck? Guess we'll set our sights on the Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury page...
4. Arend (talk) Yeah no, see comments.
5. Pseudo (talk) This is a unique arcade cabinet that is uniquely part of the Mario franchise. Per all.
6. Camwoodstock (talk) Per others--even if one was to argue this is "just a rerelease", arcade rereleases like these are a very different beast from other such rereleases or ports; there's a reason that time and time again, legal cases and score leaderboard services distinguish between them and the original release. As an encyclopedia, we don't see a reason to not follow suit.
7. Kaptain Skurvy (talk) If artwork is one of reasonings behind keeping Donkey Kong Classics, this game also has unique artwork around its cabinetMedia:DK DKjr MB upright.png.
8. Rykitu (talk) This compilation has all Mario games unlike the aforementioned Duck Hunt packages and Dr. Health'nstein's Body Fun Bundle.
9. Hewer (talk) Per all, this compilation is 100% Mario.
10. Pizza Master (talk) Per all.

Comments

Not voting yet, but the reason why this is different from Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Track Meet, is that this is all Mario games, whereas the other example is only one Mario game out of three. This is more comparable to Donkey Kong Classics. Then again, I find it difficult to determine which compilations are allowed and which ones aren't, anyway: for example, we keep an article for Nintendo World Championships 1990 and one for Nintendo Campus Challenge (both versions, oddly enough; shouldn't that be split?), and both NWC1990 and NCC1992 only hold one Mario title each. If that is allowed, then why not Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Track Meet? rend (talk) (edits) 14:05, March 17, 2025 (EDT)

@Salmancer True, though the other Super Mario-exclusive bundles covered have more meat on them than this does. Donkey Kong Classics had exclusive Mario/Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr. artwork, as well as an alternate manner to select one and two player modes, Mario All Stars removed the live-action segments and changed the opening music, Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson features a prototype version of Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection has Time World, Super Mario All-Stars has full sixteen-bit remasters of the first four mainline Super Mario titles, Tetris & Dr. Mario featured full sixteen-bit remakes of both Tetris and Dr. Mario, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World has different sprites for Luigi and four save files, Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition had various special materials, such as an official soundtrack CD, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U had 222 bonus videos, with the New Super Luigi U ones being exclusive to this version of the game, and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury had both Bowser's Fury and the ability to dive in Super Mario 3D World. While the machine can hold historical significance, as you said, I believe it can probably be mentioned somewhere in a different article, as with the aspect ratio for Mario Bros.

@Arend I agree that Nintendo Campus Challenge should be split into two articles, though Nintendo World Championships 1990 was built around being a sort of "challenge mode" of sorts for the original Super Mario Bros., featuring ninety-nine lives for Mario, a different title screen, and the game ending once Mario obtains fifty coins. The 1991 and 1992 versions of the Nintendo Campus Challenge also included exclusive Mario challenges, these being to collect twenty-five coins as fast as possible in Super Mario Bros. 3, collecting fifty coins in Super Mario World, and scoring as high as possible in Dr. Mario. This arcade machine simply acts as a compilation of Super Mario games, and does not appear to contain any unique content. Nelsonic (talk) 16:23, March 17, 2025 (EDT)