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''Donkey Kong Jr.'' never enjoyed the sales or the following that the original ''Donkey Kong'' did, but it did well enough to warrant a second sequel, ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''.

==Story==

===Story from the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] manual===

<blockquote>''Poor Donkey Kong™ has been captured by Mario™ and now finds himself locked up in a cage! It's up to Donkey Kong's son, Junior, to rescue him by snatching the keys to the cage away from Mario. Unfortunately for Junior, Mario won't give up those keys easily, and dangerous snapjaws, nitpickers, and sparks will attack him along the way. Will Junior be able to help his father...? That all depends on you!</blockquote>

|The main antagonist, Mario appears in every level at the end of each stage, throwing obstacles at Donkey Kong Jr. or guarding Donkey Kong.

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===Enemies===

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!bgcolor=black|[[File:DKJ Arcade Banana.png]]<br>[[File:DKJrCherry.png]]<br>[[File:DKJrfruit.png]]

|align=center|[[Fruit]]

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!bgcolor=black|[[File:DKJ Arcade Blue Key.png]]

*Press K to become invincible.

*Press S to skip the current level.

==Staff==

{{main|List of Donkey Kong Jr. staff}}

===Produced by===

*[[Gunpei Yokoi]]

{{main|List of Donkey Kong Jr. pre-release and unused content}}

The arcade version includes an unused lightbulb object as well as several graphical leftovers from the original ''Donkey Kong''. In addition, the Coleco Adam port is notable for originally featuring an unlockable stage, but it was cut at Nintendo's request.

==Reception==

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|align="left"|''"It was a very fun game for its time, but it hasn't held up very well over the years. The only multiplayer is a two-player, trade-off mode, and as fun as some of the levels can be, with only four to play through, you're over and done with the game before you know it. Apart from DK Jr.'s cute character sprite, the graphics are rather archaic, and the audio isn't all that enjoyable, despite a decently catchy soundtrack. The short length and crusty graphics and sound are to be expected from a perfect port of a game from 1986, but for the $5 that's being charged for it, it's tough to recommend to anyone that didn't count Donkey Kong Jr. among their most favorite of NES games. If you're on a nostalgia hunt, there are far stronger options available on the Virtual Console.'"

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===Sales===

After the fiasco involving ''[[Crazy Kong]]'', Nintendo decided not to license production of the arcade version to other companies and not to sell printed circuit boards but only whole machines. A private showing of the game was held on July 28, 1982 before its rollout the following month.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19820915p/page/n15/mode/1up Game Machine September 15, 1982 issue, page 30]</ref>

''Based on the popular arcade game, Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the immensely successful Donkey Kong™. Play as Donkey Kong's son, and rescue your dad who has been kidnapped and imprisoned in a cage by Mario™. Use your jumping and climbing abilities to clamber up vines and chains, gather vital fruit and keys, and open the cage to free your father. Make sure you avoid the pesky birds, nasty electric sparks, and creepy chompers! Four different worlds filled with numerous climbing and jumping puzzles await you in this timeless classic.</blockquote>

==Names in other languages==

*The first cutscene in the arcade version of the game uses part of "{{wp|Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565}}" by {{wp|Johann Sebastian Bach}} for its music.

**The arcade version also uses part of "Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers," a song created in 1858 by the French composer {{wp|Jacques Offenbach}}, for its second cutscene.

*Coleco's 1983 TV commercial for their console ports featured a live action rendition of Mario as a cartoonish Vaudeville villain.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNTpXX43QxY Donkey Kong Jr. commercial, 1983]</ref>

==References==