| Donkey Kong 3 | |
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Main Development Staff | {{{devteam}}} |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, NES, Wii, Home Computer, Game & Watch |
| Release Date(s) | Arcade 1983 NES  June 4, 1984  November 4, 1986  September 15, 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Shooter |
| Ratings | ESRB: E |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players |
| Media(s) | {{{media}}} |
| Input(s) | {{{input}}} |
Donkey Kong 3 is the third video game in the original Donkey Kong Series by Nintendo. It was released near simultaneously for the arcades and Family Computer, and later released in America on the NES in 1986. The game was re-released on the Wii in North America on July 14, 2008 and in Europe on January 9, 2009. Although it is a sequel, this title is a departure in gameplay from previous titles.
Story
Starring Stanley the Bugman (known from the Game & Watch game Greenhouse as the Fumigator), Donkey Kong Senior has taken refuge in his greenhouse and it is now up to Stanley to stop the Kong from stirring up any more insects that will soon destroy his flowers. Stanley and his exterminator expertise saves his flowers and defeats Donkey Kong Sr. with his bug spray.
Gameplay
The game is a shooter which incorporates ideas from Galaga, and Space Firebird an earlier Nintendo arcade game, and adapts them into a new setting.
Donkey Kong Sr. hangs from vines at the center of the screen, and the player-controlled Stanley the Bugman runs and jumps on platforms beneath him. Stanley can fire bug spray at both Donkey Kong Senior and insects flying around the levels. Some of the flying insects attempt to pick up the flowers at the bottom of the screen and carry them away. This decreases the bonus at the end of the round.
A level is completed by continuously using bug spray on Donkey Kong Sr., forcing him to the top of the screen, or by killing all of the bugs. A Super Spray Can, visible on the vines, drops to the bottom of the screen when Donkey Kong Sr. is sprayed past it. The super spray only lasts for a limited number of shots, but it pushes Donkey Kong Senior upward at a much faster rate, making it easier to complete the level. It only appears at the start of each life.
There are three levels (blue, gray and yellow greenhouses) which repeat in a fixed sequence.
Enemies
- Donkey Kong Sr.
- Buzzbees
- Beespies
- Queen Bees
- Creepy Caterpillars
- Butterflies
- Beetles
- Moths
- Bee-bombs
- Vine Eaters (Arcade Only)
Remakes/Ports
Game & Watch Donkey Kong 3
In 1984, Hudson Soft created a sequel to Donkey Kong 3 and released it on the Japanese-only NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6601 and Sharp X1 under the name Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū (ドンキーコング3 大逆襲 Donkī Kongu Surī Dai Gyakushū, lit. Donkey Kong 3: The Great Counterattack). This sequel game is significantly different from the arcade original or its NES port. While the objective to shoot Donkey Kong Senior up in the air remains, this version features 20 new outdoor backgrounds such as a bridge, Planet Saturn, a desert, a pyramid or a highway. After the player has completed the 20th stage, the game loops back at stage 21. Stanley the Bugman can only move from left to right and is no longer able to jump.
A VS. series Game & Watch version of the arcade game has different gameplay. In this version, player one controls Stanley the Bugman and a computer player (or player two) controls Donkey Kong Senior in a duel against each other using exterminating spray cans to move the bees to the other side of them to make the bees sting their opponents. Players can only hold up to three amounts of spraying liquid in their spray cans. On one player mode, the higher player one as Stanley scores, the faster the spraying liquid on the side of computer player as Donkey Kong drops. A version of this game was included in Game & Watch Gallery 4 for the Game Boy Advance, but featuring Mario in place of Stanley and a Boo and a Fireball in place of the bees.
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