🎮 Nintendo Updates an Overlooked Classic

Picture this. Donkey Kong is just chilling beside his bananas when he sees an ad for a mini-Mario toy, falls in love, and, in classic villain fashion, decides to kidnap all the toys at the Mario Toy Company.

So begins Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a remake of a 20-year-old game that first arrived on the Gameboy Advance. The puzzle-platformer recreates the same old elements as the original but upgrades them to the Nintendo Switch’s graphics and sketches out a few extra levels and creative designs.

Though it’s been decades since Nintendo’s charming plumber first appeared in arcades, there’s still something uplifting and delightful about revisiting a classic and updating it for modernity. Mario vs. Donkey Kong keeps things very simple. It’s about jumping up, surviving obstacles, and rescuing cute toys. But most important of all, it’s fun.

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