I never played the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong, which came out in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance. So I brought no nostalgia or past experience to the new version coming out this week, which feels ...

We’ve reached that stage in the Switch’s life cycle when Nintendo — never averse to raiding its back catalog for material in the first instance — is liberally pulling old titles off the shelf to ...

Twenty years before it became a challenge to track down certain Mario toys in the form of amiibo, Nintendo made a Game Boy Advance game about the challenge of tracking down certain Mario toys in the ...

In each of Mario vs. Donkey Kong‘s worlds, players must first complete 6 levels, with the goal of each one being to rescue a Mini Mario toy. Each level is broken into two halves; the first puzzle ...

The rivalry between Mario and Donkey Kong is a long and storied one going back to nearly the beginning of Nintendo in video games. That rivalry was rekindled in the Super Mario Bros. Movie, and now it ...

The Switch remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong demonstrates that the puzzle-platforming formula from the 2004 original hasn’t quite lost its spark. Somersaulting across puzzle rooms to rescue the ...

It’s wrong to throw barrels at gorillas. I know this, but I did it anyway, repeatedly. And I’m ashamed to say I enjoyed it. Before you judge me too harshly, though, think of this. The giant ape stole ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The original Mario Vs. Donkey Kong on Game Boy Advance was a victim of its own success. A successor to the stellar and underrated Game Boy version of ...