#donkey kong 3

[linkandorf]

Every Mario Character Update #9

Donkey Kong 3 (Arcade, 1983)

Stanley's proper Mario series debut, alongside all of these freaky bugs he fights.

If you think I missed anyone or you don't recognize someone, please let me know!

[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

The Kong Archipelago Location

So in an old developer interview from 1994 found on shmuplations, Miyamoto claims that "The Mushroom Kingdom looks to be on the outskirts of Donkey Kong's homeland, as seen in the game's ending…" in reference to DK 94's ending. So that seems to make it an open and shut case, DK's home is near the Mushroom Kingdom. Wellllll.... probably not. So with newer information from other games this piece of info in this interview has effectively been retconned. Thus DK's Tower is either not part of DK's homeland, or they went to the Mushroom Kingdom for the ending of the game. Why do I say this?

It's because in Donkey Konga 2 you can seen in the background of the menu, and from a scene from the story mode there appears to be a city in the distance across the water from Donkey Kong Island. In addition we actually see parts of this place for some of these levels for this game. This is more than likely the shoreline of the Metro Kingdom and would lead to Big Ape/ New Donk City. This would place the Kong Archipelago near the Metro Kingdom. Interestingly enough there is 2 sets of Islands on this Odyssey map near the Metro Kingdom that could fit the bill.

This would explain some other things. In Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze we see Stanley's Greenhouse from Donkey Kong III in the level Fruity Factory. This makes some sense, DK Snr. traveled on this island and gave Stanley trouble while on his way home. This also explains why it was so easy for the Kongs to get to Big Ape City in Donkey Kong Land. With that being said due to the trees I believe Mario Bombs Away would take place on one of these islands as well.

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[devileaterjaek]

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[theruffiansretrorampage]

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[hedgypipes]

To ALL Mario And Nintendo Fans out there, October is both officially Stanley Month and Panel De Pon Mouth, especially for the former since his 40th birthday is coming up on Halloween!

[kingdomeromega0816]

This character is none other than Bugman Stan from Donkey Kong 3. He was known to spray Donkey Kong (who is now Cranky Kong) when Donkey Kong caused problems. (I must do further research on the story of Donkey Kong 3.)

In my fanfic, he worked as an exterminator in New Donk City for some time. Stanley ended up falling into a picture frame that teleported him into Castle Toadstool's unused, huge internal plexus. He was lost and trapped in the plexus for two years and survived. He maneuvered his way out of traps, avoided attacks from the Cursed Pink Gold Peach Statue and the apparitions of Wario, Big Bertha and Bowser.

In the future, after Stanley has escaped the plexus, he eventually teams up with Mario, Peach, Geno, Captain Toad, Toadette, Escargoon and the 7 Chosen Heroes to finally defeat the Cursed Pink Gold Peach Statue.

(Bugman Stan is not my character, Stan is the intellectual property of Nintendo).

[wjbs-aus]

Look, all I'm saying is if Nintendo can bring back the foreman from Wrecking Crew they can bring back Stanley the Bugman.

[jefpoo421]

Stanley + Mario = Felix

[ask-marios-apprentice]

I'm gonna try something different today.

I woke up.

I took a shower.

I left the house.

I went to the Castle.

I trained with Mario.

I hit a barrel with a fire ball.

The barrel exploded.

I had to put out the fires caused by the barrel.

I had to fight a boo who switched out the barrels.

I had to suck up the boo who replaced the barrel.

I had to repair the barrels with honey.

I had to block the crackling bits of fire from some of the bits of the barrel.

I finished training with Mario.

I went to Castletown plaza.

I bought a Stuffed Mushroom from Grimm Brothers food stand.

I ate the Stuffed Mushroom.

I washed my hands.

I went to the arcade.

I got the high score in Donkey Kong 3.

I tried to play against the Kingdom Funded E-sports team.

I played against Tari

I lost.

I played against Duggie.

I lost.

I played against Belle.

I lost

I played against 9-volt.

I lost

I went home.

I sat at my desk.

I played After Math 1.

I stopped playing.

I opened my blog.

I started typing a post.

I'm finishing up my post

Garth signing off.

[hellman55]

Longplay of Donkey Kong 3

[linkandorf]

Every Mario Character Update #16

Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū (PC, 1984)

The Aliens.

If you think I missed anyone or you don't recognize someone, please let me know!

[temporal-nebula]

[ryoner]

So, i played the original Donkey Kong trilogy on NES.

I definitely liked all of them, though we've come a long way since then.

From Mario (then Jumpman) saving his (then) girlfriend Pauline from Donkey Kong (now Cranky), to saving Donkey from Mario as Donkey Kong Jr. (now MIA) and finally shooing Donkey Kong out of a greenhouse with help from Stanley the Bugman (rumored to be in Alcoholics Anonymous with Junior), it's a fun time all around.

But i'm especially fascinated by the very character driven nature of these classic quarter munchers.

Donkey Kong is Nintendo's first huge success story in the world of videogames. It went on to define the company and even ever so slightly influence their games for decades to come. But most of all, it debuted Old Man Ninty's two premier superstars, Mario and Donkey Kong.

Jumpman and Donkey and Pauline, oh my!

The legend as old as time. Ape fancies woman. Takes her on a date. Carpenter kicks him in the shins and makes off with his lady. Rinse and repeat.

Nothing new here. Proto-Mario jumping his way to the top, dodging the barrels, springs and flames that his adversary presents him, while also whacking things with his hammer. All in pursuit of a fleeting romance.

But it's all so charming! What else could a simple carpenter do but pick up his hammer and follow the miscreant up an unfinished building? (Leave it to the authorities probably.) What would you do in Donkey's place, other than use what is available to you at the moment to defend your first love from your assailant? (Other than admit to yourself that the lady is in a commited relationship and keep dating elsewhere.)

Though there's nothing Pauline herself could've done. She's an unarmed woman who was kidnapped by a wild animal. Might as well let your normal ass dude boyfriend rescue you while cops don't do shit.

It does so much with so little. And it's just the start of an ever growing cast of colourful characters.

Let's not think about when Donkey Kong got around to conceiving Junior that's not my job.

When you go around kidnapping people off the street and carry them up a building, people are bound to consider putting you in a cage.

So guess what? The carpenter you menaced decides to do just that, with an assortment of tamed animals to help keep you prisoner. And now it's up to your child to save you! What a twist!

Donkey Kong Jr. is my personal favorite, even if Donkey Kong 3 is generally more engaging and action-y overall. And part of that comes down to how it all fits together.

While in the first game, Mario was more focused on jumping (duh), Junior is purveyor of the fine arts of monkey-ing around. A master climber!

While jumping is obviously still part of his moveset, he mostly gets around using vines. He's also even faster while climbing if he uses two of them!

Since Junior is a responsible child, instead of weapons he uses fruits scattered around the stage to deal with enemies. He's probably learned how to use everything at his disposal from his dear old dad. Aww!

Another nice touch are the stages itself. It's not just an unfinished skyscraper this time, but a slightly wider selection of locales, from a jungle, a forest, a power station (or some kinda factory with lots of faulty wiring) to the compound that DK is supposed to rot in.

Donkey Kong Jr. is the prime example of a good sequel. More stages, more engaging gameplay, good music and a logical next step to take the story. And this will not be the last time a kiddy Kong saves the day, but i'm getting ahead of myself here.

Donkey Kong has learned nothing and we are an exterminator now. Wow.

I must admit, Donkey Kong 3 is a better game than Jr., but that doesn't mean i like it better.

Sure, Stanley the Bugman ticks all the boxes. He is a normal dude going up against impossible odds, as Donkey Kong descends upon his greenhouse with a veritable army of bugs, trying to steal his flowers for some reason.

His moveset is appropriate for his job, as he sprays DK and the bugs as he ascends and descends his scaffolding. Dodges attacks like a champ, gets stronger bugspray as a powerup after driving DK high enough. Very action oriented fun gameplay.

But everything else suffers. Donkey Kong seemingly shows up for no real reason at this unassuming dudes property to steal flowers, which is even more of an excuse plot than the previous two games, while the action is entirely localized within that one greenhouse.

Perfectly fine game. But utterly unrelated to anything that has happened before and not at all relevant later. Heck, Stan basically disappears beyond this point. Even Junior got another shot in Donkey Kong 94 for the Game Boy, before becoming a deadbeat dad to the current Donkey Kong.

It's just a little bit lacking, in the ways that matter to me and my variable attention span.

I am going somewhere with this and this will be on the test.

Nintendo has shown a great deal of care when it comes to character based games since the start, but also a tendency to take a wild swing in more or less random directions. Even way before their games shaped my tastes in a Scrimblo heavy direction.

And they won't stop any time soon.

[devileaterjaek]

[kolplayone]

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