Arcade Archives Donkey Kong Jr. Is Swinging Onto A Switch Near You This Week

Hoping maybe 1 day Nintendo releases a collection of the arcade games. I'd like to play a lot of these but not really enough to buy them individually for $7.99

I'll definitely be picking this one up. Loved the last Donkey Kong release from Hamster.

Got excited for a moment that this was getting added to the NES library for NSO subscribers... but it's not, obviously.

That's the trouble with this subscription shenanigans, now I'm paid up I don't feel any desire to pay out separately for other retro games that are likely to only get a few hours play.

@Gerbwmu
Yep ! Plus having them all on one icon would be way more convenient.

OMG! And next week Puzzle Bobble 2. Finally the most interesting games (to me) announced long ago come to us. I'm glad Hamster is releasing the non-Neo Geo games more often than before.

@Tibob I don't know, I like the individual time tracking.

Yo, I love this game! Played it on 3DS VC. I’m definitely gonna get this later!

Well...there goes another 25 bucks out the window! The eshop is just destroying my wallet! 😜

I dumped a LOT of quarters into this game as a kid and I think I made it to the second stage like 5% of the time.

I never seen Tetris.

Yes the first ever Nintendo game where Mario is the bad guy. Can't wait to replay this again on my Switch even though I already got it on my NES, 3DS (yes I was one of the Ambassador people of the thing), e-Reader, and the NES Classic Edition as well as many of the hundreds of Chinese NES plug and play clones.

I am interested but I do agree that $7.99 for an individual game is not economically digestible. Perhaps they will indeed release a collection of at least three for that price. DKJR was not my favorite in the arcade but it was a decent play.

@IHateTombs At least the multi-screen Donkey Kong II, my favourite Game&Watch. The actual wide-screen Donkey Kong Jr. was not as good.

Wait a minute? They will release Puzzle Bobble 1 this week. Not both Puzzle Bobbles. What would be the point in doing that anyway? Their respective releases are already too closely planned.

By the way, there is always some people complaining about the Hamster releases price (buy in other eShops, guys, if you can't understand the value of these titles...) and in Nintendo's case "these games are the same as NES Mini / NES Online, I don't want to pay separately". They're not, people. They're the ARCADE VERSIONS.

So about 1 year later after I lost my mind that Arcade Archives Donkey Kong released, as I assumed, Arcade Archives Donkey Kong Jr. releases just in time for the holidays this year. SO. HYPED. I FINALLY (besides arcade cabinets I've happened across ever so often) get to dig back into THE arcade perfect Donkey Kong Jr. Insta-buy, no questions asked, take my money, Hamster. Whether obscure or classic, the Arcade Archives is set to keep rolling, so this tells me the oft disliked Donkey Kong 3 isn't far behind. C'mon down, Stanley the Bugman

@gcunit Aren't the arcade versions better than NES versions? Also it's better for non-subscribers who wanted to have Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. to have them available separately.

@SmaggTheSmug Exactly, that's what I've said. Besides, if someone thinks these are the same titles as in the NES, all right, then don't buy them. But there is an audience for them.

@MeloMan I was so happy they released the original DK, after 37 years of obscurity and legal issues... And Sky Skipper I admit I didn't know anything about, but I bought it anyway. I love the restoration and rescue of old games.

Meh. These don't intrest me all that much.

The game may be a classic, but let's face it: Nintendo is greedier than ever these days. Not sure how much the game should really cost, but $7.99 is too much.

Wish they put an 80 year old game next time, my 7.99 dollars are dying to be parted from me.

@Moroboshi876 Same here. Besides via DK64, I was losing hope that I'd never get to "own" the original arcade Donkey Kong with all the legal issues. I haven't gotten Sky Skipper yet, but I plan to just for historical curiousness as I too knew absolutely NOTHING about its existence. I hate to say it, but I've started a personal project to get all the retro goodies (and even some arcade oddities) on my Switch before it's done, so I'm loving these restoration projects as well. Could Sheriff be far behind?

@gcunit Pretty sure they'd rather have your $2/mo than a one time purchase of DK

The superior Kong game finally comes to Switch. Can't wait. This probably means the Nintendo will release the NES version a month later for NES Online

@IHateTombs I remember I had a little mini-GB Game and Watch of DK Jr. It was quite fun. No idea what happened to it.

@NEStalgia Don't worry, I'm not paying that much

So, is this the arcade version? The use of NES screenshots on the article is rather misleading.

WWBMD?
(What would Billy Mitchell Do?)

I was pumped when AA DK released, and I want to get this and DK3 (assuming it comes). $8 for each feels steep though; $4-5 each or a discounted compilation would be nice.

This is arcade not nes version. 7.99 is good for that. Besides if it was the nes version, it would have been 4.99 on the vc. The arcade is also superior. Will get it on Friday.

@gcunit Would rather have the arcade versions then the NES port it's pretty good for a early famicom release, but the arcade version has more graphics/effects,high score table plus it's never been re-released intill now

also prefer owning the games, then having them tied to a subscription, feels like I'm renting NES games.. XD

WHERE'S DONKEY KONG JR MATH NINTENDO, COME ON

I know its not an arcade game but still

Oh crap. Both Puzzle Bobble games are releasing tomorrow as well? Looks like Hamster are going to do alright out of me lol. Sorry wallet.

@diablo2 HAMSTER are the ones who set that price, not Nintendo. Those are the same price for every HAMSTER arcade release including the other Arcade Archives and NeoGeo titles.

@BlueBlur101 Donkey Kong Jr. Math is an NES exclusive and not an arcade game. This version of DK Jr. is the arcade version and HAMSTER only deals with arcade releases. Eventually you'll find that game soon for the Nintendo Online Service NES games.

@retro_player_22 did you read what i said at the end

Is it the arcade version? I see NES screenshots were used. Also Puzzle Bubble 2 is a 1999 game? I am starting to think this site isn't what it's cracked up to be. Or has the editor been too busy watching hentai?

Also Puzzle Bobble 2 doesn't look like it is coming out this week, either?

SO.MUCH.YES!!!!! This is a moment I've been waiting for!

I have the NES version, and a bunch of others, like Atari 7800, Colecovision, Intellivision, and the like - no 2600, unfortunately, though I did have it as a kid, so I've experienced it. But my experience with the arcade original is so limited and from so long ago that I don't even really remember anything about the particulars of the version at all. I'll be going into it as fresh and green as possible.

One thing Hamster's DK and Mario Bros. showed me is just how much further from arcade perfect the NES ports are than I had envisioned. So, I expect Hamster's DKjr to be about as fresh and novel an experience for me as old school DKjr can be to someone who already has so many other ports of it.

Bring it on!

Cheers!

Never tried a proper arcade version of DK jr. I think I'll bite. I really wish the Popeye arcade game got a switch port one day, I quite like that one.

Yes!! Wouldn’t miss this one.

@Expa0

Fully agreed...where is Popeye?!

@IHateTombs Monopoly is 83 years and that's on the Switch...

@IHateTombs Scrabble... scrabble is 80 yrs old

I've never seen a confirmation of it, but by now I'm assuming there must be rights issues with Popeye. I spent a good amount of time on the arcade version back in '82, and I'd jump at a full conversion now, but I don't think we'll ever see it.

The NES had a simplified version of it, but it hasn't resurfaced since. Since it's the main classic Nintendo game that uses characters they didn't create, it seems their rights ran out on it.

@Agent721 That would require Nintendo going all out to either get permission from whoever owns the Popeye IP or buying the game rights, which is probably too costly for a 30 year old arcade game....

@gcunit Yeah when I saw this I too was hoping for this game to be added to the Online Service, even though it wouldn't be as feature packed. Games like this don't really hold my attention long enough for it to be worth paying for seperately.

@Jimsbo

Yup. I own the Famicom version as that’s the best I can do. It really was a fun arcade game back in the day.

@Angelic_Lapras_King

You’re probably right. I’ll keep my fingers crossed it happens one day.

@Agent721 Same, its the one Nintendo arcade/NES game from that era I've never played a version of. Guess I'll just have to buy an NES cart of it someday....

You know if cranky had left pauline alone he wouldn’t have gotten into this mess.

I want Donkey Kong 3 !!!

Puzzle Bobble? Is that related to Bubble Bobble?

Guys, really: arcade archives titles are ALWAYS arcade versions. They've been coming since 2017, please.

And yes, they used NES screenshots and they warned about it. Stop being confused.

Still not seeing Puzzle Bobble 2 on eshop after you guys said it was coming this week.

@Angelic_Lapras_King

It’s an ok version of it. I have it on Famicom and it’s definitely serviceable but the arcade version is superior.

@BlueBlur101 Did you also read what I said at the end as well?