What is Mario vs. Donkey Kong (video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game |title = Mario. vs. Donkey Kong |image= |caption= |developer=[[Nintendo Software Technology]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |director=Yukimi Shimura |producer=Shigeki Yamashiro<br>[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] |designer=Wing S. Cho |composer=Lawrence Schwedler |series=''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' |platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]]/[[Wii U]]) |released='''Game Boy Advance'''{{vgrelease|NA|May 24, 2004}}{{vgrelease|JP|June 10, 2004|EU|November 19, 2004|AUS|2004}}'''Virtual Console'''<br /><u>3DS Ambassador Program</u>{{vgrelease|WW|December 16, 2011}}<u>Wii U</u>{{vgrelease|JP|July 23, 2014|EU|September 17, 2015|AUS|September 18, 2015}}{{vgrelease|NA|TBA}} |genre=[[Platform game|Platforming]], [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] |modes=[[Single-player]] }} '''''Mario vs. Donkey Kong''''' is a 2004 [[puzzle video game|puzzle]]-[[platform game|platform]] [[video game]] for the [[Game Boy Advance]]. It was developed by [[Nintendo Software Technology]] and published by [[Nintendo]]. It was released in [[North America]] on May 24, 2004, in [[Japan]] on June 1, 2004, and in [[Europe]] on November 19, 2004. It is a [[spiritual successor]] to ''[[Donkey Kong (handheld game)|Donkey Kong]]'', which was released for the [[Game Boy]] in 1994. In the game, the player plays as [[Mario]], who is chasing [[Donkey Kong]] through a toy factory after Donkey Kong stole many Mini-Mario toys. It plays similarly to the Game Boy ''Donkey Kong'' game. There are five types of levels. In the first type, Mario has to pick up a key and take it to a locked door, then find and pick up the Mini-Mario toy at the end of the level. In the second type, Mario has to guide six Mini-Mario toys to the Toy Box. While doing so, he has to protect them from dangers in the level. In the third type, Mario has to fight Donkey Kong in order to go to the next world. In the fourth type, the Plus level, Mario has to turn on one Mini-Mario with a key and take it to the door. The fift