That game was Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a puzzle-platformer that portrayed the popular plumber pursuing the barrel-heaving ape through a series of trap-filled levels, grabbing as many Mini-Mario toys ...

It’s wrong to throw barrels at gorillas ... That’s what I’m guessing Mario’s internal dialogue is like in Mario Vs. Donkey Kong on Switch, as he chases his longtime foe across six worlds ...

before facing Kong in a barrel-chucking boss battle. After Super Mario Bros. Wonder so perfectly captured the freewheeling delights of the 2D Bros. games, Mario vs. Donkey Kong’s precise ...

Mario vs. Donkey Kong. When it comes to classic rivalries ... Instead, you have to throw trash cans or pick up hammers to smack them to oblivion. On the plus side, Mario is still able to ...

The Donkey Kong series is known ... but the player controlling Mario still had some influence over this, being able to override the second player and throw Cappy themselves. Beyond this, though ...