I wonder if Donkey Kong 3 or Donkey Kong Jr. Classics will be on the Virtual Console. Not that they are good games, mind. I remember this game on Donkey Kong Classics when I first got my NES all those years ago and I enjoyed it more than Donkey Kong.

I love the Arcade Classic series. These games are great fun to the hardcore oldschool Nintendo gamer.

This is a fun game in small doses, but only spend your points if you really like this game.

Yeah same with dk jr math I'm not wasting my time with this one, for the same reasons as dk jr math. ( if you want to see my reasons go to Donkey Kong Jr. Math, you no the one beside donkey kong jr. my name is mario/zelda_fan )

I agree with both Clayfrd and Eric. They are great to have around when you have an urge to go old school, but they are not at the top of my list.

My problem with the release of this and Donkey Kong as separate entries is that Nintendo released a value pack called DK Classics which included both DK 1 and Jr - its kind of annoying they double-dipped when porting the titles to the VC.

DK Classics isn't showing up as a normal VC download I think.
It's the same thing as Super Mario All-Stars, Tetris&Dr.Mario and other collections. Every piece for piece is coming. Compilations will come when no one will buy it on VC anymore.
I think the best thing to play a big collection of (19) NES games on your Wii is to get Animal Crossing for Gamecube. In the end it's cheaper.
All NES-DK's (DK+DK Jr+DK 3+DK Jr Math) included.

The second cartridge I had ever owned for the NES was "Donkey Kong Classics" (after the SMB/Duck Hunt cartridge). I am glad to see DK and DKJr on the VC, but it is lame that they're sold separately. Eh, that's Ninteconomics for you.

Remember the old Donkey Kong Jr. cartoon? "M-Monkey Muscle!!"

i have dk jr. in vc.only because it has the 4 parts is awesome.is not arcade version:3 stars.

Great classic of the golden age of video game.

Not a bad game, but not great either.

You guys remember how DK jr was in the original mario kart? weird eh?

I have this game on my E-Reader and I do enjoy it, 3 stars from me, however, I can't see this game working well on the big screen

If you're a fan of the Donkey Kong Games, you will enjoy this to some extent. Otherwise avoid as it's short and occassionally repetitive. Even for DK fans, you may not enjoy it that much. Despite this, it's still fun, even for a short while, just don't expect too much out of it.

Not worth the points. But, the original Donkey Kong is great.

I never beat it, but I didn't like it either.

This game was/is fun as an E-reader pack-in game, but I don't see how anyone would download it for $5. 3/5

Sometimes I like playing this more then the original DK game. As a kid I used to love renting the "Donkey Kong Classics" combo NES game. (Wich featured both DK & DK Jr. squeezed into one game cartridge.) So this was always a childhood favorite. I can't say for sure if people who grew up with more complex games will appreciate it as much as I, but it's a nice piece of Nintendo history.
Don't let the "Jr." in the title fool you, this isn't an easier version of DK, but a proper sequal to the original smash arcade game.
Plus it's the onley game with Mario as the "bad guy."

I always felt like they should of made a modernized DK Jr. remake game like the old Gameboy Donkey Kong '94 & Mario VS DK games.

What I don't understand is why Mario keeps Donkey Kong around. I mean, Donkey Kong wanted the princess, but what does Mario want with DK?

Yeah this is almost as fun as Donkey Kong. Similar goals but plays totally differently. Like DK, classic but can be beaten in five minutes--a buck a minute.

This is an ok game, but I already have it for my e-Reader.

DK Jr. as well as DK (even with a level missing) are good games for old school arcade fun. Sort of like every other game at the time (pacman, frogger, etc.) these games are about high scores. I would rate them a 5 if the VC actually had a leader board system, but it's hard to fault that limitation on these games since that was a problem with these as a home release in general. Still fun as nostalgia though.

interesting that Mario apparently dies (see the halo) at the end of the NES version as opposed to just getting booted off the screen in the arcade version.

Kind of sad you can beat the whole game in less than 5 minutes.

But how long do you have to play for until you're good enough to be able to beat it in five minutes? Quite a while I should imagine. Its pretty easy to make mistakes.

I really like the first three Donkey Kong games actually.

To me, it goes:
DK3 > DKJr > DK

Also, Mario is an evil person. =P