Donkey Kong 3
| Donkey Kong 3 | |
|---|---|
European arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 Intelligent Systems (Famicom/NES) |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Producer(s) | Gunpei Yokoi |
| Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Composer(s) | Hirokazu Tanaka |
| Series | Donkey Kong |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Famicom/NES, Game & Watch, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Donkey Kong 3 is a 1983 shoot 'em up game developed and published by Nintendo. It is the third installment in the Donkey Kong series and was released for arcades worldwide in 1983, the Family Computer in 1984, then in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. The gameplay departs from previous Donkey Kong games, and it stars an exterminator named Stanley instead of Mario. The game was a modest financial success in Japan, but its commercial failure in the United States rendered the Donkey Kong series inactive until the release of Donkey Kong (1994) and Donkey Kong Country.
It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in North America on July 14, 2008, and in Europe on January 9, 2009. It was re-released on Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Classics service.