Donkey Kong 3 (1984)

Details

Developers: Nintendo R&D1
Publishers: Nintendo
Genres: Platform, Shooter
Themes: Action
Franchises: Donkey Kong
Series: Donkey Kong

Release dates

Jul 04, 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
Jun 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
Sep 15, 1987 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
Jul 14, 2008 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
Jul 23, 2008 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
Jan 09, 2009 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
Jan 09, 2009 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
Mar 27, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
Sep 26, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
Oct 24, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
Oct 24, 2013 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii U
Nov 06, 2013 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii U
Dec 05, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
Dec 12, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
Dec 12, 2013 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 3DS
Jul 06, 2016 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo 3DS

Also available on

Donkey Kong 3 (1983) · ARC
Donkey Kong 3 (1984) · G&W
Donkey Kong 3-e (2003) · Nintendo e-Reader
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong 3 (2019) · NSW
Donkey Kong 3 · Handheld Electronic LCD

Featured in lists

NSO Classics Collection - NES by Roach · 84 games · 2

Rating distribution

5 stars

4

4 stars

6

3 stars

55

2 stars

53

1 star

21

Community All Reviews Statuses

Status scoopings Mar 25, 2022

Is it just me or is the jump mechanic in this awful? This has the potential to be fun, but I only got to the 2nd screen before getting annoyed with jumping over the caterpillars without diagonal jumping (maybe I'm just doing something wrong... after all this is an arcade game, they are more than capable of diagonal jumping in …

Annoying

DK3 is at It's core just a chore game where you spray bugs. that's It.

The gameplay becomes annoying after just 1 minute, and the rest of the game just goes like that, and the controls are just Bad. I see why this game didn't hit a home run like the first one and Nintendo shouldn't have looked at …