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Please help, I completed mystic forest 7-MM with all 6 marios and got a gold star. I went on to play 7- DK and I lost a mini Mario as I was hitting Donkey Kong for the fourth time and it saved my progress as a silver star because I got hurt once. When I go back and try to get a gold star on 7-DK to correct it, it only starts me with 4 Mini Mario's and so I have no option of completing it again for a gold star. Am i screwed?? is there anything I can do to get a gold star on that level now??

Anyone have a Framerate issue? Mine started tanking when I connected a second controller. Now it won’t go back to normal.

I know is on YouTube but there are many songs to download one by one, I want full ost in one zip file with all the individual songs

The remake recently came out, and now that I've 100%ed it (outside of time trials) I'm ready to rank all the worlds. This ranking is based on how fun it is to beat each world with all gold stars:

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World 2+: Donkey Kong Jungle Plus - 4/10

Why is this world so bad? It's by far the easiest in the game, easier than Mario Toy Company, and yeah... not good.

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World 1: Mario Toy Company - 5/10

Honestly kinda bad, and not in just a normal "first world" way. This game is great, but MTC is a bad first impression. Due to the demo just being 1-1, 1-3, 1-5 and 1-mm, it gave off the impression that the game is as lame as World 1. For why it's lame? Well the puzzles are incredibly simple, and not just cause they are tutorials. Look at Mushroom Mayhem from March of the Minis. That is how to make a great first world, it is easy, but not mindless. At least the boss is fun.

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World 2: Donkey Kong Jungle - 6.5/10

Huge step up, now the game is getting good. The vines are a great mechanic, and so are the enemies. I like the fruit mechanic too, its all a lot like Donkey Kong Jr. Why isn't it a 7 or more then? Well, it is really basic. Not mindless like MTC, but basic. It's a 6.5 only in comparison to other worlds, if ranked in a vacuum, its a decent 7.5 or maybe 8. Oh also trash boss, that certainly lowers the score. It's all RNG basically.

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Expert Levels 2 - 6.75/10

All the levels here are incredibly lame, with the exception of the expert level based on Slippery Summit Plus, which is great.

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World 8+: Twilight City Plus - 6.8/10

Huge disappointment, way too easy for the final, and some levels are just mindless. 8-6+ saves it.

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World 5: Spooky House - 7/10

You may be surprised to see this world this low. It's great, I love the ghost shy guys, the thwomps and their funny sounds, and those pushing enemies. So why is it not higher? Well, it is just that all the other worlds do better than Spooky House. In terms of boss, this one is quite disappointing, it is very easy. The Mini-Mario stage however is great.

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World 4+: Merry Mini-Land Plus - 7.2/10

A fun world. a bit simple, but I like some of the levels. It is worse than the base counterpart since it is easier. Still fun, and I like the harder version of the boss.

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World 1+: Mario Toy Factory - 7.25/10

One of the only two plus worlds that are better than their main counterpart. Normally I prefer the base levels due to their longer length and focus on Mario, but this world is great. Can it even be considered the plus variant of Mario Toy Company? It isn't called that, and for good reason. The tileset is fully different, and new gimmicks are introduced.

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World 4: Merry Mini-Land - 7.5/10

The first new world! This one's great. I love the air-spewing flowers, they lead to awesome puzzles where you need to switch which ones are on. I like how bob-bombs are used here, they were always underutilized in the original, only appearing in World 5 (7), and a bit in World 6 (8). It's a great world, just again, others do better. The boss is great, moving barrels with the flowers makes for a fun fight.

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World 5+: Spooky House Plus - 7.75/10

The other Plus world that is better than its base version. I like this world since it is decently tough. The thwomps can be tricky, and that stage where you have to time the switch press is quite devious. The harder boss varient now makes the boss longer than 1 milisecond so that is great.

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World 3+: Fire Mountain Plus - 7.8/10

Great plus world. It takes advantage of the mini-mario guiding mechanic in enemy placement, with the firebirds. I LOVE 3-4+, one of my favorite plus levels. And the boss is incredibly unique, barely feels like a harder version of 3-DK.

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Expert Levels 1 - 8/10

Honestly, the Expert levels in the first page are quite hit and miss. Each one is based on one of the main worlds. The level number is the world it is based on. Levels 1, 3, 5, and 8 are excellent. 2, 4 and 6 are decent, and 7 is hot garbage. (Ironic, as you will see later)

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World 3: Fire Mountain - 8.5/10

Yes, world 3 IS better than Worlds 4 and 5, AND the first batch of secret levels. Controversial, I know. But not really. Fire Mountain is a fan-favorite world, and for good reason. Once you get here, the game REALLY starts. As in not everything is a tutorial, and some challenge starts kicking in. The enemies here are unique, especially the firebird, and the gimmicks like the block that acts like a thwomp, and the rising lava are great. The boss may be a bit simple, but it is fun and fair. This is also the first Mini-Mario stage where your minis can die.

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World 6+: Slippery Summit Plus - 8.75/10

A great challenging world. Directing the minis with ice physics is hard, which I like. The falling brick enemies are also used great here. The boss here is also the hardest in the entire game, which is awesome.

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World 7+: Mystic Forest Plus - 9/10

AMAZING WORLD. I mean, it is Mystic Forest, can't mess it up. So yeah, this is the best plus world. For a variety of reasons. It is very hard, especially the stages with the cannons everywhere. I love the boss now too, even harder than the base version, which was already quite hard. In general, the only reason why it isn't higher up is because it is a plus world, and the changes in plus worlds make them less fun to me. (Which is strange, because unlike many, I love the later mini-mario based games, and love the base level MM stages. IDC what I dislike about the + worlds, they just feel simpler and easier imo)

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World 6: Slippery Summit - 9.2/10

The second and better of the two new worlds. The ice gimmick may seem annoying at first, but it leads to incredible puzzles. I also like the return of the warp blocks from MML. The mini-mario stage is quite tricky, and the boss is the hardest in the Main 8 Worlds, but is not unfair. Excellent section of the game.

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World 8: Twilight City - 9.5/10

Not last, not least, but not the best either. This is the last of the Main worlds, but of course there is more later. This world is great though. It is very hard, especially 8-5, which may be the trickiest puzzle in the game. I love the new enemies like the wrench-throwing black shy guys. However, the thing keeping this world from maybe being the top spot, is the terrible boss. It is SO EASY, like easier than the Mario Toy Company one!. Just press some buttons and he beats himself.

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World 7: Mystic Forest - 10/10

Puzzle Perfection. That's all I can say. Well, no, I'll say more, but still. This is Mario vs. Donkey Kong at it's finest. Excellent mechanics, like the cannons and conveyor belts. Hard challenges like the first screen of 7-3. New enemies like the Spear-Guys, and to top it off, an excellent hard boss.

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BONUS: You may notice this ranking did not include the two DONKEY KONG boss stages. That's because they would be hard to rank alongside the main worlds. I'll review them here:

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FINAL BOSS: Donkey Kong - 7.5/10

A decent fight. I like the two phases of freeing the toads then attacking DK with the barrels. The strange thing is that this boss gets easier as you go on. The first hit on DK after freeing the toads is the hardest, as you have to climb all the way up, but the last is incredibly easy, just wait above him, he cant hit you, then grab the barrel and finish him off.

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TRUE FINAL BOSS: Donkey Kong + - 9/10

Amazing. Such a cool fight with DK controlling the huge robot. I Like how you have to hit him 7 times, compared to the usual 4. It would be 10/10 if it was a bit harder. And of course, I have to mention the amazing music.

That's it for the ranking! Maybe I'll do one on Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis if I get enough upvotes.

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Does anyone know if the promotional E-Reader levels are in the remake? I can’t find any information on the topic.

I have Mini mario and friends amiibo challenge on my 3ds. I will also get the switch remake.

I saw on twitter that someone made a mod to switch Luigi and the minis to mario in the Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2024.

Might be showing my age here… but is Mario vs DK essentially Gyromite? I wouldn’t be mad at that.

like its weird, this place is dead, no one posts, but on the off-chance that someone does, it gets like 2 or 3 upvotes, which is barely anything, but still, do people actually browse here just to see if anything is posted then leave? I mean, thats normal for bigger subs, just feels weird. Hope this place gets a revival on feb 16th, especially if it has a suprise level editor

Like seriously. Hell, There are still great GameCube titles that still hold up even today.

Mario vs. DK Remake looks like just plain, vanilla Mario, which is just cheap and plastic in my opinion. The game re-uses lots of assets, voices, etc. from other Mario releases. The music sounds like a downgrade compared to the GBA original. Hell, they even removed the charm when you bring a Key Mini Mario to the door. Not to mention the new cutscenes are already ruining some charm sound-wise the original GBA ones had.

Like seriously, the Mario RPG and TTYD remakes have full orchestrated soundtracks, makes great use of the graphical power of the Switch, and are faithful in every way.

I’m happy this series is going back to it’s roots, but this remake is just dissapointing.