Donkey Kong Jr. Math

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Donkey Kong Jr. Math

Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	^JPN December 12, 1983 ^NA October 18, 1985
Genre(s)	Platformer, Edutainment
Mode(s)	Single player, Two player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Kids to Adults (KA)
Platform(s)	Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console
Media	192-kilobit cartridge
Input	NES controller

Donkey Kong Jr. Math is a Nintendo edutainment video game where the player must solve math problems in order to win. It was released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as a launch game but was released for the Famicom two years earlier as "Donkey Kong Jr. no Sansuu Asobi" (loosely: "Donkey Kong Jr.'s Math Game").

The game features one player and two player modes. In the one player mode, the objective is to enter math answers in order to receive points. In the two player mode, each player applies a math operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) to the number they have to make it another number, trying to eventually reach a mutual goal number. However, signs and numbers are on the same field for each player, and they must race to reach the final number.

The exact identity of the ape in the second player role has never been determined, although one could assume it is female version of Donkey Kong Jr.

The game was released in the United States before the NES ports of Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong Jr. Math Lesson, a combination of Donkey Kong, Jr. Math and Donkey Kong Jr., was also released for the NES. The bundle allowed for two-player gameplay in Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong, Jr. Math is one of the available NES games in the Nintendo GameCube version of Animal Crossing. It is slated for release on the Wii Virtual Console in Europe and Australia, and has already been released in Japan.