Super Donkey

Developer: Nintendo
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Genres: Platform

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The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A forgotten Nintendo prototype platformer whose ideas later influenced Yoshi's Island — fascinating gaming archaeology.

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About

Super Donkey is an unreleased platformer starring an unnamed proto-Rayman-like aviator/explorer who resembles the main character of Nintendo's earlier game Sky Skipper. Two builds were found, though neither one has any sound or music and the onscreen timer is non-functional in both. Judging by the name and some unused sprites, this might have been a Donkey Kong-related project. Various elements of Super Donkey would eventually be used in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

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