MY DREAM GAME

Those familiar with the original 1981, ‘Donkey Kong’? Who remembers, ‘Super Mario Brothers’, 1985? No, duh, of course, we all remember these classics. They are still awesome even in the year 2025. Imagine for a moment, if you will, the iconic construction site all slanted in bright red, but instead of Donkey Kong climbing up that ladder with Pauline, it’s King Koopa is climbing up that ladder with Princess Peach? Down at the bottom of left side of the screen, instead of an oil can, which sets barrels on fire, we have a recognizable pipe with Goombas coming out.

Yeah, those mushroom looking critters following Mario, who is still here of course, as he is trying to climb up the ladders to reach King Koopa. Mario would be stuck going forward if he was being chased while Koopa is still tossing barrels at him. Here is the catch, each barrel has a Koopa Troopa inside and they break out while rolling down the lane. Suddenly this game is a lot harder.

No hammers to break those suckers, counterproductive, but a mushroom to turn you super and closer to the top have a firepower flower. How awesome would that be to stomp those turtles and shoot with firepower and avoid a storm of dropping barrels? Too easy, but I would love to see Mario be able to shoot at Koopa but then ‘Game Over’. Really make this Super Marioish and throw in those psychedelic stars bouncing through, speed up the music and race through to the top.

The other levels vary in style and difficulty, but keep the level styles from Donkey Kong but keep adding the Koopas, the goombas coming up out of pipes, replacing other projectiles with some Hammer Brothers, Shy Guys, and Boos! Tell me this isn’t getting you a bit excited. Why has this not been made? Come on! Nintendo keeps remaking ‘Super Mario’ and ‘Donkey Kong’ instead of letting two games just get married and have babies. This is a enlighten age, sort of, and we would accept this relationship.

Congratulations, Mario and DK, it’s a ‘KOOPA KONG’ !!