America on October 18, 1985 and Europe in 1986. In August 1995, the Sharp multicart was re-released separately from the C1 NES TV. The game has been released on other platforms, including the video game Animal Crossing, which featured several NES games. Donkey Kong Jr. Math was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on March 27, 2007, Europe and Australia on April 20, and in North America on September 3. It was re-released again for the Wii U's Virtual Console in North America on August 28, 2014, in Europe on January 22, 2015, and in Japan on April 15. Reception Donkey Kong Jr. Math was met with negative reviews from the press. Despite this negative reception, the magazine Joystick felt Nintendo was worthy of praise for its attempt at making an educational game. It was also a commercial failure, with a Nintendo spokesperson noting its lack of success as being due to poor reception. It performed better in Japan but was forgotten in the United States. Its poor sales contributed to it becoming a rare and expensive collector's item. Jeremy Parish of Polygon called it the worst Donkey Kong video game, suggesting that it was a "half-finished game" to have a larger launch lineup on the Famicom. He was also critical of its asset reuse from Donkey Kong Jr., while Skyler Miller of Allgame found this reuse creative. Bob Mackey of 1UP.com called it the worst NES launch window title, criticizing it for its lack of value and sluggish movement. It had a poor reception from IGN, with Lucas M. Thomas finding its controls and execution poor, while Cam Shea regarded it as one of the worst Virtual Console games and criticized it for a lack of value. Dan Whitehead of Eurogamer similarly could not justify the asking price for the Virtual Console version. Frank Provo of GameSpot felt that its math problems were either too easy for young children or too boring for older ones. Damien McFarren of Nintendo Life criticized the game for "shoehorning" education into this game and for poor controls. Donkey Kong Jr. Math has received criticism for its qualities as an educational game. Elizabeth Sweedyk, associate computer science professor at Harvey Mudd College, felt that Donkey Kong Jr. Math was too realistic an educational game to be fun. Kevin Gifford of 1UP.com felt that it lacks appeal for children, while Frank Caron for