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The Japanese and European versions have a short animation of the level timers getting sucked inside doors along with Mario to make it more clear that the player's remaining time carries over. This does not happen in the US version.
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The US version of the game featured e-Reader support. The support would allow players to scan 5 different cards to unlock 5 new levels. This was not widely known as only 1000 of the card packs were produced and given away as part of a special promotion. The European release of the game had the feature removed completely.
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The game was originally announced with a playable demo at E3 2002 under the name "Donkey Kong Plus" with different 2D pixel graphics from the final game, as well as a level editor that could be accessed through link functionality with the Nintendo GameCube. Both of these features were scrapped, but remnants of the level editor can be found in the data of the final game and accessed using a cheat device.
IGN articles:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/22/e3-2002-nintendo-reveals-donkey-kong-plus
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/23/nintendo-e3-booth-report
https://web.archive.org/web/20021002001426/https://pocket.ign.com/articles/360/360486p1.html
Unseen 64 article:
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/08/donkey-kong-plus-gba-beta/
Lost Media Wiki article:
https://lostmediawiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Plus_(lost_build_of_cancelled_Game_Boy_Advance_puzzle_platformer;_2002)
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Mario_vs._Donkey_Kong_(Game_Boy_Advance)#Level_Editor
Level editor footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9KC48l3DR4
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/22/e3-2002-nintendo-reveals-donkey-kong-plus
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/23/nintendo-e3-booth-report
https://web.archive.org/web/20021002001426/https://pocket.ign.com/articles/360/360486p1.html
Unseen 64 article:
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/08/donkey-kong-plus-gba-beta/
Lost Media Wiki article:
https://lostmediawiki.com/Donkey_Kong_Plus_(lost_build_of_cancelled_Game_Boy_Advance_puzzle_platformer;_2002)
The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Mario_vs._Donkey_Kong_(Game_Boy_Advance)#Level_Editor
Level editor footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9KC48l3DR4
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