<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
1982	O
arcade	O
game	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
as	O
he	O
solves	O
math	O
problems	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
his	O
father	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
various	O
forms	O
,	O
including	O
in	O
the	O
2002	O
GameCube	B-Application
video	O
game	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
and	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
services	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
in	O
2007	O
and	O
2014	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
received	O
criticism	O
from	O
several	O
publications	O
including	O
IGN	O
staff	O
,	O
who	O
called	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
mechanics	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
Calculate	O
mode	O
has	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
hold	O
up	O
a	O
number	O
,	O
which	O
players	O
must	O
attempt	O
to	O
reach	O
by	O
collecting	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
digits	O
and	O
arithmetic	O
symbols	O
to	O
eventually	O
reach	O
that	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
reuses	O
its	O
engine	O
,	O
assets	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
from	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Educational	O
Series	O
on	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
supposed	O
to	O
have	O
three	O
entries	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
music	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
after	O
together	O
with	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
as	O
a	O
licensed	O
multicart	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
bundle	O
together	O
with	O
Sharp	O
's	O
C1	O
NES	O
TV	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
,	O
which	O
featured	O
several	O
NES	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Math	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Europe	O
and	O
Australia	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
September	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
again	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
January	O
22	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
April	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
of	O
Polygon	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
worst	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
half-finished	O
game	O
"	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
larger	O
launch	O
lineup	O
on	O
the	O
Famicom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
also	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
reuse	O
of	O
assets	O
from	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Skyler	O
Miller	O
of	O
Allgame	O
found	O
this	O
reuse	O
creative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Mackey	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
called	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
poor	O
reception	O
from	O
IGN	O
,	O
with	O
Lucas	O
M	O
.	O
Thomas	O
finding	O
its	O
controls	O
and	O
execution	O
poor	O
,	O
while	O
Cam	O
Shea	O
regarded	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
games	O
and	O
criticized	O
it	O
for	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Whitehead	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
similarly	O
could	O
not	O
justify	O
the	O
asking	O
price	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Elizabeth	O
Sweedyk	O
,	O
associate	O
computer	O
science	O
professor	O
at	O
Harvey	O
Mudd	O
College	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Kevin	O
Gifford	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
lacks	O
appeal	O
for	O
children	O
,	O
while	O
Frank	O
Caron	O
for	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
felt	O
it	O
inferior	O
to	O
other	O
educational	O
games	O
like	O
Brain	O
Age	O
and	O
Math	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
