<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
(	O
GBA	B-Device
)	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
2004	O
–	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rare	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
creating	O
games	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
long-running	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
eventually	O
presented	O
by	O
Rare	O
at	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
2001	O
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Coconut	O
Crackers	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
titles	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
GBA	B-Device
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
for	O
which	O
Nintendo	O
held	O
Rare	O
responsible	O
,	O
defaulted	O
back	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
forcing	O
Rare	O
to	O
abandon	O
this	O
theme	O
for	O
the	O
then-upcoming	O
puzzle	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
their	O
partnership	O
with	O
publisher	O
THQ	O
for	O
distributing	O
Rare	O
's	O
GBA	B-Device
titles	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
newly	O
revealed	O
It	O
's	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
initially	O
considered	O
using	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
or	O
Sabreman	O
franchises	O
before	O
settling	O
on	O
Rare	O
's	O
online	O
mascot	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Coconut	O
Crackers	O
incarnation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
featured	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
top-down	O
2D	O
graphics	O
and	O
a	O
3D	B-Application
isometric	I-Application
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
the	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
was	O
scrapped	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
consistency	O
issues	O
"	O
when	O
swapping	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
views	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
awkward	O
seeing	O
where	O
puzzle	O
pieces	O
near	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
were	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
because	O
it	O
"	O
just	O
did	O
n't	O
look	O
as	O
nice	O
"	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
hoped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pants	O
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Coconut	O
Crackers	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
multiplayer	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
individuals	O
using	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
Game	B-Device
Link	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pants	O
was	O
also	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Gizmondo	B-Device
handheld	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
receiving	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
73	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
