<s>
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
Software	O
Technology	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Donkey	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
200th	O
ever	O
video	O
game	O
featuring	O
Mario	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
for	O
all	O
regions	O
,	O
except	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Nintendo-published	O
title	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
cross-purchase	O
concept	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
title	O
to	O
support	O
Miiverse	O
stamps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
two-dimensional	O
side	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Mario	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Donkey	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
guide	O
marching	O
toy	O
characters	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
level	O
by	O
connecting	O
vertices	O
with	O
lines	O
drawn	O
on	O
either	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
touchscreen	O
or	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
GamePad	I-Device
to	O
create	O
ramps	O
or	O
bridges	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
toys	O
cross	O
gaps	O
or	O
avoid	O
hazards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mario	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Donkey	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
tech	O
demo	O
was	O
revealed	O
at	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Web	O
Framework	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
make	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
games	O
with	O
common	O
simple	O
programming	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
pre-E3	O
Digital	O
Event	O
video	O
presentation	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
confirmed	O
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
and	O
was	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
later	O
revealed	O
the	O
final	O
title	O
,	O
release	O
dates	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
version	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
presentation	O
held	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
support	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
play	O
and	O
cross-buy	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
came	O
in	O
physical	O
optical	B-Device
discs	I-Device
and	O
3DS	B-Device
game	I-Device
cards	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
whilst	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
game	O
cases	O
were	O
available	O
at	O
retail	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
physical	O
media	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
a	O
printed	O
download	O
code	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
respective	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tipping	O
Stars	O
received	O
mixed-to-positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
aggregate	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
of	O
70/100	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
