This frantic distribution of resources is rendered even more complex on the levels that require you to rescue more than one Mario. On each level there are only limited numbers of each scenic building block, so you often have to be quick, creating a platform over one hazard before swiftly closing it again so that you can construct over another. To guide them, players must manipulate elements of the environment, repositioning platforms and placing trampolines so that the pint-sized plumbers don't fall into deadly spike pits. Once you've touched one with your stylus, he'll just keep trundling along until he hits something, then he'll turn and meander back again. On each stage, the mini Marios must be guided safely to the exit, but they cannot be directly controlled. What this sets up is a charming and unlikely cross between Lemmings and Portal. Mario's only rescue option – apparently – is to send in a series of miniturised clockwork versions of himself. Arriving one place too late in the queue, Donkey Kong is so enraged to miss out on this bizarre gifting opportunity, he grabs the real thing and carries her screaming through the gates.
In an unlikely scenario that stretches our suspension of disbelief to absolute snapping point, Mario has opened a new theme park and is handing out free dolls of his lady friend Pauline to the first 100 visitors (don't ask). T he fourth Mario vs Donkey Kong title takes this most bitter and long-running of video game rivalries and manipulates it into another creamy, comforting slice of puzzle-platforming bliss.
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