Fan makes Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars playable in web browser

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (the sixth game in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series) was originally released on the Wii U and 3DS in 2015. One thing that makes the Wii U version unique is that most of it was written using the coding languages of HTML and JavaScript. Thanks to this unusual coding method, Nintendo fan and coder @JasperRLZ on Twitter was able to convert the entirety of the game into a format playable via web browser.

According to @JasperRLZ, this only took 1,400 lines of new code to accomplish because of the way the game was originally designed. Apparently, Nintendo did this as a way to make it easier to co-develop the Wii U and 3DS versions simultaneously, as well as to show off an easier Wii U development template. Although there is some custom code in there for the Wii U version, the majority of it was very simple to work with.

Whatever Nintendo’s reasons, it made Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars easy to convert into a browser game! You can watch it in action via the tweet above.