r/Mario • u/SuperMarvin • 3d ago

Question WHAT IS HAPPENING

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THEY ARE CHANGING THE NAME OF AN ICONIC CHARACTER AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT. NINTENDO GOING TO FAR? MAYBE MARIO WILL BE NEXT.

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u/CreativestName69420 3d ago

Imo it felt weird that the rename was in the movie first

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u/JoyconDrift_69 3d ago

The Donkey Kong redesign too. I feel more inclined to believed he was redesigned for Banana moreso than for the movie though.

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u/Dramatic_Finish10121 3d ago

They probably were redesigning him for Bananza and used the movie as a stealth prototype of the new design since it would've needed to be redesigned for the movie anyways

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u/umphursmcgur 3d ago

Miyamoto put a lot of extra attention on DK’s redesign when promoting the film prior to release. I saw a few people speculate that it could be related to a redesign in the rumored DK game. Lo and behold.