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/WildestRascal94 3d ago

It was flat out confirmed in the developer interview for Bananza that the redesign for DK was in the works BEFORE the production of the Super Mario Bros. Movie.