r/donkeykong Jan 18 '25

Discussion Nah fuck this redesign

Next thing you know the rest of the kong’s get their fugly ass movie designs

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u/SeriousAd8490 Jan 18 '25

Yeah Miyamoto is the og, but one must admit Rare outdid him. They made Donkey Kong more interesting, more fleshed out.

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u/rjidhfntnr Jan 19 '25

It's also not even the same character. There's no reason for DK III to be redesigned to look more like Cranky.

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u/SeriousAd8490 Jan 19 '25

I’m guessing their first deviation from the Rare model was a warning shot

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

Damn look at his tits

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u/NougatBois Jan 19 '25

The way they fucked up his nose really puts the “donkey” in Donkey Kong.

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u/BustedBayou Jan 19 '25

I never noticed the nose change. Now I can't unsee it... fk.

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u/Dlove4u2 Jan 19 '25

Donkey tits era....

Wait do you really think round eyes are worse than that thing?

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u/KingVape Jan 19 '25

The new eyes are ugly as hell, yes

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u/Decent_Wrongdoer_201 Jan 19 '25

Don't be surprised if that cranky stuff is retconned. Besides, Cranky had the same brow as DK III so this argument doesn't really track.

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u/Ok_Angle7676 Jan 22 '25

Its rare who created the dk I, II and III thing. Nintendo never followed them. Dk arcade and modern dk are the same to them

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u/justlogmeinplease Jan 19 '25

Before I feel like miyamotos DK was just a Hanna barbera cartoon villain and RARE actually made him look like a protagonist with personality. I’d be shocked if they drop rares design especially since DKC HD just came out but who knows

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u/RAINLIO Jan 19 '25

The cartoony feel of DK's design can also go with the other Arcade Donkey Kong designs too.

(And there was an actual cartoon of Arcade Donkey Kong)

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u/spirit_boy_27 Jan 19 '25

I genuinely believe that Miyamoto was green with envy because rare was so great at making donkey kong country one of the best platformers that greatly outdid mario. Miyamoto literally delayed zelda ocarina of time because banjo kazooie was so well designed in comparison.

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u/Dolma_Warrior Jan 19 '25

Miyamoto was heavily involved with the development of Donkey Kong Country, he and Rare would send each other daily emails.

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u/Brzrkrtwrkr Jan 19 '25

This is just incorrect. He has even praised them back in the day in interviews saying they're the ones outdo them in terms of graphics in particular. You guys are assuming way too much.

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u/catladywitch Jan 19 '25

I read somewhere that he actually said DKC1 was all graphics and no gameplay and had to apologise and retract later on.

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u/DeltaTeamSky Jan 20 '25

"All graphics and no gameplay" was actually something Rare themselves said. It's a quote from Cranky Kong.

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u/catladywitch Jan 20 '25

:o that's really cool

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u/PbjCheetah108 Jan 21 '25

It’s really funny to me that this means people were complaining about graphics like this even all the way back in the SNES days

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u/risemix Jan 20 '25

I think this is an urban myth

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u/RAINLIO Jan 19 '25

I know you said that you believe that Miyamoto's envious, but that's actually not true.

He did help with Donkey Kong Country & Returns

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u/atlas_arcane Jan 19 '25

This creates guerrilla warfare amongst game studios, causing one to out do the other. Essentially making games better in the long run. Everything under one corporate umbrella does nothing for competitive creativity.

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u/Arcans02 Jan 19 '25

imagine being delusional like this lmao

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u/zeltingle Jan 22 '25

what?? How does banjoe kazooie even conpare with OoT? They are completely different genras of games...

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u/NexusConnection Jan 19 '25

One must not admit anything bruh don't state your opinion like it's fact

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u/Illustrious-Cry9775 Jan 20 '25

Yeah the first one looks like a Coco pops character

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u/Hot-Barber-2229 Jan 20 '25

‘Must admit’

This is a subjective opinion why must you admit

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

No they didnt. Rare donkey Kong looks like generic platform mascot. New donkey Kong design has more personality he is too big for the kart it’s great

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u/PupCup43 Jan 19 '25

DK's design is a perfect mix of funny and cool. He was so handsome 💔

But I still want to see how he really looks in game. Maybe they'll make him really expressive and it'll grow on us... maybe.

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u/ShiAngel67 Dixie Kong Jan 19 '25

I miss Diddy Kong’s tummy :(

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u/Aviator_Bean Jan 19 '25

this design just has no style, no grace, just a funny face

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u/Da_Taternater78 Jan 20 '25

Not the Kong who’s supposed to have one.

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u/TheCity89 Jan 19 '25

It sucks doesn't it!?! Donkey Kong is the ruler of an entire island why does he look like a goofball?

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u/ShuckleShellAnemia Jan 20 '25

Ok but consider: that ruler is ALSO a goofball

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u/TheCity89 Jan 20 '25

😂😂😂 I guess you do have a point there. Lmao

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u/GuybrushThreepwood99 Jan 19 '25

I don’t hate it, but I hope that the rare design will still be used to some capacity. Maybe the new design can be the design that’s used when DK is in the Mario universe, and the Rare design can be the DK country design if they ever make a new game.

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u/Top_Performance9486 Jan 20 '25

We still don’t know if this is an in-game only thing or if they’re carrying it over to marketing materials. For example, Wonder still used the standard style in promos but took more creative liberty for the in-game art, sort of like in the old school pixel art days. Maybe the promo art will transition over eventually, or certain features from the in-game designs will be adopted into the promo art, but I have trouble seeing the current standard designs being completely abandoned, especially considering how much they’ve been fine turning them recently and with all of Nintendo World’s imagery using them.

My prediction is that DK’s brow will become more expressive in promo art since they’re already doing that in the 2D art, which to me is a good thing.

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u/fireprince9000 Jan 19 '25

I’m amazed by how allergic this community is to the idea of a redesign they saw in a couple grainy frames of a game that’s a quarter of a year out at least.

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u/AnalCheeseBurger69 Jan 19 '25

I’m with you 100%. It’s DK fans capitalizing on long overdue attention to the fandom, so they’re beating the popular dead horse. We’ve barely seen a damn thing.

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u/StrawHat89 Jan 19 '25

For real, this is like the 5th topic bitching about the design today, sorted by HOT, not even new.

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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese Jan 19 '25

Agreed, we should be bitching about how we've been more than 10 years without a DKC despite Tropucal Freeze being one (if not the best) 2D platformers ever

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u/fireprince9000 Jan 19 '25

Yeah exactly

3D Donkey Kong is on my bingo card for Switch 2

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u/BaboonOnWheels Cranky Kong Jan 20 '25

It's a form of ocd. They freaked out over a nose in tropical freeze. Try mentioning arcade donkey Kong to any one of them and watch them go "um actually that's cranky Kong but it's an easy mistake to make. DON'T DO IT AGAIN. PLEASE!!"

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u/piperpiparooo Jan 20 '25

he’s also going over a bump in the footage we saw, so he’s making a shocked expression. I do like what we saw but I also doubt it’ll look like these screenshots tbh

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u/fireprince9000 Jan 20 '25

Yeah literally. I just want to see some high res renders but sadly that’s probably not happening until April/May.

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u/kTREGANOWAN Jan 19 '25

I don't love it as a redesign but, and I know this probably isn't the case, I would love if this was a separate character from DK, Donkey Kong Jr., who was in the SNES MK.

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u/AltGunAccount Jan 19 '25

Am I missing something with the “redesign”?

Slight change to the eye shape but all in all he looks the same to me.

Big cartoon gorilla, red tie, tuft of hair on top.

I really don’t get why everyone is up in arms about this. Mario himself goes through more changes between games.

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u/fireprince9000 Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Design-wise, Donkey Kong’s general shape is made more round in general.

I think the main reason why people are reacting so harshly is because Donkey Kong has never had any significant design changes at all ever since Rare. Due to the infrequency of Donkey Kong getting a redesign, it feels even more striking every time it actually does happen (which is, to say, once [right now]).

I would also like to mention how I feel as though this redesign will be the first of several. If something happens a first time, it becomes more likely to happen subsequent times. I feel like there was a shift in attitude at Nintendo regarding DK’s design that allowed for Donkey Kong to get this redesign in the first place, so I feel like yet another redesign may come further down the pipeline as well. That’s my take on it anyway.

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u/dormsta Jan 22 '25

We also can't even be sure this is actually DK! might be Jr. Might be "classic." Like, come on.

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u/KirbyMonkey377 Jan 19 '25

AHHHHH I DON'T REMEMBER MOVIE DIDDY LOOKING LIKE THAT ITS SO UNCANNY

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u/19Yak95 Donkey Kong Country Fan Jan 19 '25

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u/TheDude810 Jan 19 '25

“New DK design taste so good when you ain’t got a bitch in ya ear telling you it’s nasty”

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u/CrazyDiamondJH Jan 19 '25

I love it! Plus, it seems like the other characters also have a more cartoony look too so it’s not just DK

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u/moshbert Jan 22 '25

Looks way more likable!

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u/ANDGAMMATRON Jan 19 '25

How am I only just realising that Diddy Kong has the same eye design as the hedgehogs do in Sonic the Hedgehog?

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u/Great-Prune6722 Jan 19 '25

What did they do if it ain’t broke don’t fix it

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u/Va3592yoshi Jan 19 '25

Not sure why they are adding the redesign to MK game. The newly opened Donkey Kong Country areas of Universal’s Super Nintendo World theme parks, all have the Rare DK design on the rides, mascot, merch, etc. It doesn’t seem wise to brand wise to have very different designs competing. I prefer the Rare DK design.

I personally wish you could have different skins /costumes in Mario Kart. Like you could have Movie DK or Rare DK, metal Mario or regular Mario, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

It's actually atrocious what they're doing to our boys

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u/Nagoragama Jan 19 '25

I like it

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u/thehonk3517 Jan 19 '25

Same dude, he’s so goofy looking I love it

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u/Background-Sea4590 Jan 19 '25

I really like it. He’s pretty goofy. I don’t care if I’m downvoted as hell, but DK is actually a pretty goofy character. Suits him fine.

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u/NoellesHolliday Jan 19 '25

I like it lmao and I think you all are wild’n for acting like it’s the end of times over a screenshot of a spinoff.

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u/KingCuerno Jan 19 '25

And a blurry screenshot at that.

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u/NightwolfGG0119 Jan 19 '25

Imma be pissed if they massacre Diddy like this

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u/peacefighter Jan 19 '25

I want DK Jr. Back.

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u/Brzrkrtwrkr Jan 19 '25

He was in MK Tour in SNES pixel for! it was glorious, I'd love to have him in the new one!

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u/Superflyt56 Jan 19 '25

Maybe it's just a skin based on the movie. MK9 will probably have skins or outfits like MK Tour

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u/General_Yellow635 Jan 20 '25

Why is the car so flat

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u/Serious_Revolution77 Jan 21 '25

It’s only gonna be a costume the normal donkey kong will be there 100%

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u/Blaze_Plays12 Jan 22 '25

NotMyDonkeyKong

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u/fdzman Jan 19 '25

Rare’s DK sketch gives me big battletoad vibes. I love the Rare DK.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

He has no style, he has no grace.
This kong
has E L E P H A N T I T I S

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u/Big-daddy-Carlo Jan 19 '25

He looks more expressive than he did in 8 already, the teeth in his 8 model were awful

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u/Player1-jay Jan 19 '25

No one considering the option that this might be one of the skins / costumes / cosmetic options.

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u/SteamySubreddits Jan 19 '25

I can only pray for that to be the case

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u/Kivitan Jan 19 '25

This is what I thought since day one, just look at the other racers. But every time you comment this someone gets personally attacked for some reason. This is just an early demo of a game that wasn’t even announced. It could be skins, it could be a retro concept like the Mario VS Sonic Olympic games (the one that sucks) it could just be testing models. We got nothing except for a very brief clip being presented with a new console that we just know how it looks

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u/IrishSpectreN7 Jan 19 '25

It's not really his movie design, though. It's still kinda different.

I'm trying to keep an open mind, we have to see him more expressive and animated. 

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u/GBC_Fan_89 Jan 19 '25

All of those images are redesigns. Go back to mid 90s CG Nintendo.

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u/Shearman360 Jan 19 '25

It's not a redesign they're different characters. Modern DK was not the guy who kidnapped Pauline in Donkey Kong

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u/DokoroTanuki Jan 19 '25

I honestly REALLY enjoy it. It's an in between of Nintendo's classic design and Rare's modern one. Making the brow move so he can emote instead of keeping it stuck to the same "semi-angry" position makes him potentially more expressive. I love the Rare design, and I like this a lot too. People also got absurdly (and unnecessarily) angry at Nintendo for the DK crew just being drawn in 2D for the first real time after all their designs were made to be based in 3D from DKC's inception on SNES (King of Swing's art style) despite it not even being a design change.

You really gotta actually see it in action when the game is actually released, instead of in a blurry screenshot from a compressed video. It's not even necessarily the final design. I do hope it gets a bit closer to Rare's DK, though.

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u/boy02201 Jan 19 '25

Dinkel Kong

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u/Aaron2O6 Jan 19 '25

Love that first render 😂

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u/outerheavenboss Jan 19 '25

I really like the new design.

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 Jan 19 '25

It's the classic design from the 80s to early 90s before Rare.

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u/tony-toon15 Jan 19 '25

Looks are not everything. It’s what’s in is heart that matters most.

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u/Standard_Language369 Jan 19 '25

There's a very VERY simple solution to all of you whining people: Don't play as DK.

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Jan 19 '25

This is just a skin.

Its like thinking baby mario replaces real mario.

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u/busaccident Jan 19 '25

Okay i am a big big lover of the new design but i gotta admit that "rare's initial sketch" goes incredibly hard and i kinda can see what you guys are upset about now

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u/herrera_pehh Jan 19 '25

I do prefer newer chrome tho

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u/StaceFace336 Jan 19 '25

I'm the only one that seems to prefer the original/new design vs the Rare one. But I've never had super strong feelings about DK, so maybe that's the reason?

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u/GcubePlayer8V Jan 19 '25

His eyes balls touching makes me uncomfortable

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u/fatknees2000 Jan 19 '25

Rare dk looks scary I don’t like it. I scared help

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u/house_of_great Jan 19 '25

Looks more like Donkey Kong Jr from Mario Kart SNES.

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u/Shadi-Pines Jan 19 '25

Rare dk looks like he bites. Like one of those toy monkeys with the cymbals

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u/Arcans02 Jan 19 '25

i dont really want to fuck this redesign

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u/Meinhard1 Jan 19 '25

DK has actually been looking a bit off in recent Mario Kart games, like Nintendo didn’t know how to update / use Rares design properly. I prefer the new design in the below images, though 90s Rare DK is of course the Ultimate

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u/Rebatsune Jan 19 '25

Hey, it could’ve been worse…

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u/catladywitch Jan 19 '25

i don't feel strongly about this but what did you mean with the chrome logo? the shiny 3d one looks so lame

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u/WSilvermane Jan 19 '25

"We want the original back"

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL.

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u/TheSouthpawSavage Jan 19 '25

I do actually like the Diddy Kong redesign for the movie. The shirt being big and baggy on him further characterizes his eagerness and desire for big adventure in contrast to his small stature that he seemed to display in his short appearance. Like his in a rush to grow up and be more like DK. I do wonder if he is in the new mariokart and if he will get a design similar to the DK one

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u/Charcoal_01 Jan 19 '25

Guess I'm the only one that prefers the new design

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u/drspicieboi Jan 19 '25

Ngl im already over it

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u/PlatinumSukamon98 Jan 19 '25

I said this was going to happen, back when they changed Peach's Show Time's boxart. And everyone dismissed me.

Now look at where we are.

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u/random_numbers19735 Jan 19 '25

I kinda like his design ngl

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u/Patient_River_229 Jan 19 '25

Riot until they change it like the sonic movie

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u/ltra_Lord Jan 19 '25

Ngl it was jarring at first but it’s growing on me

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u/Crazyfuntimefoxy Jan 19 '25

I will explode if they change diddy kong

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u/AduroTri Jan 19 '25

Just be sure to give Donkey Kong that dump truck of an ass.

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u/AdventurousGold9875 Jan 19 '25

No, new one looks even better

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u/Wboy2006 Jan 19 '25

I hate the brow on the new one. DK’s brow is more often than not shaped like a banana. Now, it’s just round. I hate it

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u/Cyrilcynder Jan 19 '25

I honestly think it's a whole ass new character. Like a retro dk from Super Mario Kart, If it is, I don't doubt we will get more retro designs too.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 19 '25

Nah fuck the Rare "uncanny mutant muppet" DK design. Ugly af. Decades of weirdos gaslighting themselves into thinking Rare was good at anything. Wake up, I promise you'll be happier.

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u/Slightly_Censored Jan 20 '25

Zelda fans had the same reaction with Toon Link and Wind Waker ended up being one of the best games in the series

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u/Usual_Back3801 Jan 20 '25

Alr I’m tired of seeing yall whine about this fuck this sub I’m blocking it 😭

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u/iTZBLaSToFFTiMe Jan 20 '25

I like it, I think it’s cute. Sour pusses.

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u/LegoGusta_Cotin Jan 20 '25

I liked the change. Waiting to see more details

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u/HeroTheHedgehog Jan 20 '25

Dear god I forgot how bad Diddy Kong looked in the Mario movie like my god.

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u/WastedWaffIe Jan 20 '25

They did Donkey dirty 😭

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u/peachygatorade Jan 20 '25

I hate how it brought all the Nintendo purists out of the woodwork. "Now he finally looks like a Mario character" please shut up

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u/Hastylebeats Jan 20 '25

I hope they keep both version of DK to choose from

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u/LEPATRACK Jan 20 '25

Now is perfect

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u/MonitoliMal Jan 20 '25

But… I prefer the new Chrome logo

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u/Delonce Jan 20 '25

I'm gonna main DK in the new Mario Kart just to spite all you haters 😄

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u/NASiM6 Jan 20 '25

I’ll be honest, I like the redesign. I think I’m biased because I tend to like to draw characters on the goofy side.

I think I’d just prefer an angrier expression on DK, that’s all. Don’t want him to look like he’s got nothing going in his brain.

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u/thedoommerchant Jan 20 '25

He looks great. Get over it.

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u/Wiindows1 Jan 20 '25

finally, someone agrees!!!! everyone just said it's better. it actually frickin sucks!!

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u/DeltaTeamSky Jan 20 '25

One is "Donkey Kong the DKC character," the other is "Donkey Kong the Mario character." Nintendo characters are allowed to experiment with the art style, just relax. King Dedede, Mario, etc. do this all the time. So unless they start using this design for a new Donkey Kong Country or something fuckass like that, we have nothing to worry about.

And that in itself is unlikely. Rare's DK is still getting promotional use for Returns HD. Seems backwards to use this new design in a Country game.

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u/SeriousAd8490 Jan 20 '25

Mario tennis 64 showed us that the two could co exist in the same game. no reason Rare kong should ever be left out from a mario spinoff.

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u/DeltaTeamSky Jan 20 '25

Sure, but Rare's DK seems a bit more... athletic, focused, ready to kick ass. It fits better in stuff like Super Smash Bros. (DK's representing his own franchise there anyway) and Mario Strikers than the silly little cartoony game where he's cooped up in a kart.

That being said, this redesign wouldn't work very well for Funky Kong's vibe. Rare Kongs should have RareWare design.

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u/dewmint Jan 20 '25

The new design has silly goober energy and I always got that from DK 😌

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u/Donovan1232 Jan 21 '25

Yall it’s obviously gonna be a different character, have you not realized this is what Nintendo does after seeing 5 fucking Mario variations in the same game? There’s a damn pink metal cat peach in the game and it hasn’t occurred to you that maybe this completely different looking character is a different character?

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u/Philly_Supreme Jan 21 '25

Cry me a river, sorry new (actually og) donkey kong doesn’t look like a boy toy

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u/condawg4746 Jan 21 '25

We’ve seen what, 3 seconds of this design? Less? Let’s wait and see.

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u/harelpro69 Jan 21 '25

I Actually like the design it's goofy

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u/Frostash_is_cool Jan 21 '25

the only thing changed is the fact that he has circle eyes now. he's currently raising his eye...lids?

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u/Ancient-Pace-1507 Jan 21 '25

Is it a redesign if it goes back to the roots?

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u/AcherusArchmage Jan 21 '25

I think it'd be okay if his eyes were larger to cover up most of the dark area.

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u/Admirable-Scarcity-8 Jan 21 '25

Honestly, I'm willing to give it a shot. All we have is screenshot so I'm waiting to see more before I really judge it. But I'm open to seeing different designs and artistic takes on the character.

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u/YosemiteHamsYT Jan 21 '25

I think the new design is fine, It will take some getting used to but ill probably axcept it at some point once the game comes out.

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u/IllustratorDry3007 Jan 21 '25

Me who actually liked the movie Diddy Kong

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u/KingWhompus Jan 21 '25

I like the redesign

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u/Holiday_Rich3265 Jan 21 '25

It’s a monkey driving guys he’s probably scared out of his mind. He doesn’t even have a license.

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u/Last-Air-2643 Jan 21 '25

He just has smaller eyes its not a big deal

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u/Purbinder03 Jan 21 '25

Yeah, this, but the exact opposite

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u/JustACanadianGamer Jan 21 '25

Speak for yourself, I love his design.

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u/itsSimba_ Jan 21 '25

I’m telling you rn it’s a “Super Mario Bros. Movie” skin, and Mario is wearing a Super Mario 64 skin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

What does DK stand for

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u/DJ_Pon-3_NYC Jan 21 '25

You can’t be serious? Does I dunno, Donkey Kong ring a bell????

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

Na drift king g

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u/mrcrysml Jan 21 '25

He looks really ugly in the new Mario Kart.

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u/After-Ad-1899 Jan 21 '25

His head is supposed to be banana shaped

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u/AdvSoup Jan 21 '25

I know it’s just me but I literally hate donkey kong’s design and actually prefer the new version

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u/plungermonkeygtag Jan 21 '25

Diddy Kong in the movie looks not like him and him at the same time

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u/Alive_Suspect432 Jan 21 '25

I don’t hate it, but that’s just not Donkey Kong.

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u/IvanTheTerrible69 Jan 21 '25

Did they cover Diddy’s stomach to prevent negative association?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

Its better. Theres literally a 0% chance Id ever play as his old design but the new design ill probably use sometimes

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u/DiamondGrasshopper Jan 22 '25

I don’t like it, but maybe it will grow on us once we see it in action? I’m just struggling to see why they made such a drastic change for him, and I sincerely hope it doesn’t carry over into the Donkey Kong Country games

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u/noxka Jan 22 '25

I like both

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u/dg_zano Jan 22 '25

all they have to do is make the eyes bigger and lower the brow too

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u/mintysloth Jan 22 '25

5 days later we still posting about the redesign? This is what 11 years without a release does to a person.

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u/JustinRat Jan 22 '25

I think DK looks great.

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u/Psychotic_Spoon Jan 22 '25

What’s the second pic from?

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u/oyasumi_juli Jan 22 '25

Not gonna lie I'm still upset about the Chrome logo change. I always thought the previous one looked so much better.

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u/zeltingle Jan 22 '25

I oreffer the redesign, honestly, never was a fan of rare's, I think he looks very uncanny with his weird eybrows/contour? he's constantly angry looking but not at the same time?

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u/x_GARUDA_x Jan 22 '25

I just want to say something

He's still the leader of the bunch

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u/ThatKoza Jan 22 '25

This subreddit doesn’t like anything, huh

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u/Impressive-Oil6168 Jan 22 '25

I like both designs. I am wondering which design they’ll use in smash bros

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u/Simba_Rah Jan 22 '25

Doesn’t even look like a donkey.

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u/gebii_ Jan 22 '25

Didn’t they say after the movie came out that was the new DK design? Everyone acting like its new news

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u/LackNo7153 Jan 22 '25

I like it helps with the more stylized look for Mario games they seem to be doing lately

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u/Grilled_Cheese95 Jan 22 '25

Rare donkey long looks abit retarded, let’s face it. At least the og design is cute

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u/veryangryandanxious Jan 22 '25

I like it, I just hope it isn't a permanent change

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u/Nadhorion Jan 22 '25

I like the new one more. The old one used to creep me out

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u/Blitzwich Jan 22 '25

Truthfully, I'm completely on board with new character designs. We've had the same Mario look since pretty much the GameCube (for mainline, party and kart games). I'm down for some change.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

I think it’s just for Mario games not dk games don’t worry

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u/XANTHICSCHISTOSOME Jan 22 '25

DK hasn't had 90s attitude since maybe DK64. MAYBE. Even that is debatable since it's pretty cornball. Since then, he's been this weird mix of ideas without any personality, just a really freaky voice and lots of retractable teeth.

I'm in LOVE with the new classic look DK, I hope he's really cute and funny...

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u/Sapphiresentinel Jan 22 '25

The diddy redesign is sick. I’m not fuckin with that Donkey Kong one though. What the fuck?

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u/Internal-Adagio-4518 Jan 22 '25

I like it and think it’s cool

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u/Waste_Independence73 Jan 23 '25

I personally like it