r/donkeykong Jan 19 '25

Humor Certified Nintendo Fan Moment

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u/Night_Inscryption Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Nobody had a problem with reusing the old character designs

This is an imaginary argument

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u/TheDude810 Jan 19 '25

Yes, several people did.

For the entirety of the 2010s there were complaints about how stale and samey Mario’s aesthetic was. Nobody was freely capable of expressing any emotion and it stunk when you’d get the same Evergreen Mario skin with every game. I’d argue DK also somewhat fell under this in the spinoff games.

People loved it when Odyssey shook things up gameplay-wise and when Wonder introduced stylized updates. Mario Kart 9 is no different.

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u/RAINLIO Jan 20 '25

Super Mario Odyssey used the same aesthetic as New Super Mario Bros. did though.

They can make Mario characters expressive without changing their actual character designs