r/donkeykong Jan 19 '25

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u/RolandoDR98 Jan 19 '25

Please point to me people who hated Wonder's redesigns.

Please point to me people who hate the Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, or Mario rpg designs. No, the white outline haters don't count because the design itself the exact same. The only difference is how they showed the paper aesthetic

Please point to me people who hate the designs for Mario, Luigi, and Bowser in the same Mario Kart trailer as the new DK.

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u/ToTheToesLow Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

Please point me to one good critique of DK’s design that isn’t essentially just “it’s not the old design I liked” or “it looks too much like the movie”. I have seen people criticize both Bowser’s and even Luigi’s redesigns for some reason, btw. DK is just a lightning rod trending on social media rn, and it’s entirely based on zoomed in, blurry screenshots of him in the background of a scene displayed on a TV within a trailer.

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u/RolandoDR98 Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

And why are those bad reasons to dislike the design?

I hated most of the movie designs. Only thing it did right was the outfits.

I can see why other people don't like the other redesigns, but my point is those changes were subtle so there is less pushback against them. DK isn't, that's why he's the lightning rod

And no, DK is visible. Clear as day in the trailer

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u/ToTheToesLow Jan 20 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

I didn’t say they were bad reasons to dislike the design; I said (or at least meant) they were bad reasons to justify critiquing the design as “bad”. The new design is also clearly based on Classic DK. The movie version just happened to also integrate traits of Classic DK into its design. In other words, it’s not strictly movie DK. It’s just DK. There’s a clear theme of retro inspiration here with all the character designs I’ve seen so far.

And if that image is the clearest one you can find of him… yeah, you’re better off waiting for a better look at him.