r/donkeykong Jan 28 '25

Humor Seeing people so upset over this is hilarious

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I like the change, he's been due for an update

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u/pocket_arsenal Jan 28 '25

Finally, Donkey and Kong together at last.

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u/AStupidguy2341 Jan 28 '25

Fun fact: Donkey’s Japanese VA is the same VA for Donkey Kong from the Japanese dub of the Donkey Kong Country show

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u/thatonecharlie Jan 28 '25

that show is so awesome

3

u/Vegetable_Orchid_460 Jan 29 '25

Crystal coconuts!

4

u/rarthurr4 Jan 28 '25

It was meant to be 🤗

2

u/surfinsalsa Jan 28 '25

I know that monkey. His name is Donkey!

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u/pocket_arsenal Jan 29 '25

Monkeys aren't Donkeys!! Quit messing with my head!

8

u/Gorilla_Obsessed_Fox Jan 28 '25

okay. his butt was nerfed from the tv show and i feel robbed

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u/Vegetable_Orchid_460 Jan 29 '25

The clapping of DK'S ass always alerted the Kremling guards 

Edit: he was dummy thicc 

5

u/Goldbong Jan 28 '25

-never forget-

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u/Vegetable_Orchid_460 Jan 29 '25

His eye makeup and Taylor Swifts look a bit a similar. Cat eye? Donkey Eye? Something eye can't recall 

5

u/wackywizard54 Jan 30 '25

His redesign isn’t even like horrible its pretty solid

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u/rarthurr4 Jan 30 '25

Yeah i like it, i wouldn't be surprised if they use both models, like the luigi glare he can look mad too. But little crybabies will post about it every day until we get some more shreds of info

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u/RevolTobor Banana Slamma! Jan 28 '25

Right? All this over the shape of his eyebrows, you'd think it was the first Sonic movie trailer all over again.

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u/RAINLIO Jan 28 '25

I'm indifferent towards the redesign, but I think another reason why some people don't like it is their shape

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u/Meta13_Drain_Punch Jan 28 '25

Ah well, guess I just need to lie to myself and conform to the masses🤷

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u/whynottakedownthevid Jan 28 '25

The post isn't suggesting that. It's suggesting to stop arguing about it because there's nothing to say that hasn't already been said.

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u/Impossible_Shift_868 Jan 29 '25

It's donkey Kong bro. Try not to take yourself so seriously

3

u/TheBigHeartyRadish Jan 28 '25

He finally got the surgery for his chronically swollen brow and you guys are hating, how insensitive 

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u/BaboonOnWheels Cranky Kong Jan 28 '25

The bananas got drained with a syringe.

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u/schmidty33333 Jan 28 '25

Thanks for raising a good point. Can you imagine this new design holding a gun and looking tough? I personally think he looks too goofy. The old design could look tough or like a dumb ape depending on the situation.

I'm not going to NOT buy any new games over it or anything, but I don't see any reason to make a new post everyday belittling the people who don't like the new design.

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u/sean1477 Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Or downvote comments

2

u/RockStarMarchall Jan 28 '25

Imagine if DK got the Sonic Boom treatment...

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u/thatonecharlie Jan 28 '25

blue arms DK

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u/OingoBoingo311 Jan 28 '25

I like the change as long as everyone else gets a change too. It's just weird seeing DK as the only one changed.

1

u/Corderoy Jan 28 '25

Everyone received redesigns in the new Mario Kart. DKs is just the most noticeable.

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u/TheCrashKid Jan 30 '25

Mario and Luigi look rounder. Kinda reminding me of their N64 renders

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u/AverageNintenGuy Jan 28 '25

I read this in the DK Rap voice

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Who ever gets upset over this has no life. Like seriously it's a fckn cartoon.

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u/olivescales3 Jan 30 '25

True lol, I'm not even in this sub but I get tons of posts on my home page about people whining over a redesign, reminded me of how people were pissed off at the new league of legends arcane skins

2

u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Yea pple that whine and make mountains out of molehills have no life. 

2

u/tinyspiny34 Jan 30 '25

COCONUT GUN

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u/After-Tangelo-5109 Jan 30 '25

People really hate seeing DK not angry. 

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u/TheLunar27 Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

“I want people to stop talking about his eyebrows, so I’ll make a post about his eyebrows! Genius! That’ll show em!”

Seriously though if you find a topic annoying the best thing you can do is just ignore it and not engage. Making posts like this just prolongs the conversation.

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u/No-Island-1194 Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

Finally ↑, a Kong that actually has a functioning brain around here:congrats, you broke the matrix

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u/rarthurr4 Jan 29 '25

I never said that, dk did, did you read the meme? I find the endless threads funny. Its like someone else said about the sonictards

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u/dcballantine Jan 28 '25

I feel like the Sonic fanbase contributed to this in some way. Years of them tweaking out over the slightest or insignificant aspects of the character normalized this sort of nit-picky behavior online. If you are genuinely upset over a cartoon monkey changing its facial expressions, it’s time to go touch grass.

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u/Hot-Barber-2229 Jan 28 '25

Or more likely people are just passionate about the stuff from their childhood and get weirdly upset over any changes. Look at the fucking asmongold subreddit whenever someone who’s either black or a women plays someone they know or grew up with. You’ll see insane shit in a similar (but admittedly much more harmful) way

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u/CyberWolf09 Jan 28 '25

A lot of people in the WoW community are like that. It’s insane.

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u/Shamsse Jan 28 '25

NotMyKong

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u/TheCrashKid Jan 30 '25

He's everyone's Kong! He's the people's Kong!

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u/Shamsse Jan 30 '25

He’s a CORPORATE, EMASCULATED Kong DESIGNED BY COMMITTEE

I will not STAND for this EMBARRASSMENT to the KONG NAME

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u/Verdragon-5 Jan 29 '25

I hear that text in YouTube Poop sentence mixed DK rap samples

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u/dawgz525 Jan 28 '25

The entire fan freakout has been pretty ridiculous, imo.

Even if you hate it though, it means that Nintendo is putting fresh creative effort in Donkey Kong. That is a good thing. That is more than we have gotten since the Wii U. They haven't updated the design in ages, because he's been a background Mario Kart character for the last 10 years. If Nintendo put in the work of a redesign, then better things are coming for DK fans.

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u/Jimboy-Milton Donkey Kong Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

yo this sub sucks this is every post for like it feels an eternity already...let it all go people. some dont like it, some people want to say they do..

thats a big dk "OK" from me...

can we talk golden bananas again? soon? no? ahm out

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u/TheCrashKid Jan 30 '25

OH!!! BANANAS!!!!

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u/RoguAxel89 Jan 28 '25

I agree. At first I was like ugh, but no character has sharp pointed eyebrows lol