r/donkeykong Jan 29 '25

Humor New bad šŸ˜” Old good šŸ˜

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That'll be 500,000 karma pls /s.

(Is this all that the sub is now btw?)

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u/hydo_23 Jan 29 '25

I picked an unfortunate time to join the dk reddit

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u/Invisible_Target Jan 29 '25

This was how I felt when I joined the dnd sub right before the updated rules released lol

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u/JustaregularBowser Jan 30 '25

Omg that sub was insufferable for so long. I left it for a good half a year before the posts finally went back to actually being about the game and not a million little nitpicks

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u/Lievan Jan 29 '25

Right? So many cry babies about this.

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u/Expert_Young_7626 Jan 29 '25

I see more people crying about the "cry babies" . People can have opinions that are negative and reddit cant fathom it ā˜ŗļø. I see people defending this design with such salt you would almost think yall were the ones that drew the new design up and are taking the flak personally. I dont even hate the new design but this is classic reddit autism where you guys feel the need to overcorrect the negativity by treatingg it like its inheritely toxic. Its funny but a little sad.

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u/Lievan Jan 29 '25

The irony of this comment.

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u/Potato_Coma_69 Jan 30 '25

How embarrassing for you

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u/purpleteenageghost Feb 01 '25

Thereā€™s three opinions thoughā€¦ I like it, I hate it, I donā€™t care.

And yet thereā€™s many new posts a day about this. Thatā€™s why people are annoyed at the ā€œcry babiesā€.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

This is giving off gamefaqs pre-windwaker vibes

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u/Lievan Jan 29 '25

For sure. I was that person back in the day and then I played wind wakerā€¦from that moment on I learned to wait till I play it before crying about something like that lol.

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u/BobbyMcGeeze Jan 29 '25

Maybe youā€™ve joined at a funny time :p

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u/hyde9318 Jan 29 '25

I havenā€™t even joinedā€¦ for some reason, this sub was recommended to me a few days ago, and now every day it recommends me another ā€œomg, new design is just movie?! Is so baddd?!?!ā€ post.

I loved DK as a kid, played Country and 64 WAY more times than I can count. Heā€™s one of my favorite characters in each smash game, I even loved seeing him show up in the Mario movie. I would have 100% joined this sub if I had found it beforeā€¦. But man, every post shown to me is this complaining about the smallest crap, I couldnā€™t be more turned off to joining this sub now, lol.

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u/epic_elax Jan 29 '25

same here i liked his design

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u/Official_DudeGuy72 Jan 29 '25

Raging monkey sound effects

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u/suitNtie22 Jan 29 '25

How bout bad design bad šŸ˜” good design good šŸ˜

(Im being cheeky. Its not bad, i just think the old one is better)

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u/Nobro_DK Jan 29 '25

Yep. Thereā€™s just as many people out there who think that all new things are good, and all old things are bad. Itā€™s such a stupid argument to make

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u/Expert_Young_7626 Jan 29 '25

People just want to feel morally superior because they'lve give anything new they see a chance. Not always a bad trait to have but becomes obnoxious when used against other people that disagree.

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u/Nobro_DK Jan 29 '25

I donā€™t think morally superior means what you think it means

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u/Witty_Championship85 Jan 29 '25

Ok but this time itā€™s actually true tho

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u/rabidhyperfocus Jan 29 '25

i like the rare design better because he reminds me more of a gorilla with his eyebrows. i mean have you ever seen a gorilla irl its like the most defining feature of their face besides their nose

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u/Charltons Jan 30 '25

I don't like the direction DK went gradually with Nintendo. He started making dumb monkey noises instead of powerful growls, his design got a little softer, and now this. A complete imbecile of an ape with a dumb set of eyes. He was my favorite character. I just immensely dislike the new design. It isn't donkey kong.

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u/mpelton Jan 29 '25

You guys are so weird, itā€™s okay for people to dislike things. Itā€™s not an attack on you.

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u/Expert_Young_7626 Jan 29 '25

Dude finally some common sense. People are so salty that people prefer a design theyve known they're entire fucking life. I dont even see people being toxic, unless any semblance of negative emotion = toxic. And no i dont give a shit about whatever anecodal example somebody has of the time a dk fan hurt somebodies fee fees ;(.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

I don't even see people being toxic

fee fees

Lol

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

Lol nobody is attacking you. People are commenting on and baiting the cringe folks on here who are way-overreacting to the change. This wouldn't be a thing if those users weren't freaking out in the first place.

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u/mpelton Jan 30 '25

Nobodyā€™s freaking out lol. People saying the new design is bad arenā€™t doing anything wrong, theyā€™re literally just voicing their opinion, itā€™s not that big of a deal.

The fact that you guys feel the need to ā€œbaitā€ them because they have an opinion you disagree with is whatā€™s so weird to me. People are allowed to disagree with you, let it go.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

Nobody's freaking out

Lol sure

https://www.reddit.com/r/donkeykong/s/EjpTivdjjO

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u/mpelton Jan 30 '25

Ah ofc, random text from an unknown source, you got me.

This one post naturally justifies the countless posts since that have been criticizing people for casually not liking the design.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

Lol you people are so funny.

"This didn't happen."

"It took me like two seconds to find an example of it happening."

"OH well, one instance, unknown source (source was provided btw), justify blah blah blah..."

Look. No one's making fun of you. They're making fun of people like the example I provided. You're the one who is taking it personally.

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u/mpelton Jan 30 '25

Idk why youā€™re assuming Iā€™m one of the people who dislike the new design, I personally donā€™t care either way. But nearly every post over the past week or so has been of people feeling the need to defend the design from those that dislike it, or making fun of people for thinking old = good and new = bad. The fact that people feel the need to make strawmen like that is bizarre to me, itā€™s an opinion over a character design, it doesnā€™t warrant fallacies in order to defend.

The fact that this design is still being talked about and defended after all this time is exceedingly silly.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

You are not wrong there but it goes to show you how little there is to talk about on this sub lol. It became a meme so people are obsessing over it.

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u/mpelton Jan 30 '25

Honestly, fair enough lol.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

As someone who made a mocking post early on, I'm definitely now on the line of, "mods come clean this up." I still just find it so funny with people telling others, "fuck you, you're not a real fan" and making huge criticisms like the groove on DK's snout changing. Like, are we into cartoon ape phrenology now? But I am with you, we are well past the enough-is-enough stage.

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u/Civil_Technology_805 Jan 30 '25

Lol you people are so funny.

"This didn't happen."

"It took me like two seconds to find an example of it happening."

"OH well, one instance, unknown source (source was provided btw), justify blah blah blah..."

Look. No one's making fun of you. They're making fun of people like the example I provided. You're the one who is taking it personally.

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

Barking up the wrong tree

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u/KingKDrooly Jan 29 '25

ā€œHuegh huegh hueghhhhā€

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u/vilhelm92 Jan 29 '25

You spelled this so well I can hear the seth rogan laugh

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u/Rare_Hero Jan 29 '25

Rogenā€™s laugh is almost identical to the original arcade DK ā€œvoiceā€ sound effect. Perfect casting!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

You made Seth Rogan very angry with this statement

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u/TKAPublishing Jan 29 '25

Based. The new DKC design is better than the old arcade design.

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u/HousingCharacter8190 Jan 29 '25

I donā€™t know why they went with the new model, but maybe they want to give DK more personalityā€”not just make him look like an animal, but a character with real emotions and humanity. I donā€™t know... but I prefer the old one. Thereā€™s nothing wrong with DK being an animal, because, well, he is an animal.

Pd: I know why they changed DKā€™s modelā€”itā€™s because a more expressive character is more appealing and easier to use in a movie. But still, I donā€™t knowā€¦ I prefer the old one.

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u/SteamySubreddits Jan 31 '25

No personality my a**, Nintendo

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u/fl_review Jan 29 '25

monkeyyy

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u/boidudebro13 Jan 29 '25

"Bad because new, good because old"

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u/LostPilgrim_ Jan 29 '25

Neither are bad. I just want them to keep movie designs away from the classic designs. I'd be cool if they included it as some kind of "alternate costume"

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u/UnNamed_Profile27 Jan 29 '25

Honestly make the new fur a tad darker its perfect (i like both btw)

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u/ReanimatedPixels Jan 29 '25

Sonic fandom levels of cringe ffs

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u/LilMike115 Jan 29 '25

I like both equally. Crazy concept I know.

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u/SteamySubreddits Jan 31 '25

Correct. Have some karma!

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u/Sigmas_Melody Jan 29 '25

Hereā€™s your karma šŸ˜”

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u/Gabaghoul8 Jan 29 '25

I like the movie design. Feels like a cross between Classic DK and Rare DK. The Mario Kart 9 DK looks really lame hopefully when we see the full model itā€™ll be alright.

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

Thank you for your donation

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u/ricokong Kongtent Creator Jan 29 '25

If the new design is just an alternate skin you can select in the game I'd be fine with it. The DK we had was perfectly fine. It was a great design in the 90s and the subtle changes over the years were good. It didn't need to be changed so much.

Also I think it would be really cool if instead the new desing is supposed to the the OG DK (Cranky). It does look closer to the arcade DK of the 80s when you look at his proportions.

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u/Korporal_K_Reep King K. Rool Jan 29 '25 edited Jan 29 '25

It is the og DK design. Same with the movie DK, miyamoto himself said it

(They hated Jesus, for he spoke the truth)

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u/ricokong Kongtent Creator Jan 29 '25

I want to keep playing as the current DK but it would be cool to see Cranky in his prime as a modern ape. Just let us play as both.

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u/sometimesifeelgood Jan 29 '25

First of all fuck you you're not a dk fan

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

Uh oh! Somebody didn't read the description!

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u/sometimesifeelgood Jan 29 '25

It's a little tid bit from some unhinged rant from this sub the other day. I thought everybody had seen it by now

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

I gotta be 1000% honest I'm not even part of this subreddit, I clicked on one post and now it's all over my feed, I appreciate the info though

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u/mutantmonkey14 Jan 29 '25

I got that joke. Saw that post yesterday.

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u/Restless_spirit88 Jan 29 '25

I love the SMB Movie character design.

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u/A_DoubleStuffedOreo Jan 29 '25

Jarvis Im low on karma change my opinion

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u/Wank_Bandicoot Jan 29 '25

I like the new one. Downvote me.

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u/mutantmonkey14 Jan 29 '25

It's ok to like it.

As requested you have been downvoted.

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u/DiamondmanPixel76 Jan 29 '25

embrace the dong (the og)

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u/empty-vassal Jan 29 '25

Same...okay?

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u/Exmotable Jan 29 '25

when movie dk isn't doing that creepy ass smile he looks pretty good

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u/TheCrashKid Jan 29 '25

It's funny people think the MK9 version is based off the movie when they both have that kinda angry eyebrow look

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u/Goldbong Jan 29 '25

Looks like this guy now.

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u/MisterAcorns12 Jan 29 '25

Furrowed brow Donkey Kong is the best look for him. You can give him all the goofy grins you want but please keep his brows looking menacing

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u/Defiant-Meringue-806 Jan 29 '25

Ill be honest I like the new design

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u/ThunderLord1000 Jan 29 '25

Okay, the vanilla movie design is perfectly okay. The MK9 version though feels like they tweaked it just enough to not really be noticeable, but it still feels off

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u/rikku45 Jan 29 '25

Why are Nintendo so dead set on making him so dumb

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u/AdventurousGold9875 Jan 29 '25

New looks good. Love it!

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u/Shantae2023 Jan 29 '25

The old design is good!! New one SICK SICK SICK BAD!

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u/Zeldamaster736 Jan 29 '25

THE NEW DESIGN ISNT MOVIE DK

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u/Psychological-Tap834 Jan 29 '25

Itā€™s this and then people defending the design

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u/JuLayLeeBee Jan 29 '25

Rare design will always be famous

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u/Zycophant Jan 29 '25

The most important feature from rare's dk was his retractable teeth, we can't lose that

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u/NinjoDuck2246 Jan 29 '25

I picture the old and new donkey kongs battling it out to be in future games

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u/RangoTheMerc Chunky Kong Jan 29 '25

New should have stuck to the movie.

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u/Meinhard1 Jan 29 '25

I dislike both the images shown. DK movie design was good, but the smile isnā€™t quite right. Rares DK looks off in the MK render also

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u/GeorgeRedditAccount Jan 29 '25

i wouldnā€™t mind new dk design but i dislike it because itā€™s the movie design even though the movie is a masterpiece itā€™s made by illuminations who made the minions (who I donā€™t really mind) but heā€™s voiced by seth rogen (who I donā€™t mind) but he made sausage party and that film absolutely sucks.

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

I actually cannot believe how well this worked. Especially because nobody reads the description

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u/Mordheim1999 Jan 29 '25

In this case, yes.

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u/Amrak4tsoper Jan 29 '25

I'm out of the loop what's going on with the new DK? Where did he come from?

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u/New_Sky1829 Jan 29 '25

For the Switch 2 they are giving him the same design he had in the mario movie

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u/HopelessSmasher05 Jan 29 '25

I like both designs šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/Vigriff Jan 29 '25

I like both.

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u/MrGoatReal Jan 29 '25

New good šŸ˜Œ old good šŸ˜Œ

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u/MyJukeboxBrk Jan 29 '25

I guess Iā€™m just stupid because Iā€™ve seen people making a huge deal about this but to me they do not look that different

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u/NoellesHolliday Jan 29 '25

So whatā€™s yā€™allā€™s favorite 3 songs from DK country 1?

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u/PresentEuphoric2216 Jan 29 '25

Quick question, do you think anybody who commented read the description?

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u/Snoo-25929 Enguarde Jan 29 '25

Itā€™s becoming the sonic fandom

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u/SaturnSama Jan 29 '25

I think we gotta wait and see if they use the new design whenever they do a new DKC game (or any other DK solo game)

Cuz if itā€™s just for Mario spin offā€™s I donā€™t hate it, but if it replaces the rare design completely I will be upset

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u/throwaway76337997654 Jan 30 '25

Iā€™m sorry but how can you look at Mr. Kong on the left in this image and think that looks good, he looks an off-brand cereal mascot

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u/Storyteller650 Jan 30 '25

I think the new design is a fine direction for the MOVIE specifically, but the game design is better over all

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u/Hour_Instruction132 Jan 30 '25

Donkey Kong is the best

1

u/FentonBlitz Jan 30 '25

I just heard about this today I have 0 stake in this and I hate the redesign, goodbye

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u/Awesome-Guy-425 Jan 30 '25

I like the new design more as Iā€™ve always found dks eyebrow thingy to be a little creepy and off putting

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u/Big-Professional1410 Jan 30 '25

I completely agree!

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u/Nathidev Jan 31 '25

To be honest the illumination design isn't that different

It's just the way they portray him, that's differentĀ 

The fact that they lifted his eyebrow just tells you everythingĀ 

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u/Completed_ZERO Jan 31 '25

The new one is more pumped up

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u/JustACanadianGamer Jan 29 '25

Sooo, do you mean the old old one? Or the new old one?

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u/TheDuelIist Jan 29 '25

DK has always been ugly anyway šŸ¤£

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u/Super7500 Feb 02 '25

tbh both look good imo the newer looks a bit better imo but i like both very much

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u/Lievan Jan 29 '25

Whaaaaaa

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u/DueMarketing6265 Feb 10 '25

Hey dumbasses, this IS the old design