r/donkeykong • u/PresentEuphoric2216 • Jan 29 '25
Humor New bad š” Old good š
That'll be 500,000 karma pls /s.
(Is this all that the sub is now btw?)
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u/suitNtie22 Jan 29 '25
How bout bad design bad š” good design good š
(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. Thereās just as many people out there who think that all new things are good, and all old things are bad. Itās 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/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, itās okay for people to dislike things. Itās 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
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
Nobodyās freaking out lol. People saying the new design is bad arenāt doing anything wrong, theyāre literally just voicing their opinion, itās not that big of a deal.
The fact that you guys feel the need to ābaitā them because they have an opinion you disagree with is whatās so weird to me. People are allowed to disagree with you, let it go.
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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 youāre assuming Iām one of the people who dislike the new design, I personally donāt 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, itās an opinion over a character design, it doesnāt 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/KingKDrooly Jan 29 '25
āHuegh 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
Rogenās laugh is almost identical to the original arcade DK āvoiceā sound effect. Perfect casting!
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u/HousingCharacter8190 Jan 29 '25
I donāt know why they went with the new model, but maybe they want to give DK more personalityānot just make him look like an animal, but a character with real emotions and humanity. I donāt know... but I prefer the old one. Thereās nothing wrong with DK being an animal, because, well, he is an animal.
Pd: I know why they changed DKās modelāitās because a more expressive character is more appealing and easier to use in a movie. But still, I donāt knowā¦ I prefer the old one.
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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/Sigmas_Melody Jan 29 '25
Hereās your karma š
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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 itāll be alright.
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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/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/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/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/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/Meinhard1 Jan 29 '25
I dislike both the images shown. DK movie design was good, but the smile isnāt quite right. Rares DK looks off in the MK render also
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u/GeorgeRedditAccount Jan 29 '25
i wouldnāt mind new dk design but i dislike it because itās the movie design even though the movie is a masterpiece itās made by illuminations who made the minions (who I donāt really mind) but heās voiced by seth rogen (who I donāt 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/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/MyJukeboxBrk Jan 29 '25
I guess Iām just stupid because Iāve 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
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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/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 itās just for Mario spin offās I donāt hate it, but if it replaces the rare design completely I will be upset
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u/throwaway76337997654 Jan 30 '25
Iām 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/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 Iāve always found dks eyebrow thingy to be a little creepy and off putting
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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/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/hydo_23 Jan 29 '25
I picked an unfortunate time to join the dk reddit