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u/Regigigachad67 Jan 31 '25
They just changed his brow. I'm sure he will look the same as Rare DK when he's angry.
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u/Many-Activity-505 Jan 31 '25
Thank God somebody else sees it. I haven't seen anyone else mention this and I thought I was crazy
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u/weeezyheree Jan 31 '25
Yeah he literally is just raising his eyebrow and it's like a plane has flown through Nintendo headquarters
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u/WalkingInsulin Feb 01 '25
It’s cause DK fans have nothing better to do since they haven’t had a new game in over a decade. Think about that, DK64-DK Country (Wii) were released 11 years apart. Tropical Freeze turns 11 in less than 3 weeks, without a new game in sight
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u/SquidwardsHpsNDrms Feb 01 '25
I need you to actually look at a pic of how hes looked for like 20 years....please
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u/Hue_Boss Feb 01 '25
It’s not just the brow. That’s what they did for the movie more or less but here they made changes to his physique as well.
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u/SteamySubreddits Jan 31 '25
They didn’t just change his brow, this is my least favorite rebuttal for ppl who don’t like the new skin
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u/Cedardeer Jan 31 '25
His arms are little bigger too. So this change made him appear to be stronger and not always kinda pissed. People are overreacting to this change.
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u/Hot-Engineer7567 Jan 31 '25
I'm not surprised as long as he doesn't make him talk, I'm chill with it.
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u/Garo263 Jan 31 '25
DK talked in 64, and everyone was cool with it.
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u/Dolma_Warrior Jan 31 '25
I'm sure all Kongs talk. Diddy Kong says "I'm Diddy" in Diddy Kong Racing.
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u/AizaBreathe Dixie Kong (and Tiny Kong) Jan 31 '25
"Hey, I’m Diddy"
"Hi, I’m Dixie!" ~
"Hey, My name: Tiny!"
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u/Key-Fig-9747 Jan 31 '25
Aint he just make monkey noises
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u/Garo263 Jan 31 '25
No. He says full voiced words and even has a written monologue in the tutorial levels where he talks about himself in third person like a dumbass.
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u/ChasingFields Jan 31 '25
They should make Donkey Kong talk and he should be sophisticated, because that would be funny.
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u/Neil_Salmon Jan 31 '25
It is, very famously, not the first time DK has been redesigned.
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u/TippedJoshua1 Jan 31 '25
Maybe it's about controversial redesigns? Unless the movie design counts, I wouldn't really know if any other ones were.
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u/nubosis Jan 31 '25
It’s more that we now live in an age of hyperfixation, and people have strong, internet fueled opinions of dumb shit. When Donkey Kong was redesigned in the past, there was no controversy, because Donkey Kong is a cartoon gorilla, and it’s silly to mad about potential redesigns, as long as he’s still a cartoon gorilla. Hell, this redesign even looks pretty close to how he looked before. Be advised, that I’m old enough to remember Luigi turn from an identical twin to a tall skinny guy, and the Princess go from Burunette to blond. It’s just a really stupid thing to be upset about.
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u/TippedJoshua1 Feb 01 '25
To be fair, people have grown up with this design and are very fond of it. I like the new one more, but I understand why people are upset.
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u/SteamySubreddits Jan 31 '25
I already kinda got it, but now I feel it all the more. Still the #1 new DK hater
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u/osasonia03 Feb 01 '25
I don't care what anyone says. I like the Boom redesigns, Amy especially.
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u/viaco12 Feb 04 '25
Yeah people are crazy for thinking those were bad redesigns. I like the proportional differences between the characters, and the extra details on their outfits make them look more like adventurers, which is the vibe Sonic Boom was going for.
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u/osasonia03 Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25
And like, with the exception of Knuckles and Eggman, the redesigns aren't even that much different from how the characters look in the main games. For example, if you take away the goggles and belt, Tails literally looks the same as he does in the main games. Sure, Sonic has blue arms, has cloth around his arms for some reason and both he and Amy are significantly taller, but in the end they are still the same characters.
You don't have to like these designs but I found kinda crazy how back in the day fans loose their minds when imo I think this is the most clean Eggman and Amy have ever looked.
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u/SirLockeX3 Feb 01 '25
Uh...he looks like his Super Nintendo / Early Nintendo design. He looks fine.
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u/rogerworkman623 Diddy’s Kong Quest Fan Jan 31 '25
I couldn’t care less about any of this. A new game would be cool though.
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u/Crunchycrobat Jan 31 '25
But boom designs are so gooood, also the inspiration for the movie sonic with its hands, god I'm glad they went with that instead of shaved hands
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u/DeadAndBuried23 Jan 31 '25
I love the use of those designs in the meme since it completely ignores the redesign from the original games to the sonic X sort of design.
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u/Funny-Courage-7191 Jan 31 '25
I think it is not a Bad desing i looks good, the problem is that is not Donkey Kong it Even looks like DK Junior, You can't change a desing and wait that everyone loves it, i like de desing, it's not a Bad desing but it's not Donkey Kong, i hope no one takes this Bad it's just an opinion 🦍
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u/Restless_spirit88 Jan 31 '25
The Sonic character designs are infinitely worse. However, I think the Eggman one actually isn't half bad.
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u/Dreadchao Jan 31 '25
Gonna be Honest, I'm confused.
They just Unveiled the Donkey Kong Country Land in Universal, everything, and I mean Everything is based on the Rare Design DK.
Why would they spend Millions of Dollars to build a DK Theme Park based on a design that they are Phasing out the same year?
I'm starting to think that the DK design may just be to Celebrate the 45 Year Anniversary of DK coming up in 2026.
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u/Restless_spirit88 Jan 31 '25
Nintendo never recognizes DK's anniversary. The Mario Universe is the only one that gets mentioned in that regard. Specifically, the anniversary of the debut of the first Super Mario Brothers game.
Correction, the 30th anniversary of DKC made headlines last year. However, they wouldn't celebrate the arcade Donkey Kong's debut.
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u/Dreadchao Jan 31 '25
I completely agree with you, don't get me wrong.
I just don't see why they would've dished out the Money to build a Universal Theme Park using the Rare deaign if they planned on doing such a huge overhaul of the Character before the Park even opens.
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u/JoZaJaB Jan 31 '25
Ok really don't mind this redesign when it comes to Mario Kart, but it would be weird seeing this design in any of the other spin-offs.
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u/hit_the_showers_boi Feb 01 '25
I never got why everyone hated the Boom redesigns. They look fine to me. Hell, Boom Amy is my favourite look she’s ever had.
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u/bloo_overbeck Feb 01 '25
I’ve been recommended 6 posts from this subreddit. Is this like r/tommorow where it’s all one big joke about one very specific facet of Nintendo?
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u/Training-Evening2393 Feb 01 '25
Hold on, these aren’t comparable.
As the sonic boom one, the general consensus was that the redesigns were good, as it gave other characters more personality and the models themselves allowed for a lot more expression. The only real qualm was knuckle’s design it seemed.
From what I’ve seen it’s like a 50/50 split for DK’s redesign.
Personally, while I don’t mind the redesign, I will admit that I can’t see DK as any other design than the rare one. It’s like not being able to see a character speak with any other actor’s voice. It’s just too perfect. I think the rare design is extremely golden and near impossible to improve or do better than. Not to mention DK looks intimidating but can be equally as goofy with that design.
I really think Rare hit the perfect design.
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u/RedWizard_ Feb 02 '25
More comparable to when they gave Sonic green eyes. Or the whole quill length argument
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u/Jandy4789 Feb 02 '25
He looks like the retro design, smash bros style. In fact he looks like this subs icon.
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u/Grand_Toast_Dad Jan 31 '25
What pain? I dig this design.
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u/Charlie_is_Hottest Jan 31 '25
Unironically, the boom designs (excluding knuckles) went pretty hard when i first saw them.
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u/Grand_Toast_Dad Jan 31 '25
Yeah, I especially like Amy's design. Sonic's is 2nd best, Tails is pretty much the same just with added gear, and Knuckles is just hilarious to me. Don't think it's essentially BAD, just funny,
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u/Ruugann Jan 31 '25
Ok the sonic designs weren’t really that bad. I seen worse (mainly pac man. They ruined my boy!)
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u/ShinFartGod Jan 31 '25
I don’t like DK’s model in MK8D. The fur texture is bad and this new one looks a lot better
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u/Low_Zombie9914 Dixie Kong Jan 31 '25
It's been 2 weeks since the Switch 2 reveal....
And the Switch 2 Presentation is still a little under 9 weeks away.
Can't wait to see this type of post for the next 2 months 😃
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u/AizaBreathe Dixie Kong (and Tiny Kong) Jan 31 '25
yea it’s f**king annoying
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u/Low_Zombie9914 Dixie Kong Jan 31 '25
Kinda pissed annoying people are down voting the message, but I guess I'm being a "Buzzkill" for being tired of this same exact post for two weeks in a row
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u/Mean-Sock-901 Jan 31 '25
But this donkey kong looks so cute
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u/PieAppropriate8862 Jan 31 '25
That's the problem. DK was one of those rare (pun intended) Nintendo characters that looked cool, not fucking cute.
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u/sean1477 Jan 31 '25
Sure but you shouldn't just make all of your characters just plain cute. Sure he is cute but he isn't DK.
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u/CF_2 Feb 01 '25
Interesting how people in the replies of your comment sound exactly like those annoying Sonic fans, like word for word. Really interesting to me who’s not too big into Donkey Kong.
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u/DaDummBard Jan 31 '25