now known as Cranky Kong in most modern Donkey Kong and Mario games. Got all that?) Donkey Kong has looked pretty much the same since Rare put out Donkey Kong Country in 1994, but it looks like ...

It appears as though Donkey Kong has a new look in the upcoming Mario Kart title, the one that's been dubbed 'Mario Kart 9' by fans. Current speculation is that the changes are based on the latest ...

Donkey Kong could be headed for an overall redesign. Fans got a quick glimpse of the great ape in the Switch 2 demo reel with (what appears to be) Mario Kart 9, but it seems the new look for DK isn't ...

Footage of a new Mario Kart game was shown during the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2. Fans noticed that Donkey Kong looks quite a bit different, similar to how he looks in The Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo is going all in on the Donkey Kong redesign spotted by fans in the Mario Kart 9 gameplay debuted during the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal event.

That said, if you freeze the shot you will notice he doesn’t look like the Rare-designed Donkey Kong design of the past two decades that has been in every Mario Kart game. Rather, the character ...