This “new” Donkey Kong actually looks more like the version of the ape seen in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed to audiences in 2022.

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The incredibly successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie shook up his design, however, and Nintendo now appears to be incorporating this into its games. Donkey Kong in Mario Kart 8, the animated film ...

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.

In the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer, what appears to be a new Mario Kart game shows off a new design for Donkey Kong that makes him look more like his design from The Super Mario Bros.

Fans are already calling the kart racer Mario ... Donkey Kong Country in 1994, but it looks like Mario Kart 9 might be a turning point for the character, as he now resembles his Super Mario Bros.

Fans noticed that Donkey Kong looks quite a bit different, similar to how he looks in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. More information regarding the Switch 2 will be revealed during a Nintendo Direct ...

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 ...

caught was the design for Donkey Kong. We knew that Nintendo had sought to recapture the character's more 'retro' look from the days of the NES in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but it seems as ...

The newly unveiled Mario Kart 9 game for Nintendo Switch 2 sports the first sign of the Donkey Kong redesign from the movie. As fans scour every frame of the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer for ...

Donkey Kong Country Returns, and more, but Nintendo is now pivoting to a look many think is similar to the incredibly successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie. History is being rewritten in front of ...