MarioWiki Poll Discussion

Hooty said:
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Donkey Kong has been depicted with a revised design in the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal trailer and recent promotional artwork. What do you think of it?
  • I like this design and I think it is better than his current design.
  • I like this design as much as his current design.
  • I think this design is okay, but I prefer his current design.
  • I do not like this design at all and think Nintendo should continue using his current design.
  • I do not like this design, but I support the idea of redesigning Donkey Kong in some other way.
  • I have not decided, and would like to see clearer footage of this design in a game first.
  • I have no opinion.
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Option 4 for me. It just feels so wrong to me, like how they redesigned King Dedede.
 
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I like the design. If you flash back to the Nintendo Direct introducing it, it notes that it's paired with making DK more comical like the original premise for the character. And it does precisely that through exaggerating the muscles and changing the eye style. In swapping the single ridge over both eyes for two rounded ridges it brings DK's face closer to a human while still not being an exact match, which makes it easier to sympathize with DK. It definitely fits with the movie presenting him as more flawed than in video games where he isn't the protagonist so that he can have his own arc alongside Mario, and I don't think it strays so far from Donkey Kong that it can't be used elsewhere.
 
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