Current Events > I still hate Donkey Kong's redesign, that's just a different dude

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Doe
07/18/25 1:07:05 AM
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There is no way to make me look at that face and say "yeah that's Donkey Kong"

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YoungMutual
07/18/25 1:12:45 AM
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Did you play original DK or DK '94?

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Chicken
07/18/25 1:18:23 AM
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Its just giving him a more expressive face tho

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Doe
07/18/25 1:18:26 AM
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YoungMutual posted...
Did you play original DK or DK '94?
No I only played all the Mario and DK games from the last 30 years where he looks the way he looks

IDK why people try to act like consistency and time doesn't matter.

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Time
07/18/25 1:21:49 AM
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Well it's gonna be his new look now in anything that comes after

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Doe
07/18/25 1:23:08 AM
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Chicken posted...
Its just giving him a more expressive face tho
When you change someone's eyes nose mouth and head that's just a different guy. Bananza DK looks like DK's weird cousin

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s0nicfan
07/18/25 1:31:16 AM
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Doe posted...
No I only played all the Mario and DK games from the last 30 years where he looks the way he looks

IDK why people try to act like consistency and time doesn't matter.

When you say "he", do you mean the original Donkey Kong, his son that you play as in Donkey Kong jr, or his grandson that you play as in Donkey Kong country?

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Metal_Gear_Raxis
07/18/25 1:32:47 AM
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of his new face, either.

Doe posted...
Bananza DK looks like DK's weird cousin
Agreed.

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Mistere_Man
07/18/25 1:34:49 AM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d11TvDA0f4g

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Doe
07/18/25 1:41:22 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
When you say "he", do you mean the original Donkey Kong, his son that you play as in Donkey Kong jr, or his grandson that you play as in Donkey Kong country?
Did original Donkey Kong or Donkey Kong Jr originally release in the last 30 years as I specified? Whose face was the name "Donkey Kong" assigned to in every Mario Kart, Party, and Sports game that entire length of time as well as DKC, DKTF etc? what does DK look like in every Smash Bros game?

This whole implict "there is no redesign" shtick is so corny. They changed the Switch's profile icon of DK to a completely different face than it used to be. That is a redesign.

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JeDDyD
07/18/25 1:44:19 AM
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yeah not a fan of the redesign, he looks like he'd sound like seth rogan if he spoke which is a bad thing
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Glob
07/18/25 1:51:03 AM
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I dont care about the face but I dont understand why he looks like he has feathers.
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viewmaster_pi
07/18/25 1:56:28 AM
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i wonder how many people said this kind of stuff about rare's initial redesign

anyway, i like it well enough. it's really not that drastic of a change, and frankly, rare's "cOoL" perpetually scowling DK was never as good as people think, you're just used to it

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Chicken
07/18/25 2:04:25 AM
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Doe posted...
When you change someone's eyes nose mouth and head that's just a different guy. Bananza DK looks like DK's weird cousin
How did you feel about Marios redesign after Mario 64?

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evilpresident
07/18/25 2:18:31 AM
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He has pants now though

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legendarylemur
07/18/25 2:39:43 AM
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He's literally a different DK, so who cares? As far as we know, there are no confirmed DK who hung out with Pauline when she was young, that we might just be looking at Cranky Kong, who kinda resembles the Bananza DK somewhat

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wanderingshade
07/18/25 2:49:26 AM
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Gonna have to get over it because they're not changing it back.

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Kim_Seong-a
07/18/25 3:27:29 AM
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Until this debacle I had no idea anybody actually cared about Donkey Kong.

He's a brown monkey in a red tie. >_>

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HeartBoss
07/18/25 3:39:14 AM
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Some pro Smash player is going to make him look like the pinnacle of Donkey Kong design. Give the monkey some time.

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MotaroRIP619
07/18/25 3:43:28 AM
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I like it. Donkey Kong Country 2 is my favorite game of all time and Im having a blast. Things cant stay the same forever or theyd never make new games with these characters.
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Distant_Rainbow
07/18/25 3:43:46 AM
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Forget DK, I'm still mad over how King Dedede was redesigned.

I don't like DK's redesign at all, but I can still sigh and accept it. Now, Dedede's? That's a ****ing atrocity, that's what it is.

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MotaroRIP619
07/18/25 3:45:42 AM
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Distant_Rainbow posted...
Forget DK, I'm still mad over how King Dedede was redesigned.

I don't like DK's redesign at all, but I can still sigh and accept it. Now, Dedede's? That's a ****ing atrocity, that's what it is.

What was wrong with Dedede? I played a few Kirby games and havent noticed, but I have not beat Forgotten Land yet so I dont think I have seen him.
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Krojen
07/18/25 4:25:06 AM
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Theres a few things I dont like about the redesign, but I can live with it, it has its pros.

Now the Bananza art style? Maybe the ugliest thing Ive ever seen. How could we go from lush, breathtaking realistic environments to this overexposed washed out abstract art blob environment. Its like an even worse version of the Luncheon Kingdom.

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FurryPhilosifer
07/18/25 4:27:31 AM
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Rare DK looked like Robbie Williams.

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viewmaster_pi
07/18/25 5:00:53 AM
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Krojen posted...
Now the Bananza art style? Maybe the ugliest thing Ive ever seen. How could we go from lush, breathtaking realistic environments to this overexposed washed out abstract art blob environment. Its like an even worse version of the Luncheon Kingdom.
ah but it's underground, doesn't that make sense? i bet you feel silly now

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AceMos
07/18/25 5:15:26 AM
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agreed TC

ill learn to live with it

thoe DK has been off since DKC returns

sure he had the same model thier

but his personality had shifted to him being dumber than he was in the rare games

so give it another 15 years or so and he will change again in some fashion

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ZevLoveDOOM
07/18/25 5:35:00 AM
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nah, new Dee Kay looks way better than the old. looks more expressive and cartoonish and i love it!
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RasterGraphic
07/18/25 6:30:39 AM
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It's weird to me that Bananza is game that they went with for the redesign.

90's Donkey Kong was "aggressive" looking by design. That was just how things were marketed back then.

Then you release a game all about wrecking shit and that's when you try to make him more like a big teddy bear?

I mostly don't like how his fur looks to be honest. Seems like a downgrade from Tropical Freeze.

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random_man9119
07/18/25 6:34:25 AM
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I've never really cared for DK before... Both in looks and general character but I love the redesign

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rexcrk
07/18/25 6:37:13 AM
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Im normally very sensitive to redesigns like that, but this one actually doesnt bother me much.

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pegusus123456
07/18/25 6:40:05 AM
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Yeah, I don't like it either.

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Distant_Rainbow
07/18/25 7:01:00 AM
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MotaroRIP619 posted...
What was wrong with Dedede? I played a few Kirby games and havent noticed, but I have not beat Forgotten Land yet so I dont think I have seen him.

Dedede pre-Forgotten Land:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c4fd5c57.jpg

Dedede in Forgotten Land and the Return to Dreamland remake:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/349c4bef.jpg

They turned him into Cartman. And I mean really into Cartman. And that face...

blargh

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Bass
07/18/25 7:16:26 AM
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Yeah, I still miss old DK.

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Aafyre
07/18/25 8:34:43 AM
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Thank you for making this thread. I absolutely hate it too but it felt like I was alone in that opinion. I brought up that I wasnt a fan on Smashboards and every other user said it was an improvement or that nothing changed. I still bought the game because the gameplay looks fun but Im no longer a fan of the character. DKC2 is one of my favorite games ever and I really liked DK before but hes giving me serious Son of the Mask vibes now (trying hard to be Looney Tunes and missing what made those cartoons endearing).

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BlueAnnihilator
07/18/25 8:44:15 AM
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He actually has facial expressions now other than the same smiley pie blank stare we've been looking at for the last 30 years.
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Evening_Dragon
07/18/25 8:45:41 AM
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His fur looks like he switched shampoo brands and it didn't work out.

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SketchDog
07/18/25 8:47:54 AM
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C_Pain
07/18/25 8:51:36 AM
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Why are you denying his identity? Not a good look

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dameon_reaper
07/18/25 8:59:17 AM
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I like the new look tbh
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WingsOfGood
07/18/25 9:07:22 AM
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ssb_yunglink2
07/18/25 9:25:16 AM
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Distant_Rainbow posted...
Dedede pre-Forgotten Land:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c4fd5c57.jpg

Dedede in Forgotten Land and the Return to Dreamland remake:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/349c4bef.jpg

They turned him into Cartman. And I mean really into Cartman. And that face...

blargh
Actually that much more closely resembles how he looked in Kirby 64, which is my favorite design for him. I like small beak Dedede more than large beak

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c6fd729e.jpg

He looks far worse in the original return to dreamland imo

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a59938a4.jpg

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tripleh213
07/18/25 9:27:00 AM
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Not my DK

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Toonstrack
07/18/25 10:03:02 AM
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I feel like any controversy over his appearance has to be astroturfed

Its clearly DK

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AceMos
07/18/25 10:13:26 AM
#44:


Toonstrack posted...
I feel like any controversy over his appearance has to be astroturfed

Its clearly DK

dude even for you this is just sad

there is no corporate boots for you to lick here

no one is angry or insulting the design or anything

we are having a friendly discussion

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Evolician
07/18/25 10:16:08 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
When you say "he"

HE HAS NO STYLE


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Evening_Dragon
07/18/25 10:17:36 AM
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AceMos posted...
dude even for you this is just sad

there is no corporate boots for you to lick here

no one is angry or insulting the design or anything

we are having a friendly discussion
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Starks
07/18/25 10:18:42 AM
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If you've only known Rare DK, I can understand why people are upset. But it's a very tired design and does not meet the moment.

DK has changed and he'll keep changing. Arcade style, DK GB style, the movie, etc.

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Squall28
07/18/25 10:23:15 AM
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legendarylemur posted...
He's literally a different DK, so who cares? As far as we know, there are no confirmed DK who hung out with Pauline when she was young, that we might just be looking at Cranky Kong, who kinda resembles the Bananza DK somewhat

Is this confirmed anywhere?

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Squall28
07/18/25 10:25:55 AM
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I had the same reaction. That's a different guy! Like when they recasted someone in a show.

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