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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#1026: Jun 16th 2025 at 5:19:05 AM

Just got a notification from Nintendo Today that there will be a Bananza direct on the 18th.

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Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#1027: Jun 16th 2025 at 5:31:49 AM

Yup, 15 mins on June 18th

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#1028: Jun 16th 2025 at 4:24:44 PM

As a side note, this is a funny video. Nice to see a video like this where Mario isn't evil.

Also, Anime King Dededee ordering a party monster from Nightmare Enterprizes expecting Sean Combs while getting Kong is hilarious!

Edited by Smasher on Jun 16th 2025 at 6:28:31 AM

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#1029: Jun 17th 2025 at 9:10:27 AM

I think it says a lot about how good the music in the Donkey Kong Country series is when I looked at the comments of a Kit and Krysta video discussing whom the developer of Donkey Kong Banaza might be and multiple comments were saying that they couldn't focus on what they were talking about because they made the background music "Aquatic Ambience" and people were honest to goodness distracted by it. 😅

Though regarding the developer, I've seen a few guesses that it's the same team behind Super Mario Odyssey, and given the aesthetic of the game, I can kind of see why.

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#1030: Jun 17th 2025 at 3:18:12 PM

It’d be cool as hell if they remixed some stuff from the GBA port of DKC3

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#1031: Jun 17th 2025 at 4:29:10 PM

[up][up]people still pay attention to those two?

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#1032: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:01:02 AM

Direct time starts witha song!

Yeah, the rock friend turns out to be Pauline.

Edited by tclittle on Jun 18th 2025 at 8:02:16 AM

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#1033: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:02:03 AM

I KNEW IT! ODD ROCK IS PAULINE!

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#1034: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:12:01 AM

So I guess this is a prequel.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#1035: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:15:33 AM

Oh hey, Game Share with Switch 2 and 1.

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#1036: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:15:58 AM

Or she’s the daughter of the Pauline we know.

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#1037: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:18:52 AM
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#1038: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:19:57 AM

No...

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Also they barely confirmed other Kongs besides Cranky. That's neat.

Again, they don't have the same fur texture so they look weird next to DK.

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#1039: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:22:11 AM

Cranky is likely just a hint system.

Diddy and Dixie are likely a racing minigame.

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#1040: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:24:43 AM

Did anyone else see Diddy and Dixie or was that my imagination? NOPE, not just me! grin

And good on Nintendo for putting the Odd Rock/Pauline stuff to rest almost immediately. Now that's getting the ball rolling!

Now here's the million dollar question: They just call her Pauline. Not Baby Pauline or Young Pauline, just "Pauline". So is she Pauline's niece? It's normal for people to name their kids after their own siblings, right?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jun 18th 2025 at 9:25:32 AM

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#1041: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:25:46 AM

[up][up]Diddy & Dixie appeared twice...

They showed up during the amiibo part, running a shop or something.

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#1042: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:26:55 AM

I think One-Steve Limit is in effect. So prequel, while not the only possible explanation, would be the least convoluted.

Though some are saying it may actually be a Continuity Reboot.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Jun 18th 2025 at 9:27:23 AM

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#1043: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:27:10 AM

Pauline being a child but also Cranky Kong and others from the DKC cast being there implies that this game is somehow set both before and after the arcade game, which is weird.

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#1044: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:27:42 AM

This game looks super fun, holy shit.

Also, now the timeline of this confuses me. Pauline is a child but also Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong are alive.

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#1045: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:28:48 AM

[up][up][up][up] TO be slightly fair, I don't think I saw them at that time. Wheras, their racing was front and center for two seconds.

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#1046: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:30:30 AM

[up][up]Could be the Pauline we know is the daughter of "Lady" kinda like how our current DK's the son/grandson of the original arcade DK. So this game is a prequel set years in the past, but not many.

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#1047: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:31:20 AM

Trying to make sense of Mario's Timeline is a fools errand.

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#1048: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:35:11 AM

And should be noted we've got adult Pauline racing alongside new design DK in MK World.

I've seen people already make Ralph and Vanellope memes.

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#1049: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:35:50 AM

The characters of the Mario universe are more of an acting troupe than individuals in a set timeline.

Like Mario being in Brooklyn in the movie when he was a baby in the mushroom kingdom world in the games.

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#1050: Jun 18th 2025 at 6:37:21 AM

Anyway, this was a much better direct than the Mario Kart World one.

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