The best thing about K. Rool is that his earlier characterization justifies making him any kind of villain archetype you want. The guy just seems to love cosplaying bad guys. K. Rool is the worst kind of villain: he's rich and bored and holds a grudge.
Edited by M84 on Jun 30th 2025 at 10:37:21 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedI thought it'd be neat if a game had him show up more than once as a world boss, in a different persona each time.
Like one world might be a western desert and canyon, and have him show up as Kwickdraw K. Rool, a gunslinging outlaw, while another might be based on a Japanese bamboo forest and feature the wicked Daimyo Kuruuru.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Holy shit lots and lots of previews! And wow my entry in Diegetic Soundtrack Usage is vindicated! AND WE GET DIFFERENT BANANZA MUSIC FOR EACH FORMS YEEEEEEES!
Is it specified anywhere what monkey species Void Kong and Poppy Kong are? I think Void looks like a tamarin (small, long-tailed monkey with big eyes, pointed ears, and large tufts of hair on the head), and Poppy looks like a colobus (medium-sized, black-and-white monkey with a tufted tail).
That was especially egregious since the Japanese word for male animals doesn't fit any ox puns, so the "bull term is a reference to the ox in the zodiac" explanation doesn't really make sense from a Japanese development point of view.
And if anything, the crocodile in question would have been the Dragon in the zodiac since the Japanese word for crocodile, "wani," has been used to refer to dragons before (and sharks too, funnily enough).
As for Journey of the West comparisons, I'm not really seeing any that make sense at the moment, but I'll wait and see if the full game reveals anything a bit more concrete other than flimsy surface-level stuff.
Edited by dragonfire5000 on Jul 3rd 2025 at 7:57:46 AM
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."I brought up the idea of K. Rool as a hunter who hunts other villains for sport on a Discord server in a discussion about possible K. Rool personas and this was one response I got
I wonder what K. Rool would put in a Trophy Room if he went villain hunting.
Edited by MisterZygarde64 on Jul 3rd 2025 at 11:19:59 PM
Check out Rogues Gallery Transplant: The GameSorry, but even for a not really serious franchise like this the idea of King K. Rool taking out Frieza and Darkseid is too silly.
Desecration of bodies is also something that doesn't fit this franchise like in the slightest.
Please remember that, ultimately, fictional works of entertainment are just that.Besides, Freeza wouldn't last two MINUTES.
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It's possible, though it's just as likely that the next big Donkey Kong game might follow a different formula. Kind of like how Super Mario Bros. Wonder didn't follow the same formula as Super Mario Odyssey.
Bananza does look really fun based on the trailers that were released, so I'm rooting for it to do well and inspire future games.
Edited by dragonfire5000 on Jul 5th 2025 at 8:44:45 AM
"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."I especially want Bananza to be the basis for the Donkey Kong movie staring Seth Rogan.
…Jenna Ortega as Pauline, maybe?
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.Pauline had a minor role in the movie as the mayor in the human world. I think she was voiced by Jessica DiCicco?
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Kount Drakrool. Give him a whole vampire castle and a cloak and stuff, and have him dress his kremlings in little monster outfits.
I'm a little sad they didn't call his boxer identity something Sugar Kay Roolinson or Cassius Krool or something.