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.

The Super Smash Bros roster faces bosses from their world and crossover series, each with unique challenges and motives. Giant Donkey Kong, Fighter Husks, Possessed Fighters, and more are ...

It’s been a while since there was a Super Smash Bros. rumor ... Kazuma redone with his Tekken 8 design, and Donkey Kong redone with his movie design, which is also his design in the new Mario ...

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 ...

There is also an arcade machine at the pizza place that closely resembles the original Donkey Kong ... Super Mario Bros., though Mario was known as Jumpman back then. In the movie, the name ...

But the biggest revelation is that Donkey Kong himself sports a radical redesign, a more cartoonish look that recalls his arcade days. In fact, it looks extremely similar to his appearance in the ...

However, over the past few years, it has felt like Nintendo has been building up to something with Donkey Kong between his prominent role in the Super Mario Bros. Movie and the new theme park area ...

or first learned who he was in The Super Mario Bros. Movie just this month. “The heritage of Donkey Kong himself is very strong with all kinds of generations,” he says. “We know it from the ...

“We’ve also changed his design for the first time since he became a 3D model in the original Donkey Kong Country game. Some of you may have noticed, but for this movie, we’ve seized the ...