Inntil nå har man ikke fått noen offisiell forklaring på hvorfor Nintendo har valgt å endre designet på Donkey Kong. Fansen synes så langt å være delte i synet på om designendringen er bra eller dårlig.

I et nytt intervju med IGN har Shigeru Miyamoto forklart hvorfor Donkey Kong har blitt «pynta» på:

So when it comes to character creation and working with characters, I still take an active role in that. And looking back to the first generation Donkey Kong Country, we worked with Rare to create Donkey Kong Country.

When we were talking about trying to create new versions, evolving Donkey Kong, we created the game called Jungle Beat. We worked together with the team that made 3D Mario. With the technology that was available at the time, we were able to make Donkey Kong more expressive. And going back to the design that Rare came up with, we reevaluated; what can we do with the design to make it more expressive? And then when it comes to the movie, we decided to move forward with this new generation Donkey Kong design.

Hvorvidt flere kjente karakterer har fått en designendring, vil vi senest få se den 17. juli 2025 – for da blir nemlig Donkey Kong Bananza lansert.

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