Saw the new pauline, and made me think about how often we get female characters turned into kids or shortshackified.

>>149056107 (OP)
She looks South Indian.
Is she supposed to be like her ancestor or was she frozen for thousands of years?

>>149056107 (OP)
Storm comes to mind.

>>149056107 (OP)
At least it's not kid Pauline killing adult Pauline and then becoming the new main character.

>>149056107 (OP)
So what's the story here is this Donkey Kong game years earlier than the other ones and Pauline's younger now because it takes place earlier?

>>149056139
Nobody knows. It's best to wait until the game comes out so we can actually have context on what the fuck is going on.

>>149056127
Wait thought storm started off youg and got aged up

>>149056118
Just lighting anon, they are in a club or singing thing so a bit dark. and idk they call her pauline

>>149056131
Heh I see what you did there

>>149056139
Think it's just some shenanigans, no real story or reason. Not like DK is babified too, and how old would this make DK if he knew kid pauline.

This triggers my continuity autism somethin' fierce.

>>149056139
I assumed that the Kong in this one was a young Kranky Kong but he turns up in the trailer so idk.
Nintendo isn't big on continuity anyway, maybe they just wanted a cute character.

>>149056107 (OP)
Donkey Kong is no /co/.
Fuck off back to >>>/v/catalog

>>149056139
it's a soft reboot. rare DK is ded. kind of silly to assume it's something more complicated than that.

>>149056773
AI posters should be put up against the wall and shot.

>>149056769
It probably involves time travel, don't bother too much about.

>>149056283
What was Skottie thinking?
A bit unrelated but I am disappointed over how little the second run cares about adult Gert after she dies, at least when the Gertlings return she is mencioned, but by Happy end game it's so sad to see how she became a glorified background character in a run that was sold on the premise of Gert, now as an adult, returning to Fairyland, you could remove her and the plot would not change at all, Happy does not even mention her despite adult Gert being the whole reason she wants revenge.

>>149056769
it shouldn't because nintendo has never given an absolute fuck about lore when it comes to any of their franchises. you should have learned that ages ago.

>>149056803

For Zelda, perhaps. They've been pretty good with everything else.

>>149056797
He's not really a story guy.

>>149056790
Shut up tard. You have to go back.
>>>/v/

>>149056803
I think it's mostly just Miyamoto who hates lore for whatever reason.
Probably because he's a gameplay autist
He made them make Super Mario Galaxy over a second time with all the story taken out.

>>149056811
this is their first crack at a modern completely 100% nintendo only DK platformer. it's safe to assume they didn't think about any lore ramifications when they wrote up the story to this. it's clearly meant to be a soft reboot and introduction to nintendo's vision for DK.

>>149056814
>Ai poster
>Backseat Jannie
If there was a caste lower than dalit it would be you.

>>149056107 (OP)
Quick, we need to make this thread /co/ related!
Uh...talk about the donkey Kong cartoon from

>>149056884
Why did the French like it so much?

>>149056841
mainline mario doesn't really need a story anyways and i'd argue mainline DK doesn't either. this game already seems to have more of a story than i expected honestly. pauline also having seemingly a lot of voice lines in and out of cutscenes is surprising too.

>>149056884

The songs sucked.

>>149056919
keep that nasty ass opinion to yourself.

>>149056895
Because in plus of the cartoon, they also had a Saturday morning cartoon hosting show using the DK characters as entertainers.

>>149056953
Neat

>>149056771
Yeah also idk if kranky would be nice to a kid even when younger
>>149056797
It tis weird though think he should have just well like the thread topic de-aged her naturally or something

>"Oh to leave gert you need to become a protagonist again. But only kids can be one."

turns her into a kid again boom adult gert with kid gert body, and then we could do those more episodic adventurers with adult gert since she's been in fairyland multiple years in the new canon.

>>149056771
Kranky has a round head, just like in the OG arcade game. Modern DK has this little hoop of hair.

>>149056107 (OP)
>>149056274
>barefoot loli with freckles
You'd think Nintendo would be aware what's going to happen with a design like this. Miyamoto's going to get a heart attack.

>>149057848
Yeah, I will admit the idea is crazy. Also a bit sad cause I'm a diddy and dixie kong fan, literally just replace her with one of them. It was quite a choice to make pauline a kid in this concept but it is japan

>>149058054
Diddy x dixie kong is a crack ship but it's nice to see people appreciate Diddy as the true artist he is

>>149058113
Didn't mean as a ship just as side kicks but I do get the last part lol

>>149056107 (OP)
Kaya from dinocore comes to mind.

>>149056139
My theory is that she got kidnapped by the bad guys, they tried harnessing her singing powers, but it aged her down and turned her into a rock.
She'll turn back to her usual age at the end.

>>149058113
>Diddy x dixie kong is a crack ship
They're literally referred as boyfriend and girlfriend many times.

>>149058413
I think the rock thing just existed to throw us off in the early teasers.

>>149058437
Basically yeah, kid Pauline herself is the true mystery of the game
I've seen people suggest this being a soft-reboot prequel, or even time travel, but I still think simple age regression is the actual answer.
Kinda like Midna, but not really, it's still an adult woman turned into a tiny being, but she's a kid instead of an imp.

Does /co/ approve of Switch 2? If yes, kill yourselves.

>>149056107 (OP)
>Wokey Kong

>>149058514
He used to be all like...
>mmmm... banana...
Now he goes...
>mmmm... pronouns...

>>149056139
Maybe is like Yoshi's Island snd you are not suppose to know about it.

>>149058540
Should be.
>mmmm... niggers...

>>149058498

Something wrong, Garfield?

>>149058485
>but I still think simple age regression is the actual answer.
why go through all this shit to age down a character instead of just using a new one. so she can sit on DK's shoulder? did the age regression come with amnesia? cause she has no memory of her adult self either. just seems like a stretch to justify age regression when the obvious answer is nintendo wants a somewhat new blank slate for DK that they have complete control over going forward.

>>149058561
Of course you do, retarded virgin.

>>149058560
No, that would be /pol/ey Kong.
You can tell because he loves them, but he doesn't respect.

>>149058514
Do you even know what "woke means at this point?

what are you trying to communicate there? Is woke in the room with you right now?

>>149058498
And why is that?

>>149058568
>why go through all this shit to age down a character instead of just using a new one. so she can sit on DK's shoulder?
Because Nintendo works in mysterious ways.
>did the age regression come with amnesia?
Probably yeah, like I said, Pauline seems to be the big mystery of the game, so she'll probably find out as we play the game.
>just seems like a stretch to justify age regression when the obvious answer is nintendo wants a somewhat new blank slate for DK that they have complete control over going forward.
I feel like Nintendo can just do that anyway, this doesn't even really seem like a prequel to me, kid Pauline is the only thing that makes people believe that.

>>149058588
Not what Yamauchi wanted. You are most likely a zoomer or retarded tendie, probably both.

>>149058620
>Not what Yamauchi wanted
To make money?

>>149056107 (OP)
>Pauline was DK's friend since she was a kid
Doesn't this make Mario an evil asshole who assaults DK and kidnaps Pauline against her will?

>>149058600
if it is the same pauline just aged down then i guess cranky will acknowledge it in some form since he's in game.

>>149058485
>>149058568
>>149058600
I still say it involves time travel. I am ready to bet that at the end of the game, she'll do some sort of scarifice to save the whole population and throw herself in some sort of time-vortex to shut in down or something.

Then, when DK is all sad, Kranky will say "Didn't mention it before, you don't want to mess with the time stream more than you have to, but... I might know where she went. Just *cough* don't tell her how I know, okay?"

Game end with a view on New Donk City where DK might be heading next.

>>149058498
>450 bucks for the console.
>70 to 100 dollar game.
>You don't own the physical games so what's the point of even owning it physical.
>They can brick your entire system if you as so much access data on your own console on the computer.
Gee who knew hiring an EA executive would result in Nintendo being more greedy.
>Now every Nintendo game just feels the same and Nintendo fans will buy it regardless.
>Sueing Palworld because they're more successful.
>Has GameCube games locked only to the Switch 2.
>Nintendo fans will say "lol broke?" But then get mad at Steamdeck users when they run their games on it.
They're like Disney fans.

>>149058673
>Sueing Palworld because they're more successful.
In what universe?

>>149058620
Yamauchi wanted Nintendo to own the nation of Japan and his enemies to be laid low before him. He wanted the switch 2.

>>149058673

>They're like Disney fans.

Whoa, geez Anon, no one deserves to be called that.

>>149056813
I liked Middlewest

>>149058685
>In what uniACK!!

>>149058673
>Palworld is more successful than Pokemon

>>149056856
Not him but off topic shitters like (You) are low as well
Even lower in most cases

>>149058673

Also,

>Palworld more successful than Pokemon

Suuuuure

>>149058705
That's fake retard lol
Paldrones don't deserve their game and I hope Nintendo sues them then acquired them and shuts them down
Nintendo created the catch and realese style game

>>149058413
So Pauline is sun wukong???
>>149058485
Soooooooooooooooooo.............s..he's legal

>>149058673
>>Now every Nintendo game just feels the same
Do they?

>>149058705
>Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have sold 26.79 million units worldwide as of March 31, 2025
Nevermind the fact Palworld is $30 when Pokemon most certainly is not $30

>>149056107 (OP)
Stealth thread detected
/v/ermin detected
Not /co/
Fuck off
>>>/v/

>>149056139
Well, how about this,
Is Yoshi's Island canon?
Is The Super Mario Bros. Movie canon?
Is The Super Mario Bros. Super Show canon?
Is Dr. Mario canon?
Is Mario Kart canon?
Is Donkey Kong Jr. canon?
Is Diddy Kong Racing canon?
Is there even continuity in Donkey Kong/Super Mario or is it negative continuity?

>>149056139
>>149058759
>>149058721
>>149058713
>>149058707
>>149058705
>>149058673
>>149058670
>>149058498
>>149058514
I sure love talking about COMICS AND CARTOONS

>>149058767
Go tell that to the death battle general since they discuss videogames and anime most of the time over there.

>>149058767
The fact /co/ is a nintoddler board is depressing, no wonder we are the worst board.

>>149056884
Uh...
Nintendo didn't need to redesign DK to make him expressive, the TV show already proved DK was and has always been expressive, they was just to stupid to realize;

like Sonic Team towards Sonic.

>>149058498
Of course not
>>149058673
Honestly yeah, got to see it irl one of my broke friends lives with his parents and works PT. Bought a switch and just said "hehe i did it spur of the moment" after we all said at best we'd buy it long after the price went down. Now he simps for it to no end calling it the main next gen console, and how great mario kart boots up on it etc. I never really seen a console fag irl til now.

Also did see them starting beef on twitter about steamdeck for no real reason. Guess nintendo is truly a mainline console now since it has die hard simps like xbox and PS now.

>>149058670
I'm willing to take that bet, here's how I think things will turn out
>game will reveal the Void Corporation kidnapped Pauline from New Donk
>they tried using her singing powers for evil
>through this, she got aged down and sealed in a rock
>game will eventually end with Pauline going back to her normal self through Bananza Magic
>she'll sing a cool ass song for DK in the climax
That's also why they said she had to go back with them, because they had her at some point, when they were trying to harness her powers.

>>149058702
Middlewest is the exception that proves the rule.

>>149058673
what the fuck is it with this avatarfag in every single thread every single day

>>149058729
And Nintendo fans will ALWAYS buy the same exact game with the same models since the 3DS era.
You could literally take a piece of shit and put a Nintendo label on it and Nintendo fans would buy it.
They're that gullible and they can be as mad as me as they want.
Unlike them I don't get mad at shit online and can just leave. You don't see Xbox or PlayStation fans doing this.
>"But but it sold 30 million"
So?
It's still the same exact game that was shipped for the last 10 years with just a fresh coat of paint on it.

>>149058811

Okay, I'll just get one of the other games coming out, like Sony's latest walking sim or yet another Call of Duty.

>>149058800
Honestly his Corona collabs are consistently great
It's just shocking how he didn't use his improvements as a writer for his best known creator owned series
Wasn't there a shout out to a reviewer in one of the later IHF issues?
Surely he must be aware people hate that writing decision right?

>>149058767
you're just mad your copy of DK64 lacked the expansion pack

>>149058822
>Anon doesn't know about indie games or studios that aren't the mainstream ones.
Look we can disagree on things but some things are just inexcusable. Like the fact the damn console nearly costs as much as the Steamdeck and is about the same.

>>149058857
What was that glitch anyway? Have modders ever figured it out?

>>149056139
>>149056274
I think they're trying to retcon the reason the Donkey Kong game happened to make it all a big misunderstanding where Kranky thought he was protecting her like he did when she was a child

>>149058899

There was never a glitch. Nintendo demanded Rare use the Pak in some way to promote it, so they used it to enhance the game's lighting effects.

>>149058811
What does that have to do with you claiming Palworld is more successful than Pokemon, the most profitable IP on the planet?

>>149058882
Except Steamdeck can't play Switch 2 games.

>>149058914
Nah seems like kranky is in this game as well so kind of just weird timeline bs.

>>149058929
Oh!
>>149058930
It's got more content. But I may have exaggerated slightly.
Still the same games though, they've dug through all the new ones and found they're still using 3D models from the 3DS era.
>>149058937
Yet.