>Japanese social media is just like ours arguing over this

I think they will try to address this in an interview. And I imagine the answer will be as bullshit as the Zelda interviews trying to justify their shitty lore decisions (like why the towers disappeared lmao).

Ah well. I'm going to miss Cranky Kong being the best meta character shitting all over Donkey Kong for not being around for the Arcade days. That context to justify the original rare redesign and him being a modern creation of the SNES was so much fun.