>>716198539
That was just hysteria over DK having a new face after all this time. 30 years is a very long time for a company like Nintendo to decide it's time for another makeover, so it's very understandable why people flipped out about it. He looks fucking weird when he's neutral standing on two feet, look at this shit.
Also you're wrong, they used the entire -game- to shovel in as much Rareware era DK in peoples' faces. They even put Lanky in the game because they knew people love the stupid ass HE memes.