>you just remembered k. rool appeared on that dk themed calendar from 2021 and it was his only appearance in official nintendo media between smash ultimate and bananza

Always wondered how they managed to sneak him in there (especially hearing about what happened with the DKC theme park land), especially as the new DK calender they put out this year just limits the characters down to just DK, Diddy, Dixie and Cranky (fittingly enough, the only Kongs to make physical appearances in Bananza).