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The actual course of events was
>They wanted to incorporate Pauline in some way
>DK was given animal transformations
>Concept art of DK as a Zebra was so well liked it was added (pic related)
>The music during transformations led to the idea of the Zebra theme having Latin/Spanish style vocals
>Having vocals lent itself to a gameplay mechanic involving singing
>This wrapped back around to having a reason for Pauline to be involved
