>>719051649
The Arcade Game is still canon.

>>718616256
Cranky is extra elderly in Donkey Kong Bananza.

>>717782347
My explanation, that Bananza Pauline is Mayor Pauline's daughter, is the simplest, because then, nothing gets retconned.

>>717454770
It doesn't have to be retconned.

Here is another infographic.

Cranky Kong is Donkey Kong from the Donkey Kong Arcade game.