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>still ignores the fact it's never stated within the game, only the manual

Nintendo continues to treat arcade and modern DK as the same character in interviews, with 1981 as his debut year.
>Mario Tennis 64 gives DK parental animations towards DK Jr.
>The Game and Watch series treats the Rare DK design and Miyamoto DK design as the same character.
>The Mario vs DK series state that modern DK, Mario, and Pauline are the same characters from the arcade games.
>Mario Kart Double Dash had Jr as DK's partner, before replacing him with Diddy and making him an NPC in the game.
>Yoshi's Island DS introduces baby DK, which completely contradicts Cranky being arcade DK.
>DK '94 and Odyssey show that Mario and Pauline are the same characters from the arcade.
>Bananza shows that DK meets Pauline as a teenager, while Cranky is old. Nintendo confirmed it's the same Pauline in an interview.
Versus a SNES manual that Rare themselves admitted was added without NoJ's approval and even contradicted themselves with in DK64.