Thread 713014649

This feels distinctly un-Nintendo.

>>713014649 (OP)
It's so people don't keep asking if she's still an adult.

>>713014649 (OP)
Pretty sure the main cast of Mario are all 25

>>713014649 (OP)
shes an adult in odyssey and world though, so she was blacked at 13?

>>713014649 (OP)
>now
Mario and Luigi are 26 year old twin brothers.

>>713014973
most girls are now they're everywhere

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
she looks fucking 8

>censored cleavage
dropped

>>713014649 (OP)
So since Pauline is young, does that mean that this DK is the future Cranky Kong, but then there's also Cranky Kong here which I guess was the previous DK whenever that was, but then Diddy and Dixie are also here so what does that mean? Could they be the parents of the future Diddy and Dixie? Like all the Kongs have names based on their ages and as they grow they change names and younger Kongs get their names?

Funny enough, Sega just got rid of the ages in Sonic.

Bravo Nintendo.

I'm already SALIVATING at all of the cunny feet art that is going to be drawn from this - unintentional or not from artists.

>>713014649 (OP)
I look forward to the r34

>>713014649 (OP)
Out of 10!

>>713014649 (OP)
Why did people find freckled gremlins sexy nowadays?

>>713015635
you fucking poaki nonce

>>713014973
>>713015097
saaaaar

>>713014649 (OP)
Sounds like whatever happened to her when she got turned into a rock also de-aged her by half her regular age

>>713014649 (OP)
>same age as Bowser Jr.
Checks out

>>713017080
nah, the end of the video implies pretty strongly that this is a prequel, and they're gonna go found new donk city after they return to the surface

>>713017553
So...whats the deal with Cranky? And Diddy and Dixie?

>>713017710
they monke
idk, it seems more plausible to me that the kongs age slower than humans than that pauline was de-aged, just based on the story bits they've implied so far

>>713017710
If it's a prequel the kids might not have been born yet, or we'll see baby Diddy and Dixie at some point as NPCs

>>713018840
We already saw Diddy and Dixie. They look identical to the SNES games.

>>713018983
Oh fuck, I missed that

>>713015015
they're twins?

>>713014649 (OP)
She looks like she's 7 years old and it might've weirded some people out a bit too much so Nintendo just says she's 13

>>713015432
I'm laughing at all the fools that took Cranky's meta ramblings at face value.

>>713019628
idk what it is about japanese characters and ages but they never look their age. They're either younger or older than they look. Luffy is a great example because he looks like he's 12 years old despite being 18

>>713019628
The Tiny Toons cast are 12-14 despite looking much younger.

>>713014649 (OP)
is this the first barefoot Mario character?
The Mario IP is notorious for giving everyone shoes, even a lot of the bug enemies.

>>713014649 (OP)
I want to watch loline's first period.

>>713020186
Why? What class does she have for that? Hopefully she didn't forget her homework.

>>713015187
out of 10?

>>713019628
Ashley's sixteen in Japan or whatever, and a kindergartner over here. Not so sure about this idea of yours.

>>713014649 (OP)
"For some reason she turned into a rock", nice writers you have there Nintendo

>>713019445
The stork in Yoshi's Island delivered them together. Mario left the bag first so he's still technically the older brother.

>>713015452
Only exact ones, the younger characters are still referred to as kids

>>713019714
No, it's literally part of the DK series that Cranky is the old DK meaning Pauline shouldn't be young unless he's that DK. Though maybe more likely is that the bad guys made her turn young.

>>713014649 (OP)
Is this going to be some DK and Pauline origin story shit?

>13
>Barefeet
>Brat
>Freckles
>Alone with an ape
>They know what their fans do and this is basically enabling them
what the FUCK did Nintendo mean by this???

>>713014649 (OP)
>Can make DK naked
>Can't make Pauline naked
Explain this.

>>713014649 (OP)
She and Tiny Kong would be besties

>>713019856
I’ll do you one better

>>713015358
FEET

>>713015635
So that’s the power of loli feet huh

>>713017710
Dixie lost her Uni-eye, thoughts?

>>713014649 (OP)
>Mario is 24
>Pauline is 13
Ermmm.... Mario is getting CANCELLED

>>713015015
All Nintendo characters are canonically midgets.

>>713014963
Bullshit, Wario and Rosalina especially are in their 30s

>>713024825
wario is a sensitive young lad of 14

>>713014649 (OP)
Nah, this feels very in-line with modern Nintendo these days. They know the majority of their consumer base consists of degenerate nostalgia-obsessed "Disney adults" and otaku, so they're pandering accordingly.

>>713022598
that would be retarded. They already turned her into a rock, why would they turn her into a child and then into a rock and then you only manage to make her back into a child instead of back into an adult?

Not to mention she talks and acts like a child the entire time. If she were an adult she would be a lot less frightened and talk with more confidence and certainty.

This is just a Prequel to Odyssey, no more and no less.

>>713014649 (OP)
How is that a 13 year old again?

>>713015015
>26

Crazy, I always assumed they 30 or late 20's at the earliest.

>rock was pauline all along
absolutely zero people theoried this

>>713025541
They didn't have to because Pauline being the rock was literally leaked a few days after the game was announced.

>>713014649 (OP)
Hebechads rise up

>>713024825
They're all about the same age, if any of the games are canon to any of the other games.

Which may or may not be a big assumption.

>>713014963
>>713024825
Yoshi's Island DS shows Mario and Wario are around the same age.
Rosalina is 100+ years old minimum, since she said in Galaxy she visits earth every 100 years

>>713014649 (OP)
>13 year old girl character
>40 year old men play this

She looks smelly.

>>713024825
I'm only casually familiar with Mario lore but even I know that Rosalina is some form of an immortal god-like being

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
I don't know a single 13 year old that looks like THAT.

>>713020512
sir, the wtc attacks happened long ago.

>>713025956
Well I've been playing Splatoon since 2015 so...

>>713026080
dipper and mabel pines

They will put her in MKW right?

>>713025239
I've been biting my tongue since this morning, but I'm just going to say that there is a possibility that Nintendo deliberately left out the "Jr." from Pauline's name reveal so that the players can discover who this "Pauline" actually is when they play the game.

How does DK not smash her when he rolls around?

>>713026257
Yeah for only $19.99+tax

>>713026286
he is an enlightened being, dk smash, but only what he wants to smash

>>713025239

The rock is the larval form of Pauline’s species.

We’re supposed to believe that she has pubes?

>>713026362
money is exchanged for goods and services

>>713014649 (OP)
The fuck is this lore?

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
>looks like an 8 year old

>>713025268
Consider Marios height vs DK. If a foll grown adult barely meets DK eye to eye, you gotta make a teen comparatively short.

HORSE COCK

>>713026542
Mario is a manlet though. Peach & Luigi are taller than him.

>>713026379
>Peach is an evolved Toad (mushroom)
>Pauline is an evolved rock
Deepest lore.

>>713026542
In Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline has normal human proportions as opposed to her having a larger head in the spinoff games, shouldn't this Pauline at least be slightly shorter than older Pauline?
There's just so much that doesn't add up.

>>713014649 (OP)
Why does she feel like a completely different character from her adult counterpart?

>>713026914
They probably made her shorter so that it wouldn't look weird or off when she rides DK's back.

>>713027041
Because you're an idiot.

>>713026286
>How does DK not smash her when he rolls around?
She has skilled footwork.

>>713014649 (OP)
nothing mario related has a timeline so you can just forget thinking about it

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
I'm fucking crying

>>713027197
That's how Diddy & co. ride him in nu-DKC.

>>713014649 (OP)
>>713014963
Mario is 25, Peach is 19.

>>713026830
Mario is as tall as Sonic, who's only like 3'.

>>713026830
Im aware that hes a manlet but were talking about a teen here. And the days of the Camelot OC's being a point of comparison are over. If you have to make a teen in this universe she just naturally has to be short

>>713024557
Seems like diddy as well from that angle? Looks weird af.

>>713027397
Given that the Metro Kingdom's inhabitants don't look disproportionate next to Mario I'm going to say that it's an accurate representation, so he's definitely a short creature.

>>713024557
It's distracting, and in a bad way.

>>713026914
If were going by modern standards based on Mario Kart World she has shrunken significantly, with only being slightly taller then DK. Her shrinking to about Mario's height as a teen makes sense

>>713027584
So if Bananza Pauline is very short for someone who should at least be ¾ths as tall as a New Donker and Odyssey Pauline, then perhaps that means-
There's still hope?

>>713027668
But this is a big game title that might be a continuation or prequel to Odyssey, a game where Pauline had normal proportions.

>>713027395
Mario’s Japanese smash bros melee trophy states he’s 26

>>713027584
This means Peach is like 3'6" feet tall?
How can a perfect woman get even more perfect?

>>713020668
Ashley's age has never been stated in Japan to my knowledgeable(beyond being described as 'Shoujo' which is a wide range), but she's about as tall or taller than high-schooler 13-Amp(who is at least 16) while being shorter than Mona(also high-schooler).
The one time she had an official listed age in the west it was 15, and she's been listed as a teenager by the chinese. I assume someone gave the people running those sites some notes?

>>713026856
Is Mario an Isekai? Where do the humans come from? I know the movie is which is what makes me think the games might be too since Miyamoto has creative control of both

>>713014649 (OP)
What a funny timeline. The only reason kid Pauline happened is because P Diddy was exposed being a sex freak.

>>713025268
Late bloomer. They're not that uncommon, especially at 13.

I need a loli gf

>>713025956
DK is the dad character protecting the little child.

DK is simply our avatar.

>>713027668
>Mario cast upfront
>DK and Pauline sticking together in the background

Huh, now it all makes sense.

>>713027197
Because she's quick and nimble, when she needs to be.

>>713025854
That's dk III so Pauline is significantly older than the rest

They could do timelines like zelda I guess?

>>713028838
but can she float through the air and climb up trees?

>>713014649 (OP)
Nintendo lost me with the DK redesign and rework but now they reeled me back in with loli Pauline. Masterfully done, Nintendo, bravo.

>>713028349
>Is Mario an Isekai?
Always had been even before the term "Isekai" became the word

>>713029291
loli freckled Pauline*
Honestly didn't think they'd be able to outdo the Peach/Daisy/Rosalina trio but here we are.

>>713029116
Just like her daughter, yes.

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
Too old

>>713025956
O TWAIN

she looks small for a 13 year old

According to Miyamoto, Mario (and by extension Luigi since they're twins) is around 24-25, and they, Peach, DK, Wario, Yoshi (the main green one), and Bowser are all babies at the same time, so they're all early-mid 20s

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
That's not 13.

>>713030441
out of ten

>>713024265
deserves tickle torture

>>713030441
>>13
>That's not 13.
Next you'll tell me this isn't a full grown man

>>713014649 (OP)
sega removed ages so now nintendo has to add them to maintain balance

>>713026286
He knows the importance of consent

>>713024825
There's official artwork of Wario without his mustache. The mustaches do a lot of heavy lifting in making the plumbers look older than they actually are.

>>713014649 (OP)
im so confused
So cranky kong was the og kong
Og kong kidnapped adult Pauline and Adult mario rescued her

so why the fuck is a child pauline now in the DK game which also has Cranky Kong?

>>713017553
Yeah founding NDC is 100% the ending of the game. She gets up to the surface with a fuck ton of gold, a gorilla bff who can smash anything in the way of construction, and a dream. DK just wants his bananas.

>>713014649 (OP)
It’s to make her legal

>>713014649 (OP)
Wait, so does that mean we're playing as Cranky Kong?

>>713032317
ALL Donkeys are future Crankys.
All Crankys were once Donkeys.

>>713024558
Super "if shes 13, I'm 13" Mario

Bros... My wee wee hard

>>713014649 (OP)
I guess that's going to put an end to shills calling her a loli/cunny.

>>713022598
>No, it's literally part of the DK series that Cranky is the old DK
NOT ANYMORE, RARE FUCKERS
HA HA HA HA HA HA

you know, with the backpack sidekick and the different abilities, this seems like a spiritual successor to banjo kazooie. sorta.

>>713026801
>horse
it's a zebra

>>713030325
Are you blind? She looks like a teenager, not a child. I thought she'd be 16 here.

Pragmata has a lg on a man's back and dk now has a lil girl on his back. Are we going to get more lg on protagonist back games?

>>713033982
So instead of having rando, they become it?

I can't get over how tall and stupid her hair looks.
Look like they stacked the Pringleman mustache on top of her head

>>713019628
Sherry from Mario Golf is 12 years old and looks even younger.

>>713033982
13 is not lg, that's a fertile woman from a biological standpoint. Stop lumping this hag with genuine cunny.

>>713014973
this is Pauline's daughter. Her dad is an unnamed businessman from New Donk City

>>713017710
Diddy's not DK's cute kid sidekick, he's a weird emotionally-stunted middle-aged man.

>>713025825
I love hebes but DKB Pauline does nothing to me. She's too short and underdeveloped.

>>713034280
BUT LIKE GARRY COLEMAN HE DOES NOT AGE
HE'S ANGRY
HORNY
LIBIDO'S WILD
BUT WOMEN WON'T DATE HIM 'CUZ HE LOOKS LIKE A CHILD

>this fee-
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
>distinct-
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
>un-Ninten-
HAVE A ROTTEN DAY

I find it really funny how people are only now wondering about the timeline of events when Pauline's apparently looked the exact same from when Cranky Kong first kidnapped her to now despite Cranky himself going from looking like DK to looking like a shriveled prune

>>713025825
The real question
Does this mean hebes of the other princesses?
Do we get hebe peach, hebe daisy, and hebe Rosalina in future mario kart?

>>713014649 (OP)
where does this take place on the Mario timeline? She's a kid but Donkey and Kranky are still the same

>>713014649 (OP)
I don't like how much the movie is obviously influencing these design choices but it made a billion dollars so what do I know.

>>713034857
That actually makes sense, though
Gorillas have pretty short lifespans. Going from prime to old age in 10 years actually isn't weird at all.
Humans are the weird animals for it not happening faster

Is there porn yet?

>>713034903
If we get kid pauline in the DLC, then yes.

>>713014963
Rosalina is mid 20s, but stopped aging.
Peach is 18.
Pauline is obviously 30+.
No one cares about Daisy.

>>713035008
Yes.

>>713035003
great apes can live 60 years in captivity. Koko the gorilla was 46 when she died.

>>713035003
>upper limit of Gorilla lifespan is apparently 50, and that's specifically in captivity
Damn, I thought they'd at least reach Elephants' (who average mid to late 60s). Never mind then

>>713024825
Rosalina is like 100

>>713035369
Note the in captivity as well.
Apes fall squarely in the camp of "animals that tend to live longer, happier lives in captivity" where medical care, predation, and guaranteed food are things.
Not all animals do, and some animals get fucked by captivity, apes are not on this list.

>>713035528
>predation,
protection against predation, my fukkin b

Bananza is its own timeline.

>>713015187
Probably to avoid ratings dilemma about having too young of a child in cartoon violence danger, IDK.
Look at Xenoblade 3 with Ghondor. She's "18" but looks 13. It was probably a last second decision to adjust her age, because the accidentally made it that her mother, Monica, birthed her at 13 years old.

>>713035528
large apes rarely get predated on. their deaths in the wild usually come from illness or injury in territorial conflict. especially gorillas, which are primarily herbivorous.

>>713015187
This. 13 is almost an adult, this is just a blatant child. Typical japan

>>713025239
Rosalina's universe reset at the end of Galaxy reset the canon...deepest lore...

This is a slippery slope

It started with Pokemon and look what ended up happening
Splatoon got it even worse

Boorus are weird about Nintendo characters and make exceptions for clearly underage characters. If they won't accept lewd art of Pauline (which they shouldn't) then they will also have to issue takedowns for art of Misty, Ashley, Pearl and all sorts of other characters.

>>713028575
I doubt it, I think the Odyssey team just wants to leave their own mark on the series.

>>713014649 (OP)
She looks like she's way younger than 13

>>713014649 (OP)
I don't like how they're normalizing rape. Like it's okay for DK to be in the same room as Paulene after what he's done to her.

>>713014649 (OP)
>13 year old
>heavy make up
>dresses like a whore
Nintendo, wtf

>>713014649 (OP)
This is going to be fun seeing all these mentally ill faggots on the internet sperg out on people when they lewd her.

The same people that think drawings are real beings. Kek

>>713036007
>Boorus

Fuck em.

>>713025424
26 is late 20's.

>>713015187
Her body mostly looks like a little kid, but she clearly has developing breasts, so I think it's just a weird art style thing.

>>713028575
>The only reason kid Pauline happened is because P Diddy was exposed being a sex freak.
you grossly underestimate how long games take to develop

>>713036256
Self report

>>713036361
more like mid to late 20s

>>713036689
Im making art of her as we speak.

I Will also buy the game used for 30$

>>713036007
>which they shouldn't
do you work for mastercard or something

>>713036007
>Pokemon
>He doesn't know

>>713014649 (OP)
She was obvi included in the game to sell the game to young girls. They also have theme park tickets to sell and all the girls will want to go see Pauline at the parks now.

>>713035796
Rarely, but it's a factor that more importantly feeds into stress levels.
A gorilla has to constantly keep watch to make sure no jungle cat tries to fuck with the children of the group. The various knock on effects of stress related to predation are what's actually the big problem, that actually does have an impact on lifespan. The threat of predation has a larger impact on lifespan than predation itself actually does.
Stress is also usually what tips the equation for animals that do really poorly in captivity, like sharks. Sharks become very, very stressed if they feel like they don't have enough territory to sustain themselves, regardless of how much food they're actually getting, so tend to freak out in captivity. That's a common unifier in most large predators actually, they start feeling stressed and panicking, because they don't feel like they have enough territory to reliably feed themselves. That they are getting fed doesn't matter, it's the worry that they might not that fucks 'em up.

Cheetahs are another good example, where they do WAY better in captivity, almost entirely due to stress. Cheetahs are almost constantly having nervous breakdowns in the wild for a variety of reasons, while in captivity, they usually get a dog as a pet/friend that grounds them and keeps them chill, kinda like how horses so times get donkeys to keep them chill, while also never having to deal with shit like having their food stolen by anything that walks.
So, I should have presented it better but, that's what I mean.

>>713036871
A bunch of men will too.

>>713014649 (OP)
https://files.catbox.moe/t6bn4e.png

>>713036787
Yikes

>>713036871
Adult women can work for that. My niece loved Rosalina on sight for being pretty.

Will this cutie ever come back?

>>713028349
They clarified by creating New Donk City - presumably Mario and Pauline are from here. This makes it possible other human settlements exists where peach comes from.

>>713016549
>13 year old
>VA sounds like a chain smoking 40 year old doing an UwU cutesy voice
Many such cases

>>713037265
I'm churning her into cum in my balls as we speak.

>>713025937
>>713035521
Rosaline's age is not literal. The insinuation is that the metric of time between her visits are so long for her own standards that they feel like 100 years.
Kinda amazing how few people read the storybook in Galaxy 1.

>>713026260
Jr only applies to males.

>>713014649 (OP)
>13
that's absurd - she's 10 max

>>713014649 (OP)
Too old.

>>713030975
heh

>>713037658
>Roseline
Yes sir is the miyamoto mandate in the room with us for maximum redeemptions?

Its gonna be some situation like how cranky kong was the canonical DK of the NES donkey kong games.
She isn't the same pauline as the one in odyssey and such, just a girl who shares her name

My sides were sending me to orbit when I saw she has a torn jeans style going on. Its just so unlike Nintendo to do that for designs and you can tell the younger staff have started putting their mark in the games too.(I like modernity btw). Imagine by the next decade they have Mario or a character with shaved side cut hairstyle for a special occasion.

So has this done a massive retcon to the mario lore?

>>713038023
>mario lore
No, he still likes spaghetti and uhhhhhhhhhhhh having parties.

>>713014649 (OP)
SHE'S 13???
she's tiny.

>>713025956
No the only Nintendo games I play are Zelda and Mario

>>713038163
Mario is literally a manlet why Pauline being 13 is that hard to believe?

>>713038212
If you like the 2D mario games you should give the DK games a try.

>>713038297
Adult Pauline looks plausibly human, while Mario is proportioned like a cartoon mascot.

>>713035892
No, it isn't, groomba

>>713038434
Mario and Pauline came from the same game series... They are both cartoons

>>713037265
no.
she's dead and went to the afterlife.

>>713039403
>seemingly teenage
So she's a crone that reversed her aging.

>>713039403
I wonder who smells the worst between ashley or Arle from Poyo Poyo. One lives dirty and dont comb her hair n shit. The other does never shower and always wear the same clothes every day.

I think these must be the most dirty and disgusting girls ever created in videogames...

>>713031475
Wario was never a plumber

>>713038610
But Mario is a midget.
Smauline is also a midget.
And Mario and Pauline were in a relationship.
...

So does this mean new DK is actually Fedora Kong, DK's father?
Does this mean that Cranky never kidnapped Pauline for himself, but because he disapproved of his son's interracial relationship?
Does this mean Fedora Kong did not, in fact, go MIA in the Great Ape War, but instead left his Kong family, to spend his life with Pauline?
Does this mean the fact that Pauline wants to be friends with DK, but DK does not like Pauline is NOT some weird, cringe race thing, but just a step mother trying to love a stepson who won't accept her?

>>713035892
and yet you guys whine and complain calling normal looking adult anime characters "children"

>>713039403
shame most old WW websites are dead

>>713028575
wtf is wrong with diddys eyes?

>>713035762
>>>>>>>>>>>>accidentally

>>713019856
Western influence. Long gone are the days of kid Goku showing his cock and underaged Bulma flashing her tits and ass.

>>713014963
>>713015015
Really? I always thought of Mario and Luigi being closer to middle aged like mid to late 30s?

>>713026830
>Peach is 6 feet tall

>>713033931
Zebras have horse cocks dumbass

>>713014649 (OP)
>>713022527

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>>713016613
Side-effect of Ginger Extinction.

>>713019714
>>713022598
>>713025239
>>713033808
Donkey Kong 94 (game boy) confirms in an a interview that it's pre-Super Mario bros, Donkey Kong was Mario's pet and Pauline is still an adult

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2 English and Japanese manual straight up confirm that game is modern DK's first meeting of Pauline.

Mario Odyssey confirms that Pauline was kidnapped by an ape, yet young pauline was actually DK's sidekick.

This doesn't just contradict Rare lore. This contradicts a ton of established Mario lore.

>>713014649 (OP)
She expands my dong if you know what I mean

>>713043934
>this implies you're assuming DK doesn't kidnap adult Pauline
>bullshit attempt to work with shit Rare lore, gone
>this implies you're assuming DK doesn't kidnap adult Pauline

The only thing that changed is we now know DK knew kid Pauline, which might change the motivations of why he was kidnapping her

>>713027397
I can't see Mario as 5'5 or whatever his real height is because Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games and Super Mario Bros. Z were my shit as a kid

>>713014649 (OP)
Stop force posting this game

>>713044319
I would think Nintendo would know how weird it would be for DK's and Pauline's relationship to be wholesome as a kid, only for him to then to turn antagonistic, kidnap her, have it be described as her to be a "traumatic event", and for Mario to have to rescue her. It obviously works better in the reverse.

I would think Nintendo would also know the ramifications of DK lusting after a woman who he knew as a child.

So cute...

>>713034857
You have to be a fucking retard to give a shit about the continuity and timeline of a bing bing wahoo game.

>>713034857
because that's easier to explain.

It's much more difficult to explain why Pauline here is young, yet an adult in DK arcade, Mario vs Donkey Kong, and in the spinoffs with Mario also being an adult.

>>713037265
Not the official canon form of this princess. Try again!

>>713025937
Babyfications aren't canon.
Mario doesn't have canon in general, Miyamoto sees them as a "troupe of actors" kind of characters, like Mickey, Looney Tunes, Popeye, etc.

>>713046513
Mario's canon being in flux doesn't mean it has no canon at all. There are clear callbacks to previous events.

If they made a Mario game with a de-aged Peach, old Bowser but the same Mario it would be just a strange.

>>713014973
Kill yourself, brown faggot.

>>713035173
>Peach is 18
Mario is 25 and they're all around the same age so she's 24-25 too

>>713025424
I head canon that the oldest games start off Mario at around that age but then a few years pass over the different games, so he's about 30 now

>>713037658
The star festival is literally every 100 years in the mushroom kingdom. Also, Rosa says she has lived through the births and deaths of galaxies.

>>713034934
Ah yes, I also recall pauline in the movie......

>>713037960
Ever played Mario Strikers? Ever seen its concept art?

>>713027616
Nah, it's an straight upgrade
For DK himself I'm split because he looks a bit too... Smart. The rare one really captured his essence of an stupid monkey, like how Crash is an stupid bandicoot you know

>>713041305
Mario girls are tall, bro.

HAHAHAHA THIS IS JUST LIKE MY DISNEY GAMES MOMMY WHEN MICKEY WAS SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD RIGHT MOMMEY

>>713024825
Wario and Mario are the same age because they went to Kindergarten together learn your fucking Mario lore cretin

>>713016549
>>713037418
>child character
>doesn't sound enough like a baby in English for pedo weebs
everytime

>>713027041
>Red dress
>Blue Eyes
>Tiny version of her haristyle
>Lips still a prominent feature
If anything she feels more like "Character is suddenly turned into a kid" than "Character as a kid"

>>713031690
Don't ask questions just consume the slop and get excited for next slop!

NOW PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM OR SO HELP ME

>>713050229
To be fair, Current strikers is really softened compared to the GC release, so I get where he's coming from. This kind of clothing is more of a Wario Ware thing than actual Mario

>>713037265
Her or Captain Syrup deserve to come back but the bigger question is if Bananza Pauline is the next best thing to not having Wapeach in our timeline? Even if people are interested in a female villain SMRPG also had Valentina.

>>713014963
that interview was for the 25th anniversary

>>713031690
>>713051009
>having a meltdown over lore that doesn't matter
Cranky is old, Pauline is a kid, and both are in the game. How does this affect gameplay?

>>713050297
yeah it's shocking it actually got approved. It's such a seemingly amateurish change

>>713051775
meant to reply to >>713027616

>>713028597
Not THAT late.

>>713031696
so hecking funny

My current theory:
>The Pauline accompanying DK is not the same one as the arcade game. She’s a descendant of that Pauline in the same way our DK is a descendant of Cranky King (OG DK)
>In the treehouse footage, Pauline/Odd Rock was initially incredibly scared of DK, likely being weight to fear Kongs from an early age due to family trauma
>Game’s plot will basically be the Kong’s redemption story in the eyes of humans, kid Pauline will grow up to be the one we know in the newer games
>We’ll eventually get to meet old Pauline, she and Cranky will be able to reconcile their differences
I think it would be pretty cool if DK and Pauline had similar backstories in terms of their relation to the arcade originals.

I have no explanation for Mario in relation to all of this but who fucking cares it’s Mario, he doesn’t age and is arguably not even human.

when going over designs like this and pragmata, do devs never once ask themselves ''maybe we should just make her an adult or make her age ambiguous''
do they not realize the audience they're enabling? or is it done on purpose?

>>713019628
>>713034118
>double down on Mario artstyle humans after Odyssey only having realistic ones
>now it's bad

>>713052139
>do they not realize the audience they're enabling?
themselves?

We're watching you...

>>713052139
Maybe they've decided the combined audience of perverts+normies who don't know or care about any of this bullshit is preferable to the audience of whiny pearl-clutching fags claiming everything is heckin' problematicarino

>>713052116
It'd be cool if we got to see a small cameo from Mario, but modeled after his old DK or DK Jr cabinet artwork instead of just being his regular modern model or just recolored. And referred to in passing as "the jump man".

>>713052139
>th-they're tempting my desire to want to sexually assault children
oh, fuck off.

>>713052139
>You can't have child characters in a game because pedos will like it.
Normalfags don't want to protect kids, they just want to make pedos unhappy.

>>713052139
Japs don't care because they understand it's pixels on a screen, not based off a real person

>>713031690
Nintendo is retconning things, similar to how BOTW was basically a reboot and Pikmin 4 threw everything previously away while also trying to reference it.

It's bizarre since Pokemon, Kirby and Splatoon should have shown them that leaning a bit into the lore works to drive consumer engagement.

>>713052116
I hate this since it makes Donkey Kong kidnapping her later all the more awful, especially in the context of the original Arcade/DK94 setting.

>>713053032
There’s no perfect way around any of it, but I think it would be the cleanest way of telling a story like this within the confines of the games that most people know about.

I don’t think people will be mad if things like Mario vs DK contradict it. As long as stuff like the original arcade games and odyssey fall in line, I think it’ll be okay.

Again, it’s a Mario game at the end of the day. It’s just gonna be a sweet little story about a girl and her monkey friend with maybe some interesting character moments here and there.

>beat the final boss
>Pauline returns to normal
>the being that was the final boss changes back to its original form
>it's this guy and he's Pauline's betrothed

How would you react?

>>713015187

I thought so too, but I was watching the direct with my 6 year old and he said “oh she’s a teenager,” so obviously there’s something there I’m not seeing

>>713014649 (OP)
I'm just thinking about the incredible sex this gorilla is about to have with her. Ayo!

>>713052139
It probably doesn't even cross their minds anon

>>713027041

Because Pauline hasn’t been in enough things to really flesh out her personality, so the only thing you associate with her is her Jessica Rabbit body, which obviously a prepubescent girl wouldn’t have

>Mario & Luigi appear at the end of the game.
>Mario is normal, but Luigi is Baby Luigi, just to continue mindfucking timelinefags.

>>713016549
why is this so common?

>Schizophrenic psycho babble against Mario Galaxy story ruining Donkey Kong Switch 2
Miyamoto-sama, is this story demon in the room with us right now? How long have you heard voices in your head tell you Galaxy 2 was the proper game because it removed both the story and Rosalina. If I show you this Metacritic Highest Rated Games of All Time and you see Galaxy 1 in #4 and Galaxy 2 #5, will the story demon compel you to lunge at me?

Exactly when did the voices start? Recent or in the 1990s? When Majora's Mask shipped with more story than dungeons in 2000? What is the Hebrew name for you story demon, here's a graph of the 72 Ars Goetia demons, Shigeru-san where is the story demon among them? Can you ask the story demon to tell us which Donkey Kong kidnapped Pauline?