>Pauline Jr. wears both Mario's denim, and Pauline's red dress.
>Pauline Jr. is unusually short and stubby, like Mario, and her face is more round unlike Pauline, who has a longer face.
>Mario and Pauline were spending a lot of time together in Super Mario Odyssey, and Donkey Kong Bananza is meant to be a follow-up to Super Mario Odyssey.
>Peach has friendzoned Mario.
>Pauline Jr. not being Pauline Jr. would break the Mario timeline, which is something Nintendo might not want for their flagship franchise of which their mascot is from.
>The "Mario saves Peach from Bowser" plotline has gone stale, especially when Mario and Peach still haven't gotten married yet.
>Mario is confirmed to have left Pauline to start a relationship with Peach, it would be genius for Nintendo to wrap up the Mario story with Mario and Pauline reuniting.

>peach friendszones mario
of course, shes already seeing someone

>>713186505
Prince Peach bussy.... UwU

>>713186270 (OP)
But this scenario would make more legit Peach fucking Bowser...

>>713187470
More like Peach would just be by herself.

>>713187882
I feel like the ‘jr.’ notion is not typically applied to females.

Oh hey, it's Cranky Kong and his friend Rambi!

>>713187882
I like smoline as younger Pauline who eventually builds New Donk City more.

>>713190782
New Donk City already exists.

Kid Pauline is either going to be adult Pauline under a curse (she got Kid Goku’d) or it’s a completely unrelated kid who took her role model’s name. It’s not going to be an actual child Pauline.

>>713190930
Mario and Pauline got back together and had Pauline Jr.
She will be the heir to the Nintenthrone.

Why is Pauline a midget?

>>713190930
My theory is that she spent years turned into a rock and at the end of the game returning to her home also implies returnin to her time (The Legend of Donkey Kong: Banana of Time).

What would the implications of Mario being a father take? Would the fans accept it?

>>713189891
Yeah but it’s not unheard of tho usually if a girl is named after her mom she’s usually "The Second" or II. I actually tried to find out why this is a couple years ago and the best explanations I could get were:
>moms usually have more power in the naming process and would rather either name their daughters after people closer to them then themselves or give them a nice sounding original name to to make the daughter more unique
>related: naming your child directly after yourself is kinda arrogant and that kind of arrogance is way more socially acceptable in men than women
>naming trends for girls change way faster than boys so a mom with a name that’s gotten less popular isn’t gonna saddle her daughter with her mom’s lame name
>"Junior" just kinda sounds more like a boy thing

>>713192630
Because she's 13.

>>713192870
He's been 25 and single for more than 30 years now, it's time for him to start a family.

>>713193775
13 year old girls don't look like that.

Mario's a faggot

>>713194189
Some do, i've seen very short and young looking girls in 7th grade at elementary school.

>you bought the same denim? you must be... le daughter!
is everyone who has ever done a Uniqlo shop immediately related? retard

>’marry and reproduce’ propaganda hit nintendo
Maybe you’re onto something

>>713193775
It could take place 13 years after Odyssey, or 13 years after Mario left Pauline behind at the end of Donkey Kong '94.

>>713194189
They do if they smoke.

>>713191230
Why is Miyamorty wearing a shirt with himself

What is this?
Someone's request for their father to come back home?
Next to an image of Mario?
In a newspaper from New Donk City, where Punch-Out supposedly takes place?

Cranky Kong was NEVER canonically Donkey Kong, that was third party Rare nonsense.

Canonically Mario is canonically 24, and so is DK because Yoshi Island DS LITERALLY SHOWS US Mario and donkey Kong being delivered by the storks at the same time.

Kong Wars LOST

>>713195350

Miyamoto is the shirt

>>713195772
>b-b-but what about DK Jr

DK Jr was originally Donkey Kongs canonical son, but like the Koopalings being Bowser's kids, that was retconed

>>713195772
Mario was not delivered by storks.

>>713195985
You think this is a fucking seagull?

Lore bros really turn schizo to justify the story of a video game. Like, why don't you just enjoy the game?

>>713196215
I think it is nonsense because we see Mario and his family living in Brooklyn.

>>713195460
I would think this is DK Jr asking for his father back, and also finding a key to his cage.

>>713196719
But what's with the "come home" part?
That implies that the father "left home".

>>713186270 (OP)
thank you for fixing the cranky-donkey relationship error. now i can believe this theory with a clear conscience

I think Bananza is funny in that it not only confirms Cranky is totally delusional, but it also takes away his role as the respected village chief or elder and gives it to the new gorilla transform guy

>>713196350
We have been subjected to the same rehashed "Mario rescues Peach from Bowser" plot over and over with no resolution in sight. We were teased with a climactic ending in Super Mario Odyssey, but instead got Peach rejecting Mario and a cliffhanger.

Also, Super Mario Odyssey probably started "a new romance" between Mario and Pauline.

>>713196351
The Movie isn't canon, dumbass.

>>713196350
>Like, why don't you just enjoy the game?
Because it isn't out yet.

>>713187470
Peach rejects Bowser in that same scene

Here's how tall I think Pauline Jr. is.

>>713192870
I'm trying to think of why fans wouldn't accept it, and I can't come up with anything outside of autists hating that it "ages the character".
But then you're getting into Spider-Man territory, and you never want to go there.

I get it, so this is the game where DK saves Mario's kid and that's why he gets invited to parties and to go golfing and karting.

>>713192870
The problem is that they gave Mario two potential girlfriends and unless they’re going full Xenoblade 2 giving him a child means canonizing only one of them

>>713186270 (OP)
Right, because clothes are hereditary.

>>713198439
I made a point a while back that I believe that the kart, sports, and party games were seperate from the timeline of Mario platformers.

>>713198572
Which girlfriend actually wants him back in her life, and which girlfriend rejected him and almost left him stranded on the moon?

Hmm?

>>713198236
I generally think a lot of fans would have a problem with both Mario and Pauline being deadbeats who orphaned their daughter off at the circus.

>>713199052
We got a whole movie of Mario and Peach constantly flirting with each other since then, they’re not going to make Mario have a child with Pauline