Or is there something Nintendo isn't telling us?

>>713281304 (OP)
I mean Bowser has a kid so why not Mario? But it might be more suggestive because Mario is with Peach so it's not spoken out loud

>>713281443
But is Mario really with Peach after what happened on the moon?
I think they are now just good friends.

>>713281443
I don't know, Nintendo seems adamant about not letting Mario and Peach be in a loving relationship. Meanwhile Mario and Pauline actually used to date

>>713281304 (OP)
I bet they did this on purpose to encourage these lore posts lmao

gorillas have small penises

Imagine caring so deeply about the relationships between 2 cartoon characters.

>>713281304 (OP)
mario if he tranny

>>713282345
Reminder that we share a site with /co/, a board that loves shipping characters

>>713282273
Or maybe they did it because they need mascot platformers with a female protagonist to appeal to female gamers?

>>713281304 (OP)
It's Pauline. shipfags got btfo, get over it

>>713282345
Yes, I do care about whether or not the most iconic gaming mascot finally gets his happy ending.

>>713281304 (OP)
DKB Pauline is from a timeline where they didn't break up in the 80s and kid Pauline is actually current Pauline's daughter.

Source: My ass.

>>713283171
Why would you want Nintendo to break the lore of their flagship franchise?

>Mario and Donkey Kong I are the same age, born on the exact same day
>DK and his son, DK Jr. kidnapped Pauline and Mario chased him into the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario's birthplace
>Mario wanted to stay in the Mushroom Kingdom, but Pauline wanted to go back to the city, so they broke up
>Mario met, and eventually married Peach, and they had a daughter, Rosalina, and a son (unnammed)
>Peach dies at some point, and Rosalina disapears into space and Mario goes back to the city and gets back together with Pauline
>Mario and Pauline have a daugher, also named Pauline
>Meanwhile, DK Jr. has a son, also named Donky Kong
>13 years later, DK III and Pauline II meet in the underground world

jk, it's probably time travel or some kind of curse

>>713283364
since when has nintendo cared about the "lore" of their games?

>>713281304 (OP)
>>713281925
Mario pumped and dumped Pauline? Dayum!

>>713282969
the first thought that crossed through my mind was that they wanted to replace mario with a strunk womyn protagonist for brownie points

The cope from the Kong Wars >muh DK timeline shitters has been delicious

>>713281304 (OP)
Man, Zelda is bad enough but it's fucking goofy to see adults take Mario lore seriously. Nintendo obviously doesn't care about any real continuity so why should you?

>>713283806
They care about continuity in Super Mario, but not The Legend of Zelda.

"O-ho no!"

>>713281304 (OP)
I think either Void Co. kidnapped the Pauline from the past, or kidnapped modern Pauline and de-aged her? Is her singing somehow magical?
Doubtful this Pauline is Mario and modern Pauline’s kid because both of them are around their mid twenties and young Pauline is 13. Unless this younger Pauline is from the future.

>>713284410
Donkey Kong Bananza can take place 13 years into the future or 13 years after Mario left Pauline.

>>713283621
why would mario team up with DK?

>>713284754
Because they are friends.

Oh my god who fucking cares

>>713285151
I care, and so should you.
This is MARIO that we are talking about.
Imagine if it was 1985 all over again.

>>713283514
what is it with jap devs always laughing at the end of each sentence in interviews?

>>713286808
in fact why do they even smile? we all know they just want to kill everybody.

>>713286808
it's an awkward introvert laugh, the one that they always insert at the end of every sentence because they're not confident enough to let a statement stand on its own