>all the games so far had arcade game being a distant memory
>Rare had it that their DK was a descendant of the original DK
>Nintendo seems to ignore this
>now we have little Pauline, making Banaza the earliest game in the series
>unclear where arcade now sits
>unclear if the entire DKC series is now several decades prequel to the Mario games
>Unclear why nice guy DK would even kidnap Pauline in the first place

They attempted Bananza to unify the DK and Mario storylines, since up to then they were off in their own little worlds that didn't seem connected. K. Rool has been to New Donk City and interacted with Pauline, who interacted with Mario.

But they create more questions than answers. They should have just made a sequel, and have it be Pauline Jr.

>>716113350 (OP)
Mario games exist in alternate parallel universes.
But before we talk about parallel universes, we need to...wait.