So this will be K. Rool's emblem in Mario Kart World?
Assuming the speculation is correct.

>>716436254 (OP)
What speculation?

k rool isnt mario hes donky kong

>>716438397
His and Void’s VA’s are in the credits of Mario Kart World but they voice nobody in that game.

>>716438397
THE speculation

>>716438487
Mario is Donkey Kong

>>716439314
Why are they no hopers?

>>716436254 (OP)
Who cares, mkw sucks

>>716439387
The "no hopers" are Sonic and Earthworm Jim, represented by the shoes and the blaster.
It's a jab at them since they're non-Nintendo series. And it aged pretty well.

>>716439314
>>716439707
I appreciate them showing Sonic's shoes even more today. I wish companies took more jabs at each other like this today instead of the everyone's friends faggotry thats been going on forever.

>>716439707
Also Shiny Entertainment took a jab at DK first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDArLG0eHJ4

>>716438494
>but they voice nobody in that gam
Do you actually know that? There's like 40 random enemies with voice mumbles.

>>716436254 (OP)
>not asymmetrical with his eye
Disgusting

>>716442230
Maybe he's got a complex about it.

>>716439831
>I wish companies took more jabs at each other like this today instead of the everyone's friends faggotry thats been going on forever
Reason things were like that was because gaming back then was far more niche with a small pool of “gamers.” Cause of this companies had to be cut-throat and hostile in order to court gamers because otherwise they wouldn't survive
Nowadays though gaming is a billion-dollar industry that even normies engage in so they can afford to work with others since it benefits both parties, not to mention their fanbases are large enough that they don’t have to worry about courting gamers since loyalist are more than enough to keep them afloat

The king is coming to Mario kart world next week
Trust

>>716440282
DLC 1 got leaked not long ago around here too, it was pretty much a glorified DK Bananza tie in featuring K.Rool, Loline and some of the monkey bosses.

>>716441273
K. Rool's animations are so fun, there's so many little details and references in every aspect of the finale that it sometimes feels like the devs were happier to add him than the fans were to have him back.

>>716436254 (OP)
>>716441273
Why did they have to make k rool so fricken sexy in this game?

>>716445198
is poppy kong in?

>>716439314
Yoshi canonically has a higher power level than Link

>>716445381
You've got a problem.

>>716448162
That was before Ocarina of Time elevated Link's power level and Yoshi's Story demolished Yoshi's

>>716450738
Exactly the reason he's such a fat fuck.

>>716441273
Someone said his propeller pack looks like Kaos but I can't find the image for it.

>>716450738
Why is a croc eating bananas?

>>716454162
It's easiest seen in the bananza fight when k rool uses the banana remote to remove part of the stage.

>>716454471
He's probably half gorilla. His body does look closer to a green gorilla than a kremling.

Here you go, my original picture was from a compressed Youtube video so here's a better one from my Switch.

>>716454782
Does k rook have an ass? He seems to have the Eggman body but with the tail

>>716454583
>The K in K. Rool stood for Kong the whole time

>>716439314
Which coin filtered Mario?

When are they doing Zelda DLC and putting riju in Mario Kart?

>>716436254 (OP)
Is K.Rool the Fang the Sniper of the Mario/Donkey Kong franchise?

>>716436254 (OP)
i bet they can jus tmilk donkey kong characters a shitton with mario kart now that bananza's out
just from bananza you got
>diddy
>cranky
>dixie
>young pauline
>void kong
>king k rool
>grumpy kong
>poppy kong
the last 2 aren't eveyr likely but the rest are highly possible

>>716439314
>Zero (0) coins for diddy
Cranky is such a top tier hater

>>716455329
They didn't horribly botch K. Rool's return so not really. Not to mention Fang is still in classic branding hell so he and Trip probably won't be back again for a long time anyway.

>>716455481
I'd honestly take Grumpy and Poppy over just about anyone but K. Rool and Diddy, I ended up liking them both a lot more than I thought I would.

why is there no mkw veekend thread yet

>returns to a DK game since 2007, last high-profile appearance arguably being 1999
>the game is by Nintendo EPD
>is the first final boss of Nintendo's Switch 2 era

nice

>>716455630
Was Fang/Nack's comeback bad?

>>716455136
That one behind the vines.
You know the one.

>>716445373

yeah the devs had a blast working with him and the rest of the kremling stuff

i hope this bridges the mario and DK IPs closer too, like how klaptraps and kritters would be in the gamecube spinoff games

The kremlings never had a general emblem before this as far as i'm aware. I'd say it's perfect.

>>716450738
>Blackbeard before Blackbeard existed.

>>716456283

>>716455329
>just about everyone loved King K's boss fight
>fang's boss in superstars went on too long
>716455481
I want kritter for the generic mook representation.

>>716456409
oh right and I call myself a dkc trilogy fan. New one is better imo

>>716455934
I guess horribly botch might be a little strong since Superstars was mostly more bland than bad but his return was pretty lacking and the nicest thing I can say about him is that his model looks pretty nice. His boss fights are bad (especially THAT one), his iconic theme is horribly mangled on the occasions it's actually used, and he doesn't really do anything memorable. I guess it's nice that he's off the "dead character do not use" list but that's not saying a lot by itself.

>>716456283
They had the jolly roger with a croc skull in 2 but I like the new one more since you could probably use it no matter what K. Rool's chosen gimmick is.

Bowser has a better logo

>>716436254 (OP)

thought the new emblem would replace the plain blue pendant for his cape

>>716455934
>shit song
>shit boss fight
>mediocre game overall
idk how you could fuck it up even further, but they managed to do it by having the new OC basically take the spotlight from him

>>716436254 (OP)
And banjo kazooie?
And steve minecraft?
And byleth?
And sora?

>>716456857
anon this isn't cross worlds.

>>716440282
Most of the random enemies have been accounted for. It's not impossible but it's looking unlikely that's all they were there for, since it'd have been cheaper to have one of the other voice actors just do those roles.

>>716436254 (OP)
hes so cool bros

>>716436254 (OP)
They're going to make K.Rool and Diddy dlc, aren't they?

>>716439314
>Mario? The guy that kicked my face in back in 81? The guy that trapped me in a cage and whipped me endlessly? THAT Mario?
>Aw man, he was the coolest guy!

>>716448162
They actually swapped their places in the GBA version.

>>716455136
Web Woods.

>>716436254 (OP)
This would also explain why Bowser has an entire weight category to himself. They couldn't include the other super-heavyweight character until after Bonanza was out to avoid spoiling his return.

>>716439314
Never got why they used yoshi instead of Samus or something

>>716457284

whats funny is samantha kelly did peach, toad and toadette

now theyre all split. toad, spectator toads, toadette and peach/baby peach are all voiced by someone different each

>>716457750
Because they were pushing Yoshi insanely hard in the SNES era. It's easy to forget now but he wasn't in Mario from the start and was a brand new character that had a major role in the latest mainline game that was also the flagship title for their latest system. They even went back and made an NES game to promote him.

>>716457356

maybe Dixie too. the cherry on top is their appearance in Bananza is a racing minigame

but donkey and pauline having just one costume each is too fucking obvious

>>716438487
K rool is k rool

>>716457750
Yoshi popularity in the mid 90s was absolutely bonkers

>>716454471
So that the monkeys cant have them

Putting K. Rool in MKW just makes sense. Imagine the amount of costumes. It's a no-brainer

If they are going to add DK characters it's going to be a paid DLC expansion of DK Isle with new and returning DK courses, DK themed karts new and returning, and the characters will be Diddy, Dixie, K. Rool, Void, Funky, Cranky, small Pauline, and Kritter as the hazard character. Oh and DK and Pauline will finally have more costumes.

>>716458382
Another anon proposed the idea that all the DK DLC tracks would be underground

>>716458303
Bare minimum he'd have Standard, Pirate, Doctor, Boxer,
That random Aztec look from sluggers, and the two forms in bananaza

>>716458438
>Another anon proposed the idea that all the DK DLC tracks would be underground
This will most likely be the outcome but for certain they're going to bring back old DK tracks

fuck it, Fractone for Mario Kart

>>716458303
Aside from his default King outfit he also has pirate (unlocked in wario shipyard), scientist (unlocked in toad's factory), boxer unlocked in (Crown City), aztec (unlocked in great ? ruins), and baron/aviator (unlocked in airship fortress) outfits.

>>716457750
Because Yoshi was actually popular.

>>716458754
that would be hilarious

>>716436254 (OP)
I can drive in a straight line... AS KING K ROOL?! PEAK POGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

>>716459292
literally me

>>716457586
Cranky is a big enough ape to admit when a hero is a real hero, and Mario didn't rest on his laurels after one game unlike a certain misbegotten flashy 3D graphic sporting someone he could name.

>>716454471
He's eating rotten bananas

>>716441273
>>716445373
>he does some DK64 boxing shuffling before he launches at you in that phase
So many little touches.

>>716446665
she would be the only thing that could possibly pull me away from maining Birdo
but given it's been how many years since Odyssey and the Broodals still haven't showed up in anything else, I'm not betting on it

>>716462202
How badly the Broodals were fumbled and how much everyone loves VoidCo is such a night and day thing.

>>716445198
Young Pauline's VA wasn't in the credits.

so K Rool is a shoe in for the next Smash, right?

>>716462725
He was in the last Smash anon

>>716462725
I'd say he's fairly safe from being cut
Especially after all the fan reaction to Bananza

>>716462803
The real question is not "will K Rool be removed from Smash"
But "is K Rool being in Smash powerful enough to restore Donkey Kong Island's shape into DK's head" instead of whatever generic slop Retro had turned it into.

>>716445198
>DLC 1 got leaked not long ago around here too,
Was it just a text "leak"?

>>716462986
I like what Retro did with Metroid
I absolutely hate every decision they made with Donkey Kong

>>716462986

>>716456350

>>716462986
isnt this a different place

>>716462803
I hope they give him a upgraded Propellerpack.

>develop craving for bananas in the leadup to Bananza
>having a good time, bananas are indeed tasty
>beat the game
>now when I'm eating a banana another, considerably more dangerous craving worms its way into my head like an intrusive thought
I think I may need to ease off the bananas for a while before I eat something I'll seriously regret

>>716445064
Im sure kart will get DK dlc, but im not sure they'll do it anytime soon, the 80 dollar price was already controversial so paid dlc announced in less than 2 months would look scummy

>>716441273
>Surprising mother fucker
I love this cunt fuck so much.
They did a bloody fine job with him.

I prefer the gameplay of retros DKC games by a really big margin but I do miss the aesthetics and characters of rares games

>>716455031
It's Krusha.
King Krusha Rool.
We've known this for years now anon.

>>716441273
Where's the cunt that kept posting
>No K.Rool no Buy
I literally told that fucker he's gonna miss out

>>716470261
ENTER!!!!!??!

>>716457750
Yoshi was Huge when he debuted and for the entirety of SNES.
Even popular in N64 until Yoshi's Story happened.

>>716470781
Actually we still don't know what the K stands for. "Krusha" was only used as part of his boxer persona name (King Krusha K. Rool). It probably won't be explained and only exists to serve the pun in his name.

>>716471463
Didn't one of the Rare guys say that unofficially it stands for something really mundane like "Kevin"?

>>716471551
I don't have the source but IIRC he said that he never gave it much thought and Rare never really came up with one but if they ever had to come up with something they'd probably give him a joke name like "Keith"

>>716471463
shiettt...well fucking damn. I misremember that then.
Krusha would be damn fine...but I do suppose it'll never be answered now.

>>716471463
K.Rool as in Krool anon
>>716471551
Probably just made it up on the spot, like Homer J. Simpson

>>716471551
>>716471701

>>716471902
Well duh is K. Rool at Krool/Cruel, he did state it was to act as a pun.
But sometimes devs have a decided name they never release.
but seems to not be the case here.

>>716458382
hope they include Diddy Kong Racing tracks, that'd be kino

>>716458382
Please let them add some NPC racers. I need Kaboom and Necky.

>>716470316
The price tag was controversial too but it turned out not to matter so Nintendo will likely just wait until the next big announcement to reveal the DLC
If they were smart they would do something like you get more skins just for owning DK Bananza but if you want Young Pauline and K. Rool you have to buy the DLC

>>716472413
Because most people did not pay full price for the game, they bought the bundle

>>716472226
it would be actually fucked if they didn't include them
>turn dozens of enemy stage hazards into characters before adding anything like Geno, WarioWare characters etc
>STOP adding random enemies with the DLC even though more people would be happy to see the Kremlings return than half the stuff they put in the basegame

>>716448162
I'd argue it's impressive that Link's up there at all. He's never been much of a verticle jumper and given LttP was his latest game there the Hookshot is the only thing he had to increase his ways of getting around.
Yoshi on the other hand is more than adequate at getting around, it's no surprise He scores higher.

>>716472537
that's what I did, I was gonna get mario kart anyway and it's 30$ cheaper with the bundle. really lame it was only a code and not the physical copy though

Did I miss something or did the game not explain why K. Rool or Pauline were down there? I'm glad he returned, but given his last defeat was having an eggshell dropped on him sleeping at the core of the earth is a weird spot.

>>716472803
Pauline was captured by Voidco then ROCK'D to keep her contained and coax her to sing to wake the banadium root.
This is told at the first boss Peekabruiser. Plus Void keeps harping on how Pauline's singing is important.
King K Rool went underground to hunt for the BR to get his wish to turn the world to rot. He went down after his defeat in DK jungle climbers/king of Swing, or whatever.

>>716472537
The price for the switch alone was controversial and there will always be paypigs
Just look at DK Bananza
The amiibos sold out in less than 24 hours on gamestop which is a good indicator to game popularity which is No1 or 2 depending on what country you are in.
It didn't have the same pull as Odyssey because no Mario and it was years since the last DK game but we are still bound to get more NEW DK before the next console is out.

>>716472946
If they had managed to hold onto her through the whole way down and then just tell her.
>Sing to this thing, you'll undo your transformation and you can go home
She might have done it. Even funnier though, is that Poppy and Grumpy probably would have taken her home after Void got punched by K.Rool, not that there would have been a lot to go home to after K. Rool started eating everything.

>>716473171
What did odyssey sell life time? 25mil?
I can see Bananza getting up to 15mil, even 18 or 20.
We'll likely get spin-offs or something though yes.

>>716472803
Yes, you missed a stone message at the start of Planet Core (Kremling Kortyard) where a Kremling explains why they're there.

>>716473428
is that the only kremling message? I know exploritone has a few in PC, but never found another kremling one.
Was hoping for a few.

>>716473260
I just hope we get something less smash focused and more 3D platformer hard to find and not in the ground.
I got my hours from this game so its worth it price wise and am in the post-game part now
Im thinking that they might make a young game where all the mario characters are 13 and the enemies are like Super Mario Bros 2 and are much different than the standard ones.

>>716473519
I think so.

>>716457750
Non-Miyamoto character, Metroid could sell billions and they'd still deny her cameos

>>716463682
If you hate a Retro DK decision, its most likely actually a Tanabe decision.

>>716456502
Kritters have been working out

>>716474445
I mean they have been playing a lot of sports since DK64

>>716461945
UHM AKSHUALLY yellow banana's are rotten banana's

>>716475290
Bananas can be full on black and still edible
People make banana break and hispanics add in cheese to it as a breakfast meal
Until it ferments it only gets sweeter so how the fuck in a non-black banana hurting DK?

>>716475290
bananas arent crystals either, dk has banana schizophrenia

They missed an opportunity for a joke where K. Rool addresses "Donkey Kong" and Pauline gets confused who he's talking about.

She never learns his full name in the game, right? It's always "DK".

>>716436254 (OP)
Why is he still fat? The insinuation with this original design is that he ate a shitload of bananas.

>>716478193
He has big bones.

>>716478193
He loves to feast like a king, as a way to show off his status, as well as his evil traits.

>>716472413
>>The price tag was controversial too but it turned out not to matter
>After the most recent update that killed the game in many people’s eyes
>After Borderlands 4 dropping its price to $70, making nintendo look like the greedy ones in comparison
Maybe not in the immediate, but the fact they decided to charge a premium for the game is gonna sit in the back of people’s head whenever talks on the game is had. It’s a stain they can’t wash

>>716478193
only 2% of his body is fat

>>716436254 (OP)
God I want him so bad

>>716480129
Microsoft has no faith in their games

Did he use his wife's pots and pans again?

>>716446665
I love Poppy.

Was he always obsessed with rot? I never really got that from previous games, but I beat DKC 1 and 2 when I was in middle school so who knows. Is it just a fun trait they added so he's more distinct of a character?

>>716458754
I thought I wouldn't like Fractones. When I first saw them I got this NSMB/NuPM darkages-Mario stink off of them.
But they're really just hedonistic little rocks all up in their own worlds doing their own things. Who have a proclivity to mimic their surroundings. And don't really give a fuck of they're smashed or trashed.
If they were the only creatures inhabiting the hollow earth it would have probably been more difficult to appreciate them, but since the hollow earth is full of other kinds of creatures, it was really fun to have the fractones contrast them. And to mimic them.
Like even the game acknowledges that the fractones are odd fellas even compared to the other already odd beings of the hollow earth.

It was cute when fractones finally encountered the simians salvagers and started taking on monkey forms.

>>716487406
It's original to Bananza. It basically explains why he stole the bananas before, which was never really explained in the Rare games.

>>716486551
how does a guy like this get a wife
is she a feeder?

>>716488136
I'd love to be his partner

>>716488136
He's a king.

>>716488647

>>716478193
He isn't just fat, he's also gigantic. Klump is also fat but is a fraction of the size of K. Rool

>>716487406
>>716487617
Kind of cool that in the 30 years since the original DKC we now know that crocodilians do in fact eat bananas and other fruits

>>716488647
I like to think she is actually very kind and good-spirited person yet 100% supports her husband and they both love each other.

>>716455329
Fang is this nigga.
The K. Rool of Sonic would probably be a Knuckles villain, but Sega doesn't give a shit about the non-Sonic characters enough to give them their own games, so the next best thing is Tails Adventure's Great Battle Kukku or something.

>>716486985
Poppy Kong is so lucky....

>>716457727
fuck this coin in particular

How do you achieve this physique natty?

>>716457750
Miyamotos darling yoshis island came out months before DKC 2. He was being pushed. You have smw, yoshi(nes puzzle game) yoshis cookie, and yoshi safari. He was hot at the time.

It always sat wrong with me that he was higher than lLnk though.

>>716436254 (OP)
Why is he wearing bondage gear? I already want to fuck him, he doesnt have to get gayer.

>>716488724
Would.

>>716488136
Guys... I really need a feeder wife that gets as big as me.

>>716492481
It was before Ocarina of Time. The GBA remake swapped their places.

>>716470261
Bannas have slight radiation in them. You can die from radiation poisioning if you eat about 8 million of them.

>>716436254 (OP)
Part of me feels like they’d hold off longer adding k rool to avoid spoilers. But I really hope he’s added, Diddy, Dixie, Funky, and Cranky. Maybe no funky because he doesn’t show in Bananza besides a billboard. I’d be happy with void, grumpy, poppy, kritter, klaptrap, kaboom, zinger, armadillo, and necky too. I feel they have a decent shot because of the amount of generic mooks in the base game. I’d love to see a DK island/I got isle/planet core dlc add on. They could probably easily open up an underground area to access planet core race tracks and intermissions. Add a fractione and Rambi as playable too while they’re at it.

>>716492853
Oh shit that’s right. I own the gba remakes, but only finished the dkc one. Beat 2 and 3 on snes. I still think Link should have been higher on the snes because at the time he was just a popular power up and just had low budget spin offs. Only argument would be yoshis island, which would have been released while they were making finishing touches on DKC 2. But yeah OOT would have been what solidified his spot higher than Yoshi. Lttp imo would have earned him a higher spot besides yoshis island.

>>716492481
>he was hot at the time
Still is bud.

>>716456502
>>716474445
>>716475130
Nintendo Kritter design is based on the DKC1 kritters. Rare made the Kritters wimpier in DKC3 and 64

>>716493593
They're even buffer than DKC1

>>716493593
I used to think those were shoulder pads, now I realize they're barrel pieces, like these guys just exploded out of barrels

>>716493510
Yoshi is not as big as Link now.

>>716493593
No, they are based on Paon's redesign here >>716475130, which itself i based more on DKC1

Im glad they went with Krool's og design instead of Paon's which is tailless and has no golden armor.

>>716474445
Something I completely forgot is that they used DK64 kritters in Mario Power Tennis. Along with using the DK 64 voices by Grant Kirkhope for DK and whoever voices Diddy in DK 64 in all the GameCube era sports titles.

>>716494036
And the DK 64 design of kritter based on Krunch in Diddy Kong Racing…

>>716473756
Doom treated Metroid better than Nintendo

>>716455136
The one in the bonus level

>>716494014
Hopefully they release artwork of Bananza K. Rool as soon as possible.

I'm tired of seeing this Jungle Climber render everywhere for nearly two decades even after Smash Ultimate fixed the design.

>>716456571
Way to damage control in one small post.

Thoughts?

>>716495273
They were cool and I hope they along with the other Kongs and K. Rool get added to MKW.

>>716488724
>implied_futa

>>716457284
>Most of the random enemies have been accounted for.
So not all.
Prolly had them around the soundbooth since their dev cycles overlapped.
Nintendo never did dlc like this so soon after launch, let alone continues drops

>>716495273
I love them. All 3 of them.
Was pretty neutral about them going in. Love them now after having played it. They're good designs but they're also fun characters.

>>716494856
Me too man, though Ult is just a partial fix as its tail was very short, probably a compromise between his Paon and Og design. Bananza fixed this with a longer tail.

There is also the upper 6 front teeth, which in the Paon and Smash design they are straight while in the OG and Bananza they are crooked like a proper Croc, though this part im fine with either, its just the lack of tail it bothers me.

>>716496129
it helps that they have dialogue to characterize them, the odyssey bunnies only have their design and boss fight which is just not enough for how basic both are.

>>716495273
They really do build up Void to be this bastard, he really is the main villian of the game and K. Rool just takes his place as the final boss. I think the climax of the game would have stayed relatively the same just with void kong instead of K. Rool, gold instead of rotton banandium and void kong ads all over the city instead of K. Rool ones.pauline also doesn't really get her get back against Void for turning her into a rock twice and forcing her to sing, he just gets punched away.

I get it though K. Rool smash reveal was one of the biggest which was surprising to even k. Rool fans lol(probablyhad somethingto do with how good of a song gangplank Galleon is). Everyone wanted to see him return and he definitely
wasn't begrudgingly included because he's very well animated and his boss fights are very spectacular and tailor made for him. They clearly fell in love with the character when the decided to include him

Biblically
Accurate
Banana

>>716488136
Have you seen K. Rool's biceps?

>>716462986
this is actually the timeline where the blast-o-matic destroyed DK Isle and made it unrecognizable

>>716497090
Imagine being the guy that's stuck working overtime in the offices right below where K. Rool and Donkey Kong fight.

>>716497105
Big bangana

>>716497090
>rool flashing as many people as possible

>>716497261
Imagine being the human janitor who is awkwardly approached by a giant crocodile to unlock roof access.

>>716470316
I dont think Gregg Mayles realizes how good of a design K Rool actually is because without his strained eye this shot wouldnt look nearly as cool.

>>716498103
Is he saying his older designs are bad like Bayliss? I really hate how Bayliss had to trash his iconic design just to praise the older one without triggering the fanboys.

>>716436254 (OP)
How will this fat fuck even fit in a kart?

>>716498850
>trash his iconic design just to praise the older one without triggering the fanboys.
Do peolpe actually think it was for the sake of appeasing people? Genuinely curious, since a lot of artists can be really autistic about not liking the way their past work looks after having more experience later down the line, happens pretty often

>>716471915
>Majima’s pirate game comes out earlier this year, where he battles both a pirate king and a suspiciously persistent pirate antagonist named Keith.
IT WAS FORETOLD!

>>716486985
I want all those loading screen images.

>>716498948
Probably make the kart even bigger just for him.

>>716494014
The kremling krew redesigns were actually not made by Paon, but in-house by Nintendo, Paon simply happened to be the first and main developer to use them in games until now.