We're about two weeks away from , and everybody's thumping their chest in anticipation. From what we've seen in the trailers and Directs, it's going to offer more freedom than any game in the long-running series. With the ability to literally smash through entire levels thanks to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:same team behind Super Mario Odyssey, the upcoming title couldn't look more different fr💛om its classic arcade roots.

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Nintendo Doesn't Care About Lore In Donkey Kong Bananza, And Neither Should You

Donkey Kong Bananza is changing some big things about the🥂 Mario universe, and I'm al♕l for it.

While the game is poles apart from 1881's Donkey Kong, it seems there's a subtle nod to the classic arcade game as well as Mario Odyssey, and it's related to DK's old pal, Pauli𒊎ne. We still don't know why Pauline is a kid in Donkey Kong Bananza, but she already has some of the mannerisms of her older self, like one particular dance move.

Young Pauline Has Been Doing The Same Dance Step For 44 Years

As spotted by and on Redd💞it, Young Pauline can be seen doing the same dance step in Donkey Kong Bananza as she did in Super Mario Odyssey as well as the classic Donkey Kong. Of course, the original version wasn't a dance, but just some random sprite movement to make kidnapped Pauline look lifelike.

It seems the devs turned it into a dance step that Pauline performs in the New Donk City section of Odyssey , and once again used it in Bananza. It looks like it's her go-to dance step now. Pauline unfortunately 💎hasn't got as much content as the likes💯 of Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina, but it looks like Nintendo may just be building her character in Bananza. It's not much, but it's a start.

"She also does this in Mario Party Jamboree when she wins a minigame!," pointed out one fan in﷽ the comments. "Go𒈔d, I'm so glad we're getting more Pauline content," said another. We still don't know why this version of Pauline is 13 years old. There have been theories that it's a prequel, but Nintendo hasn't confirmed anything just yet.

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Donkey Kong Bananza
Action
Adventure
Platformer
Systems
Released
July 17, 2025
ESRB
🐼 Everyone 10+ // Fantasy Vi꧂olence
Developer(s)
Nintendo
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Number of Players
Single-player
Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
July 17, 2025