Nintendo's Erasure Of Rare Donkey Kong Continues As Even The Original Switch Is Now Using His Controversial New Design

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Published Apr 30, 2025

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Donkey Kong's new design has been all anyone can talk about since it was first shown off.
Nintendo has been making sure that it's the only look for DK out there, including updating merch to show it off.
Its biggest swing has come with a new update to the Switch, which has replaced Rare DK with the updated look.

is continuing its effort to completely erase Rare's design from our memories, as it's now replaced his classic look on the original with the divisive new ൲design from .

When 💟Nintendo confirmed that it'd finally be revealin💛g the Nintendo Switch 2 at the start of the year, I'm guessing that nobody thought the biggest point of discussion would be centered around Donkey Kong. And yet, thanks to a con🔯troversial new design that debuted in the teaser trailer for Mario Kart World, that's exactly the case.

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Donkey Kong's more cartoony look and proportions (which many have compared to the movie) are a far cry from his iconic Rare look that's been used to portray him over🏅 the past few decades, making the change quite divisive. Despite the controversy, Nintendo has still been doing everything it can to make sure the modern design is the only o𝔍ne out there.

Rare's Donkey Kong Has Been Replaced With The New Design On The Original Switch

Rest In Peace, Rare DK

The updated Donkey Kong design on the original Nintendo Switch.

Outside of the new look being front and centre in and Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo has also been sneakily changing some things around, such as updating some Donkey Kong merch to reflect the cha🔯nges. It's now gone one step further and, , replaced Rare's original design on the original S𓂃witch.

Earlier today, the original Switch saw a pretty hefty update that added a few new features. It also updated the selection of icons available as profile pictures for Switch users, which includes some subtle updates to most of the Mario ren𒀰🧔ders. More importantly, though, we all know and love.

As an updated look defender from day one, I'm proud to say that after checking the icon really has been replaced, I went ahead and made the new DK my profile picture on Switch. Pick a side, people, the DK war is only goi🎀ng to get worse.

While it does make sense for Nintendo to push the new Donkey Kong, it does come as a bit of a surprise just how much it's trying to erase the Rare look. Considering how controversial the change has been, it's a little wild that it's not offering both looks to keep eve♉ryone 🅷happy. Here's hoping Bananza and Mario Kart World are good enough to make us all forget the DK erasure.