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Flirting(Sonic 4 cast) vs. Harassment(Mario Movie cast)

Surprised they weren't given some kind of garish and unappealing tweak like the rest of the character designs here

Patricia, no! If you say that, they'll recast you and try to pass it off as you "retiring" from the role and becoming the "Zelda ambassador" or whatever!

No disrespect, but they really didn't. Since there were no other references made for DK's brow for future animators to rely on, that meant there was a lot of confusion when it came to facial animation, resulting in a slew of restrained and awkward looking workarounds for expressions that aren't very readable or appealing unless you wanted DK to look angry, smug or shocked. Anything else, such as happiness or sadness never looked quite right.

_{if it's not obvious, he's supposed to be crying here.}

The fact that you emphasized Bayliss' DK as "adult serious" may have something to do with that.

@acgp that'll never catch on

@Kilroy Just because Rare DK looked angry all the time* doesn't mean he was this "super-serious" character. The first thing he did in his debut title was bust out a stupid breakdance and pop his eyes out Tex Avery style. His goofiness hasn't gone up just because he has a more emotive face.

_{*and the only reason for that was because Kev Bayliss(the OG character designer) didn't account for multiple expressions initially when designing him.}

@Kilroy They didn't make him more goofy, DK's always been goofy.

Even in the very first game.

@XXWeskerXX or you can just play the original games. They hold up well and don't really need to be remade.

@Uncle_Franklin the game and the park were developed in two different timeframes; I imagine by the time Bananza was out it was too late to go back and change anything for the park.

I'm happy for Bananza's success and what it means for Donkey Kong's future. There are those who want to write the game off as a "sideshow" one-off that won't age well or whatever but that's ignoring just about everything else Nintendo has been doing to reestablish the DK brand. Between Bananza, the(very good in spite of what some people may say)redesign, the theme park and the movie, it becomes increasingly apparent that they want Donkey Kong to be a big deal again - as big as he was in the 90's - which I am totally down for after decades of uncertainty.

Who knows, maybe they're skipping Zelda's 40th to celebrate DK's 45th this year.

The full interview was nice. Combined with the recent GDC panel they did, it's been fascinating to see what made Bananza tick.

@Chlocean I have bad news

Neat, but definitely a drop down from the excellent 35th anniversary pins.

@OorWullie call it "The Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park Game" like everyone else

Anyway, this little cameo actually makes a lot more sense when you realize both Pikmin 4 and this game share the same dev team at Nintendo, EPD10.

@The_Nintendo_Expat It's more your notion that this particular design is "below them," which I find a bit strange to say for a franchise known for giving banana peels, mountaintops, and sentient chunks of crystals eyes.

@The_Nintendo_Expat then what are you grading character designs by? What makes a Talking Flower worse than a Concordian or a Doogan?

@The_Nintendo_Expat "generally, the character design is below them."

Didn't they make a Mario game where your main companion is just Mario's hat with googly-eyes?

I fail to see how the flower is lesser.

@KayFiOS The intro cutscene is included, just not at the start. The track listing is just based on the 3D World soundtrack they released back in 2014.

@Ogbert Joy's Peach was very forgettable to me, much like Peach's portrayal in the film, and while Day and Black were probably the standouts, I'd say that's because they're just good and charismatic actors, not because they're perfect fits for their characters.

@OmnitronVariant They did this last year too. This is not new.

@Novuscourvous I don't recall any Mario games where he sounded like Emmet Brickowski

@Greatluigi "If they do a good job voice acting then they did a good job."

Name one shining quality about Pratt's performance that makes him fit to voice Mario.

@Spider-Kev THERE IS NOTHING OF VALUE IN THIS MOVIE TO SPOIL

ALSO WHY ARE YOU USING ALL CAPS LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL

@Thumbsofsteel ...how? just because Wart was shoehorned in as a cameo for this film doesn't mean it's a massive comeback for him.

Celebrity casting is a plague.

Like I'd want to have that bug-eyed freak staring at me while I eat. Seriously why did Illumination make such weird needless tweaks to these already appealing character designs? I dunno how to describe it but what they did with Yoshi just makes him look way more uncanny than he needs to.

@HandHeld3fectAce why do people want Wario to be in this film so badly, anyways? It's not he'd be characterized very well and would most likely be an excuse to make a bunch of unfunny fart jokes you see in these kinds of movies.

Would be nicer to see Wart in an actual Mario game than as a quick cameo in an already overstuffed looking film

@abbyhitter like there's anything of narrative substance to spoil

it's a streaming box I bet.

@batmanbud2 no, Valve Man is the guy you see at the start of every Valve game.

@Kraven notice how you say that but haven't mentioned any of them by name. Very interesting!

Man, the PS5 is just never going to have games of its own, isn't it?

Sweet! Now people can play the better version of MvDK(in terms of gameplay at least).

It's bad because it doesn't have the games I want 0/10 where are the REAL big hit games Nin-Greed-o

@Kyloctopus Anime music licensing.

Probably the quickest turnaround from game release to soundtrack drop so far.

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@mroush Thanks for the answer! I was the one who mentioned the level editor earlier, btw.

@mroush Hello! If you don't mind me asking, what specifically was holding back this game from running on SW1?

@AussieMcBucket backlog backlog backlog backlog backlog backlog backlog backlog backlog

@mlt Yeah! The cope!

Isn't there like a whole custom level creator in this game? That might be a big factor as to why they're doing this.

Can't wait for people to get irrationally angry and start cursing out Nintendo's name for having the gall to put out an Indie World showcase

@tektite_captain you don't get it man. We can't let Nin-Greed-o continue to make their VILE business decisions like selling DEVILISH little knick-knacks and FIENDISH desk toys like this. The Talking Flower was one thing, but this?

_{(should stress that this is a joke)}

"Man nothing is worse than the Nintendo Music dripfeed"

The Pokemon Company: "Hold my beer and watch this"

Can we please stop acting like the Wii U era was all sunshine and rainbows just because they had "wAcKy MeNuS" or whatever? I've trudged through those trenches, it really wasn't that great. Y'all are in serious denial.

@Uncle_Franklin I dunno, you'd have to ask the Expat

@The_Nintendo_Expat "I'm sure"

I can smell the smarm from a mile away here but I am honestly uninterested in engaging with the discourse further outside of that one comment.

@The_Nintendo_Expat eh you're not wrong but truthfully I don't even care about getting a win considering this is an argument I have zero interest in. Also hard pass on the beer. Absolute teetotaler over here.