Polygon.com / 12.07.25

The Rare Donkey Kong era is not part of my headcanon

All due respect to developer Rare I really enjoyed my time with Diddy Kong Racing, team!  Im choosing to willfully ignore almost the entirety of its work on the Donkey Kong franchise, because theres a bunch of very confusing ape lore Id prefer not to think about while I play Donkey Kong Bananza next week. And, yeah, Candy Kong is a big part of that. I never want to think about Candy Kong in particular. As a longtime fan of games Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and 1994 Game Boy game Donkey Kong, Im going to approach the events of Bananza as the next major milestone in that franchise  a legacyquel, if you will. Im positively buzzing at seeing how the events of Bananza lead directly into Donkey Kong, a story about Mario climbing a building to save a woman if that is indeed how the Super Mario Odyssey team has decided to handle this potential prequel. Nintendo is, of course, withholding those important story details in the lead up to Bananza. The company hasnt explained why the modern-day...
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