It appears like Nintendo Korea's web site briefly gave away what sidekick could also be becoming a member of Kong within the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza.
Though the picture was shortly switched out with a much less revealing one, it wasn't fairly fast enough for ResetEra, which managed to grab a screenshot earlier than the web site was modified.
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In most key artwork related to the game, we see Kong smashing a fist into the ground, throwing up a bathe of rocks and rubble, with the purple, rock-like Odd Rock behind him. The picture on the Korean web site basically confirmed the identical, however with one key distinction: Odd Rock is lacking, and a younger Pauline is holding on for pricey life to Kong's necktie.
This is the primary time Pauline's been acknowledged in any of the pictures, teaser trailers, or hands-on previews proven so far, suggesting Nintendo was maybe hoping to maintain her look a shock. Whoops!
More intriguingly nonetheless, Pauline's younger age suggests Donkey Kong Bananza could possibly be a prequel of some type — though again, Nintendo's tight-lipped on that for now.
"I think Bananza is on track to be one of the most gorgeous Nintendo games I’ve seen," we wrote in our Donkey Kong Bananza first hands-on preview. "It really does take advantage of Switch 2's hardware — the environments are beautiful and DK’s animations are wonderfully expressive, and I left feeling like the next generation of first-party Nintendo games had truly arrived."
Now that we lastly have a release date and tech specs on the extremely anticipated Switch successor, Nintendo Switch 2 — in addition to an thought of how much first-party Nintendo games may cost on the new system — check out our deep dive into all the facts as we talk to industry experts.
For more on Nintendo Switch 2, you may catch up on everything shown at last week's Nintendo Direct. Donkey Kong Bananza comes out July 17 for $69.99, solely on Nintendo Switch 2.
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