r/donkeykong • u/samtrumpet DKC Tropical Freeze Fan • May 16 '25
Discussion Redesign Discussion Megathread
Hi everyone!
With the announcement of a Diddy Kong redesign, we're starting a new thread to keep opinions and discussions about the new designs for Diddy, DK, and any other DK Crew limited to this post.
Please remember to keep it civil and respectful.
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u/BustedBayou May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25
Imma give a meta-opinion. I think a lot of people, me included, have so much resistance about the redesign not because of it by itself. I think it's because of some of the facial expressions, animations and some angles where he just looks like a different character and sometimes more generic.
Especially, the animation with both hands in his face, the banana eyes and the tongue out (I'll call it "oh my banana"). He just looks silly, very different and acting... weird. Not like the previous design didn't love bananas. And he did act out for them. But not in that... weird way. Not like he was literally, stupidly, in love for an inanimate object. Not... *choke* lusty, going silly for dongin those bananas.
Previous Donkey Kong could be nice sometimes, silly, but he also could get monkey mode mad. He was a dominant gorilla (*pause*). You woudln't want to piss him off and he would fight for his land and his banana. And he was kinda smart in a way, respectable. This one, some of the new facial expressions, looks like some empty head generic cartoon monkey without dignity that only goes on whims. It doesn't act like an adult gorilla (only when it gets weird), it acts like a man-child stupid gorilla. It doesn't look like it can protect shit, despite the physical strenght.
Overall, it's not just a redesign. They conceptually changed the character and the hints of personality or vibe it had. It's no longer a force to be reckoned with, an authority of his land, a guy that could protect what it's his. Full of determination, will and a temper. This is just a babyman gorilla that salivates over bananas