Having Pauline as a younger version of herself would putDonkey Kong Bananzaat the very forefront of the Mario timeline.
Nintendo eventually retconned the idea that Donkey Kong was the one who kidnapped Pauline in his similarly-named origin game.
I’m incredibly excited to see the new directionDonkey Kong Bananzatakes moving forward.
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