From the second Nintendo revealed Pauline was in Donkey Kong Bananza, a timeline concept started to take form in our heads. However then we wrapped the sport up, and our prequel presumptions weren’t as nailed on as we might anticipated.
We nonetheless do not have an official reply for the way Bananza Pauline is expounded to Odyssey Pauline, and in keeping with producer Kenta Motokura, we ain’t going to get one any time quickly.
This stems from a current Famitsu interview (thanks for the heads up, @Stealth40K), during which a few of Bananza’s key creatives sat down to talk all issues DK. The solutions cowl lots of the identical subjects we noticed within the recreation’s Ask the Developer sequence, however the query of Pauline’s timeline is a beginner — albeit one which was considerably brushed apart.
When requested about Bananza Pauline’s connection to Odyssey’s New Donk Metropolis mayor, Motokura deftly dodged the subject, saying (through Google Translate), “That is… In fact, the builders have a plan for it, however I am sorry, however I would such as you to make use of your creativeness”. Gah! And there we had been, considering a solution was on the horizon.
And what about that Grandma that 13-year-old Pauline brings up so usually in Bananza’s Getaway naps? There have to be a connection there, proper? “Sorry, this too”, stated Motokura. Double gah!
Now, that little tease of the builders having “a plan” for Pauline’s heritage has us questioning if we’ll return to this timeline matter once more sooner or later — we might be amazed if we do not get one other 3D DK recreation someplace down the road. Alternatively, in fact, Motokura might simply be implying that the dev group has their theories, similar to all of us do, however we’re by no means going to listen to ’em. The latter appears all of the extra lifelike, realizing Nintendo.
Okay, so Nintendo is not going to spill the beans on this one simply but, however that does not imply we will not carry on theorising. Don’t fret, we cannot spoil the tip of Bananza right here, however if you wish to learn all concerning the recreation’s finale and the way we reckon it might/could not tie into Odyssey, you’ll find a full rundown within the information beneath.
