Nintendo’s iconic character Donkey Kong was recently unveiled in a new look, which sparked heated discussions among players around the world. Recently, in an exclusive interview with IGN, “Mario’s father” Shigeru Miyamoto revealed for the first time the deep considerations behind this image reshaping.
According to official information, Donkey Kong’s new look was first revealed in the first trailer of “Mario Kart World” in January this year. Fans are keenly aware that the giant orangutan’s image is clearly moving closer to the design of the 2023 Super Mario Bros. movie, with a significant increase in the richness of its facial expressions and limb details. The image then continued to appear in Nintendo’s various promotional materials, and it was confirmed that it would land as the main character and was expected to be released on July 17Switch 2 platform’s new work “Dong Qigang: Banana Power is in Full Bloom”.
Shigeru Miyamoto reviewed the history of the character’s evolution in an interview: “During the original ‘Super Donkey Kong’ period, we worked with Rare Studio to create thisclassicImage. In the subsequent development of Jungle Beat, we worked with the 3D Mario team to greatly improve Donkey Kong’s expressiveness with the latest technology at the time. “This onelegendThe producer emphasized that the team has always taken “enhancing character expressiveness” as its core appeal, and achieved image iteration through modern technical means on the basis of retaining the essence of Rare Studio’s original design.
Finally, Shigeru Miyamoto concluded: “In terms of movies, we decided to move forward with this new generation of Donkey Kong design.” This decision was also publicly supported by Kevin Bayliss, a former senior artist at Rare Studio: You can take Donkey Kong away from “Super Donkey Kong”, but not the soul of “Super Donkey Kong”! (I love this one – it’s so much fun!) ——Everything changes! – Change is a good thing!
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