Mario Kart Tour

Just saying, I called DK Jr returning for the anniversary ... this is just not the way I expected it to happen
 
non-canon implies there was any real canon to begin with.
 
in that case i hope he looks closer to his og design like mario tennis (where he already appeared alongside modern dk too)
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and not....... double dash dk jr
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would be neat to have him properly in the game either way with him being the only character in super mario kart that hasnt reappeared anywhere else (besides that snes sprite)
 
ZelenPixel said:
hasnt reappeared anywhere else (besides that snes sprite)
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Like said, canonical factors are legit enough for him to be unable to return. I don't think fans have been complaining like "NIntendo should had made him return, they don't have proper excuse!!" when other one-off key characters like Wart and Wizpig don't have such issue.

In the case of Pauline they managed to create a new role to fit in the post-DKC era to differentiate from her old self. The other closes cases are Baby Daisy and Pink Gold Peach, who didn't debut with story references. But arguably, they have counterpart characters to base on so we at least know where did they come from.

But anyway, since DKJr at least appears as 8-bit, I think NIntendo should really do a formal introduction about this character for the current Mario canon, no matter whether they would like to give him a new 3D render in newer DKC titles or not.

And still, I believe DKJr has such special treat definitely because he was one of the missing arcade era veterans than the "Mario Kart history completionism". If Nintendo really like such idea, hope that they can fairly do the same to other Mario spinoffs and revive other missing characters.
 
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I mean we had Paper Luigi drive a kart so that's possible. But Paper Mario is never referenced in the first place, so fat chance he has.

Dorayaki said:
Like said, canonical factors are legit enough for him to be unable to return. I don't think fans have been complaining like "NIntendo should had made him return, they don't have proper excuse!!" when other one-off key characters like Wart and Wizpig don't have such issue.

In the case of Pauline they managed to create a new role to fit in the post-DKC era to differentiate from her old self. The other closes cases are Baby Daisy and Pink Gold Peach, who didn't debut with story references. But arguably, they have counterpart characters to base on so we at least know where did they come from.

But anyway, since DKJr at least appears as 8-bit, I think NIntendo should really do a formal introduction about this character for the current Mario canon, no matter whether they would like to give him a new 3D render in newer DKC titles or not.

And still, I believe DKJr has such special treat definitely because he was one of the missing arcade era veterans than the "Mario Kart history completionism". If Nintendo really like such idea, hope that they can fairly do the same to other Mario spinoffs and revive other missing characters.
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I really don't think canon has anything to do with it. It's just that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong has made him redundant and that they never felt the need to return him.
 
Dark Light said:
I really don't think canon has anything to do with it. It's just that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong has made him redundant and that they never felt the need to return him.
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To simplify, yeah, that saying works.

The best would be like how M&L explained babies and Paper Mario. Strangely that series even did some important things other "main titles" never managed to do.

I agre with 8-bit given, Paper Mario for Kart isn't out of blue.
 
Apart that there is no current canon (to have an idea at how extraneous is the concept of canon in Mario games just look at Super Mario Odyssey putting Yoshi's house near Super Mario 64 Peach's Castle and then putting completely different surroundings to both), the DK Jr. sprite is a 16-bits sprite, I don't think we should use the word 8-bits for what are retro sprites, as many of them never were colored with only 8-bits colors to begin with.