Paying respect

[sandogma]

I love this image because it shows so many things at once:

1. The evolution of graphics in the Mario Kart series
2. How well Nintendo has been able to refine the character designs in the transition from 2D to 3D
3. How great of a job the original Nintendo artists were at being able to capture the characteristics of these racers with a small amount of pixels
4. Nintendo recognizing the fans love for the series since its inception by paying homage to the original not only here, but also in the music and courses

Did anyone else feel similar when they saw this part during the direct?

 

[solidbatman]

they took donkey kong's shirt :(

 

[NobodyHere]

they took donkey kong's shirt :(

I would say he’s letting the nipps free but he’s got non

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

is Donkey Kong from DKC the same character as Donkey Kong Jr.? There's no clear answer to that.

 

[valosagutas]

I love this image because it shows so many things at once:

1. The evolution of graphics in the Mario Kart series
2. How well Nintendo has been able to refine the character designs in the transition from 2D to 3D
3. How great of a job the original Nintendo artists were at being able to capture the characteristics of these racers with a small amount of pixels
4. Nintendo recognizing the fans love for the series since its inception by paying homage to the original not only here, but also in the music and courses

Did anyone else feel similar when they saw this part during the direct?
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lolol

I wish SEGA could do it too. This is not hard to do, but unlike how Nintendo want to preserve the past, SEGA want to ignore the past and instead change X to cause a change in the future like change is necessarily good/improvement. This make them come up with BS designs that make fans of many games furious enough to ignore SEGA or the games they ruined lol.

What the hell are these lol?:

As a SEGA fanboi I say Nintendoes what SEGAin't lololol. SEGA has lots to learn from Nintendo.

 

[oliver69796]

Wow cool , but i like it more new visual!
It's incredible how games evolve over the generations (⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠0⁠*⁠)⁠ﾉ

 

[sandogma]

is Donkey Kong from DKC the same character as Donkey Kong Jr.? There's no clear answer to that.

The DK/DK Jr lineage is something I hope Nintendo clears at some point this generation. The head cannon I subscribe to is that DK Jr. is the current Donkey Kong all grown up. But I've also read that Donkey Kong Jr. could be the current DK's absent father, but thats just sad and then also begs the question, where is mama Kong??