Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Team Reveals Surprising Origins of Core Ideas for Switch 2 Game
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Summary
The Donkey Kong team behind the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive game reveals unexpected origins of core ideas, like the inclusion of Pauline in Donkey Kong Bananza.
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· 3 pulledComing up with ideas is a funny thing: You never know when inspiration might strike, or what might stoke its embers.
Some of the things that players will get to experience when the game releases on July 17 have origins that nobody would have ever guessed.
Pauline was not originally included in the earliest design specifications drawn up for Donkey Kong Bananza.
Many of the core ideas for the new Switch 2 game came from unexpected sources, Nintendo reveals
