The release of Donkey Kong Bananza complicates the already convoluted timeline of the Donkey Kong games, which spans over 40 years filled with contradictions. Nintendo's recent revelations about Pauline's character and age provide just enough clarity to tease at a potential resolution. The history begins with the 1981 game, where Mario confronts Donkey Kong to save Pauline. Subsequent titles have introduced earlier events, further complicating the character backstories and relationships within the timeline, making it an ongoing puzzle for fans.
Donkey Kong Bananza will add even more chaos to the confounding timeline of the Donkey Kong games, which over the past 40-plus years, has been a tangled mess of contradictions and confusion.
Nintendo's revelations about Pauline and its coyness about her age - she's just 13 years old in this game - plays into the story of Donkey Kong Bananza offer a glimmer of hope that the Switch 2 exclusive might help clear some things up.
In order to understand (or try to understand) the Donkey Kong timeline, we need to start at the beginning: 1981's Donkey Kong.
Later games would establish events in the Donkey Kong timeline that occur prior to the events of Donkey Kong.
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