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I Called It, Nintendo Confirms Donkey Kong Bananza Was Actually the Inspiration for the Super Mario Bros. Movie Redesign All Along

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"We took Miyamoto-san's original Donkey Kong as the basis"
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Nintendo's relationship with film is not something from a few years ago, but its success on the big screen was in 2023 with the film "Super Mario Bros: The Movie". The one that managed to raise $1.36 billion worldwide, becoming the second most successful movie of that year, being surpassed by the adaptation of Mattel's toy, "Barbie", the one that raised $1.44 billion. This is Nintendo's next project for the big screen After that success, Univers…

An interesting detail about Donkey Kong’s redesign. We’re talking about Donkey Kong Bananza, which you know is being released on July 17. After learning about everything shared in his Nintendo Direct, we now have more details about Nintendo Switch 2. It’s very interesting information. After his amazing Nintendo Direct, and some extra details like Pauline’s age, it has now been confirmed that the new aspect in this installment was what inspired t…

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Nintenderos broke the news in on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
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