But we aren't gonna go out of our way to make a game just for the sake of observing a video game character's birthday."Į: also just gonna point out the DK expansion at Universal is apparently planned to open in 2024, the same year DKC turns 30.Īnniversary celebrations like Mario's 35th are glorified marketing campaigns for Nintendo. Everything else is probably more a matter of "if we have something already prepped, sure, why not try to tie it in to an anniversary celebration. Kirby or Pokemon? That's more on HAL and the Pokemon Company, who have less IP to juggle than Nintendo proper. Zelda? Eh, they rereleased the previous anniversary game and spat out some Game and Watches. Probably a mix of them not having anything DK-related that was ready to go this year (iirc the year of Luigi for example only happened when they noticed they had multiple Luigi-related projects already in the pipeline and they could make a marketing event out of it) and also if they were gonna celebrate any DK anniversary I expect they'd focus on DKC rather than the arcade game (like how Mario's 35th was based on SMB1, not his arcade debut).Īlso, they just can't drop everything to make a huge event out of every anniversary. Six subreddits from this multireddit are randomly shuffled every hour. You can also read the rules in more depth on our wiki. Putting text into this format will hide spoilers: (/spoiler) becomes Nintendo. Don't put spoilers in post titles at all. Please be considerate when discussing plot details for games new or old. However, please read other subreddits' rules before submitting there. We will try to tell you how you can resubmit, or recommend a more a suitable subreddit. However, we do ban users who make personal attacks or buy/sell/beg. Our moderation policy is not to keep track of every rule infraction, and everything is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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