Attempt to not go bananas over this, however Nintendo has filed a “new” trademark for the Donkey Kong collection. This one is seemingly just a little completely different from the standard ones. As an alternative of one other stock-standard renewal, it really appears to have been up to date to say “downloadable packages for moveable and digital consoles”.
It is already ignited hypothesis that one thing video game-related could possibly be on the way in which to the Nintendo Change. In saying this, it ought to most likely be handled as nothing greater than a easy replace probably simply future-proofing the Donkey Kong collection. Trademark renewals are a daily factor for traditional Nintendo IPs.
Earlier this yr in Could, for instance, Nintendo filed logos for 4 traditional titles. One in every of these occurred to be for Donkey Kong Nation 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Bother! on the Tremendous Nintendo. This was alongside different titles from collection akin to Zelda and Metroid:
Rumours a couple of new Donkey Kong sport have been circulating on-line over the previous yr – with one, particularly, suggesting Nintendo EPD (the workforce chargeable for Tremendous Mario Odyssey) could possibly be engaged on a brand new entry.
Aside from the upcoming Mario film, when do you assume we’ll see DK make a return? What sort of journey would you wish to see him function in subsequent and would you wish to see the retro Donkey Kong video games return? Depart your personal ideas down beneath.
