Eagle-eyedNintendofans have spotted some names in the credits of both Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza that give us an idea of a potential future crossover.
Although the idea of Mario Kart World getting post-launch DLC might seem a little wildconsidering all the backlash the game received for its $80 price tag, that hasn’t stopped it from seeming inevitable.Nintendo hasn’t commented on the possibility of updates and additions, but pretty much all of us agree that it’s happening at some point.
That has just left one big question:what could be added to Mario Kart World in the future? I’m sure most of you want the ability toonly race on courses instead of connecting roads, but the big thing that Nintendo could do with the game is add more characters and tracks to the stacked roster. Well, it seems that could actually be happening.
Spoiler warning for one of Donkey Kong Bananza’s major character reveals ahead. I’ll warn you again before we get there though if you want the gist of what’s happening.
Donkey Kong Bananza’s credits could have revealed some characters coming to Mario Kart World
And one of them is someone we’re all dying to see
Over on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, Redditor SemiLazyGamer shared a post that originates from prpro-03 in the Super Mario subreddit. I know I’ve said subreddit a lot, but stick with me. In the thread,prpro-03 pointed out that the recently released Donkey Kong Bananza’s creditsinclude a few interesting names that were previously in Mario Kart World’s credits.
Those names are Yuu Hayashi and Tsuguo Mogami, who appear in the credits of both games. While Mario Kart World doesn’t say who they voice for some reason, Donkey Kong Bananza does actually tie them to a specific character. Interestingly, the characters they play in Donkey Kong Bananza aren’t actually in Mario Kart World yet, suggesting they might be added later.
For example, Yuu Hayashi voices Void Kong in Donkey Kong Bananza, but isn’t listed with a specific character in Mario Kart World’s credits. Tsuguo Mogami, on the other hand, voices (here’s your second spoiler warning in case you need it) King K. Rool in Bananza, and doesn’t seem to have voiced anyone in Mario Kart World yet.
Strangely, young Pauline doesn’t appear to be in the credits for Mario Kart World, despite being the most obvious addition.
While it’s possible that the pair are voicing NPCs or other characters altogether, it does seem as if Mario Kart World’s credits might have revealed that Void Kong and King K. Rool are being added in a future update. Whether that’s going to be a free one or part of some expansion is unclear, but we’ll always be happy to see more Donkey Kong representation.
