Everyone was thinking the same thing about one ofDonkey Kong Bananza’s major characters, but now that some have seen the game through to the end, it turns out we were all wrong. Kind of.
It’s felt like an eternity since theNintendo Switch 2 first launched with Mario Kart World, but we’ve finally got a brand-new first-party game to get excited about -Donkey Kong Bananza. DK’s first big adventure in more than a decadeis as great as we all hoped, even if most of us were wrong about a specific character’s identity.
Major spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza’s final act to follow. You’ve been warned!
Before Bananza released, hopeful Donkey Kong Country fans theorised that one of the game’s new villains,Void Kong, was actually King K. Rool in disguise. Everyone was pointing to the rings inVoid Kong’s eyes and a bunch of other threads to try and connect the two, but we finally know the truth now.
No, Void Kong isn’t King K. Rool in disguise like we all thought
The theories were wrong, but you probably won’t mind too much
When you finally get to the end of Donkey Kong Bananza, DK and Pauline will face off against Void Kong, who is positioned as the last boss of the whole game. Of course, this is where you’d expect to find out that Void Kong is actually a transformed version of King K. Rool like we all expected, but that isn’t the case at all.
Instead, Void Kong appears to just be a strange little monkey all his own, with no relation to King K. Rool at all. If that disappoints you after all of the fan theories, I’m sorry to be the one to tell you. However, there is a massive upside to all of our theories about Void Kong being wrong…seriously, this is your last chance to turn away from spoilers.
In case you’re wondering,it doesn’t seem like we find out why Pauline is so young, either. I guess the real fan theories were the friends we made along the way or something.
Just as Void Kong is about to beat DK and Pauline, a familiar green fist pops up and punches him into the sky, revealing that King K. Rool is indeed in Donkey Kong Bananza. DKC’s main villain doesn’t seem to have anything at all to do with Void Kong and the gang, but he does at least rally to become the game’s final villain. So, we were all wrong, but it’s not such a bad thing.
