This is coming from someone who appreciates a good Donkey Kong game, but isn't an aficionado by any means. I've played my fair share of the Rare-developed games, for example, but

F or the last several years it’s felt like Nintendo just hasn’t cared that much about Donkey Kong. As Nintendo gifted pretty much every one of its cherished characters their b

But is this just a palette swap? Maybe the developers wanted to make a new 3D platformer, but to mix it up they slotted in Donkey Kong instead of Mario. Effectively, is this the sequel to Mario Odyssey we’ve been waiting for? Big time not.