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Hear Donkey Kong's New Voice
Nintendo has always gotten a lot of mileage out of not much voice work for its iconic characters. Even Daisy's sighs have a certain cachet to them after years of Mario Kart. This strong legacy is exactly why we felt it necessary to capture Donkey Kong's new voice in Mario Kart 7 in this short video montage. It may well be the Platonic ideal of failure.
Why, Nintendo? What was wrong with the big ape's old voice? What did we do to deserve this? I don't understand! Especially since Mario Kart 7 is such a strong entry in the franchise otherwise. Ah well. Maybe this video will shame Nintendo into bringing back the Donkey Kong hoots and hollers we've grown to love over the years in favor of this...abomination.
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