Donkey Kong has looked pretty much the same since Rare put out Donkey Kong Country in 1994, but it looks like Mario Kart 9 might be a turning point for the character, as he now resembles his Super Mario Bros.

In the new Mario Kart game revealed during the Switch 2’s first trailer, players noticed a number of details, including some character redesigns.

It was extremely lowkey, dropped on YouTube with no warning, featuring no dialogue, and not even officially confirming Mario Kart 9 despite that being the only game featured. It felt more like Nintendo saying "leave us alone until April" than it did "come look at this cool thing we made!