It’s an unspoken rule that every Nintendo hero needs to have a quirky sidekick along for the ride — from Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey to Navi in Ocarina of Time. So when Donkey Kong Bananza popped up at the Switch 2 reveal, sure enough, the big ape himself had a sentient purple rock joining him. But that sidekick might also be the biggest secret of Bananza, if an accidental leak can be believed.
The weekend after the Switch 2 reveal, a few Nintendo fans noticed something was off on the Korean site for the Switch 2. A new piece of art for Bananza popped up, featuring not the rock seen in the trailer, but what appeared to be a young version of Pauline. The art has since been removed from the site, but it’s all over the internet at this point.
