Donkey Kong Bananza's "rich and thick" hero isn't butt-naked this time around because Nintendo was "conscious" of how he looked "from the back"

Donkey Kong sat on a boardwalk, raising a single finger with his back to the camera.

Loving bananas and wanting to wreck everything in sight aren't the only things that make Donkey Kong a relatable icon. He's also self-conscious about his posterior - or, rather, Nintendo was, which is why Donkey Kong Bananza's hero isn't totally naked this time around.

You might have noticed that Donkey Kong has a whole new look in the Switch 2 era, ushered in by Mario Kart World. He's now even more adorably animated and squishy-looking, but that redesign actually originated during the development of Donkey Kong Bananza.