Nintendo announced a Donkey Kong Bananza Direct for June 18th

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CaptainExplosion said:

Mar1217 said:

Much better, though, my opinion on anything timeline related in the Mario series is basically non-existent because it's almost never something we should focus on care about really. 

But I'm still confused as to how we have a young Pauline if this takes place AFTER the Donkey Kong arcade game in the 80s. Cranky even mentions the events of the first Donkey Kong Country, and he's supposed to be the first Donkey Kong as a bitter old man.

I really think you’re putting too much thought into it, Cranky mentioning DKC is probably nothing more than a reference for longtime fans just like Cranky mentioning the original arcade game was also just a silly reference and both have little to nothing to do with an official timeline.