There is a new voice for Donkey Kong–one of Nintendo’s greatest mascots. The credit for Donkey Kong Bananza unveil that Kouji Takeda is the individual behind the titular ape. It is really not Takeda’s first time voicing Donkey Kong, with earlier expertise on the Japanese dub of The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film in addition to final month’s Mario Kart World.
Based on IGN, Takeda has changed Takashi Nagasako, who voiced Donkey Kong for over twenty years. In the meantime, there is a new voice for Pauline as effectively in Donkey Kong Bananza, with Jenny Kidd taking up the English position from Kate Higgins, who had voiced her in Tremendous Mario Odyssey.
Nintendo has seemingly been switching lots of the voice actors behind the corporate’s assortment of characters over the previous few years. For occasion, lately Princess Peach and Toad voice actor Samantha Kelly says she was changed after 18 years with Mario Kart World. In 2023, Charles Martinet stepped again from voicing Mario after being behind the character since Tremendous Mario 64 in 1996. Final month, Martinet defined that he will not say something bizarre as Mario for followers to protect the character’s “integrity.”
As for Takeda, the actor really has contributed to a few different big-name Nintendo video games, too. Takeda voiced Grasp Mummy in Arms and Daruk in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
In the meantime, Donkey Kong Bananza launched as we speak on Nintendo Swap 2. The sport exists as a result of Nintendo government Yoshiaka Koizumi requested the Tremendous Mario Odyssey workforce to look right into a 3D Donkey Kong mission. For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s Donkey Kong Bananza evaluate.