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After a lot of concern among fans, Nintendo has confirmed that Diddy Kong will appear in Donkey Kong Bananza, as will Dixie.

Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct date, start time, and length The Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct took place on June 18, 2025 at 6AM PT / 9AM ET / 2PM BST. It lasted for just over 15 minutes.

Diddy Kong has just gotten another set of art renders to show what he'll look like going forward, but what does it all mean?

By now, we’ve all heard about Donkey Kong Bananza since its debut during Nintendo Direct’s livestream. Yes, yes, we’re all excited, yay Donkey Kong! BUT, something is missing!

However, the Rare Donkey Kong characters' retractable teeth are gone, with Diddy's teeth now being visible, and he now has a space between his eyes, resulting in a more expressive design.

Diddy Kong’s design has been tweaked, just like Donkey Kong, ahead of appearances in Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza for Switch 2.

Diddy has been given a new character design to match the one used by Donkey Kong in the Nintendo Switch 2 era.

Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's nephew, a former archnemesis of Mario, and the gaming community fell in love with Diddy's small stature and wholesome personality.

Donkey Kong is one of the biggest video game franchises of all time for Nintendo. The franchise has an incredibly large fanbase, with a lot of them anticipating a new Donkey Kong game for a while now.

Thus, Diddy Kong was born. With his signature red cap and shirt emblazoned with stars), Diddy brought a youthful energy to the series that perfectly complemented the more lumbering Donkey Kong.