Nintendo made concept art for the Mario Movie that’s very relevant today
This is the look the games are seemingly going for now
Even has art for the Mario kart scene
This is the look the games are seemingly going for now
Even has art for the Mario kart scene
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Making the face animation friendly was probably a big part of it.
Original muzzle was made for snes and had no need to animate
Now that they started to market DK they start mixing the Rare design with their own design and focus on remembering that DK was Mario's OG foe
It's also so cool to see him go from making art for the games to making concept art for a feature-length film, too.
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