Mario Vs Donkey Kong Fans Prefer The Remake's Ending
thegamer.comMario vs. Donkey Kong's original ending might be a beloved meme, but it seems that fans actually prefer how the remake ends with a much less upset DK.
With games like Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario and the Thousand-Year Door, it seems like Nintendo is on a bit of a remake kick lately, something that's just continued with Mario vs. Donkey Kong on the Switch. While Super Mario RPG was a pretty faithful remake that only cut out a few things like an outdated Bruce Lee reference and peace signs, Mario vs. Donkey Kong changes things up a bit more.
We've already reported on Mario and DK's dialogue being almost entirely cut out of the intro and Mario no longer burning to death when hit with fire, but one of the biggest changes that has been made to the Switch remake is its ending. In the Game Boy Advance version of the game, the ending has DK crying and Mario looking at him incredibly angrily, before relenting and giving him a Mini Mario as a peace offering. Happy days.
Although the Switch version of the game keeps the events of the ending the same, the context has been changed around a bit. Instead of crying in front of Mario, Donkey Kong instead looks at the ground defeated and doesn't show as much emotion. Mario still ends up giving him a Mini Mario and telling him that it's "okay", but fans think that it comes off as more of a genuine offer from the plumber.
It might seem like the two endings are pretty similar, but the interaction between Mario and Donkey Kong being changed seems to have struck a chord with fans. Over on Twitter, Chezi34 shared a clip of the remake's conclusion and said that it is "SO much better than the original ending", explaining that DK not crying in front of Mario means that his gift to him is "much more meaningful" since it's not out of pity.
The remake does once again get rid of Mario speaking a bunch of fast gibberish, but it at least keeps most of the exchange between Mario and DK the same.
As of the time of writing, Chezi34's tweet has over
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