Nintendo Won't Say Why Donkey Kong Bananza's Pauline Is 13-Years-Old Specifically, Wants Players to 'Puzzle Out' the Answer Themselves

Rebekah Valentine
7/10/2025

A few weeks ago, Nintendo confirmed an unusual piece of lore: Pauline is 13-years-old in Donkey Kong Bananza. This is an odd thing for Nintendo to have done. So when we spoke to the game’s producer Kenta Motokura and director Kazuya Takahashi, we had to ask. Why did Nintendo specify her age? And is this a Super Mario Odyssey prequel?...

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