However, unlike in a certain Mario game from 2017, this version of Pauline is only 13 years old. She’s trapped in an underground world, and she needs Donkey Kong’s help to get back to the surface.

We knew the Japanese voice actress for Pauline ahead of launch, due to Nintendo revealing it in an Ask the Developer interview series based on Donkey Kong Bananza. Yurianne Eve plays her.

According to the credits (via IGN), Kouji Takeda is Donkey Kong, and Pauline is voiced by Jenny Kidd. Takeda is the voice of DK in the Japanese dub of the Super Mario Bros. Movie and was also ...

Donkey Kong Bananza is a delight. Partially because it dares to subvert our expectations to provide a Nintendo platformer ...

More like this Donkey Kong Bananza - Every Transformation and Skill Tree Unusually for a Nintendo game, Bananza's credits list out each of the game's voice actors with their specific roles — and ...

DK and Pauline meet under strange circumstances - and then Pauline's voice actor and lovely animation cleverly carry their story. To my kid, Mario is first and foremost a movie character.

In Super Mario Odyssey, Pauline is voiced by Kate Higgins, who also sings the game's theme song Jump Up, Super Star! But perhaps this change is to be expected — after all, Bananza's Pauline is ...

Meanwhile, there's a new voice for Pauline as well in Donkey Kong Bananza, with Jenny Kidd taking over the English role from Kate Higgins, who had voiced her in Super Mario Odyssey.