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.

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

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.