How so?
That's true, good point.
I just hate the damn redesign and poor characterization. I can't get over it. I don't mind the little girl sidekick thing in itself.
Also, general rant about DKB here so skip it: I just beat the game yesterday and it didn't explain jack shit about how this fits in the Mario timeline. Yeah, I know Nintendo doesn't give a shit, and that I shouldn't either or whatever, but it still sucks. There's no explanation for why Pauline is a kid, nor why King. K. Rool is seemingly meeting DK for the first time, yet Diddy's dialogue suggests Bananza takes place after DKC. It's also impossible for Cranky to have kidnapped adult Pauline in the original Donkey Kong if she was only introduced here as a kid while he's already old now. It's a mess.