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Donkey Kong's sprite on 75M in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has a tan skin tone, which is different from DK's paler sprite in either the NES or arcade versions of Donkey Kong. This appears to be the result of Nintendo using an image of the game's arcade version originating from a Japanese retro gaming fan site called Muu-World as reference material, as that image seems to have a color error that makes DK appear tan. The English-language fan wiki Super Mario Wiki has been hosting a different Donkey Kong screenshot with the same error on its page for the game since 2005, and the source of the error as well as several of the images featuring it (including the Mario Wiki screenshot) is currently unknown. It also gives DK a coincidental resemblance to the appearance on the box art for NES Donkey Kong and in-game in Atarisoft's Commodore 64 Donkey Kong. This was fixed for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
In-depth 75M analysis article:
https://thatnintendonerd.github.io/Ultimate-Stage-Research/blog/75m
Assumed image origin:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050824043108/http://www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/muu-word/acdkong.html
https://thatnintendonerd.github.io/Ultimate-Stage-Research/blog/75m
Assumed image origin:
https://web.archive.org/web/20050824043108/http://www010.upp.so-net.ne.jp/muu-word/acdkong.html
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