As spotted by IcyMeeting1051 and Rampo on Reddit, Young Pauline can be seen doing the same dance step in Donkey Kong Bananza as she did in Super Mario Odyssey as well as the classic Donkey Kong. Of course, the original version wasn't a dance, but just some random sprite movement to make kidnapped Pauline look lifelike.

Our final Donkey Kong Bananza demo gave us a two hour tour of a chaotic platformer clearly built from Super Mario Odyssey's DNA.

Players who bought the Nintendo Switch 2 with the laser focus of playing Nintendo’s exclusive titles may have been disappointed that the sole first-party experience available at launch was Mario Kart World.