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In a cute move to promote their newest Donkey Kong Country game, Nintendo handed the reigns (so to speak) of their Twitter feed to series curmudgeon Cranky Kong. In a self-aware nod, Cranky is just as out of touch as most corporate entities who try to pull social media stunts.

~~Fun Fact~~ Did you know that canonically Cranky is the original DK from the classic arcade game? Fun times. Anyway, here are some more tweets:



Hopefully we'll get some more good Q+A as the day goes on:

Mario, mario everywhere.

FreddieW collaborated with Hey Ash, Watcha Playin'? to bring to life the barrels from Donkey Kong Country and show that they can be used as a functioning method of transportation...sorta.

Wait... what?

Thanks, Reggie!