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{{species infobox
|title=New Donker
|title=New Donker
|image=[[File:SMO_Shot_-_New_Donk_City.png|270px]]<br>[[Mario]] walking alongside a New Donker.
|image=[[File:SMO Artwork New Donker (Female).png|100px]][[File:SMO Artwork New Donker (Male).png|120px]]<br>A female (left) and male (right) New Donker
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' (version 2.3.0) ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]'' (version 2.0.0) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|relatives=[[Human]]
|notable=[[Band (Super Mario Odyssey)|Band musicians]]
|notable=[[New Donk City Band]]<br>[[Pauline]]
}}
}}
'''New Donkers''' are [[human]] characters found primarily in the New Donk City region of the [[Metro Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. In comparison to most humans in the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'' franchise, they are fairly realistically designed. Like how New Donk City is a reference to the real life location {{wp|New York City}}, they are named after the residents of the city (or [[wikipedia:New York|state]]), New Yorkers. Unlike the more cartoonish human characters of [[Mario]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]] and [[Pauline]], the New Donkers' voice clips consist of gibberish that sounds like American English. Both light- and dark-skinned New Donkers exist in ''Super Mario Odyssey''.
{{quote|Welcome to [[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]]! The Big Banana! No place like it!|New Donker|Super Mario Odyssey}}
'''New Donkers''' are [[:category:humans|human]] characters found primarily in the New Donk City region of the [[Metro Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. In comparison to most humans in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], they are unusually realistically designed. Like how New Donk City is a reference to the real-life location {{wp|New York City}}, they are named after the residents of the city (or {{wp|New York|the state}}), New Yorkers. The New Donkers' voice clips consist of gibberish that sounds like American English. Both light-skinned and dark-skinned New Donkers appear in ''Super Mario Odyssey''.


Most of the New Donkers, both male and female, wear gray business suits. The male New Donkers also wear ties, gray fedoras, and shiny black shoes, while the female New Donkers wear gray sunhats. The only New Donkers who do not wear gray attire are the members of [[Pauline]]'s [[New Donk City Band|band]], who all wear red attire and black fedoras with a white band around it, and the [[Crazy Cap]] employees. None of the New Donkers are ever seen without their hats, except for at least two members, as they are required to collect Power Moons, where Mario must capture them to control an RC car in order to obtain said Power Moons.
Most of the New Donkers, both male and female, wear gray business suits and have a [[Donkey Kong (game)#Development|1930s–1940s look]]. The male New Donkers also wear ties, gray fedoras, and shiny black shoes, while the female New Donkers wear gray sunhats, skirts, and shiny silver-gray heels and have a stylized shoulder-length hairstyle. The only New Donkers who do not wear gray attire are the members of [[Pauline]]'s [[band (Super Mario Odyssey)|band]], who all wear red attire and black fedoras with white bands around them, and the [[Crazy Cap]] employees, who wear purple and yellow outfits. Most New Donkers are always seen wearing hats, but there are two who do not, both of whom can be [[capture]]d by [[Mario]] to control an [[RC Car]].


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
A few New Donkers give [[Mario]] [[Power Moon]]s, such as a lonely New Donker found sitting on a bench. The first New Donker seen in the game is in the [[Sand Kingdom]]. This man, a [[taxi]] driver, is unable to meet with his [[Tostarenan]] customer (called the [[Desert Wanderer]]) due to his taxi being frozen in the middle of the desert. After the Metro Kingdom, a few New Donkers are also seen in [[Bowser's Kingdom]] near, and even operating, the [[Crazy Cap]] store. Finally, several others, along with their mayor [[Pauline]], can be found in attendance at the wedding between [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in the [[Moon Kingdom]]. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully.
A few New Donkers give Mario [[Power Moon]]s, such as a lonely New Donker found sitting on a bench. The first New Donker seen in the game is in the [[Sand Kingdom]]. This man, a [[taxi]] driver, is unable to meet with his [[Tostarenan]] customer (called the [[Desert Wanderer]]) due to his taxi being frozen in the middle of the desert. After the Metro Kingdom, a few New Donkers are also seen in [[Bowser's Kingdom]] near, and even operating, the Crazy Cap store. Finally, several others, along with their mayor Pauline, can be found in attendance at the wedding between [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] in the [[Moon Kingdom]]. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully.


As with other kingdom residents, several New Donkers can be found visiting other kingdoms after finishing the main story. The one who was found in Tostarena can also be found travelling in his taxi throughout the kingdoms with the Desert Wanderer.
As with other kingdom residents, several New Donkers can be found visiting other kingdoms after the main story is finished. The one who was found in Tostarena can also be found traveling in his taxi throughout the kingdoms with the Desert Wanderer.


Like many of the supporting characters, New Donkers will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless of whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not.
Like many of the supporting characters, New Donkers will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless of whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not.


===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
New Donkers appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' in the plaza of the [[New Donk City Hall (stage)|New Donk City Hall]] stage if any song other than "Jump Up, Super Star!" and "Ground Theme (Band Performance) - Super Mario Bros." is selected as the background music.
New Donkers appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' in the plaza of the [[New Donk City Hall (stage)|New Donk City Hall]] stage if any song other than "[[Jump Up, Super Star!]]" and "Ground Theme (Band Performance) - Super Mario Bros." is selected as the background music.
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===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', a crowd of New Donkers appear around Pauline and cheer for her during her [[Special Shot]] animation.
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', a crowd of New Donkers appears around Pauline and cheers for her during her [[Special Shot (Mario Tennis Aces)|Special Shot]] animation.
 
===''Mario Golf: Super Rush''===
New Donkers appear in the [[New Donk City (golf course)|New Donk City]] golf course in ''[[Mario Golf: Super Rush]]''. They appear only as background characters and do not affect gameplay.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180px">
<gallery widths="180px">
SMO New Donker.jpg
File:SMO_Shot_-_New_Donk_City.png|[[Mario]] walking alongside a New Donker
SMO New Donker 2.jpg
SMO New Donker.jpg|A New Donker without a hat
SMO New Donker 3.jpg
SMO New Donker 2.jpg|A brown-skinned male New Donker
SMO New Donker 4.jpg
SMO New Donker 3.jpg|A dark-skinned male New Donker
SMO New Donker 5.jpg
SMO New Donker 4.jpg|A tan-skinned male New Donker
SMO New Donker 6.jpg
SMO New Donker 5.jpg|A light-skinned male New Donker
SMO New Donker 7.jpg
SMO New Donker 6.jpg|A brown-skinned female New Donker
SMO New Donker 8.jpg
SMO New Donker 7.jpg|A light-skinned female New Donker
NewDonkCrowd.jpg
SMO New Donker 8.jpg|A dark-skinned female New Donker
NewDonkCrowd.jpg|A crowd of New Donkers
CrazyCap.jpg|New Donkers employed at Crazy Cap
CrazyCap.jpg|New Donkers employed at Crazy Cap
DonkerMale.gif|An animation of an idle male New Donker
DonkerMale.gif|An animation of an idle male New Donker
SMO New Donk City Festival Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of the New Donk City Festival from ''Super Mario Odyssey''
MTA New Donkers.jpg|New Donkers in ''Mario Tennis Aces''
MTA New Donkers.jpg|New Donkers in ''Mario Tennis Aces''
MGSR New Donkers.jpg|New Donkers in ''Mario Golf: Super Rush''
</gallery>
</gallery>


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|Jap=ニュードンカー
|Jap=ニュードンカー
|JapR=Nyū Donkā
|JapR=Nyū Donkā
|JapM=Literal translation
|JapM=New Donker
|Fra=New Donker
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya, and kikai, editors|date=2018|title=『[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey|スーバーマリオ オデッセイ 公式設定資料集]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=ambit|isbn=978-4-19-864696-7|page=194}}</ref>
|FraM=-
|ChiS=纽敦市人
|Spa= Neodonquino
|ChiSR=Niǔ dūn shì rén
|SpaM= From "Nueva Donk"(New Donk).
|ChiSM=New Donk City People
|ChiT=紐頓市人
|ChiTR=Niǔ dūn shì rén
|ChiTM=New Donk City People
|Dut=New Donker
|Fre=New Donker
|Ger=New Donker
|Ita=Newdonkese
|ItaM=Newdonker
|Kor=뉴동커
|KorR=Nyu Dongkeo
|KorM=New Donker
|Rus=Ньюдонкец
|Rus=Ньюдонкец
|RusR=N'udonkets
|RusR=N'udonkets
|RusM=New Donker
|RusM=New Donker
|Ger=New Donker
|Spa=Neodonquino
|GerM=-
|SpaM=From ''neoyorquino'' ("New Yorker")
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Some New Donkers that can be seen from a far distance disappear when [[Mario]] gets close to them. One example appears at the far corner of the park, and appears to be attempting to jump towards the lonely rooftop repeatedly. Several others can be seen walking across the central plaza in front of the City Hall, particularly when looking through the binoculars; these ones in particular seem to simply be animated textures, as they only appear from that angle, and can be seen going through posts and the bumps in the ground if examined carefully. All of the New Donkers that fade upon being approached seem to lack shadows as well.
*Some New Donkers that can be seen from a far distance disappear when [[Mario]] gets close to them. One example appears at the far corner of the park, and appears to be attempting to jump towards the lonely rooftop repeatedly. Several others can be seen walking across the central plaza in front of the City Hall, particularly when the player looks through the [[binoculars]]; these ones in particular seem to simply be animated textures, as they appear only from that angle, and can be seen going through posts and the bumps in the ground if examined carefully. All of the New Donkers that fade upon being approached seem to lack shadows as well.
*As seen by concept art in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', New Donkers were originally going to have proportions more similar to Mario.<ref>{{media link|TASMO pages 174 175.jpg|''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey'', pages 174 and 175}}</ref>
*As seen by concept art in ''[[The Art of Super Mario Odyssey]]'', New Donkers were originally going to have proportions more similar to Mario.<ref>{{file link|TASMO pages 174 175.jpg|''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey'', pages 174 and 175}}</ref>
*As seen by concept art in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey'', a seen shows that the local New Donkers see [[Mario]] as a weirdo and try killing him and swearing (the swears are censored with random shapes). One is also seen calling him a "mustachioed gnome". This entire story board does not appear in the final game at all.
*As seen by concept art in ''The Art of Super Mario Odyssey'', there would have been a child New Donker who would wear bowser like clothes including green pants, a yellow T-shirt, a green, horned backwards cap, spiked arm bands and a plush chain chomp. A piece of concept art shows him holding hands with a female child and another piece of concept art shows him standing on top of a car in front of Mario.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Humans]]
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[[Category:Capturable]]
[[Category:Mario Tennis Aces]]
[[Category:Mario Tennis Aces]]
[[Category:Super Mario Odyssey Species]]
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[[it:Newdonkese]]
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Latest revision as of 16:58, December 24, 2024

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New Donker
Female New Donker from Super Mario Odyssey.Male New Donker from Super Mario Odyssey.
A female (left) and male (right) New Donker
First appearance Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Latest appearance Mario Golf: Super Rush (version 2.0.0) (2021)
Notable members
“Welcome to New Donk City! The Big Banana! No place like it!”
New Donker, Super Mario Odyssey

New Donkers are human characters found primarily in the New Donk City region of the Metro Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey. In comparison to most humans in the Super Mario franchise, they are unusually realistically designed. Like how New Donk City is a reference to the real-life location New York City, they are named after the residents of the city (or the state), New Yorkers. The New Donkers' voice clips consist of gibberish that sounds like American English. Both light-skinned and dark-skinned New Donkers appear in Super Mario Odyssey.

Most of the New Donkers, both male and female, wear gray business suits and have a 1930s–1940s look. The male New Donkers also wear ties, gray fedoras, and shiny black shoes, while the female New Donkers wear gray sunhats, skirts, and shiny silver-gray heels and have a stylized shoulder-length hairstyle. The only New Donkers who do not wear gray attire are the members of Pauline's band, who all wear red attire and black fedoras with white bands around them, and the Crazy Cap employees, who wear purple and yellow outfits. Most New Donkers are always seen wearing hats, but there are two who do not, both of whom can be captured by Mario to control an RC Car.

History[edit]

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

A few New Donkers give Mario Power Moons, such as a lonely New Donker found sitting on a bench. The first New Donker seen in the game is in the Sand Kingdom. This man, a taxi driver, is unable to meet with his Tostarenan customer (called the Desert Wanderer) due to his taxi being frozen in the middle of the desert. After the Metro Kingdom, a few New Donkers are also seen in Bowser's Kingdom near, and even operating, the Crazy Cap store. Finally, several others, along with their mayor Pauline, can be found in attendance at the wedding between Bowser and Peach in the Moon Kingdom. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully.

As with other kingdom residents, several New Donkers can be found visiting other kingdoms after the main story is finished. The one who was found in Tostarena can also be found traveling in his taxi throughout the kingdoms with the Desert Wanderer.

Like many of the supporting characters, New Donkers will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless of whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

New Donkers appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in the plaza of the New Donk City Hall stage if any song other than "Jump Up, Super Star!" and "Ground Theme (Band Performance) - Super Mario Bros." is selected as the background music.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

In Mario Tennis Aces, a crowd of New Donkers appears around Pauline and cheers for her during her Special Shot animation.

Mario Golf: Super Rush[edit]

New Donkers appear in the New Donk City golf course in Mario Golf: Super Rush. They appear only as background characters and do not affect gameplay.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ニュードンカー[1]
Nyū Donkā
New Donker
Chinese (simplified) 纽敦市人[?]
Niǔ dūn shì rén
New Donk City People
Chinese (traditional) 紐頓市人[?]
Niǔ dūn shì rén
New Donk City People
Dutch New Donker[?] -
French New Donker[?] -
German New Donker[?] -
Italian Newdonkese[?] Newdonker
Korean 뉴동커[?]
Nyu Dongkeo
New Donker
Russian Ньюдонкец[?]
N'udonkets
New Donker
Spanish Neodonquino[?] From neoyorquino ("New Yorker")

Trivia[edit]

  • Some New Donkers that can be seen from a far distance disappear when Mario gets close to them. One example appears at the far corner of the park, and appears to be attempting to jump towards the lonely rooftop repeatedly. Several others can be seen walking across the central plaza in front of the City Hall, particularly when the player looks through the binoculars; these ones in particular seem to simply be animated textures, as they appear only from that angle, and can be seen going through posts and the bumps in the ground if examined carefully. All of the New Donkers that fade upon being approached seem to lack shadows as well.
  • As seen by concept art in The Art of Super Mario Odyssey, New Donkers were originally going to have proportions more similar to Mario.[2]

References[edit]