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I've been lurking on this thread. I'm a regular at DK Vine and registered on Famiboards just to share a few details that I'm privy to.
First of all, Hyle has mentioned multiple times that his sources on the EPD game mentioned that development on this EPD game began around late 2017-early 2018 so that lines up with what's being said here. The whole "Nintendo making a DK game with the Mario Odyssey team" is a misnomer. This is a NEW EPD team allegedly. Meaning this team isn't taking away from mainline Mario games and vice versa for DK. It's not a DK or Mario situation. The clickbaity articles titled, "The Mario Odyssey team is working on DK" is what's causing this confusion. TLDR; rest easy Mario fans. No one's taking away or postponing 3D Mario.
With that being said, allegedly this new team is younger EPD staff that are huge fans of DK and were excited about the opportunity to work on DK. The devs behind this game probably worked on Mario Odyssey, hence all the references to DK in that game, especially in New Donk City. Some members of the DK Vine forum corroborated that VV was working on a 3D DK game before it got cancelled, and they mentioned Pauline having a bigger role, so I'm going to believe these rumors since I've heard it from so many people.
Lastly, with DK and crew's major presence in the Mario film, a rumored spin off film, and massive theme park expansions, it's obvious that Nintendo is positioning DK to be an A-list franchise again. You don't invest hundreds of millions of dollars into a dead IP. The only thing missing is the game announcement. It's possible they're holding off the game reveal until they announce their next platform, but I'm so over speculating about the next Nintendo Switch. I've been hearing about the Switch Pro since 2018 and that turned out to be a big waste of time since nothing materialized unless you want to count the OLED. DK's next adventure will most likely be announced in the next 6-12 months imo. It's hard to be patient, but we'll have to be patient
Ooh so it's allegedly a new EPD team? The stakes rise and the plot thickens