I've taken to calling Funky '90s Kong' for the past few years, but Poochie Kong also works. I think even Rare realized how dated he was back when they made the games because they revamped him to be a mechanic by DKC3.
He absolutely has the most entertaining voice in all of Mario Kart though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F8NHiofAPs&ab_channel=Dehrji45mx
I was 'lucky' enough to get the Wii U version for free to review for a site I work for, and God was it a miserable experience. I am kind of interested in the Wii version (NIS America provided a download voucher for Wii U and nothing else), but I'm much more interested in renting it than buying it, which appears to be the only version.
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