JungleSkip
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Something that I am finding interesting, with E3, is that they are going to bring Yoshi to popularity. Which, will actually hopefully help Universal as Super Nintendo World will be bringing Yoshi and his characters to a theme park setting.
The same could be said, if Donkey Kong recieves a new title for the Switch in the next year, but who knows at this point.
Either way, bringing characters like Yoshi, and Donkey Kong to full-fledged Switch Titles may bring them a bit more in popularity, and that it will be relevant for Super Nintendo World's themed areas.
Are Yoshi and DK not popular? DK has had a ton of games in the Wii->3DS->Wii U generations, and Yoshi has had a handful too. I don't think either are unknowns to the general population.
I'd argue Zelda and Kirby are more unknown by the GP in the original plans than Yoshi or DK. Not that people don't know Zelda/Kirby, but they're a bit more obscure.