In Donkey Kong Country 2, Dixie Kong has 5,789 hairs in her pony-tail, but in Donkey Kong Country 3, she clearly has only 5,745. What would cause the glorious Rareware to make such an obscene act?
To be continued...
Perhaps the Satanic Jap Shigeru Miyamoto threatened to rape the Rareware staff's wives if they didn't make a minor alteration to her hair, or pehaps he cast an evil spell.