Donkey Kong Bananza EPISODE 6 | Gaming Luminary
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Game information:
Donkey Kong Bananza is a 2025 platform game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Nintendo Switch 2. The player controls the gorilla Donkey Kong, who ventures underground with a young Pauline to recover stolen banana-shaped diamonds from a group of villainous apes. It plays similarly to EPD's Super Mario Odyssey (2017), with players exploring sandbox-like levels while completing objectives, battling enemies, and collecting objects. Bananza is distinguished by its destructible environments; the player can destroy most terrain to create paths and find items.
EPD began working on Donkey Kong Bananza following Super Mario Odyssey's completion. It was the first Donkey Kong game that Nintendo developed internally since Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004); development began on the original Nintendo Switch, but shifted to the Switch 2 after EPD determined that it would better realize their concepts. They made greater use of the voxel technology that allowed players to manipulate terrain in some Odyssey levels, with large, destructible worlds emphasizing Donkey Kong's strength.
Nintendo released Donkey Kong Bananza on July 17, 2025, as the first original Donkey Kong game since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014) and the first 3D platformer since Donkey Kong 64 (1999). It received acclaim from critics, who considered it the Switch 2's killer app. They praised its visuals, gameplay, and story, but criticized the camera and frame rate. Nintendo released downloadable content containing a new level and game mode in September.
Donkey Kong travels to Ingot Isle to search for Banandium Gems amidst a gold rush, but a mining company, VoidCo., steals the gems to power its ship. VoidCo.'s president, Void Kong, seeks to travel to the planetary core to find the Banandium Root, a magical object that grants the wishes of its wielder, and obtain riches. Donkey Kong is swept underground, where he rescues Odd Rock. They discover a vast Hollow Earth-like region inhabited by animal societies and their ancient elders. An enormous Kong Elder grants Donkey Kong transformative powers and restores Odd Rock to its true self, the teenage girl Pauline, whom Void Kong had kidnapped hoping to use her voice's power to awaken the root. The elder advises them to continue to the core to find the root.
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