Image: Nintendo The latest UK charts data is in, and as expected, Donkey Kong Bananza is a hit, climbing all the way to the top to beat the likes of Mario Kart World, Hogwarts Legacy, and EA Sports FC 25. How well it actually sold, however, is a little bit more difficult to gauge. According to The Game Business‘ Chris …
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If you were able to successfully fight the FOMO and make peace with waiting to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza might bring that FOMO back in full force (raises hand). Thankfully for OG Switch owners, the original Switch is home to the Bananza team’s previous game, and it’s one of the console’s best. I was late acquiring …
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The big main thing you want to do in Donkey Kong Bananza is smash everything, but even as you shatter various layers of the planet into thousands of tiny voxels, you may realize there’s more to life than smashing. On your quest to reaching the surface (and getting more bananas), you should know there are ways to solve problems other …
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Donkey Kong: Bananza is out now, and while most of us are having a bananza smashing our way through Ingot Isle, some players are taking things a bit slower, and spending hours in the game’s Artist Mode making wild sculpted creations. If you’re out of the loop, Donkey Kong: Bananza has an unlockable artist mode where you can use your …
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Image: Nintendo Life We’re heading to the rainy Tempest Layer for this Donkey Kong Bananza Banandium Gem guide — we hope you packed your brolly! Below, we have laid out maps and lists with detailed instructions for how to nab the 70 Banandium Gems in the Tempest Layer across its three sub-levels (don’t worry, there aren’t any Gems to be …
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Image: Nintendo We’re now a few days into the release of Donkey Kong Bananza and apart from the new world to explore, there’s also DK Artist. In case you missed it, this is a creator tool mode you can access before entering the main game, and it allows you to use the Switch 2’s mouse controls to carve out, smoothen, …
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Warning: this article contains spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza. Donkey Kong Bananza is now out in the wild, and one of the biggest burning questions ahead of launch centered on DK’s new best friend: Pauline. She’s a teenager in Bananza – 13 years old, to be precise – and this has led to rampant speculation that Bananza is a prequel …
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Image: Nintendo Cast your minds back to the year of our lord 2017, and you may remember we reported on how a certain Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto liked to play a pre-release version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by climbing up and down trees repeatedly for treats that the devs would leave for him. No, this isn’t …
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Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it decided to spin it off into an entirely separate artist mode. It’s like Mario Paints with …
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Take a peek at this year’s video game release calendar and you can spot a few 2025 trends starting to form. We’re seeing the return of the kart racer thanks to Mario Kart World, with Sonic Crossworlds and Kirby Air Riders following close behind. Soccer is having a moment thanks to Despelote and Rematch, the year’s best double feature. Small …
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