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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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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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube828k If you’ve gotten your hands on the new Donkey Kong Bananza amiibo to go alongside the new Switch 2 release, then you might be wondering how to actually unlock the Diva Dress for Pauline. A quick glance on Reddit will reveal that many are struggling to nab the dress, with some …
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As you might’ve read elsewhere on the site, I really rather like Donkey Kong Bananza. It’s a tremendously creative and clever take on DK as a character, and does a great job of both expanding the existing DK universe and building something all-new for a younger generation – one that’s also about to get to know DK’s world properly for …
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Image: Nintendo Donkey Kong Bananza is now officially available for the Switch 2, and while there’s not often much to look at when it comes to game cases nowadays, some titles do include some extra artwork. We saw it with the Mario Kart World physical release, and DK’s new release also has artwork on this side of the case. It’s …
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Donkey Kong Bananza didn’t arrive right in time for the Switch 2 launch, but it’s essentially a launch title–and a very good one, by all accounts. Both GameSpot’s Donkey Kong Bananza review and the wider critical space have plenty of praise to heap on the game. If you’re diving in soon, you’ll want to know how long it takes to …
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Today is Donkey Kong Bananza launch day, and what better way to celebrate than with a discount? The Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive game is currently $62.99 ($7 off) at Costco for members. Nintendo games rarely go on sale, even after several months on shelves, so any amount off the retail price is a big win on launch day. If you were …
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