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Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: “We Prioritized Fun And Playability”

Donkey Kong Bananza Director Acknowledges Performance Drops: “We Prioritized Fun And Playability”

Image: Nintendo Donkey Kong Bananza is shaping up to be an excellent outing for DK, but the recent previews did highlight some performance concerns. The game’s director Kazuya Takahashi has now reportedly acknowledged these issues in a chat with the Spanish outlet Lavanguardia – seemingly confirming these frame rate drops will be in the final build during more destructive moments …

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Donkey Kong Bananza director comments on frame rate drops

Donkey Kong Bananza director comments on frame rate drops

Kazuya Takahashi, the director of Donkey Kong Bananza, has commented on the game’s performance and frame rate drops. Overall, early impressions of the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive have been positive. However, some who have been able to try out the game prior to launch have noticed some frame rate dips. It’s largely stable and tends to hit its target of …

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More Donkey Kong Bananza In-Store Demos Are Releasing Next Week

More Donkey Kong Bananza In-Store Demos Are Releasing Next Week

Image: Nintendo We’re now less than a week out from the arrival of Donkey Kong Bananza and Nintendo has announced it’s releasing more playable demos into the wild. If you happen to be located in Canada, Nintendo of Canada has revealed there will be playable demos of the new game at select EB Games and Costco stores. You’ll be able …

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Donkey Kong Bananza exists thanks to Yoshiaki Koizumi asking Mario Odyssey team for a 3D Donkey Kong game

Donkey Kong Bananza exists thanks to Yoshiaki Koizumi asking Mario Odyssey team for a 3D Donkey Kong game

It has now become clear that the promising Donkey Kong Bananza came about thanks to Nintendo executive Yoshiaka Koizumi approaching the Super Mario Odyssey team and asked them to consider working on a 3D Donkey Kong game. The Super Mario Odyssey team then decided to approach the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto to get some ideas, as naturally Mr. Miyamoto created Donkey …

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