Donkey Kong Bananza isn't just one of the best games of 2025 and a delightful reimagining of Nintendo's leading gorilla. No, it's also a meditation aid – a way for you to to focus on whatever's weighing on you while you mindlessly destroy the game's levels. An unlikely way to play Donkey Kong Bananza? Maybe, but Nintendo's own devs recommend giving it a try.
"The goal in creating this game was to create a game that feels good to destroy," programmer Tatsuya Kurihara tells GamesRadar+ in an interview at the Game Developers Conference. Certainly the game's destructive potential is something the devs spoke about extensively in a panel at the event. But Kurihara thinks there's a constructive way to play, too.
