The Latest Breaking News from Bananza

Donkey Kong Bananza devs want to make sure Mario and DK's games feel different: "Is there perhaps a slightly different kind of person that might prefer one character over the other?"

"What sort of things could Mario not do?"

GamesRadar · Mar 15

Nintendo knew Donkey Kong Bananza wouldn't be nearly as fun if you were destroying basic blocks: "It is more fun to destroy that which is beautiful"

"To give you a sense of how much voxel data there is, the rather big Canyon layer actually has about 340 million voxels"

GamesRadar · Mar 11

I just finished my favourite Switch 2 game yet – I didn't expect to love it

Donkey Kong Bananza stole my heart

T3 · Aug 16, 2025

"It must have been an absolute nightmare for the programmers": Nintendo explains Donkey Kong Bananza's voxel tech and why it doesn't look like "stacked cubes" like Minecraft or Hytale

"We were able to craft Layers that feel truly unique to this game"

GamesRadar · Jul 16, 2025

Nintendo says it out loud: 60 FPS is king – 30 FPS "couldn't fully capture" Donkey Kong Bananza, which really shows the Switch 2 difference in a new side-by-side with the old Switch 1 build

Switch 2 brings Nintendo up to speed with frame rates other consoles had years ago

GamesRadar · Jul 15, 2025

Donkey Kong Bananza has potentially been in development for nearly eight years: 'we started developing it after finishing Super Mario Odyssey'

Donkey Kong Bananza has had a lengthy development time, with the director claiming work started on the game right after Super Mario Odyssey.

TechRadar · Jul 15, 2025

Nintendo issues integral Switch 2 date –mark tomorrow in your calendars

You'd be Bananzaz to miss it on 18 June

T3 · Jun 17, 2025

Donkey Kong Bananza is getting its own dedicated Nintendo Direct this Wednesday, with "roughly 15 minutes of information" about the next big Switch 2 game

Here he comes, banana slamma

GamesRadar · Jun 16, 2025

Nintendo made sickos like me wait 26 years, but Donkey Kong Bananza's 3D platforming exceeds my wildest dreams

Opinion | The big monkey is getting the Mario Odyssey treatment and excited doesn't begin to cover how I feel

GamesRadar · Apr 21, 2025