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How the Creators of ‘Donkey Kong Bananza’ Mastered the Art of Punching
After spending over a decade as a plus one to Mario’s many parties and sports outings, Donkey Kong is back to leading star ...
Nintendo created Donkey Kong’s biggest adventure by breaking everything
The creation of Donkey Kong Bananza started with destruction. “What we were really going for was this gameplay experience ...
Nintendo Has The Best Reason For Why Pauline Is In Donkey Kong Bananza
In an interview with IGN, Donkey Kong Bananza director Kazuya Takahashi and producer Kenta Motokura ( Super Mario Odyssey ’s ...
Donkey Kong Bananza Exists Because Yoshiaki Koizumi Asked the Mario Odyssey Team for a 3D Donkey Kong Game
When Donkey Kong Bananza was first announced, speculation immediately set in that it was being made by the same team that ...
Donkey Kong Bananza has "some similarities" to Super Mario Odyssey since it's from the same dev team, and its core mechanic was already experimented on in the 3D Mario game
Motokura recounts meeting with Shigeru Miyamoto who spoke of DK's "unique actions" like the hand slap, and Koizumi, who directed Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, felt that Donkey Kong's "longer, stronger arms ...
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Super Mario Odyssey’s director is a producer on Donkey Kong Bananza
Kenta Motokura, who was the director of Super Mario Odyssey has been revealed as one of the game’s producers. Donkey Kong ...
Donkey Kong Bananza director is a Nintendo newbie
A lengthy Donkey Kong Bananza interview reveals surprising details about its director and how the game first came to be.
Nintendo admits Donkey Kong Bananza wasn’t originally a Switch 2 game
Takahashi does clarify that their interest in the console went beyond mere processing power; the game makes use of aspects ...
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Like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza Was Originally a Switch 1 Game, Nintendo Confirms
Notably, another first-party Nintendo Switch 2 game, Mario Kart World, had a similar path to release. We learned ahead of its ...
Donkey Kong Bananza Is the Switch 2’s True Successor to Super Mario Odyssey
As someone whose favorite Nintendo mascot is Donkey Kong, Bananza seems to be shaping up to be the 3D Donkey Kong game that I ...
Donkey Kong Bananza, Like Mario Kart World, Was Initially Planned For Switch 1
Nintendo has revealed in a new interview with IGN that Donkey Kong Bananza was originally planned for the Switch 1. Producer ...
Nintendo won't confirm Donkey Kong's age in new game as it's "good fodder for player theories"
Nintendo is keeping Donkey Kong's age in upcoming Switch 2 platformer Bananza under wraps for now, because this bit of mystery is "good fodder" for theories.