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[FrankCaron]

Donkey Kong Bananza is coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17, 2025! Learn more: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-sy...Explore a vast underground world—by smashing your way through it! Bash, throw, and climb through just about anything in DK's brand-new 3D platforming action-adventure game!

Actually thought this looked great; Donkey Kong in the Banjo format with destruction is a super smart idea.

 

[Balducci30]

graphics suck but the fully destructible environment makes up for it

 

[cyberheater]

This looks very good. Hulk smash.

 

[AJUMP23]

Should be Bananaza.

what a miss. Looks fun.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Actually looks kinda nice.

 

[Shubh_C63]

With what Nintendo can do with Mario and Bowsers Fury, this game has true leveloution.
The creativity on display for this game would be insane.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

graphics suck but the fully destructible environment makes up for it

It is almost a Wreck It Ralph game. But of course Ralph is based on DK anyway...

 

[robor]

Totally left of field but it looks fucking AWESOME!

I'm glad to see Nintendo are taking more risks with their archive of IP's.

Very much looking forward to it!

 

[Renoir]

trailer made this game look really fun. it will suck if the destruction is limited to just rocks.. but they trailer got me hyped for it./

 

[Diddy X]

Best game of the Direct, it seems to struggle on the resolution part tho due to all the destruction.

 

[daxgame]

I'm honest, I really hate the new Donkey Kong design.
Not a game I'm personally interested in (not for the character design lol) but great to see Nintendo experiment with something new.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Not the aesthetics I envisioned but I am intrigued. Really glad to see a non-Mario 3D platformer again from Nintendo. Hope to see some classic characters in there.

 

[Aldric]

Saved the Direct for me. Graphics look pretty average but they probably prioritized physics and framerate since the gimmick seems to be DK rampaging through destructible environments, which is a really good fit for his character. I'm kinda glad they also didn't play it safe with another 3D Mario and instead made another big budget 3D platformer using one of their historical IPs. Looking forward to it.

 

[Edder1]

Damn, Nintendo back with PS3 graphics again.

 

[RoadHazard]

Visually this looks like a Switch game with more expansive environments. But will probably be cool.

 

[Kacho]

All in on this.

 

[Robb]

It's no Mario, but I'll take it.

Kind of reminds me of Banjo Kazooie. Looks fun!

 

[Vangu Vegro]

From the brief Mario Kart snippet in the announcement trailer I thought I wouldn't mind DK's new design. How wrong I was!

Game looks fun though, and I kinda like how expressive and animated DK is. Still, not a fan of the design at all.

 

[MrCunningham]

Whose developing this? No mention anywhere. Is it Retro? Or Nintendo, in house? Also: RIP RARE Donkey Kong design. You had a good run.

 

[chicnstu]

Should be Bananaza.

what a miss. Looks fun.

Nah, it already implements banana as a portmanteau of banana and bonanza. And it rhymes.

 

[Dacvak]

This game looks so fun! And I think it's wild that people are saying the graphics suck, it looks great! Has awesome art style and seemed to run at a solid 60.

 

[MrJangles]

Looks awful

 

[Saber]

Never much into DK games, but this one looks very interesting, totally dig the visuals. Not sure about DK design though.

 

[E-Cat]

Really missing this aesthetic...

 

[Kataploom]

Not really digging art direction so much, DK looks like he's downgraded from DK:TF where he had fur shader...

 

[nkarafo]

I really dislike this "BOTW-esque" visual style.

The combination of cartoon style + low contrast + drab colors + thick environmental fog is really bad.

Bring back clean, contrast-y visuals ffs. Even DK64 looks more pleasing than this.

 

[Imtjnotu]

Graphics tech look exactly like Mario odyssey

 

[Luipadre]

This and mario kart world looks awesome.

 

[Hero_Select]

Even DK64 looks more pleasing than this.

People have lost the plot lmao

 

[SHAKEZ]

ROCK AND STONE!
Looks fun.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Banjo Kazooie 3 plz

Microsoft if you're not using it sell it to Nintendo

Actually thought this looked great; Donkey Kong in the Banjo format with destruction is a super smart idea.

That was Donkey Kong 64

 

[nkarafo]

People have lost the plot lmao

Darker, higher contrast visuals > Overly bright, low contrast hazy visuals.

 

[GigaBowser]

phisics armazing buuut artsyle is crud

 

[GymWolf]

Red faction: kongilla

Looks nice but i don't like dk face in this one.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Gotta say this looks like a lot of fun. Hulk smash gameplay with destructible environments? Fuck yeah.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Looks fantastic, I wanna destroy everything.

 

[MagnesD3]

I hope the other kongs are there. Id love to see a redesign from all of them.

 

[GrandlyBodacious]

Love Donkey's new design personally. Love the basic concept of a highly destructible world for Donkey Kong.

Just wish we got to see more Kongs and a bit more about the gameplay. What's the objective? Reach stage end? So it's a platformer? Or is this more like DK64?

 

[Warspite]

I do love games with Destructible terrain.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Love Donkey's new design personally. Love the basic concept of a highly destructible world for Donkey Kong.

Just wish we got to see more Kongs and a bit more about the gameplay. What's the objective? Reach stage end? So it's a platformer? Or is this more like DK64?

Its most likely from the Mario Odyssey team, so expect a Mario Odyssey like game, instead of the hat we got smash.

 

[bender]

Red faction: kongilla

Looks nice but i don't like dk face in this one.

I would have also accepted The GeoKong Engine.

 

[Midway-AGNC-]

Not a fan of this new DK character design, but gameplay looks nice. Who's developing this?

 

[GymWolf]

I would have also accepted The GeoKong Engine.

Or "kong and stones".

 

[GrandlyBodacious]

Its most likely from the Mario Odyssey team, so expect a Mario Odyssey like game, instead of the hat we got smash.

Okay, rewatching the trailer I can see the moment he grabs his Banana "moon." So it'll be about mining/destroying for those rocky bananas.

 

[Midway-AGNC-]

Banjo Kazooie 3 plz

Microsoft if you're not using it sell it to Nintendo

Be careful, Famiboards diehard fanboys will draw a wanted sign for you for saying this. Lol

 

[nial]

Only good part of the direct, even if I'm not fan of the art style. Who is developing this?

 

[RomanceDawn]

I hope to see a few other Kong's in this. I wonder though, would their statures and frames lend themselves to all this smash and bash gameplay? Dixie's big hair lends it's self pretty well to bashing and I guess Diddy could use his pop guns much like he did in Returns and Tropical Freeze.

I guess it's not such a big deal. I just hope to see a few more classic characters. They certainly got that Rare era DK jungle in there in the side scroller portion.

 

[Ogbert]

Will obviously be great.

One of the few good reveals.

 

[Fbh]

Looks awesome
Love the physics and destruction, it's a shame Nintendo is one of the few big publishers pushing this sort of stuff with games like this and TOTK

 

[rofif]

This is the best video game title I've ever seen. HOLY BANANZA