Donkey Kong Bananza
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How long is Donkey Kong Bananza?
By Will Sawyer published
Guide Donkey Kong Bananza is surprisingly long, likely taking you around 20 hours to get through

Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't use Switch 2's frame rate-boosting DLSS tech, joining Mario Kart World in dodging what we thought would be one of the console's defining features
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Seriously, FSR1 again?"

Donkey Kong Bananza Metacritic score not only makes it the highest-rated Switch 2 exclusive yet, it ties Donkey Kong 64 as the highest-rated game in the series
By Scott McCrae published
News It sits as the fourth highest-rated original game of 2025 so far

Donkey Kong Bananza review: "Destruction isn't just a flashy gimmick for the Minecraft generation, it's one of the best inventions Nintendo has had in years"
By Dustin Bailey published
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Somewhere in Nintendo's recycling bin is the god of all Goombas, gifted the giant hands of a Super Mario Odyssey boss during experiments for the Switch 2's Donkey Kong Bananza
By Scott McCrae published
News First they let them drive and now this

"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
By Scott McCrae published
News "We were able to craft Layers that feel truly unique to this game"

I called it, Nintendo confirms Donkey Kong Bananza was actually the inspiration for the Super Mario Bros. Movie redesign all along
By Scott McCrae published
News "We took Miyamoto-san's original Donkey Kong as the basis"

26 years after Donkey Kong 64, Nintendo finally wants to establish "two separate branches" of Donkey Kong with the Switch 2's Bananza: 2D and 3D "just as we did with Mario"
By Scott McCrae published
News Ohh banana

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
By Austin Wood published
News Switch 2 brings Nintendo up to speed with frame rates other consoles had years ago
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