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Donkey Kong Bananza finally confirms who voices DK in the Switch 2 era, and it's the exact Mario Movie actor we all thought it was
News Pauline's voice is new too, but seemingly only for her teen version
Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto spent his time testing Donkey Kong Bananza "smashing and digging" in one spot, which tracks following his hour-long Breath of the Wild playtesting stint "just climbing trees"
News "It was a good thing to see him playing that way"
Donkey Kong Bananza's "rich and thick" hero isn't butt-naked this time around because Nintendo was "conscious" of how he looked "from the back"
News Nintendo threw some clothes on DK so you aren't just staring at his furry behind the entire time
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
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
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"
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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
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
News "We were able to craft Layers that feel truly unique to this game"
