Overview

• Donkey Kong Bananza launched worldwide for the Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17, 2025.
• The game was developed by Nintendo EPD Tokyo, marking the first in-house 3D Donkey Kong platformer in more than two decades and leveraging the team behind Super Mario Odyssey.
• Its voxel-based terrain is fully destructible, allowing players to reshape environments in real time to solve puzzles and engage enemies.
• Donkey Kong’s Bananza transformations let him morph into animals such as an ostrich for gliding, a zebra for high-speed sprints, and a powerful ape form that punches through steel.
• Critics have awarded the game high scores—including a 38/40 from Famitsu reviewers—and it holds a 91 Metascore on Metacritic, generating early Game of the Year buzz.