Overview

• Nintendo admits Donkey Kong Bananza may experience minor frame-rate drops during large-scale voxel-based destruction to preserve gameplay fun.
• Early retail copies of Bananza have surfaced online, prompting story spoilers to circulate ahead of the July 17 launch.
• As the first fully 3D Donkey Kong title since 1999, Bananza is developed by the Super Mario Odyssey team to showcase Switch 2 hardware.
• Nintendo Studios LLC and Universal Pictures filed joint copyright for an “Untitled Donkey Kong Project” in June, formally listing both as co-producers.
• The Donkey Kong film builds on the Super Mario Bros. Movie’s $1.36 billion box-office success and reflects Nintendo’s strategy to expand its IP into new visual entertainment.