Overview

• Donkey Kong Bananza will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17, 2025, marking the first fully 3D Donkey Kong title since 1999.
• The game is led by Super Mario Odyssey veterans at Nintendo EPD Tokyo, with Kazuya Takahashi directing and Odyssey director Kenta Motokura serving as producer.
• Continuous voxel-based destruction forms the core gameplay, allowing players to break through multiple terrain layers and permanently alter environments.
• Local cooperative play lets a second player use mouse controls to operate young Pauline’s musical voice blasts, guiding DK’s path and affecting enemies and scenery.
• A dedicated DK Artist mode leverages Switch 2’s processing power and mouse input to let users sculpt large-scale voxel structures in real time.