Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2)

[Nerroth]

Back in 2017, one of the standout games for the original Nintendo Switch was Super Mario Odyssey - which might have topped more Game of the Year lists back then, had it not been released in the same year as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Fast forward to 2025, and the release of the Nintendo Switch 2. This time, however, things are about to go a bit more... bananas!

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Donkey Kong Bananza is due out for the Switch 2 on the 17th of July, 2025.

 

[BillJ]

$80 is just a price I'm not willing to pay for a game. Not yet.

 

[Nerroth]

In this case, the game is retailing for "only" seventy US dollars - or for one hundred Canadian dollars.

Still not great, but not quite as bad as the US$80/CA$110 price tag for Mario Kart World, at least...

 

[$3DollarBillYall]

Pre-ordered this when I ordered my Switch, and cannot wait.

Currently playing Yakuza 0.

 

[CaptainWacky]

I wasn't sure about the gameplay based on the first trailer, but the recent Direct more than sold me. Looks so pretty and seems to be a huge amount to do. Will definitely get at release.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I've very much enjoyed seeing youtubers get bothered by the continuity in this one, it's like Nintendo is suddenly Star Trek with a big established continuity and not Nintendo games which just re-tell the same story again and again on each new iteration of hardware.