In a recent interview for developers Nintendo revealed with a shot side by side Donkey Kong Bananza Running on a switch 1 and what it looks like at the moment. With its release, there is a lot of excitement from Nintendo Switch 2 owners to experience gameplay Donkey Kong BananzaFrom collecting gems of baland to simply destroying the terrain.
While the initial revelation could be a surprise for fans, especially for those who expect to see a new one Mario title, Donkey Kong Bananza apparently evolved for some time. In fact after being revealed that Super Mario Odyssey The team was a developer BananzaIt was also found out that the work really started in 2017. Revelation introduces them to a similar time frame as some other remarkable games “still in development” such as Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6.
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After wrapping OdysseyThe team then moved the gear to release Donkey Kong Bananza For the then Nintendo Switch console. After several years, however, developers began to meet a number of challenges that were difficult to overcome, specifically about how many objects could be in the environment at once and destroyed by Voxel -powered technology that required a lot of systemic memory. Thanks to the recent request for developer Q&A, fans now know that these restrictions eventually pushed the development team to move things to Switch 2 in 2021.
Nintendo shows Donkey Kong Bananza on a switch 1
Donkey Kong Bananza Game director Watar Tanaka confirmed that switching to Switch 2 gave developers more memory and processing ability to work with the event that eventually allowed to restore abandoned thoughts and mechanics and achieve the original vision. For the next Nintendo context, she also put a shooter side by side Donkey Kong Bananza on both systems. While the quality of the image is not the largest, the developers were able to add a large number of details and objects to the world, from grass and fauna to garters to DK, as well as impressive lighting shone from the sky.
Obviously, changing hardware to Switch 2 was finally good and it seems that it has many advantages. Along with the more detailed and living worlds, Nintendo was also able to achieve solid 60 frames per second for a much smoother and “satisfactory” experience, as said by Daisuke Watanabe's artistic director. DK itself is also a bit visually different, with Nintendo using redesign to make it more pronounced in Donkey Kong Bananza.
Donkey Kong Bananza

- Released
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July 17, 2025
- Esrb
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All 10+ // fantasy violence
- Developers
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Nintendo
- Publisher (s)
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Nintendo
- Number of players
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Single-player
- Nintendo Switch 2 release date
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July 17, 2025
