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Platform Adventure

Donkey Kong Bananza

Release

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Critic score

90/100

Platform families

1

Editorial overview

Inside Donkey Kong Bananza

What it is

Donkey Kong Bananza is exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2! Explore a vast underground world—by smashing your way through it! Bash, throw, and climb through just about anything in DK’s brand-new 3D platforming action-adventure game!

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer

Perspective

Third person · Side view

Themes

Action

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Connected releases

1

Game data from IGDB

Languages

16 supported

Cinematic archive

See the world in motion

Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.

16 assets

Official trailers

Dev Diary

Announcement Trailer

Gameplay Video

Dev Diary

Accolades Trailer

Screenshots & key art

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1 DLC

Playable add-ons

Downloadable content

Optional releases built to extend the base game with new stories, systems, or items.

1 release

DLC81Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald RushSep 12, 2025Requires the base game

Production dossier

The complete game record

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Who made it

Platforms

Nintendo Switch 2
Gen 9
Nintendo Switch
Gen 8

Release history

Jul 17, 2025Nintendo Switch 2
TBDNintendo Switch

Themes & modes

ActionSingle playerMultiplayer

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