Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush
Sightsee across this modern take on Donkey Kong’s home, packed with nostalgic views like DK’s Treehouse, Gangplank Galleon, and other iconic locations. Take in-game photos with familiar friends Diddy Kong…
Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush is an adventure developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 8, released 12 September 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2.
What Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush is
Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush is an adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 8 and released in 2025. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sightsee across this modern take on Donkey Kong’s home, packed with nostalgic views like DK’s Treehouse, Gangplank Galleon, and other iconic locations. Take in-game photos with familiar friends Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, and Rambi, and Squawks, and decorate DK Island with DLC-exclusive character statues that you can obtain with Banandium Chips. You might even find some hidden bonus stages among the mine cart tracks and jungle ruins!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series
Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush is the 189th of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Donkey Kong Country Returns HD: Version 1.1.0 in 2026. Its critic score of 81 is 6 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush launched on 12 September 2025, within three weeks of Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill f. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f.
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