Donkey Kong Bananza
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Donkey Kong Bananza is an adventure developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 8, released 17 July 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2. The main story takes about 31.2 hrs to finish.
What Donkey Kong Bananza is
Donkey Kong Bananza 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
Amid a gold rush on Ingot Isle, Donkey Kong sets out in search of the prized Banandium Gems, only to find them being plundered by a mining corporation called VoidCo. Its president, Void Kong, is using the gems to power a great ship, intent on reaching the planet's core to claim the Banandium Root, a magical object said to grant the wishes of whoever wields it. Swept deep underground, Donkey Kong discovers a vast hidden world beneath the surface, home to animal societies and their ancient elders. There he rescues a curious companion who is revealed to be Pauline, a teenage girl kidnapped by Void, and receives extraordinary transformative powers from an elder. Together, Donkey Kong and…
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 is the 188th of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush in 2025. Its critic score of 90 is 15 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 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 91, across 86 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 31.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 46.6 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Bananza launched on 17 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. 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: Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Donkey Kong Bananza yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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