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Donkey Kong Bananza is a visual hot mess - a sign of Nintendo knowing exactly what matters most, and being confident enough to trust in it.
Pauline has access to her diva dress from Mario Odyssey and her OG outfit from her first appearance back in the 1981 arcade game. The diva dress can be unlocked immediately using the official DK Bananza amiibo, but all of the dresses can also be picked up in-game!
Donkey Kong Bananza Credits Confirm DK's New Voice Actor — and There's a Fresh Voice for Pauline Too
Donkey Kong Bananza is out today, and the game's credits have now confirmed Nintendo's main new voice actor behind Donkey Kong. Unusually for a Nintendo game, Bananza's credits list out each of the game's voice actors with their specific roles — and right at the top is Kouji Takeda,
The latest UK charts for physical video game sales are here, and this week Donkey Kong Bananza has punched its way to the top spot.
The destruction in Donkey Kong Bananza is just the latest example of an ongoing design trend.
Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura recently explained, in the newest Ask the Developer blog, that the team at Nintendo "were also conscious of how Donkey Kong would look from the back while he's moving" since players tend to stare at a character's backside a lot in third-person games.
Best Buy has confirmed that it will have more Switch 2 consoles in stock for the highly-anticpated launch of Donkey Kong Bananza, which is the first original Donkey Kong game in over a decade.
Signs point to an animated film adaptation, which would fit perfectly with Nintendo’s current strategy.