🌍 July 17, 2025

Donkey Kong Bananza

Game facts

When does Donkey Kong Bananza release?

Donkey Kong Bananza is listed for July 17, 2025.

How is Donkey Kong Bananza reviewed?

OpenCritic score is 90/100 with 98% recommended.

Which platform is Donkey Kong Bananza on?

Nintendo Switch 2.

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!

Nintendo eShop

$69.99

Nintendo eShop

Bananza Bundle

$89.98

Platform

Adventure

Single player

Multiplayer

Top Critics Average

98%

Critics Recommend

Storyline

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 Pauline journey ever deeper toward the core to stop Void's scheme.