Game

Donkey Kong Bananza

2025 · Nintendo Switch 2 · Platform · Adventure

91IGDB player score
86 ratings

Previously Take

A 91 average flying under the radar. Worth knowing about before everyone else finds it. A adventure game, from Nintendo that keeps it simple — no gimmicks, just the game. Play it solo first. The multiplayer will still be there when you're done.

Awards & honors

The Game Awards 2025

Game of the Year — Nominee

About this game

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!

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.