Awarded gamesGames of the Year
Award for excellenceDonkey Kong Bananza
General Description
| Title | Donkey Kong Bananza |
|---|---|
| Release | 2025/07/17 |
| Price | 8,980yen(tax included) 7,980yen(tax included)(download ver) |
| Platform | Nintendo Switch 2 |
| Distributor | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
| Developer | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
| URL | https://www.nintendo.com/jp/games/switch2/aaaca/index.html |
| Copyright | © Nintendo |
Award for excellence Reason
The massively popular “Donkey Kong” series' first 3D action game in 26 years.
In Donkey Kong Bananza, the young Pauline uses her singing voice to trigger powerful “Bananza.” Transformations into a wide variety of animals, including zebras and ostriches.
He not only demolishes terrain with overwhelming power but also uses his transformed abilities, like high-speed dashes and aerial movement, to carve out new paths.
Set in a massive underground world, this game won the award thanks to overwhelming support from players of all generations, who love the exhilarating freedom of breaking through everything in sight, from enemies to walls, rocks, and the very ground, to forge their own path and experience the true joy of adventure.
Work Introduction
This is a brand-new 3D action game, or a platformer, where Donkey Kong smashes his way through a massive underground world with his “destructive” power.
You can destroy blocking enemies and speculator views as far as the eye can see with overwhelming power as you like.
▼In search of the golden banana: into the massive underworld
The story unfolds in a bizarre underworld where the scenery completely changes depending on the depth.
Fans explore various areas with their companion girl, Pauline: a wilderness dyed by the sunset, a primeval forest lush with vegetation, and a resort with blue sky and ocean, and other places.
▼Smash through every enemy and obstacle
Fans can freely use Donkey Kong's enormous power to freely destroy not only the enemies blocking their path but also the very walls and ground.
Might they uncover a secret path or a hidden area if they freely strike suspicious spots at random?
▼Listening Pauline's song, DK makes a transformation!
Listening to the singing voice of Pauline, who inherited a special power called 'Bananaza,' Donkey Kong transforms into a zebra, an ostrich, or others!
He gains access to entirely new actions, like running across water at an incredible speed or spreading his wings to soar through the sky.
Comment of the game producer
It is a great honor to win such an honorable prize.
The entire development team would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone.
Donkey Kong Bananza lets you destroy anything you want.
Our development team came together as one, smashing through so many game designs and technical boundaries to create this game.
We faced difficulties and got lost, but always by staying true to the core essence of Donkey Kong, we managed to shape our concepts to game.
The feedback from all game players served as a vital source of energy for our staff. It is just like bananas are for Donkey Kong. Thank you.
We will do our best to develop new games, with an adrenaline rush.