Nintendo Announces Donkey Kong Bananza Direct for This Week

Nintendo has announced a Direct showcase focused connected upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Donkey Kong Bananza. It’s acceptable for this Wednesday, June 18, astatine 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm UK time.

The announcement was made archetypal successful the Nintendo Today! app, wherever it was revealed the Direct volition past 15 minutes.

Now the motorboat of the Switch 2 itself is retired the door, Nintendo tin crook its attraction to its upcoming exclusives, and adjacent connected the database is Donkey Kong Bananza, which comes retired July 17. Based connected Nintendo's announcement, this Direct focuses wholly connected the 3D platforming adventure, which means we won't spot immoderate different upcoming Switch 2 games — announced oregon different —during the livestream.

Donkey Kong himself has a caller fresh look for Bananza pursuing his redesign successful the blockbuster The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In a caller interrogation with IGN, Nintendo developer fable Shigeru Miyamoto explained wherefore the large ape got a makeover successful the archetypal place.

"So erstwhile it comes to quality instauration and moving with characters, I inactive instrumentality an progressive relation successful that," helium replied. "And looking backmost to the archetypal procreation Donkey Kong Country, we worked with Rare to make Donkey Kong Country.

"When we were talking astir trying to make caller versions, evolving Donkey Kong, we created the crippled called Jungle Beat. We worked unneurotic with the squad that made 3D Mario. With the exertion that was disposable astatine the time, we were capable to marque Donkey Kong much expressive. And going backmost to the plan that Rare came up with, we reevaluated; what tin we bash with the plan to marque it much expressive? And past erstwhile it comes to the movie, we decided to determination guardant with this caller procreation Donkey Kong design."

Check retired IGN's Donkey Kong Bananza hands-on preview for more.

Bananza's merchandise volition assistance soma retired the Switch 2's comparatively airy exclusive games list, which includes motorboat titles Mario Kart World and Welcome Tour. Other Switch 2 exclusives see Survival Kids, the upcoming Kirby Air Riders, and the precocious announced Splatoon Raiders.

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