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Donkey Kong Bananza unearths the franchise’s roots and rips them out

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Cameron Faulkner The Verge
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Donkey Kong Bananza
Genres · adventure, platformer
Release · Jul 17, 2025
Developer · Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
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