DUSTIN BAILEY × DONKEY KONG BANANZA

Every piece Dustin Bailey has written about Donkey Kong Bananza.

13 articles spanning Donkey Kong Bananza's coverage, newest first.

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19 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·19 Mar
Donkey Kong Bananza programmer suggests using the Switch 2 platformer as destructive meditation: "Focus on your thinking as you're just mindlessly destroying the game"
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15 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·15 Mar
Donkey Kong Bananza devs want to make sure Mario and DK's games feel different: "Is there perhaps a slightly different kind of person that might prefer one character over the other?"
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14 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·14 Mar
"Some ideas from Donkey Kong Bananza" may inform Nintendo's next big project, producer says, but "the standard is really what will feel fresh to a player in a new title"
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13 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·13 Mar
We asked Nintendo point-blank about Donkey Kong Bananza's biggest mystery: They wouldn't tell us who Pauline really is
news
11 MAR
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·11 Mar
Nintendo knew Donkey Kong Bananza wouldn't be nearly as fun if you were destroying basic blocks: "It is more fun to destroy that which is beautiful"
news
25 DEC 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·25 Dec 2025
After 44 years as second banana, Donkey Kong Bananza makes Nintendo's first star a mascot to rival Mario and Link in the Switch 2 era
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4 OCT 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·4 Oct 2025
Iconic voice behind Donkey Kong's "oh banana" says he only did it because he "got so sick of asking" others to do the voice acting, and he "never thought" Nintendo would still be using it 25 years later
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3 SEPT 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·3 Sept 2025
Nintendo reportedly kept delaying Switch 2 because first-party devs wanted more time to perfect games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza
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22 JUL 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·22 Jul 2025
I beat Donkey Kong Bananza feeling 100% confident about Pauline's true identity, but now I'm deep in a rabbithole of fan theories and I don't know what to believe anymore
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17 JUL 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·17 Jul 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't have Switch 2's latest firmware on the cart, which means there's still no way to play backwards compatible Switch 1 games without an internet connection
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16 JUL 2025
2 pieces
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GamesRadar+·16 Jul 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't use Switch 2's frame rate-boosting DLSS tech, joining Mario Kart World in dodging what we thought would be one of the console's defining features
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GamesRadar+·16 Jul 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza review: "Destruction isn't just a flashy gimmick for the Minecraft generation, it's one of the best inventions Nintendo has had in years"
review
4.5/5
at GamesRadar+
2 APR 2025
1 piece
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GamesRadar+·2 Apr 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza launches on Switch 2 this July as just the second 3D platformer in the character's 44-year history
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