After decades of waiting, Nintendo finally unveiled a new 3D adventure for its prized primate: Donkey Kong Bananza.
This Switch 2-exclusive action platformer is out now - and it's excellent! Check out our review for the full rundown.
Below, we'll be keeping track of all the different storefronts you can order the game from across the UK and the US.
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Buy Donkey Kong Bananza For Switch 2
Here's where you can buy Donkey Kong Bananza in the US and UK, plus links to the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC.
Buy Donkey Kong and Pauline amiibo
Launching alongside the game is a new Donkey Kong & Pauline amiibo. This marks the first depiction of the redesigned DK in amiibo form. In-game, it unlocks Pauline's 'Dive Dress' early.
Buy Donkey Kong Bananza with eShop Credit
Your other option will be to pick up Donkey Kong Bananza or its DLC with Switch eShop credit. In the UK, the digital version of the game is £58.99, so you save £8 on the physical version (the price is the same both digital and physical in the US, though).
You can still load up on credit from our store via the links below.
Exclusive Donkey Kong Merch from Nintendo
And finally, My Nintendo Store in the UK and the official site in the US have a bunch of exclusive DK swag on offer, including banana-yellow t-shirts, fleece hoodies, a banana-shaped zip pouch, a bag and some keychains/charms.
The products on offer differ slightly depending on your side of the pond (they're keychains in the UK, but charm straps in the US, for instance), but check these out if you want to go beyond the game and really get your Donkey Kong on.
Will you be picking up DK's latest adventure? Let us know in the comments.
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ShopTo has this up for pre-order as well -£66.85, or £63.50 with a coupon code.
Defo not paying that much. Will be waiting for sales or trade ins. Absolutely scandalous pricing on games.
I’m holding off pre-ordering any games as I think we’ll see prices come down…
@Skunkfish do you mean before or after launch? The price of the games is the only thing holding me back from pre ordering the console. I cant justify these prices for games.
I reckon the price of standard games like Donkey Kong Bananza will end up below £60, once one retailer knocks it down, the others will follow…
£59.99 at https://www.delchegaming.co.uk/
Although I've never heard of them before..
usually, from experience prices drop on the day the game itself comes out, its normally only by £5-£10 but a drop is still a drop and from there they just get cheaper and cheaper
@Skippermonkey I've noticed them coming up as cheapest for a while now but delche may well be a tad squelchy so not even been remotely tempted.
I'd rather go with The Game Collection, Currys or Argos via Complete Savings and you get 10% cashback myself. You can save even more by getting discounted Argos gift cards or One4all cards from CS too!
I got my pre order for the unit today, Ill wait on the games, till launch. but i often use Game Collection , they usually knock a bit of.
@KITG_GROUP I’ve done exactly the same as you today. Fingers crossed for day 1, if the game prices don’t drop I’ll be playing Switch 1 games on this thing for a while. Good upgrade from the Lite.
I’d hang in until launch day of the game. There will be better deals to come.
@Fake-news Good luck for the 5th.
I just been to the Nintendo store, i might have to buy that Donkey Kong fleece there releasing.
Costco has it for $62.99, but it's not available for preorder as of yet.
£59.99 on Electric Games. https://electricgames.co.uk/collections/pegi-7/products/sw2-donkey-kong-bananza?_pos=1&_sid=09b032805&_ss=r
All those waiting keep waiting there's no deal to be had here. Maybe "Scalpers" will be waiting to give you a deal. They make as though DK, DK Amiibos going to drop price because you think they will make it any less is a joke here. Those people are the "Drop the Price" crowd that seems to have vanished into the ether.
Preordered the amiibo. I am working on Rune Factory so not sure if I will get DK day 1 but I will load the eshop credit (if I don’t get distracted by sales).
$30 For a single Amiibo.....NFTY!!!!!!!!
no discount from Currys yet?
£36 on Amazon.jp...
Amazon France has DK Bananza for 59.99€
Preordered from Amazon and got the game before the release date, which was very cool.
Game is absolutely worth $70, by the way. I know Nintendo fans without other platforms aren’t used to $70 games, but those of us on other platforms have been stuck with this pricing for half a decade now on new games. That said, DK is more worth it than 95%+ of PS5 games I’ve bought at launch so far.
@Hank_Scorpio I have got myself a Japanese Amazon account and Japanese switch account I've had since the days of switch 1. Hope my DK code works after all the fuss setting things up. Outrageous that Nintendo are charging such different prices around the world
Bananza amiibo works in botw. It gives minor things but its better that "that product isnt supported" treatment from Metroid.
Just a heads up that in the Nintendo eshop it was £58.99 yesterday, which is actually lower than many shops. I don’t know if that was a preorder deal, or if it’s still that price. Amazon had already dispatched my copy when I found this out, but at least the cartridge won’t eat into my Switch 2 memory.
I paid £54.74 from Amazon France, although it looks like I won’t get it until Tuesday!
@Hank_Scorpio It looks like this is going to be future of buying Switch 2 games for me. I've always leaned towards physical, but I can't justify it now the price difference is £20-30 a game compared to Japan's digital prices.
@Jack_Goetz Yeah… that’s the thing. If it was a couple of quid difference it wouldn’t be worth the agg. But £20 plus, is too big to ignore.
I paid $0, gonna enjoy dkc2 all day
PreOrder shipping and coming already, Game Today and Amiibo tomorrow...oh yea babay....
@BASEDSAKRI I paid $0, gonna enjoy dkc2 all day
Wrong game....
I wasn’t going to buy any amiibo at their new price, but this fig was too good. Worth it lol
@Waluigi451 Same. I had to have it. Donkey Kong is my favorite franchise. I will probably do the same for Metroid Prime 4, assuming there will be new ones for that. I love my Metroid Fusion set.
@Hank_Scorpio I can confirm now that this method works on UK switch 2 with UK credit cards. Just need to set up a Japan based profile on your switch and open a Amazon.jp account. Screw you Nintendo for the outrageous non-japan price hikes. But thank you for such a great 3d platformer
Game Collection is cheaper than any of the UK ones listed. I think hookshot is starting to become actively dishonest with articles like this.
@Nightcrawler71 Physical games are more expensive than digital on the Switch 2, everywhere except the US. What you are seeing is the standard eShop price, while shops have the higher standard physical price. So not a deal.
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