Nintendo Reminds Us DK Is On The Way To Switch 2 Next Month

Still the same footage though. Definitely a direct coming with more info i'd have to imagine.

Feel like they're really banking on it being an early game in the console to sell the thing given, "Just look at us punch these rocks while nothing else really happens, yep, still punching rocks," is basically all they've actually shown of it so far.

Haven't been this excited for a game release close to launch since mario Sunshine came out shortly after the gamecube launch. Plus it's the first new DK game in 11 years!

I really wish I could be excited about this. I love Donkey Kong but this doesn’t look interesting to me. I don’t find the aesthetics interesting in the slightest. Sorry, I’ll see myself out.

I'm so early to the comments section, but also late enough that everyone is heartless.

Nintendo is embracing wendy's marketing.

I-
I'm talking about likes.

Helllllll muthafudgin yeahhhh!

We can only hope there's a direct or more info to share soon because as it stands it just looks okay. Impressions from the Switch 2 events weren't glowing so I have some concerns but I hope to be proven wrong.

I really hope there is a lot more to this game than we have seen. A little disappointed this is so different to DK64. Punching rocks and destroying terrain is cool but looks very repetitive after a while. Would love to see some real platforming.

Cue everybody crapping on the design.

@quinnyboy58 I thought a new DK64 was what we all wanted to not happen?

So far, only 3 Nintendo 1st party Switch 2 games I can consider to pick.
1. Mario Kart World
2. Donkey Kong Bananza
3. Pokemon Legends Z-A

@StewdaMegaManNerd Everyone hated it, but now they love it. Hahaha. I remember having fun with it as a kid. But I never finished it. And it could have been better. I'd still like to play it again. Hoping for an NSO release.

@Bigmanfan I know, I feel like we should know more about it. We don't know much about most of their games. Sorta strange.
And how does MP4 not have tons more info available to us??

Can’t wait for this and pre order is in!

Every time I watch the trailer, this game grows on me more and more. But definitely would love to see some unedited gameplay footage.

Really wanting more info on this game, as I’m planning on buying it. Need more games… Mario Kart gets old after a while…

Cant wait for this gem!
DK done right.

But Nintendo cant sit this one out and leaning only on this game.
They need to go all out to keep the hype going.

It really needs another direct where Nintendo shows their roadmap, third party support etc.

I think I am gonna get this day one. Love the visuals and the destroy everything gameplay. After that I think with the launch games I am set for a while. I will return my focus to clearing out my switch wishlist since it is full….again.

@arb93 My advice, decide for yourself whether games look fun and interesting to you and don't rely on others opinions. Buy physical if possible so you can sell them on after if unsure (I'll probably do this with DK Bonanza but I pretty much knew I'd want Mario Kart long term as I've loved every game)

I stopped reading reviews and impressions until after I have the game (I do watch a little gameplay footage, usually without commentary) and have been enjoying them a lot more since then. Feels more like how I experienced gaming pre-internet. It's nice not being clouded by others impressions which at times can be overly cynical or nitpicky for clicks these days on more unscrupulous websites and YouTube channels.

Disaster Report 4 was one of my all time favourite Switch games and had mostly awful reviews just because of the framerate. Meanwhile BOTW was rated highly across the board and I just couldn't get into it and it has so many gameplay elements that drove me mad. Conduct Together was an obscure game I picked up on eShop on a whim for 99p as it looked intriguing/different. I have 30 hour playtime on it!

And frankly reviews have become too subjective on many sites too (Not this one) They used to be more along the lines of "if you like so and so type of game you'll enjoy this" and try to consider their readers but many of them are very me-me-me now. I read a review of Welcome Tour that said it was a bad 2/10 game just because THEY don't care about how the Switch 2 works and don't enjoy simplistic twitch minigames. That's as silly as getting someone like me who can't stand RPGs to review the next Final Fantasy.

Anyway, rant over 😉

I can't wait!

I enjoy MKW but I do prefer a lovely 3D platformer at console launch.

I will play this over tie Summer Holidays 😎

The re-design kills it for me. He looks so horrible, and I can’t imagine myself spending hours looking at that face.

@Lizuka The sheer extent to which you can destroy the environment, and those changes remaining in place, is a very good indicator of the technical performance.

I don’t see it being an Odyssey or a TotK in sales, but maybe like a Splatoon in the long run. Which would still be a big hit.

Time to show the good stuff. Hopefully more interesting gameplay mechanics are forthcoming

I'm truly becoming more hyped for DK now that I actually own a Switch 2. It's going to be good! Can't wait for its own Nintendo Direct.

Day 1 with a big fat DK tie

I feel like this should've been a launch title as well. Think a 3D platformer would've been a good companion to MK World.

@Filthy it’s not really a redesign. It’s a return to how he looked in the 80s

Look at the box of Game Boy Donkey Kong 94. That’s how Bananza Donkey Kong looks like.

@FishyS same, looks like a good bit of fun!

The trailer barely showed us anything about this game. It’s possible that what we saw in the trailer is all the game has to offer — every boss, enemy, NPC (except maybe a few animals like rats and giraffes, which I suspect might appear based on the environments we’ve seen), all the worlds, and nearly all the gameplay mechanics — except for the mine cart and Rambi segments.

I'm not 100% convinced about this game yet. It seems fun but something that would get repetitive very fast. Hope I'm wrong, and to be fair, I'm sure there's still a lot that they haven't shown.

@ShonenJump121 nah, spreading them out was absolutely the right move. Mario Kart World would've absolutely eaten Bananza's lunch in terms of sales. Giving them more space gives DKB more of a chance to sell, which is important since they're trying to make the ape a major player again.

@RareFan they're definitely saving things for a second trailer.

I certainly haven't forgotten about Donkey Kong Bonanza! It is my most hyped title at this point since I (like many others) have been waiting for a new 3D Donkey Kong game for a long time. I can't wait to see what cool secrets there are to find, and how many different there are to collect all the collectibles in this game. This will probably be just like Super Mario Odyssey where people are doing challenge runs with specific requirements for the foreseeable future. I will be picking the game up on day 1 if I have the money at the time. Going on holiday recently tore through my finances.

I think the game looks pretty, but idk about the gameplay. It seems very basic and repetitive

Am also not convinced yet as all we have seen his him bashing everything in sight. Also doesn’t look like much like a DK world to me so far.

@N00BiSH I could see it being that they wanted to bring more attention to the 3rd party stuff. Cyberpunk is seemingly doing well from the port being well done and CDPR’s commitment to real physical media for example.

If Nintendo flooded the market with 1st party Switch 2 games, 3rd party support might be seen as an afterthought.

@Grumblevolcano also a good point.

hopefully it gets its own direct or we get a general direct at the end of the month

Donkey Kong is my original gaming love. I have this one preordered.

i hope DK doesn't do a half Heil Hitler greeting all the time like on Mariokart World. It's so annoying.

I can't wait for DK Bananza. It'll fill the void for a 3D Mario experience until the next 3D Mario game.

Not too sure yet what to think of this one. My worry is Nintendo doing a classic "look at this one cool new thing" and hyping it to oblivion that might get old a bit too quickly one playing it. It will be interesting to see some reviews.

But anyway my favourite DK titles are still the SNES Country series so far.

Just doesn't look like DK to me. the whole game, not just the character.

more like ratchet and clank.

Never been interested in a DK game before but this looks fun and I love DK’s new design - looks much more vibrant and expressive IMO. But I want to know if there’s more to the game than its central gimmick, so I’ll be waiting for reviews and even then it’ll probably sit on my wishlist while I catch up on some other Switch stuff I never played.

I'm interested... But really hoping a new area is added to MKW.

This is the Last Switch 2 game for 2025?
…….Maybe Splatoon spin off

As all others are switch 1 games
Metroid 4
Pokemon ZA

I'm ready to try out another donkey kong but I really hope it doesn't mean it's the end of proper Country.

I'm excited for it, largely because it looks like it actually has more in common with Mario Odyssey than the Donkey Kong Country games

Can’t wait. First time I’ve been hyped for dk since 1999. Presumably this is the first switch 2 game developed for the hardware from the start

By the way anyone tried out Tropical Freeze on the switch 2? Any significant upgrade?

@The_Nintend_Pedant this comparison makes no sense to me. Why Ratchet specifically? If we were talking Splatoon, sure but this is a game about punching, not shooting.

@N00BiSH

idk! i wasnt trying to hard to make the comparison, just the vibe i got. ✌️

i feel like i spent a lot of time in R+C "mowing" through stuff with little bits and parts flying all over, in a brightly colored cartoon environment. i guess thats it, if i had to put it in words.

(i just watched it again. the environments, the movement, the little "helper" riding around on his shoulders. yeah, it reminds me of R+C.
to be fair, I played a lot more 3D action type games back in the PS2 era and before, so my comparisons are bound to be a little dated 😅✌️)

EDIT
"this is a game about punching, not shooting."

I mean sure but you spend a lot of time in R+C swinging a big wrench around and destroying parts of the environment.

@The_Nintend_Pedant I probably would've gone with Jak and Daxter(the first one specifically) if I were to make a comparison. Feels like there's more in common with that game than with Ratchet.

That mostly applies to the first game if anything. All the other games pushed harder on the gunplay and shooting mechanics.

@N00BiSH

" I probably would've gone with Jak and Daxter(the first one specifically) if I were to make a comparison. Feels like there's more in common with that game than with Ratchet."

I mean fair enough but it reminded me of R+C, not J+D so that's what I said. 👍

"That mostly applies to the first game if anything."

that is the only one I played so that's what I meant. ✌️

@Crockin you didn't get Tropical Freeze?

@UnbreakableAlex apparently they were planning a cross over with Tesla like the Mario Kart 8 one with Mercedes but this was aborted.

The “salute” is a vestigial leftover of that.

@BrokenCiv I'm in the same boat as you

If I'm being honest, they should have delayed launching the Switch 2 so it launched with this and Mario Kart. Two mainline series games on day one would have been a better idea rather than delaying one for a month and a half.

@batmanbud2 I did. It’s fine. I personally don’t love the returns games as much as everyone else.

@Trikeboy Nintendo would not launch 2 AAA games at the same time.

@Bass_X0
It is a redesign. It may be back to a previous design. But that's still a big change from the last few decades.

To me the gameboy game (which is amazing) worked because it was built on the same game that shared that design - intentionally retro.

I get why they do it and it mashes sense, I just don't like it. That and the game being so different from the country series are enough for me to skip it. No harm no foul, just a bummer for me.

This is the first Donkey Kong game I've ever been interested in. The visuals and gameplay since the SNES era never gelled with me personally despite multiple attempts. (Always assumed it was a more American appeal?)
Plus it's a bonus that they've changed his appearance that it looks like you won't get Kevin Spacied being alone with him.

Looks great and most importantly fun.

Good to have this a month after MKW to keep first party games flowing.

All the "it's just punching rocks" comments are confusing me. Did you watch the trailer for Mario Wonder and say "it's just jumping"?

Looks liken there's a fair mix of gameplay here amongst the destructible environments.