Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Donkey Kong Bananza For Switch 2?

day one, the direct really sold me.
looks around house debating what i can sell now
kidney surgery it is…

Can't seem to preorder the physical copy yet, but I plan to get it ASAP!

Nope, not interested in this, not with the DK redesign

in DK voice
BAH-NANAH

I'll pre-order as soon as I can! There is absolutely no doubt this game will be great, whether you're a DK fan or not. The only issue I could see is being overwhelmed by all the collectibles, but that's just to be expected from a 3D Donkey Kong game, isn't it?

I'll take an amiibo as well.

maybe in a year or two

2% of voters hate video games.

When I get a SW2, it's definitely my first pick of game

It's really good but I'm not huge platformer fan... I'll wait to hear if I need some wild technique stuff like mario odyssey or not >_<;;

Yes, Bananza looks like it has a lot of effort put into it. I’d rather pay $80 for this game than Mario Kart.

Definitely! DK Bananza looks to be the definitive Switch 2 game of 2025.

Yeah I'm probably getting it. It does look really good.

I'm the only person in the world with this mindset probably but I hope Yoshi gets his 3D game this generation too. Luigi has 3, Donkey Kong has 2, and Wario and even Peach both have 1. Yoshi would work so well in 3D too, if nothing else Mario Galaxy 2 and Mario Odyssey both prove that incredibly well.

Well, yeah.
But definitely not day one.
Maybe several years later or I find the cheaper used one from garage sale.

Pre-ordered today. It'll be a banger for sure.

@Yosher If we get an open world Mario, I bet Yoshi will become his summonable “horse” like most open world games

Once I aquire the the console, Donkey Kong Bananza will be on the list.

As soon as the direct ended I went and I pre-ordered, looks to me like everything I grew up loving about 3D platformers, and it gives me hope that one day the great Banjo-Kazooie could be given a similar revival and insanely colourful adventure!

I was sold even before today’s direct. Now I’m thinking I’ll love DKB as much as I did Odyssey! Take my money Nintendo!

@YunoboCo
Not liking DK’s redesign is valid - everybody’s entitled to their opinions. 👍🏼

Can I just confess that I’m so old, I wasn’t really fond of DK’s redesign for the DK Country games on SNES? The Rare look was fine and it grew on me over time, but I guess I just imprinted on DK’s goofy/angry arcade version when I was a kid. I’m actually pretty fond of the stubborn ape’s latest incarnation, as it reminds me of his arcade roots. 😁

I absolutely want to get it, and that trailer definitely sold me. Still have a couple other launch day games I want to finish or play a good chunk of, that being Bravely Default and Hogwarts Legacy. I’ll still get it Day 1 of course.

I buy basically every first party title eventually, but I usually wait for the 30% off sale in a year or two. Currently waiting on Echoes of Wisdom.

I'll definitely be getting it. No idea when though. I've got too much else to play and the $70 price tag still hurts a bit, so I might wait and see if I can get it for 60 eventually.

This is honestly my dream game. Ever since the rumours about a new 3D DK I’ve been waiting for this. And the fact that it’s injected with so much retro rare love and so many cool new ideas! I am SOLD.

Don’t have a switch 2 yet, but this game makes me want one a lot more

You did not include an option for I want to but Nintendo did not release the console in my country.

Wow...it's been a while that I've had such a 180 with a game. The initial reveal didn't really grab my interest the way I hoped a new 3D DK game would, and I was on the fence about whether I'd even get it at some point down the road. Cut to today, and it's become my most anticipated game of the year (after FF Tactics of course, but nothing is beating that gem, lol). I loved everything shown in today's Direct. The exploration, the variety of levels and small courses, the chainable transformations, the collectibles, and the cherry on top...Pauline. Her partnership with DK and the heart behind it all absolutely blew me away. I cannot wait to play the heck out of this game!

I don’t have a Switch 2 yet, but this game sold me completely. It looks absolutely incredible, and once I get a S2 I’ll be picking it up, along with Metroid Prime 4.

This was the system seller for me after the switch 2 direct!

Preordered and can’t wait until July 17th!! Mario Kart World is a good slice of quick fun here and there, but this is the single player adventure that we’ve been waiting for!

In the mean time, enjoying the hell out of Tears of the Kingdom S2 edition; first ever play through—what a game!! 60fps baby!!

ASAP

Also - When the narrator said “Banana”, I immediately thought of the song “Chicken Banana”

Chicken
Banana
Chicken
Banana
Chicken
Banana
Banana
BANANA

This game looks more deserving of praise and sales than MKW. Also, hopefully they learn from this and don’t try to make the next Mario open world but with different sets of handcrafted environment and levels.
Open worlds are creativity and design killers.

I might have to buy a Switch 2 now

@Yoshi3

"Open worlds are creativity and design killers"

It just seems to me that you just don't like open world games, man

In all honesty I feel abandoned by Nintendo with this game. I waited over 25 years for another DK platformer, and this feels so far removed from what I had in mind that it may as well not even be called Donkey Kong. I’m sure it’s a very fun and well designed game in its own right but when I see this game, I can’t help but feel disappointed for the true DK64 sequel we never got and now we never will. If I could separate this game from that disappointment in my mind I would absolutely buy and play this. I would be so excited if this was coming off the back of a different DK platformer. Now I’m not even sure that I would rent it for free.

@N00BiSH
I don’t hate open worlds… I hate when they transform well stablished formulas and IPs into dull fetch quests with hundreds of by-the-numbers repetitive and mundane activities, and the rest of the game suffers because of it, just because open worlds are the trend. I’ve seen it with BotW, TotK and MKW.

Ohh and I also hate that Nintendo feels like they can charge more with their open world tax.

@Yosher

I can imagine a 3D Yoshi's Island! I would definitely be interested.✌️

Most likely from me, was probably going to grab it even if I didn't see the Direct.

@MrRom92

I don't think my feelings about this particular game are as strong, but I feel you and I have my own version of this going on all over the place, with Nintendo. ✌️hoping for the best!

@Yoshi3 That's a pretty elaborate to say you just don't like open world games, my guy - not that I don't see your point.

Day one for me. TBH, most Nintendo first party games will be launch day buys for me. Excited for more Switch 2 exclusive experiences.

@Yoshi3 to my knowledge there is no open world 3D platformer. The closest we’ve gotten to that is open zone with Sonic.

The same problems that plague open world RPGs don’t have to apply to a platformer.

When Mario 64 came out, everyone wondered “how does 3D Mario work?” because all they knew was 2D. Just as Nintendo defined the 3D platforming space, they can define an open world platformer too. If anyone could pull it off, it would be them.

@N00BiSH weird because I remember loving GTA, RDR, Xenoblade Chronicles (specially X), Ghost of Tsushima, love Sea of Thieves, Horizon, Arkham series… etc etc.

@Yoshi3 Genuine question: don't most of those games have the same issues you mentioned, though?

@LazyDaisy here’s what gonna happen with a 3D Mario open world. You’ll see the creative level design sacrificed for a huge single area… you’ll start feeling every star is gonna be an obsessive boring big fetch quest except for the occasional ones (Odyssey started tapping into this with their 900 moons) …
The thing is that they don’t know how to fill their open worlds with fun activities that don’t feel repetitive or in the hundreds (TotK) or that they don’t feel empty (MKW) without sacrificing what made those games great before (MKW straight tracks wth)

What works for Mario is that every area has their own theme, dynamic, gameplay, characters, and that reflects itself into the level design.

@N00BiSH yes (and no), but they were like that from the start. You’re not transforming a unique IP in the gaming landscape into another trendy open world.
Zelda was a unique thing and experience… now transformed in a by-the-numbers open world.
Mario Kart was its unique thing and experience… now with boring tracks tailored for its open world.
By doing that you just killed two Zelda games (I can give BotW a pass) and a Mario Kart game.
With the examples I mentioned they have been that way from Day One, so it’s not like they are robbing me of a certain experience that filled other gaming needs.
For example… transforming Zelda into a Minecraft thing? I don’t play Zelda to fill my Minecraft needs… I have Minecraft for that and I have Zelda for another thing.
Xenoblade and the other examples are my go tos for my open world needs… I don’t need Nintendo to take away my Zelda or Mario needs and experienced for YET another open world. We have many of those already.

We don’t need to transform every single IP into the same thing. That’s why I call open worlds genre killers. They just try to deconstruct experiences and videogame design to cater to the trend of the moment.

Hopefully I’m explaining myself.

@Yoshi3 I won't debate those points because ultimately I don't think I could change your mind, but I will say this: your open world Mario claim makes absolutely no sense for a lot of specific reasons.

@N00BiSH we’ll see. You can save my comment until we get a new Mario game and hopefully not an open world one.
DK Bananza, I think, is hitting the sweet spot and balance like Odyssey.

If there’s a Mario open world you’ll see they will sacrifice creative level design for hundreds or thousands of mundane stars/moons just to fill their open world.

We just saw how they sacrificed good track design in MKW because of their open world gameplay.

We saw how they sacrificed the Zeldavania structure of progression with BotW and TotK.

Open worlds come with compromises.

But we’ll have to wait for that.

Of course, the game has always been the only thing that could make me get a NS2 sooner then planned. And I have been dying for a new 3D game in the DK series for a long time now.

ASAP for sure. Not sure if I’ll manage day one, but I mean come on. Game looks amazing and my girl Pauline finally getting a spotlight in a mainline DK game after so long, I’m hyped.

@Yoshi3

"If there’s a Mario open world you’ll see they will sacrifice creative level design for hundreds or thousands of mundane stars/moons just to fill their open world."

yeah, they're not gonna do anything like that for an open Mario because:

A: The base of your claim relies on the notion that the core Mario team - one that's been making quality platformers for decades now - would suddenly forget how to make platformers, which is absurd - it's the "Bananza is just punching rocks" take; deliberately overgeneralizing a gameplay loop to make it sound like there's nothing of substance when that's not really true if you pay attention.

B: "Filling the environments with mundane collectables" only really applies to Odyssey. Not every Mario game is Odyssey and that game only overdid it on the moons to accommodate for different levels of play. There's no reason to assume future Marios would do the same thing, especially - ESPECIALLY when

C: They already MADE an open-world Mario game with Bowser's Fury - while technically more an experiment, it still proved that it was possible to take typical Mario platforming and successfully transfer to an open-world setting without drastically stripping away the fundamentals of a 3D Mario game. Chances are the next big 3D Mario is probably going to iterate on that setup, meaning that when it happens, it won't really play anything like the hypothetical you're suggesting here.

Anyways, that's all the time I'm willing to put into this. Agree or don't, but either way you do you.

Just preordered the amiibo so yes, day 1.

(I will be pulling back after this though as I will have about 10 Switch 2 games/versions by that point and will want to focus on my switch wishlist.)

Yes I will. Will need a Switch 2 first. 🤔

Can't wait for Nintendo's next big game reveal.

Hopefully it's not just pokemon this side of Christmas but at least there's still third party support like Elden Ring to come.

I was mildly intrigued at the reveal trailer. But today’s direct sealed the deal for me. Looks amazing!

The co-op is something that has me excited. I have a roommate who doesn't do 3D platformers but likes playing support characters for them (pointer star in Galaxy, Bowser Jr. In Fury)

Have been interested since the initial reveal and am only more excited with the new info. Day 1 purchase for me.

Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze were among the few games I couldn’t get into when I first got my Switch. That’s why I skipped Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and why I’m not interested in Donkey Kong’s next game either. What I’d really love to play is a new Xenoblade Chronicles, a remaster of XC2, a sequel to Super Mario Odyssey, a new Luigi’s Mansion, or a new Zelda game.

I preordered it when I preordered my Switch 2 back in April, I wasn't going to miss out on a new 3D DK platformer and today's Direct just affirmed my choice in doing so.

The amiibo was something I was only half-expecting but I'll probably preorder that tomorrow, I'm still miffed about missing out on getting the Mario Party series DK and Diddy amiibos the regular DK Skylander combo figure.

I hope sometime that I can get it since it looks pretty fun.

Already pre-ordered.

I kinda wish they bundled this game with the Switch 2 instead, as Mario Kart World really isn't doing it for me.

I can't get it because of repetitive movement (constant Smashing of rocks.)
But this game looks like a new Classic!

Have fun you guys, it looks absolutely awesome! 🤎🤎🤎

I'm still not sure about it but i want to pick up most if not all the Nintendo first party stuff on Switch 2.

I really don’t like what they’ve shown. DK is horrible to look at, the singing makes my skin crawl from some second hand embarrassment and the entire package gives me a bad taste from back when Odyssey released.

However — I can see that it is a well-made and high quality game. It just doesn’t align with my taste, but will make plenty of other people happy. I wish everyone an exciting Bananza!

Honestly still tossing up. Yes it looks superb. It's just at the current new game price points, I have to really weigh up if it's something I'm likely to sink lots of hours into.

@Dev-N This is slightly holding me back too. I just don't do well with overwhelmingly big or too many collecting things. It looks fab and fun...and I appreciate the assist mode being there too, but just little worried if there is too much!

I want it but not at that price. Gonna wait till I find a deal

@eldersnake This too.

At the old price of NS1 games at £40-42 via voucher? YEP!
60-65. Hmm.

@LazyDaisy Have you played Bowser's Fury?

Already preordered. Will be my 4th Switch 2 game.

I preordered it in April after I saw the first trailer and the Treehouse demo. I don't care about racing games like Mario Kart, so Bananza is the first-party Switch 2 game I've been most looking forward to right from the start.

I'm not sure I understand the subterranean gimmick yet

Hel yes!! This how you showcase a game in all its glory! Loved every second of it. And the end pff chills!

Wasn’t sure how much I wanted this one until the direct! Preordered from Costco because it’s cheaper there. This will be my first Switch 2 cartridge unless BOTW or TOTK get a discount before its release.

It was day one before the direct. Now it is still day one, but I am awaiting the day with shiny eyes.

Edit: The poll is so positive, awesome. I think it really shows how amazing the direct was.

I promised myself I wouldn't give in to Nintendo's pricing... then came this Direct, and out the window went my integrity and principles...

Already have pre-ordered from the eShop but am completely blanking any media on the game as I want it to be the biggest surprise possible when it finally drops, I have faith though that this will quickly turn into a must buy for the Switch 2 and there is still loads to see that hasn't been shown yet.
Not long to go now.. hey Bananza!

No way I'm paying 80€ for it, actually I've never paid more than 50 for a game (a Zelda). But of course I'm getting it as soon as I see it for a good price! It looks great.

@Rebusmind I honestly think this is the system seller over Mario Kart too. I get why they did Mario Kart, with it being the number 1 best seller Switch game by a country mile, but this exudes true original Nintendo zany magic and fun.

@BTB20 yes, I forgot about it. Everything was semi-connected through water. I’d like to see them achieve a similar feat over a large body of land. And more of those giant boss fights please.

@Yoshi3
Zelda + minecraft?
Well, we already got Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders with Minecraft style gameplay but with cute Chibi character design and action RPG style games.
I personally don't like Minecraft games at all, but when the gameplay style combined with other IP in correct way, I became liking the games.

@acgp From my understanding, it is because the game has basis in the Jules Verne classic novel 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'. No idea how much truth there is to it, but people have been pointing out a lot of references to it. I can see it myself now and it is quite wild if so. Maybe a lead creator was a fan? We had Pokemon and Pikmin stemming from childhood interests and hobbies, so maybe it was someones favourite book growing up!

@Mana_Knight

I agree, from what I've seen so far this seems chock full of those WOW! "did you just see that" moments that are sadly missing from the games released up to now.

@the_beaver That has to be Irish prices…

A couple of days ago I said I wanted the direct to show me that this game was a 9/10 rather than a 7/10

Mission accomplished Nintendo!

THIS is the new experience I'm waiting for (even though it looks suspiciously like it's running on a version of the Mario Odyssey engine).

Why Nintendo didn't release both a Mario Kart and DK bundle on launch day is beyond me.

@the_beaver It's £58.99 on the eShop, which is the cheapest I can find in the UK.

Yeah, pre-ordered the game after the direct. I'm very happy that we don't have to wait much.

Maybe, on sale or something. Definitely not until reviews. The game looks very same-y and button-masher. While not trying to sound like a YouTube Game Psychologist but the gameplay loop looks like it’ll get old quick.

No "probably" on my part, but since "yes, but not right now" kicked the bucket...

I’ll admit it looked pretty darn good in the direct. But $100 in my local currency is just too much. I’ll keep an eye out for a sale over the next few years that might get it below $60ish, because that’s what luxury items like videogames should cap out at as far as I’m concerned.

Nintendo do have franchises that will have me reluctantly fork up that much, but DK just isn’t it.

@WiltonRoots Why Irish? I don't know there, but that's the official price in Spain.

I already pre-ordered it along with the new Donkey Kong/Pauline Amiibo. I am looking forward to playing this game. I did everything in Donkey Kong 64 and now I am going to do everything in this game for 100 percent.😎

@SuperRetroArt Cheers dude.

@the_beaver I said that as Ireland is notoriously expensive... https://www.amazon.es/Donkey-Kong-Bananza-Switch-2/dp/B0F2N91DQ8 That works out to about £59.99 in UK money.

I was planning on waiting for a sale in a few years ($70 is too much for any game IMO, so I’ll likely be waiting on sales for most games). The direct probably changed my mind….but I’ll wait for some reviews first. Looks like the Odyssey sequel we never got. If it plays as well and is as creative, then I’ll fork out the $70…

i want waiting for Amazon BR or any retailer here in Brazil, begin the pre-order of the game, so i could have, i wished Donkey Kong Bananza could release now

Originally didn't have much interest in DK: Bananza. Thought the whole environmental demolition gameplay loop might get stale. but after yesterday's Direct I am in and preordered.
Looks super fun.

Ordered mine from Game Collection. Had £30 worth of points to use from my switch 2 console & games launch preorder.
So getting DK: Bananza for £35 is OK with me.

After that direct? Oh yeah!

No, I would be fine trying it out if I ever got an opportunity to borrow it or something but I'm not spending a cent on that. I have not seen the recent direct and have no real interest to but between the goofy DK redesing, the game looking largely similar to Mario Odyssey (which I didn't exactly love) and the terraform punching as a mechanic coming across as lame to me I'm not into it.

Lets talk the elephant in the room: this could have been easily a dual release on Switch 1 ánd 2. If this game through gameshare works on switch 1 the whole game could have. He maybe not in 4k or 60fps but then i wouldnt have to pay 550+ bucks for console plus game. Would gladly pay 70 bucks to just play it on my switch 1 with some less graphics (he i even dont have a 4k tv so those upgrades graphs of S2 are lost to me anyway). This again confirms Nintendo is just out for money 😡

Costco had it for $62.99

I pre-ordered it on Amazon the day it was announced for €62. Glad for the price guarantee!

I'm definitely interested, but always wait for reviews — been burned enough to know better than blindly going in on day one.

I’ll be getting it and my first Amiibo purchase in six years too.

I need to fly across this canyon so I'm gonna turn into a flippin' ostrich.

No wait for a sale option?

I don't have any particular interest in it over any other Platformers (I enjoy them but am so bad I can only beat easier ones), but if it goes on a decent sale I'll pick up almost any Nintendo game if I've got some cash at the time. I have 0 interest in playing TOTK but still picked it up on sale for 30 bucks, that's a steal for a First-Party Nintendo game.

Yes. Only because I had a Best Buy certificate to use and Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t even have a release date yet.

I’m still very concerned about how fast the destruction mechanics in this game will get stale.

I pre-ordered it back in April the same day I pre-ordered the Switch 2. It was my most-anticipated game after Metroid Prime 4 and Mario Kart.

@Flapflop No. The destruction particles cannot be done on Switch 1 well. The game requires fast swapping the more advanced memory and the beefier CPU to calculate all the random physics stuff happening.

The large number of “day one” versus “already preordered” illustrates that many people are still waiting for a better deal. In France it’s been lowered to 60€ across the board, in Germany vendors still ask 75€.

@Flapflop
Aside from indies and some of the smaller companies that develop and publish niche games, every company is out for $ and nothing more.

On paper it looks great but I'm going to wait for the official Nintendo Life review before making my final decision.

At this point I'm probably 95% sure I'll be getting it, also if and when I do I'll be getting it digitally.

The only slight reservation I have is the fact that I absolutely hated Donkey Kong 64 which as far as I'm aware was the last 3D DK game

@Flapflop

To counter your post I believe it's a good thing being Switch 2 exclusive. Sometimes people need an insensitive to upgrade to the "next gen"

I was lucky enough to get hold of a PS5 day one and it really used to infuriate me when they released the vast majority of the games on both PS5 and PS4.

Id spent all that money on a new console and it really annoyed me that I could have probably just played most of the games on my PS4 (albeit maybe not as pretty looking)

My point is that those who have paid out for a Switch 2 deserve some form of exclusivity.

I don't mean that in an Elitist way but there definitely needs to be an incentive to get people to upgrade regardless of whenever it technically could run on the old hardware

@Member_the_game maybe true, its just they made the Switch 2 that expensive for basically only a technical update it became a console for the elite.

I dont have 500 to 600 + laying around. Not to mention 1500 plus for a 4k tv to really make good of all the better specs.

I bought my Switch 1 2nd hand for less the 250. Not paying more than double to upgrade.

@Antraxx777 Not completely true, they mentioned the game plays by gameshare on a Switch 1 so Switch 1can play it in some payable capacity

@Flapflop

In principle I do agree and understand what you're saying.... Unfortunately though that's just the way modern consoles are.

The Switch 2 is basically just a better Switch in the same way that a PS5 is just a better PS4

I'm not defending Nintendo, just pointing out that's it's the same for all consoles.

Unfortunately it's an expensive hobby, one that probably won't get any cheaper any time soon.

The good thing is that the games won't be going anywhere, so when the time is right for you to get a Switch 2, DK Bonanza (and hopefully a whole load more Switch 2 exclusive games) will be there waiting for you

@Flapflop As much as I would be happy with a Switch 1 version of this game since I don't have a Switch 2 yet, GameShare isn't proof that it would run on Switch 1. GameShare works by streaming the game from the host console - the Switch 1 isn't natively running it.

What the.... 92% of this community already owns a Switch 2???

@Member_the_game Ofcourse, eventually. Just like i wasnt first day WiiU and Switch adapter I also just have to wait with Switch 2.

I don't have a Switch 2 yet, but it would be day 1 otherwise. Definitely looking forward to getting it alonsgide the console when I can afford it.

Clearly I'm very much in the minority here. I. LOVE Donkey Kong Country games, but I found DK64 super boring and this doesn't speak to me at all. I watched half of the direct and just couldn't watch any more.

I'm a huge DK Country fan, but I'm just not hyped for this one for some reason.

Got one Amazon and one Bestuy and Amiibo at Bestbuy all PreOrders. Will decide if cancel Amazon or BestBuy depending on which one comes first.

@LazyDaisy obviously you haven't played MKW then lol

@Flapflop 4K TVs are like 75" for $400 lol

@rockodoodle "had" as in they no longer do? Glad I pre-ordered at $62.99 right away. Ten percent off on a brand new AAA game on a brand new system is better than no discount at all.

Ehhhh…. I dunno. That all too brief blast I had on it back in April wasn’t anywhere near enough to judge on. And those pixelating transparencies still grind - ten times more powerful than the OG, was it?

Put up a demo and let me at least taste what’s getting plated up.

For me it's definitely a matter of when, not if. It looks like a ton of fun and I'm really excited at the thought of playing it.
What I don't understand however is why there's no console bundles for the game yet. I've not got a switch 2 yet, but would have already pre-ordered if there was a bundle option already available

Not interested in this one, especially at that price. Metroid Prime 4 is what I'm really waiting to play, if it ever comes out.

@TimothyjFeeley I’ve seen enough gameplay to know that it doesn’t entice me enough to get a Switch 2. Bananza does, but it’s still better to wait for more exclusives to roll in.

I've already got it paid off

@Dan420 yeah, they still have sever Nintendo first party games at a discount, so I think Donkey Kong will be available at this price for a while. Sorry for the miscommunication.