Donkey Kong Bananza Is Selling Like Bananas On Switch 2 (US)

I'm having a blast with Bananza. My daughter loves it so much that she won't let me play unless she can watch. When she's not around, I go back to 100% levels she's already seen, haha. Working out good so far!

Nice to hear physical sales are still doing well!

Congrats Nintendo! (my purchase was digital!)

Well deserved, even when you "finish" the game it keeps on going.
Love that about a game, the replay-ability. My nr1 one game!

By far my favourite switch 2 game DKB.
Now bring on MP4
and a nice surprise of Mario Galaxy 2 HD
for the Mario 40th anniversary

@Ulysses cause purist can't embrace the new or afford it.

Its crazy how Nintendo released a modern classic just as their new console got barely released! Sony and Microsoft havent managed to make anything close this innovative and fun to play for generations!

Nintendo really needs to release digital sales data, considering how much more digital the ratio will be for this new generation. MK World seems kinda low on that list until you realize that's just the physical sales.

I assume that list doesn't include MKW/Switch bundles?

Bananza is one of the best games I've ever played. I am so happy for Donkey!

Wow who would have thought a video game designed from the ground up to be enjoyable, that the developers actually want to play, that respects the player’s time, that isn’t designed by a committee, and doesn’t constantly badger you to spend more money would do well?

Take notes, publishers.

@canaryfarmer
Correct as digital sales are not include and the switch 2 bundle is MKW digital download code not physical.

@Ulysses That's because the bundles aren't included in the charts, like the article says.

The fact MKW doesn't include bundles is wild.

Every time the Famitsu numbers come up people say the bundles are floating sales, but now we see these numbers that don't include bundles and it's still almost top 5 for the full $80 price version that supposedly no one was gonna buy.

It seems like despite some people being upset most people really want this system and these games.

Just give me a Switch 2 version of Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze with added levels and I will be happy.

I have no interest in an open-world version of a game series that's supposed to be based on timed interactions. Open-world game design completely changes the point of a Donkey Kong game.

Good. It’s a fun game and glad US market ate it up as expected.

Fantastic game.

I see bananas in my dreams

What I've seen of Bananza looks fun, and it doesn't even have any microtransactions, season pass, constant internet crap that other games like to pull, so I'm glad for the game's success!

@canaryfarmer yes, the bundle would be a digital game redemption in the US.

@PharoneTheGnome DK Tropical Freeze plays fine on the S2 as it is… possibly a specific patch could come in the future for free, but I doubt they’d add new content to it. The game is 11 years old.

@progx I'd be ok with a brand new Donkey Kong that follows the traditional style found in Tropical Freeze.

There's nothing inherently wrong with Donkey Kong Bananza. It's just not a main-line Donkey Kong game. It's an open-world game with Donkey Kong in it.

I would like to know how switch 2 launch software sales compares to switch 1 launch sw sales.

@PharoneTheGnome Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't really seem like an open-world game, though? It's more like Super Mario Odyssey and Donkey Kong 64 before it where the levels are expansive but are also self-contained and separate from each other, and not all together on one enormous map.

Perhaps that's still too big for you in comparison to the linear levels in the Donkey Kong Country games, which is perfectly fine, but I wouldn't say it's as big as the open worlds in games like Mario Kart World or Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

@PharoneTheGnome It's a Donkey Kong game, just in a different style that's all. Just like Mario has different styles of games (2D, open 3D, linear 3D)

But how well are bananas selling in the US?

My Switch 2 game of the year so far, just pure fun (with some frustration), Nintendo at their best.

Proud of Nintendo and DK! It's a well-deserved victory for DK with some of the most fun I've had in quite some time!

@PharoneTheGnome I knew your comment on DKB was purely preference. I was mentioning DKTF might not see a content bump outside of a free patch.

Totally deserved. Bananza is one of Nintendo’s very best 3D platformers to date! I hope they patch it to address the motion sickness that some people are experiencing, so even more players can enjoy DK’s new adventure.

yesss you go dk bananza! having spent seventy hours myself in this beautiful game im glad its selling well! i got digital, so it doesnt count here, so its ultra impressive with the amount of physical

Let's go banadaga.....LMAO.... Guess will will get DKB2....sooner or later...

@Ulysses yep, but then more and more people seem to be being turned off from MKW and there are many disappointed voices out there of those who bought it now the initial rush of the new has passed. Honestly, and it's sad to say, I think MK8 is the better option

I am loving the Bananza love and so glad all these here are thoroughly enjoying too

In the words of a wise ape, Oh banana!

I love Donkey Kong and normally can't wait for a new release, sadly this game doesn't appeal to me at all.

So it got to Number 3 through physical sales alone. Yet people love to say physical is dead and nobody buys physical. 🤔🤔

It seems to be selling well all round considering S2’s (relatively) low install base.

It’s so good it deserves to have a very long tail sales curve in my opinion.

@Switching Astro Bot from Sony is one of the classic greats.

@Warlenos I think of it more as a pale imitation of what Nintendo has been doing for decades. Sure, might be decend, it after all stole all the ideas from Nintendo games, but it never can get the pure gaming greatness right that only Nintendo does.

And some said DK wouldn't be very marketable. Asking why this game instead of the next 3d Mario game. Jokes on them.

@AshleyGamer64 @SuperBro64 That's totally understandable. I just prefer the 2d side scrolling Donkey Kong games. I will end up giving this new Donkey Kong a try though.

It is the same reason that I prefer the side-scrolling Metroid games over Metroid Prime.

I like a structured 2d environment to play through. I feel like the designers put more thought and consideration in to every detail when making a 2d side-scrolling game than they do with big open-world style games.

This is also why I prefer Super Mario Bros Wonder over Super Mario Oddysey.

@Ulysses physical sales from the bundle aren’t included which is the only reason why. I bet 90% of people are getting the game that way.

@PharoneTheGnome you should play it. As a huge DKC fan it’s amazing.