Donkey Kong Bananza's First DLC In-Game Event Of 2026 Is Now Underway

I’ve tried practicing at Freezer to be better prepared. It’s hard to remember where many of the fossils are at. I tend to get lost in the Coolstripe Cavern area for some reason.

I still don’t expect this to be as hard as Hilltop was. An event at Resort will be the next really hard one…

I just wrapped up Bananza yesterday, but I think I'll pass on the DLC. The game just couldn't offer any challenges I was happy with. The only things that gave me a decently hard time were a few postgame sections, and having to slog through the easy parts of the gauntlets over and over again just to practice the harder ones was a pain. Given I'm still burned out from that repetition, an arcade/roguelike mode already wasn't going to do much for me, so throwing in limited time content on top of that kills whatever interest I had left.

Loved bananza but this should’ve been included in the base game.

@Deemo37 Why?

Do you guys think there's a correlation between liking DK Bananza and liking Luigi's Mansion? I didn't like neither of them, but i feel like perhaps they deliver the same kind of experience of exploration for people who are into these things. For me personally, both of these are a really, really boring chore.

@Dev-N agreed on Hilltop, that was much more difficult than I expected.

Bananza wanted to at least touch greatness so it invited tropical freeze.

Okay that was harsh. Not entirely wrong though.

@beartown As much as I love a haunted house, both LM and DKB did wear out their welcome for me before I finished em, but in the case of Bananza it happened much, much sooner. I went in with high hopes, but I just found it so samey and visually unpleasant...Like Metroid, this is a series I may only have the gas for in 2D.