Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division, abbreviated Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and produc
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Donkey Kong Bananza is a 2025 platform game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Nintendo Switch 2. The player controls the gorilla Donkey Kong, who ventures to the planetary core with the teenage Paulin
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Donkey Kong swings a stone slab and destroys terrain. Bananza features destructible environments; almost every surface can be destroyed.
The Bananza idea came from Yoshiaki Koizumi (pictured in 2007), who directed Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004).
Donkey Kong's creator Shigeru Miyamoto (pictured in 2015) was a consultant, and the developers sought to honor his vision when redesigning Donkey Kong.
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