Heck, I even picked Mario Kart World as the best new launch game for the Nintendo Switch 2. After playing Donkey Kong Bananza, however, well, let’s just say I have a new top banana for the Switch 2.

Donkey Kong has had the same design for years now, even decades, and has appeared as such in the likes of Mario Kart 8, Mario Tennis, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and more, but Nintendo is now ...

Donkey Kong and Pauline first appeared together with Mario in the 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game. In that game, players took on the role of Mario as he tried to rescue Pauline from the big ape’s ...