For Mario fans still waiting for Nintendo to announce the next major 3D Mario game, Bananza looks set to be a worthy substitute in the meantime. Mitchell Saltzman is an editorial producer at IGN.

Following its launch, it was announced that Super Mario Odyssey would be kept alive with a content update. This added Luigi’s Balloon World to the game, an asynchronous multiplayer mode ...

A 3D Mario game for the Switch 2 could be "many years away" as former Nintendo marketing leads also speculate Donkey Kong Bananza is being made by the Super Mario Odyssey team ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 isn't getting a new 3D Mario near launch like some may have hoped, but Donkey Kong appears primed to fill the gap with the next evolution of Odyssey's ideas.

Development of Super Mario Odyssey was led by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 8, with director Kenta Motokura and producers Yoshiaki Koizumi and Koichi Hayashida at the helm.

It is Super Mario Odyssey with the volume turned all the way up, and that’s one heck of a pitch for DK. Donkey Kong Bananza launches on July 17 for Nintendo Switch 2.

However, the theory among Nintendo fans is that, if the Super Mario Odyssey team is behind Bananza, they might not be able to deliver a new 3D Mario for Nintendo Switch 2.

Yang then suggests that it could then be "four, five, six years" until the next 3D Mario game, with Ellis adding: "We're still going to get it, but it's going to be more of a late-generation [game ...

It was a familiar thrill, the same that propelled me to 100% complete Super Mario Odyssey back in 2017. But the shine started to dull just a bit the closer I got to the core.

As someone whose favorite Nintendo mascot is Donkey Kong, Bananza seems to be shaping up to be the 3D Donkey Kong game that I’ve been waiting decades for. For Mario fans still waiting for ...