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Embody the powerful Donkey Kong as he goes bananas in Donkey Kong Bananza, a new 3D action platform-adventure game! Read on to learn how it plays and what it's about!
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Donkey Kong Bananza Gameplay
Donkey Kong Bananza is a platform-adventure game that allows players to freely roam its sandbox. Gameplay here centers around the titular ape's ability to punch, dig, and destroy terrain in nearly any direction—upward, downward, or laterally—to forge new paths or fight enemies. Players can tear off chunks of terrain and use them as improvised weapons or platforms.; they can roll into objects to interact with them, surf on terrain pieces over water, climb most surfaces, and perform double-jumps off chunks of rock.
Donkey Kong can also transform to various forms, such as a zebra for speed or an ostrich for gliding. These are activated via collectible Bananergy.
Donkey Kong Bananza Story Plot
Donkey Kong ventures to Ingot Isle during a rush to harvest Banandium—a rare, golden banana-shaped gem—alongside other prospecting primates. While he works in the mines, the villainous VoidCo gang of apes (led by Void Kong, with lieutenants Grumpy and Poppy Kong) ambushes the operation. Their takeover triggers a massive sinkhole that drags Donkey Kong beneath the surface into a subterranean world.
There, DK discovers a sentient purple rock-like creature, later revealed to be a young Pauline trapped by VoidCo. Rescuing her, he learns of the gang’s scheme: they intend to mine Banandium to reach the planet's core and make their deepest wish a reality.
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