Hands-on: Donkey Kong Banaza is extremely Super Mario Odyssey-coded, but also nails that delicious, specific Rare flair

Nintendo has a silly new tradition. Pre-release, it doesn’t actually talk about who makes its games. This is part of an overall Nintendo-wide strategy about focusing on the experiences rather than the people. So while it might be exciting to learn that the studio behind Super Mario Odyssey is behind Donkey Kong’s latest outing, we don’t actually know if it is. But it sure looks like it. Read more

Apr 8, 2025 - 18:31
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Hands-on: Donkey Kong Banaza is extremely Super Mario Odyssey-coded, but also nails that delicious, specific Rare flair

Nintendo has a silly new tradition. Pre-release, it doesn’t actually talk about who makes its games. This is part of an overall Nintendo-wide strategy about focusing on the experiences rather than the people. So while it might be exciting to learn that the studio behind Super Mario Odyssey is behind Donkey Kong’s latest outing, we don’t actually know if it is. But it sure looks like it.

Read more