US EditionNintendo Admits Donkey Kong Bananza Wasn’t Originally a Switch 2 Game
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Nintendo admits Donkey Kong Bananza wasn’t originally a Switch 2 game
Donkey Kong Bananza may not look like a particularly demanding game, especially compared to visually impressive contemporaries like Death Stranding 2. But the Switch 2 exclusive makes ample use of voxel environments that Donkey Kong can destroy while the player charts a path forward with Pauline in tow — think The Finals or Just Cause 2 by way of Super Mario Odyssey. No wonder, then, that Nintendo held off on releasing the platforming game until…
Donkey Kong returns – and later than originally planned. The new 3D adventure featuring the rabid ape was originally supposed to appear on the first Switch.
The development of Donkey Kong Bananza, the future big exclusivity of Switch 2, started on Switch. Nintendo finally changed his mind when he saw the possibilities offered by the new console. Donkey Kong Bananza, the second big title of Switch 2, almost was a game of the first Switch. That's what the first Switch game was all about.
A few days from the release of Donkey Kong Bananza, Nintendo confirms that at the base, the game was well planned for the first Switch.
We know Donkey Kong Bananza as Nintendo Switch 2’s third first-party exclusive game, after Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. However, this might not have been the case originally, as in a recent interview with IGN, 3D platformer developers reveal that it was initially being created for Nintendo Switch 1. To start with, producer Kenta Motokura explains: “So this game originally started its development cycle on Nintendo Switch 1…
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