The Resort Layer is the eighth layer in Donkey Kong Bananza and it’s packed full of gigantic fruit cubes.As you explore the fruit-covered beaches of the Resort Layer, you’ll find your normal sized Banandium Gems. Although they’re not as big nor cube-shaped, these bananas are plentiful and will provide you...
Sorry, Mario, Nintendo’s got a new working-class hero
After becoming super, Mario seems to have pulled the ladder up behind him. Our hometown blue-collar boy made it good in the Mushroom Kingdom’s highest strata, ditching the plumber’s gig for a plush life as Princess Peach’s royal favorite (whatever that may or may not entail). He and his bro...
The 14 best Switch 2 games
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is at the very start of its life — and, as with every young console, excitement for the new hardware is held in check by the quest for something to play on it. Nintendo debuted the system with one of the biggest guns in its arsenal: a...
Landfill Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza
In Donkey Kong Bananza, the Landfill Layer is the tenth layer and it’s full of, well, trash. But scattered amid the rubbish is a bunch of Banandium Gems. Inside this heap of garbage, you’ll need to search behind metal scrap, dirt, and loads of debris to to collect all of...
Forest Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza
The Forest Layer is the sixth layer in Donkey Kong Bananza and its home to the beloved flying ostriches and dreadful poison.Of course, the Forest Layer is also full of Banandium Gems. To find all of the bananas on this layer, you’ll need to make use of your ostrich powers...
Bonkers for Bananza, but no Switch 2? Play the dev team’s previous hit instead
If you were able to successfully fight the FOMO and make peace with waiting to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2, Donkey Kong Bananza might bring that FOMO back in full force (raises hand). Thankfully for OG Switch owners, the original Switch is home to the Bananza team’s previous game, and...
All amiibo rewards and unlocks in Donkey Kong Bananza
In Donkey Kong Bananza, you can scan amiibo to add an extra flavor to DK and Pauline’s journey into the underground. The game supports new Donkey Kong and older amiibo figures that, once scanned, give you special clothes and powered-up objects to help you smash through the terrain.Below we list...
‘A once in a lifetime pull’: Would you skip your own wedding for this epic Balatro hand?
Poker roguelike Balatro is one of the most engrossing games released in the last generation of video games, and most people who play it end up losing sleep or otherwise disassociating from reality for long periods of time. To wit, the deck-building game was crowned Polygon’s 2024 Game of the...
Switch 2 restock coming to Best Buy for Donkey Kong Bananza launch
The great Switch 2 restocking is in-store only at your local Best Buy and will coincide with the release of Donkey Kong Bananza. However, the announcement doesn’t reveal whether the store will carry the Mario Kart World bundle, listed at $499.99, or the stand-alone console priced at $449.99 (or both)....
The Rare Donkey Kong era is not part of my headcanon
All due respect to developer Rare — I really enjoyed my time with Diddy Kong Racing, team! — I’m choosing to willfully ignore almost the entirety of its work on the Donkey Kong franchise, because there’s a bunch of very confusing ape lore I’d prefer not to think about while...