While Nintendo platforming fans will eat DK Bananza up, the open-ended nature of the game will appeal to a lot more than just a select niche.

Clearly Donkey Kong is about to become a big deal again. The Switch 2's Donkey Kong Bananza is out in just three days, July 17, and provides the single-player title the console obviously should have had last month for launch.

The central mechanic of Bananza is Donkey Kong's strength, which allows him to destroy almost any surface in the game. It seems this idea was born during the development of Super Mario Odyssey, when some devs were messing around with ideas for destructible environments.

Nintendo and Universal jointly file a copyright for a Donkey Kong movie, seemingly confirming long-standing rumors.

Donkey Kong Bananza is out today, and the game's credits have now confirmed Nintendo's main new voice actor behind Donkey Kong.

Bananza rockets past Mario Kart World as the new Switch 2's must-have game — even as it struggles with glaring technical problems.