Players who bought the Nintendo Switch 2 with the laser focus of playing Nintendo’s exclusive titles may have been disappointed that the sole first-party experience available at launch was Mario Kart World.

In a Nintendo Treehouse stream following the Switch 2 Direct, we got to take a closer look at some Donkey Bananza gameplay, which took us underground in a mining area. From seeing DK slap the ground to collect nearby items, to using chunks of terrain to clear obstacles, and break up the environment.

I'm not saying Donkey Kong Bananza doesn't have familiar formulas. It's a huge 3D platformer, but it has 2D throwback moments, just like Super Mario Odyssey did. The smash-everyth