Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura recently explained, in the newest Ask the Developer blog, that the team at Nintendo "were also conscious of how Donkey Kong would look from the back while he's moving" since players tend to stare at a character's backside a lot in third-person games.

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Nintendo’s first big swing after Mario Kart World is Donkey Kong Bananza, a new 3D platformer from the studio that brought us Super Mario Galaxy. If our review here at Shacknews is any indication, Bananza is a banger.

You will escape Donkey Kong’s treasure-filled colon. Because, seriously: Should the star of the brand new (and instantly vital) Nintendo Switch 2 title Donkey Kong Bananza be eating so many golden, gem-covered bananas?

Donkey Kong Bananza is out today, and the game's credits have now confirmed Nintendo's main new voice actor behind Donkey Kong. Unusually for a Nintendo game, Bananza's credits list out each of the game's voice actors with their specific roles — and right at the top is Kouji Takeda,