Donkey Kong Bananza is coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Find out why this was the ideal time for the gorilla's 3D return, according to its creators.

As previously revealed by IGN, Donkey Kong Bananza originally began as a Switch 1 project, before Nintendo realised the game's destruction-heavy action required better hardware with beefier technical specs.

Donkey Kong Bananza, the next Switch 2 exclusive from Nintendo, launches in just two days on Thursday, July 17, and ahead of its release, Nintendo has released a three-part interview series with the game's leads.

A Donkey Kong Bananza Switch 1 port could have emerged, but the Nintendo Switch 2 became the only way forward for the platform game.

An all-new 3D platforming game, Donkey Kong Bananza, is launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17th. Donkey Kong punches, grabs, tosses, climbs, smashes and flexes his strength as he explores the depths of this wild action adventure together with his new friend Pauline.

The limitations of the original Switch hindered DK Bananza enough that the developers decided to wait for Switch 2.

In a new Ask the Developer feature, fresh screenshots have been shared that shows the visual difference between Switch 1 and Switch 2 for Bananza, with Kenta Motokura, Wataru Tanaka, and Daisuke Watanabe all providing more context as to why development was shifted over to Nintendo's new console.

Best Buy has officially announced that a Nintendo Switch 2 restock is coming to select in-store locations on Thursday.

Best Buy has confirmed that it will have more Switch 2 consoles in stock for the highly-anticpated launch of Donkey Kong Bananza, which is the first original Donkey Kong game in over a decade.

Expanding on comments previously made to IGN about Bananza's origins, producer Kenta Motokura has said that the game's development began when Nintendo legend Yoshiaki Koizumi asked his 3D Mario team to work its magic making a 3D DK game instead.

Donkey Kong Bananza has some small performance issues, and Nintendo is aware