Like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza Was Originally a Switch 1 Game, Nintendo Confirms

Donkey Kong Bananza, launching adjacent week, is simply a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive. But that wasn’t ever the case. According to the game’s developers, it was primitively conceived arsenic a Nintendo Switch 1 title.

Speaking to IGN successful a caller interview, shaper Kenta Motokura told america that the crippled began its improvement rhythm connected Nintendo Switch 1. However, arsenic the squad developed the “voxel” exertion that lies down Bananza's demolition mechanic, it became wide that the champion implementation of that tech would beryllium connected Nintendo Switch 2.

Director Kazuya Takahashi continued the mentation by referencing thing called “continuity of destruction,” fundamentally a doctrine down Donkey Kong Bananza wherever players are led to destruct a information of the situation and person a reward, which past reveals different country that tin beryllium destroyed for different reward, and truthful forth. Takahashi said the squad felt they could grow connected that doctrine connected the Nintendo Switch 2.

“This allowed america to prosecute successful creating a truly highly affluent assortment of materials and precise ample standard changes successful the situation connected that caller hardware,” helium said. “And erstwhile demolition is your halfway gameplay, 1 truly important infinitesimal that we wanted to sphere was erstwhile a subordinate looks astatine a portion of the terrain and thinks, tin I interruption this? Because that creates a precise important astonishment that has a batch of interaction for them and that was thing that was champion done connected Switch 2.

“But it's not truly adjacent conscionable the processing powerfulness of the Switch 2 that I deliberation attracted america and gave america immoderate absorbing possibilities. There was besides the instrumentality itself that offered things similar rodent control, which you tin usage successful co-op play for a 2nd subordinate to power Pauline's vocal blasts oregon DK Artist, a mode wherever you tin sculpt a ample acceptable of voxels.”

Notably, different first-party Nintendo Switch 2 game, Mario Kart World, had a akin way to release. We learned up of its motorboat that Mario Kart World besides began connected Nintendo Switch 1, but was moved to Nintendo Switch 2 during improvement to amended accommodate the open-world gameplay and 24-player multiplayer.

We spoke to Motokura and Takahashi astir a fig of topics related to Bananza, including however the crippled was archetypal conceived, and wherefore Pauline is 13-years-old. You tin work our full interrogation successful afloat close here, and cheque retired our hands-on preview of the crippled here.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. You tin find her posting connected BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].