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He's finally back to kick some tail: Donkey Kong Bananza
I am very, very excited for this game. The reveal stream is more or less what sold me on the Switch 2, and yesterday's Direct only made it look even better.
However (cross-posted from the Nintendo thread because I didn't see this one before I wrote it):
However (cross-posted from the Nintendo thread because I didn't see this one before I wrote it):
Watching the Direct elevated Bananza from "looks pretty cool I guess" to a "must play" situation for me.
Some irrational part of me wishes they'd managed to keep the Pauline reveal under wraps until release, as I think it would have made for an amazing moment. But I guess it'd be pretty hard to show off very much of the game if they did so, and that was what sold me on it, so...
Some irrational part of me wishes they'd managed to keep the Pauline reveal under wraps until release, as I think it would have made for an amazing moment. But I guess it'd be pretty hard to show off very much of the game if they did so, and that was what sold me on it, so...
I was joking yesterday about the sliding Cranky Kong timeline.
I've seen some joking speculation that Cranky, Donkey, and Junior are the "lifecycle" of a Kong and that this "Cranky" is an ancestor of "our" Cranky, who is in his original DK form as the star of this game.
And now my head hurts
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Every time I hear about the dreaded Zelda timeline my eyes roll back in my head. Thinking about a DK timeline threatens to make them just roll out of my head entirely.
This looks fantastic, perhaps moreso since I just finished Super Mario Odyssey for the first time, amazing game, and I got platformin' on my mind. DK Bananza was part of my Switch 2 pre-order bundle and I could cancel it if I wanted to but I guess I'll keep it now. I guess.
I wonder if I should give modern DKC a go just to get further in the mood. I am an opponent, a downright detractor, of the SNES DKC games but I watched a partial playthrough of Tropical Freeze and now I'm like, "Hmmmmm. Maybe."
This looks fantastic, perhaps moreso since I just finished Super Mario Odyssey for the first time, amazing game, and I got platformin' on my mind. DK Bananza was part of my Switch 2 pre-order bundle and I could cancel it if I wanted to but I guess I'll keep it now. I guess.
I wonder if I should give modern DKC a go just to get further in the mood. I am an opponent, a downright detractor, of the SNES DKC games but I watched a partial playthrough of Tropical Freeze and now I'm like, "Hmmmmm. Maybe."
Except basically every other character in the Direct was shown to be talking in full text boxes? It's just such a weird choice to give one character an actual voice that I am genuinely interested in knowing how they arrived there.
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Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
Re: Timelines
Pauline Jr. There, problem solved. I await my check Nintendo.
Pauline Jr. There, problem solved. I await my check Nintendo.
I considered that a possibility.
But GameXplain hit on the one I'm figuring is most likely:
I assume that, somehow, this game is a "prequel" to the timeline as we know it. Thus...
My serious answer is I am expecting there to be some kind of monkey's (ha!) paw situation, where Pauline gets to wish to become a starlet (that eventually grows up to be the Pauline we see in Odyssey), but the trade-off is that Donkey has to wish that they (or just Pauline) forget that they ever had this adventure together. Thus we get to a Donkey Kong '81 (and a few minis games) where Pauline and Mario think DK is a villain, but he's just kind of confused about his relationship with his old friend.
My fervent hope answer is that Pauline wishes to become a starlet, and Donkey Kong is just like, screw it, I wish my family was immortal and ageless. So Cranky, Donkey, and all the rest never age from that moment on, and the rest of the Mario cast, including Pauline, ages normally. Donkey Kong will watch you turn to dust and laugh, Mario!
No, I am not spoilering my wild conjecture. I'm usually wrong about these things.
My serious answer is I am expecting there to be some kind of monkey's (ha!) paw situation, where Pauline gets to wish to become a starlet (that eventually grows up to be the Pauline we see in Odyssey), but the trade-off is that Donkey has to wish that they (or just Pauline) forget that they ever had this adventure together. Thus we get to a Donkey Kong '81 (and a few minis games) where Pauline and Mario think DK is a villain, but he's just kind of confused about his relationship with his old friend.
My fervent hope answer is that Pauline wishes to become a starlet, and Donkey Kong is just like, screw it, I wish my family was immortal and ageless. So Cranky, Donkey, and all the rest never age from that moment on, and the rest of the Mario cast, including Pauline, ages normally. Donkey Kong will watch you turn to dust and laugh, Mario!
No, I am not spoilering my wild conjecture. I'm usually wrong about these things.
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I got to play this tonight. I went to Walmart - I don't know why, listen, we all make mistakes - and they had a Switch 2 kiosk in Electronics with a demo for this and Mario Kart. I spent about 10 minutes with the game, skipping the cut scenes.
It's fun! Perhaps a little odd because of how much time you spend "inside" of structures while you are punching through them but that could just be the first area, and I was getting used to it by the end of the demo. I had Pauline with me (not Odd Rock) and the super saiyan gorilla powers were available, so I'm not sure if that's how the actual game plays out or if they just included those in the demo build. There were secrets that required Pauline's singing and certain surfaces that only the bananza power could get through, and I don't believe the actual level was edited, so either the Pauline/Super Monkey thing happens early or areas will need to be revisited; the latter would not surprise me since more than ever I'm conviced the SM Odyssey team is behind this. The music also had a kind of Odyssey feel to it (and it was pretty great.)
I can see myself remapping the buttons and that was the only weirdness I was still struggling with by the end of the demo. The Y button is punch but the jump button is A, with the B button used for ground pound/punch down. I kept trying to hit B to jump. I guess I was expecting the ground pound to be the punch button + something else (e.g. hold ZL and then punch) but, no, that's not how it works. Considering how often you must jump (to use the dive punch) if just kinda feels weird for jump to be on A. Maybe there's other areas where you don't dive punch as often, or you use more up punches (X), so I guess it makes sense. Still gonna remap them, I think.
It's fun! Perhaps a little odd because of how much time you spend "inside" of structures while you are punching through them but that could just be the first area, and I was getting used to it by the end of the demo. I had Pauline with me (not Odd Rock) and the super saiyan gorilla powers were available, so I'm not sure if that's how the actual game plays out or if they just included those in the demo build. There were secrets that required Pauline's singing and certain surfaces that only the bananza power could get through, and I don't believe the actual level was edited, so either the Pauline/Super Monkey thing happens early or areas will need to be revisited; the latter would not surprise me since more than ever I'm conviced the SM Odyssey team is behind this. The music also had a kind of Odyssey feel to it (and it was pretty great.)
I can see myself remapping the buttons and that was the only weirdness I was still struggling with by the end of the demo. The Y button is punch but the jump button is A, with the B button used for ground pound/punch down. I kept trying to hit B to jump. I guess I was expecting the ground pound to be the punch button + something else (e.g. hold ZL and then punch) but, no, that's not how it works. Considering how often you must jump (to use the dive punch) if just kinda feels weird for jump to be on A. Maybe there's other areas where you don't dive punch as often, or you use more up punches (X), so I guess it makes sense. Still gonna remap them, I think.
Ooh, didn't know there was a demo out there for it.
Shame they're apparently not putting it on the eShop ahead of release. XP
Shame they're apparently not putting it on the eShop ahead of release. XP
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Surprising no one.
www.polygon.com
Donkey Kong Bananza is being made by the Super Mario Odyssey team
Nintendo reveals devs behind the next big Switch 2 game
www.polygon.com
I saw someone call this game “Red Faction: Gorilla” and had a good chuckle.
My copy came in earlier this afternoon but imma try to “beat” Rune Factory first before moving on.
My copy came in earlier this afternoon but imma try to “beat” Rune Factory first before moving on.
I'm trying to hold out for a sale, here. This is not helping my FOMO lmao
(hope you're enjoying it!)