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For Nintendo, freedom means more than an open world
The destruction in Donkey Kong Bananza is just the latest example of an ongoing design trend.
'Donkey Kong Bananza' is a smashing grab bag of classic Nintendo ideas
The Switch 2′s technology grants "Donkey Kong Bananza" destructible environments, in a perfect crystallization of Nintendo's game design philosophy.
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Third-Party Nintendo Switch 2 Game Sales Low, But CD Projekt Red VP Insists Physical Is Important To Fans
Third-party game sales are sluggish on Nintendo Switch 2, but Cyberpunk 2077's CD Projekt Red VP insists the importance of ...
The best games of 2025 so far, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff and contributors round up their favorite games of the year so far.
Making space for multiplayer in the Nintendo Switch 2’s world
It was 2003 and the Nintendo GameCube was a full-fledged member of my high school clique. It was at every social gathering, ...
Nintendo created Donkey Kong’s biggest adventure by breaking everything
The creation of Donkey Kong Bananza started with destruction. “What we were really going for was this gameplay experience ...
National Video Game Day is July 8: The games we loved, and still do
National Video Game Day on July 8 is a chance to honor the games we grew up with and the ones we still return to for a little ...
Major Nintendo Switch Piracy Website Blamed For $170 Million In Lost Game Sales Seized By FBI [Update]
One of the biggest Nintendo Switch piracy sites around has been taken down by the FBI as “part of a law enforcement operation” on Thursday. Nsw2u was one of the better-known repositories for Switch ...