Donkey Kong

[reef loom]

Yeah.

I didn’t want to bring it up because I didn’t want folks taking advantage of it.

[unreal spear]

Good job

[sudden solar]

I see Bananza as more of a "girl and her dog" story in which you play as the "dog". Pauline is changed as a result of the adventure, whereas DK ends the journey by continuing to do his usual DK thing

[sacred carbon]

But there life long friends now

[reef loom]

You mean like you feel like she owns him? 😂

[sacred carbon]

Well, it definitely didn’t feel like she owned him. He was just trying help someone out and also get bananas

It feels like if he couldn’t get bananas doing this, he would still do this because he cares about her

[reef loom]

This is the same way I look at it as well. They seem like best friends now.

[sacred carbon]

Like best friends don’t always have to be with each other. They spent three months apart.

[sudden solar]

I've never owned any of my pets. I chose them as my companions

[sacred carbon]

Like best friends don’t always have to be with each other. They spent three months apart.

[reef loom]

With that, I can see why you said a girl and her dog, but for some reason, it just doesn’t sound as meaningful. Lol

[sudden solar]

Haha

Well "dog" is just a trope. It can also apply to stuff like Big Hero 6 to describe Baymax and Hiro's relationship

[regal goblet]

is pauline in bananza the same one that gets kidnapped in the donkey kong arcade game?

[high star]

We don’t know for sure

A lot of people think that was her grandmother which would make sense.

We know for a fact that it’s the same Mario as the arcade game and of course the current Donkey Kong is different from the arcade

Pauline is the only one that’s unconfirmed.

[high star]

https://tenor.com/view/lanky-kong-donkey-kong-64-funny-face-dk-rap-dk-vine-gif-8189579896434022401

[primal fable]

Lame game

[reef loom]

Glad you like it

[primal fable]

I haven’t tried it, I judge without experience 😭

[reef loom]

That breaks my heart.

[primal fable]

The gameplay videos in yt doesn’t appeal to me, and there is no demo to try it

[arctic peak]

See I don't hate the game like this guy does

[high star]

You’re not allowed to say that.

You’re obsessed with Scream like I am

You’re not allowed to like my favorite movie series but dislike my favorite video game series, my mind can’t comprehend it.

[arctic peak]

People like one of my favorite sport teams and dislike one of my favorite sports teams all the time

[high star]

Horrible

[primal fable]

I apologize haha

[high star]

Lmao

[night tree]

hi

[reef loom]

Hi

[night tree]

should i buy dk bananaza

[reef loom]

Yes

[night tree]

okay

[night tree]

what do you think of my photography

dk ass

[arctic peak]

Yes

[reef loom]

wtf??? 😳

[night tree]

ok ill buy it next week

[arctic peak]

??

[high star]

Bro likes monkey ass

[night tree]

i bought dk bananaza

and holy shit @arctic peak and @reef loom were so right

[arctic peak]

Uh I only played it for 2 hours. I haven't even got Pauline yet

[night tree]

licks*

[high star]

Still?

[reef loom]

Same. I only played for an hour.

[arctic peak]

I'm not playing it until I see Infinity Castle

[high star]

???

[reef loom]

Same here.

[high star]

That’s random

[reef loom]

I want to play Infinity Castle before I even consider playing DK Bananza.

Because…priorities. 🙄

[arctic peak]

I got my tickets for September 12. I need to catch up. DK bananza can wait

[high star]

Just Bananza or video games in general?

[arctic peak]

I'm not doing shit until infinity castle

That movie require you to be caught up

[high star]

I need to catch up tbh

[arctic peak]

Currently on the entertainment district arc rn

[reef loom]

Damn. I thought it was a game. This is why trolling isn’t my thing. 😂

[arctic peak]

You live under the biggest rock

[reef loom]

I live in Texas

😎

[arctic peak]

I'm sure Texas has anime fans

Funimation/Crunchyroll is even in Texas

[high star]

On my second playthrough rn

https://tenor.com/view/donkey-kong-bananza-banandium-gem-banana-cystal-banandium-gif-5504716629523105193

Already have 120+ bananas

[arctic peak]

How many total hours you got

[high star]

I’ll have to check

Probably like 70

[arctic peak]

Damn you got your money's worth

[reef loom]

Nope. We have rocks and sticks and Sandy Cheeks! 😭

[arctic peak]

Bruh it took me 2 hours just to get past the very first part of the game

[high star]

Yeah I remember.

You were in the first room of the game asking “is this game just punching stuff?”

[arctic peak]

Still haven't seen Pauline yet

[arctic peak]

What does the banana gem even do

[jovial oriole]

@arctic peak they give dk skill points

[arctic peak]

Bruh it took me 4 hours to get Pauline

[arctic peak]

I like getting the skills that allow for greater traversal of the map

[crystal dove]

Almost done 100%ing

Not sure what I’m going to do after

[arctic peak]

How many hours you got in the game

[crystal dove]

55 lol

[arctic peak]

Just play a different game. You got your money worth

[high star]

Bro hasn’t even played long enough to know what the main collectible does 🥀

[arctic peak]

I got 4 hours and I got a few skills unlocked

[high star]

Oh wait, my bad.

You mean the banandium chips?

Thought you meant the Banandium gems themselves

[arctic peak]

What do those even do

[high star]

You trade them in for a banana ||or a record in the postgame.||

[arctic peak]

Where do you trade them

[sudden solar]

There are shops where the merchant is shaped like a chip

[high star]

Yes, it feels meaningful.

Despite an annoying ass rage baiter in this server claiming the entire skill tree is pointless because of one skill they deemed useless (which it isn’t btw.)

[arctic peak]

Who? Can't be me. I barely got skills

[high star]

No, Bernoulli haha.

[arctic peak]

What the skill he hated on

[high star]

He thought the jump shot skill was useless because he figured it’s the same as the chunk jump ability that you already start with but what the jump shot skill does is add an impact to the chunk jump that destroys terrain.

[arctic peak]

You don't start with the chunk jump though

[arctic peak]

That's not a good thing cause you need the terrain on the bottom

[high star]

I mean the terrain under you, not the terrain you picked up

[arctic peak]

Yes sometimes you need that terrain under you

[high star]

Just have to be careful how you use it

[arctic peak]

So how is it useful then

[high star]

I wouldn’t say it’s super useful, just not pointless.

But even if it were, it doesn’t make the whole skill tree pointless like he said

[arctic peak]

So I can ignore it then

[arctic peak]

Bruh the ||nostalgic country|| level is so fucking peak omfg!!!! @high star

[arctic peak]

I literally used spoilers tags

[high star]

Goofy

Buy the game @unreal spear

Dumb

[arctic peak]

Now that I see actual platforming levels it feels like a real platformer now

[dense rapids]

Why? Haha

[reef loom]

This isn’t funny.

Hating on any aspect of the game is a serious crime.

[dense rapids]

True

[reef loom]

@plush adder You deserve to go to prison. I’m very disappointed in you.

First you want people to follow normal traffic rules in Mario Kart, and now you dare challenge Bananza! GO TO BED!!!

[plush adder]

This message is long time ago

Moving on

[reef loom]

We are not. You’re a monster!

[dense rapids]

Like how confused I was when I just started watching someone play Toy Smash Kaboom with no context, I got a little frustrated, and I put myself in jail

[reef loom]

Looks like a mobile game.

[dense rapids]

I wish. It’s Steam only right now

Oops this is Switch only server. More jail

[reef loom]

You can talk about steam games. It would just be something #general

[high star]

Or #switch-discussion🚨 apparently since they never shut up about PC gaming over there.

[arctic peak]

I go to switch-discussion to not talk about the switch, duh

/joke

[arctic peak]

No one gonna talk about bananza dlc?

Man y'all really ain't talking about the direct or something?

[sudden solar]

For those who haven't played Bananza yet and want to go in fresh, the dlc does in fact spoil something that happens later in that game

[arctic peak]

How do we know

[sudden solar]

What?

[arctic peak]

How do you already know it spoils something. Dlc ain't out yet

[sudden solar]

People are already streaming it

[arctic peak]

How they get the dlc already?

They have special access or what?

[sudden solar]

Wait, it's already released on my end

[arctic peak]

Did the direct announced the release date?

[sudden solar]

The Direct said "later today"

[arctic peak]

Oh

Direct should have gave a PSA that it spoils the game wth

[sudden solar]

Well it's just one line, but once it's read, you can't un-read it

[chrome compass]

What line? Don’t you have to beat the game to make Void show up?

[sudden solar]

I figured there could be people who might look at streams and things going on right now out of curiosity about the dlc content, hence my PSA

[reef loom]

Yeah I wasn’t a fan of that. I had to quickly fast forward through that part for my buddy since he hasn’t played it yet. 😂

I’m really surprised we got a DLC this early. I’m even more surprised we actually got a DLC for this. 😂

Omg! I was going to see how the biggest Donkey Kong fan of the server feels about the announcement, but he’s gone! 😱

[arctic peak]

I was told the dlc ain't worth it

[arctic peak]

My biggest fight with him didn't even have anything to do with DK lol

[sudden solar]

I agree that Bananza is more of a slow boil compared to how new abilities are introduced in Odyssey

[arctic peak]

I think that what I shit talk it in the first 5 hours. It doesn't throw everything at you at once.

[primal fable]

I want bananza so badly

[reef loom]

Get it.

It’s down the street

[primal fable]

Just renewed my house with paint and furniture this weekend, I’m broke broke

[arctic peak]

I was told the dlc is not worth it. Is that true

[primal fable]

I’d like to know this too, 20 euro is silksong you know..

[arctic peak]

Kirby Forgotten Land upgrade is 20 dollars for like 3 hours of content

When we got silksong for 20, these dlc pricing seem asinine for Nintendo

[primal fable]

Yeah.. I bought that because my son wanted it. I’m more freely spending money on my child and think 3 times before I spend for my own

https://tenor.com/view/andy-dwyer-donkey-kong-dk-andy-gif-1067968411783685778

[arctic peak]

You have a son already? You born in 1995?

[reef loom]

You make that sound abnormal

[arctic peak]

Im not even remotely close to having a kid and I'm born in January 1995

[reef loom]

Well everyone is different. You should know that by now lol

[arctic peak]

Also I thought most of this server was like gen alpha lol

[reef loom]

Some folks have kids in their early 20s

Some in their teens (unfortunately)

[reef loom]

You’ve been on this server long enough to know that’s not true lol

[arctic peak]

A mod said this server is mostly gen alpha 🤷‍♂️

[reef loom]

If that were really the case, majority of them shouldn’t even be on here. 😂

[primal fable]

Correct

Got wife n kid and a nice place to sleep

[reef loom]

And money

[primal fable]

Usually yeah, gotta save properly because my son is turning 4 this October

[primal fable]

Had to google what a gem alpha is

2010-2024 kids… dang…

I feel damn old

[reef loom]

I think all three of us are the same age lol

[arctic peak]

I feel old over you having a son already

[reef loom]

Why does that make you feel old? 😝

You’re acting like people don’t start having kids until they’re 30 or something lol

[primal fable]

No not because having a kid, because the sentence about the majority of gen alpha in this server

[reef loom]

Lol not you. Curly said that

[primal fable]

Yeah ik 😁

[arctic peak]

Gonna be me unless I magically get a time machine

[arctic peak]

A mod said it here one time 🤷‍♂️

[primal fable]

I believe it to be true

[reef loom]

Unless they’ve been hiding lol

[arctic peak]

I think it's fair to say this server is supermajority gen z but I don't believe the gen alpha part is true despite one mod saying so

[reef loom]

Anyway, to answer your question, it reminds me of modern day post games. Not worth $20, not even worth 10.

[arctic peak]

Ok I'm so sorry to get off topic. Would your son be interested in the donkey Kong dlc?

[arctic peak]

Some argue this could have easily been day 1 content

[primal fable]

Don’t think so, he’s a die hard Kirby fan. Bananza and the dlc is more for me 🙂

[arctic peak]

Make sense Kirby is a very young kids franchise

[reef loom]

I’m pretty sure they made it available immediately because they wanted to give people less time to think over their decision. Lol

[sudden solar]

I rented Bananza, but I would totally go back and spend $70 on it, maybe $80 if the DK Island dlc was included

[reef loom]

DK DLC included is $90 tho.

[sudden solar]

I meant if the dlc was a free update with the game at a hypothetical $80

Such as how Luigi's Balloon World was for Odyssey

[reef loom]

We don’t do hypotheticals in this server! To prison you go!

[arctic peak]

Balloon world is dlc?

[reef loom]

Next time. Put that in bold face letters and stomp on his reputation! 😈

[sudden solar]

lol

[primal fable]

Omg, country returns HD platform 1-k is officially Elden ring hard

[sudden solar]

The Dark Souls of Elden Ring comparisons

[reef loom]

The DLC is okay. I’m getting kind of addicted to it. It’s still not worth $20, but it’s decent.

[arctic peak]

Tropical freeze is one of the hardest

[reef loom]

It definitely screams post game content though. Just like with Odyssey’s balloon challenge that was a free update

[primal fable]

Well I’m glad I don’t have that game

[arctic peak]

It's good tho

[reef loom]

It’s more than good. I will call it one of, if not, the best Donkey Kong Country games ever. And as far as difficulty goes, every donkey Kong country game is like that, and I would say the older games are just as difficult as that one. @primal fable

[arctic peak]

Retro games are hard cause games were limited back then so you get value just struggling through beating the game

[reef loom]

Absolutely. And the games have aged well, don’t get me wrong. The challenge is still fun to this day. But Tropical freeze is so much more than that. It’s just such a beautiful game with so much creativity.

[arctic peak]

Some say donkey Kong country games are more creative than Mario games

[reef loom]

I might just have to agree with that.

Super Mario Bros always has a good place in my heart, but if I were to choose between New Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong Country Returns, I would choose Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Super Mario Bros Wonder goes toe to toe with Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze imo.

[arctic peak]

https://m.nintendo.com/shared/en-US/US/officialPlaylists/b229dafd-e11c-4713-8e28-2e2cab80703a

Donkey Kong Bananza music added to NSO

[reef loom]

Are you jamming?

[urban axle]

Yeah, I just woke up to see the notification. Me rn:

https://tenor.com/view/dance-donkey-kong-fast-really-happy-groove-gif-7943655091384676988

[reef loom]

@arctic peak How far are you in Bananza?

[arctic peak]

6 hours. I put a pause on that to finish slay the spire

[primal fable]

Ohhh banana!

[glad mason]

100%, all bananas, fossiles, etc. Honestly I'm a bit disappointed by how fast and easy it was to get everything. And now I have to pay 20 bucks (which I won't) for an empty isle

[strong arrow]

and here's me 40 hours in with 100 bananas + many fossils left to go

[reef loom]

Not bad

[reef loom]

https://x.com/nintendoamerica/status/1975259763685326955?s=46&t=c4uDB0m2mRoswr4ue0rvFA

Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica)

No drill? No problem.

Tunnel to the Planet Core in #DonkeyKongBananza today: https://t.co/IMsIgWFBDk

X · Oct 6, 2025, 6:00 PM

Ngl, I never knew about this. If it was written in the instructions, I must have skimmed it lol.

My brain was probably like “Zebra that can run fast! Got it!”

[empty siren]

I just finished the main story of Bananza

Quite an incredible game with a full 10/10 from me, but I am definitely tired of smashing through gold and terrain for sure 🤣

[tulip nimbus]

hello

[barren jolt]

Never underestimate the power of zeebeelopopop

[lean ledge]

I got the event reward

[barren jolt]

There’s an event?

[lean ledge]

Yeah for emerald rush

[sudden solar]

Rare DK vs. Bananza DK https://tenor.com/view/angry-elijah-wood-daniel-radcliffe-gif-5520014

[reef loom]

This image frightens me, lol

[urban axle]

How did Bananza not get nominated for Best Score and Music? The soundtrack is on fire!

[arctic peak]

It's a travesty it didn't get nominated for game design but freaking ghost of Yotei did

Yotei is literally just tsushima part 2

Dkb has the most incentive game design ever. The whole environment and shit is done so creatively as the basis for dkb gameplay.

[arctic peak]

https://x.com/GoldenJoysticks/status/1991567930962899012?s=20

Golden Joysticks (@GoldenJoysticks)

The recipient of this year’s Critics’ Choice Award is… Donkey Kong Bananza! 🍌 A barrel-load of congratulations to @NintendoEurope.

X · Nov 20, 2025, 6:02 PM

[barren jolt]

Game awards is a bunch of stupid arbitrary bullshit anyway. Same with all video game “critics” and “ratings” you’ll find in the end it’s just a bunch of dudes

[vital egret]

Hi there, did anyone struggle with motion sickness?

While playing DK Bananza

[jaunty trout]

Hey is the dlc worthit?

[reef loom]

Imo, no.

[ancient estuary]

Zebra

[vital egret]

Any positive thoughts about the DLC?

[vital egret]

I regret wasting $30 on it so far 😆 maybe I’ll play more of the emerald rush soon

[reef loom]

I regret to say I bought it and have only played it a total of maybe two days. It definitely has not been worth the money tbh.

[arctic peak]

@fervent idol got good things to say about it

[fervent idol]

@vital egret

@reef loom @arctic peak

[vital egret]

thanks all for sharing your thoughts

[azure birch]

I just got my switch 2 is this game worth buying ? Rate 1-10

[reef loom]

Which game? 🤣

Last night they just announced a Switch 2 update for Donkey Kong Country Returns.

[azure birch]

Donkey Kong bananza

[reef loom]

8.5/10

definitely worth getting

[azure birch]

Thank you thank you , I put it in my wishlist!

[vital egret]

I’d say 10/10 my favorite game on the switch 2 so far. I personally enjoyed it more 😂 and 100% it. The dlc is challenging.

[azure birch]

Any other games you guys recommend

[sudden solar]

Somehow, Donkey Kong Country Returned

[reef loom]

It Returned Returned Returned! 😂

[primal fable]

My favorite character