Nintendo has given fans a rare peek behind its development curtain, and a look at how upcoming Switch 2 platformer Donkey Kong Bananza would have looked on Switch 1.

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.

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

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.

A brand-new Donkey Kong movie might be on the way, and it looks like Universal and Nintendo are behind it. Even though it hasn’t been officially announced, a copyright filing has fans talking, and it’s clear that something is happening.

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

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