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Donkey Kong Bananza Credits Confirm DK's New Voice Actor — and There's a Fresh Voice for Pauline Too
Donkey Kong Bananza is out today, and the game's credits have now confirmed Nintendo's main new voice actor behind Donkey Kong. Unusually for a Nintendo game, Bananza's credits list out each of the game's voice actors with their specific roles — and right at the top is Kouji Takeda,
Donkey Kong Bananza has officially launched for Nintendo Switch 2, and players are already diving into its mining-based platforming chaos. But how long does it actually take to beat? The answer depends on how deep you want to go... literally. Unlike ...
Nintendo has explained why Donkey Kong wears clothes in the latest Switch 2 exclusive, Donkey Kong Bananza. For as long as Donkey Kong has been around, he's typically been portrayed completely naked (if a monkey can even be naked), but in the latest installment, the star ape underwent a makeover, in both character design and wardrobe.
Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura recently explained, in the newest Ask the Developer blog, that the team at Nintendo "were also conscious of how Donkey Kong would look from the back while he's moving" since players tend to stare at a character's backside a lot in third-person games.
The destruction in Donkey Kong Bananza is just the latest example of an ongoing design trend.
Nintendo and Universal Pictures have registered the copyright for a Donkey Kong film, suggesting the forthcoming Mario sequel and Legend of Zelda film could be followed by Nintendo's gorilla. Few details are currently known,