The Nintendo San Francisco store is holding its third major event since it opened in May with the launch of “Donkey Kong Bananza.” The game marks the popular character’s second foray in a 3D platformer, and it’s also the second major first-party game built specifically for the Nintendo Switch 2.

Donkey Kong Bananza is a 3D action platformer where you can dig holes, build bridges, and experiment in other ways as you burrow through various whimsical worlds on your way toward the planet core. Nintendo was so happy with its deformation tech that it decided to spin it off into an entirely separate artist mode.

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.

Donkey Kong Bananza's success could mark the start of a new age for Nintendo, with Mario and Link no longer standing alone at the top.

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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,

Nintendo Is 'Aware Performance May Drop Slightly' In Donkey Kong Bananza But Says The Team Prioritized 'Fun and Playability' During Development The director of the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza has acknowledged some "performance" issues, while saying the team prioritized "fun and playability" during development.

Donkey Kong Bananza is out later this week, but a heap of physical copies seem to be finding their way into the hands of gamers, including one lucky Aussie who had the game almost a week early thanks to a Harvey Norman store in Sydney.