Our final Donkey Kong Bananza demo gave us a two hour tour of a chaotic platformer clearly built from Super Mario Odyssey's DNA.

Donkey Kong Bananza looks great. From the moment it was revealed at Nintendo's Switch 2 showcase earlier this year, it was the game I was most excited to get my monkey paws on. A new open-world Mario Kart game is great and all, but give me an ambitious new 3D platformer over a kart racer any day.

As previews for Donkey Kong Bananza come in ahead of the game’s July 17th release date, one tidbit has stood out on the development of this game. It’s been nearly eight years since Super Mario Odyssey,