It is a sweet and euphemism say that Zelda’s legend: Breath of the WildIn its launch in 2017, the true engine of the success of the switch. Nintendo’s hybrid console cannot count on many others to sell, and the Tidal Raz caused by this new episode is a school case.
Eight years after the one who has really redefined the game in the open world, Nintendo retains the bet of a game of nowhere, and that promises to be a real event. Kong Bananza donkey Leaving July 18, 2025, just over a month after Switch 2.
An almost perfect game
The last Nintendo console has so far been able to maintain the comparison with its predecessor thanks to the worldwide success of Mario de Mario Kartand exceed 3.5 million copies sold in the four -day space.
Kong Bananza donkey Then it comes out in a more than comfortable situation, but that obviously does not prevent it from being one of the great surprises of the summer, even 2025.
This is evidenced by the unanimity of World Press, who delivered his opinions about the game, reaching the 90% note about the aggregator’s metacritic. A rare note, that few games manage to conquer.
In 2025, until now three other games could boast almost unanimously: Clear Oscure: Expedition 33 (93%), Blue prince (92%) and Divided fiction (91%). Mario de Mario KartIt must be satisfied with an average, already excellent, of 86%.
Developed by the head of thought behind Super Mario Odyssey, Kong Bananza donkey It is a way for the 2 Switch to capitalize on its players base, but also so that players do not necessarily feel attracted to the launching games of the console.
A “technical feat” thanks to switch 2
The press highlights the creative ideas of the title that was first designed for the first switch, before its development changes to Switch 2 to avoid technical limits. Because Kong Bananza donkey Not only organize Nintendo’s pet in a platform game. Throughout its open levels, we can destroy a good part of the decorations, either to advance or find buried treasures.
The team led by Kazuya Takahashi used the Voxel principle (which we have in Minecraft) To make each level destructible, to the nearest pixel.
If there are limitations, especially in terms of fluidity, certain fights fall to 30 images per second against 60 paintings per second during the rest of the adventure ,,,, Kong Bananza donkey There is still a true “technical feat”: “The different possibilities are ambitious and satisfactory,” Ign, specifies, “Bananza It is a constant crescendo throughout its adventure with concepts of platforms that only enrich the game. “
The option to change from switch to Switch 2 in development has been dictated by the need to offer a technical and visual part at the best level. Kazuya Takahashi was Shees in this address: “It was something we could develop in Nintendo Switch 2. (The change of platform) allowed us to participate in a variety of creativity with vast and detailed environments.”
The need to take risks
If Donkey Kong’s character had already had a 3D episode (in Nintendo 64), the rest of his adventures was performed in 2D with the series of Donkey Kong Country. It was in 2021 that Nintendo, seeing the popularity of his pet exploding in broad daylight, launched the project, in the company of Shigeru Miyamoto, the original creator of the character: “For him, it was necessary to demonstrate that he was a strong character,” Abreuve Kazuya Takahashi.
The development of Kong Bananza donkey Then he launched, with the work done in Super Mario Odysseythat he used some voxel at some of his levels: “Yoshiaki Koizumi (Nintendo programmer) created different technical experiences, and turned out that we could make them compatible with Donkey Kong.”
For media specialized in technical digital foundry tests, Kong Bananza donkey It is not just a fun platform game, it is also “an ambitious technical approach” that constantly seeks to overcome the limits of the console “taking risks.”
“The technology is at the service of the visual,” writes the Washington Post in his opinion, which makes a perfect note, again, “it is not just a pleasure for the eyes.”
The risk assumed by Nintendo teams, therefore, allows Kong Bananza donkey To place yourself at the top of the 2025 video game basket. For Switch 2 is also a particularly expected surprise of the players. A success that also seems to be confirmed in sales and anticipations.
Questioned by Tech & Co, several sources in large retailers and specialized stores confirm great interest in the game: “It is like a second release for switch 2, because it is a completely different game from Mario de Mario Kart“Explains a regional official of Micromania.
“It was already difficult to find a switch 2, but with the tests that confirm the qualities of the game, Kong donkey It could really be the moment Zelda’s legend: Breath of the Wild“Of the console, redefining the genre of the platform,” he concludes.
Source: BFM TV
