Donkey Kong Bananza is taken into account one of many high video video games of 2025, and the Swap 2 unique has now been formally acknowledged on the forty third Annual Golden Joystick Awards as a Critics’ Alternative Award winner.
Donkey Kong Bananza was additionally nominated for ‘Final Sport of the 12 months’ and ‘Console Sport of the 12 months’ on the similar occasion (with voting open to the general public). Darkish Glade: Expedition 33 took the highest prize and the Sony unique Yotei Ghost received the console class. The PlayStation title additionally expired Mario Kart World in the identical class.
The Swap 2 controller and Swap 2 Professional have been additionally shortlisted for “Finest Gaming {Hardware}.” This award went to AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU. Pokémon GO took the “nonetheless taking part in” cell prize, and Hole Knight: Silk Track received the award for finest self-published impartial recreation.
In our evaluate of Donkey Kong Bananza right here at Nintendo Life, we gave this title an “glorious” 9 out of ten stars:
“Whether or not it is laying waste to the stage with a Bananza Transformation or rigorously planning a path to a hidden Banandium Gem, you may wrestle to seek out extra originality and, crucially, extra enjoyment from a platformer lately. As DK Rap so correctly mentioned, “Donkey Kong is right here.” Now let’s hope he stays.”
in some different awards present information, earlier this week it was introduced that Donkey Kong Bananza was within the operating for The Sport Awards’ Sport of the 12 months Award.
Admittedly, it faces some stiff competitors, together with video games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (which is competing for 12 awards on the similar present), Hole Knight: Silksong and Demise Stranding 2: On the seaside.
