including the enormous price jump for first-party games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, have poured rain on the initial celebration. A cow (TBA) pops a wheelie on a power line in Mario ...

Donkey Kong Bananza and Mario Kart World are shifting to open-world formats, a significant change for both franchises. The open-world structure in games like Donkey Kong Bananza allows for free ...

It did, however, potentially uncover a piece of Super Mario lore that could answer a decades-long mystery about Donkey Kong that will have massive implications for the Mushroom Kingdom.

A new first-party 3D platformer was top ... 2 Direct which aired today. Rather than Mario taking center stage, though, this time it's Donkey Kong's turn to have a giant world to explore, and ...

I'll be honest, when Nintendo revealed the grand finale of its Switch 2 Direct was a new Donkey Kong game, I felt a little deflated. Where was Mario to help launch the new console? (He's in Mario ...

Mario’s foe-turned-friend Donkey Kong joined in on the fun with his own ... be able to upgrade existing titles like “Super Mario Party Jamboree,” “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the ...

While the new direction for the character established the ape as primarily a hero, he would return to the antagonist role in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series. Debuting on the Game Boy Advance ...

We have many 3rd party port titles ... However, Nintendo is confident that Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza won’t just show off the Switch 2 but will define their own franchises for ...

And we saw some teases for other properties that might come join Mario and Donkey Kong in the theme park. For instance, a gorgeous stained glass display highlighted The Legend of Zelda‘s Zelda ...

most notably with the Super Mario Bros. movie from Illumination, which also features Donkey Kong as a character. Sony is also developing a live-action Legend of Zelda film. Nintendo announced the ...

Here we have Nintendo’s two big flagship games for the launch window of Switch 2, and here we have Mario Kart (which, open world or not, is still very much Mario Kart), and a DK game that ...