Early development footage of Donkey Kong Bananza has been revealed, showcasing an iteration of the game that features a creepy tech demo, starring an iconic Mario monster with boss monster hands strapped to its body.
Donkey Kong Bananza began development shortly after the release of Super Mario Odyssey, with the intention of launching it on the original Nintendo Switch. The game was eventually moved to the Switch 2, to be available on a system that could handle its destructible environments more effectively.
The developers of Donkey Kong Bananza have been interviewed on the official Nintendo website, where some very early footage of the game was released. This footage comes from before the time it was a Donkey Kong game, as assets from Super Mario Odyssey were used to test out the concept. The footage can now be seen on the official Nintendo Switch 2 Reddit, and it shows a Goomba smashing up a basic world.
A Goomba With Hands Was The Original Star Of Donkey Kong Bananza
To test the concept of a game with entirely destructible environments (as the developers clearly never played Red Faction), they created a prototype using the Goomba model from Super Mario Odyssey, with the...
