# Donkey Kong Bananza

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Donkey Kong Bananza and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a solid 3D platformer that does for Donkey Kong what Super Mario 64 did for Mario, with a fun story and silly art style. A few critics found it boring and repetitive.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid 3D platformer, like Odyssey (2 comments): "It is a really solid 3D platformer, and does to Donkey Kong what Super Mario 64 did to Super Mario Bros/World." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746584)) "DKB was created by the Odyssey team so it makes sense that it scratches the same itch!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48747412))
- Called a masterpiece and the best lately (2 comments): "DK Bananza is wonderful, a masterpiece." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48746048)) "The best at the moment is DK Bananza" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635149))
- Among recent favorites and big hits (2 comments): "so many games I've enjoyed recently (Donkey Kong Bananza, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, etc)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48336857)) "have all been big hits here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062982))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Celeste](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste.md): 19 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Cave Story](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Donkey+Kong+Bananza+Nintendo+Switch&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.nintendo.com/us/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Donkey Kong Bananza", https://hackerapproved.com/p/donkey-kong-bananza/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).