Donkey Kong Bananza
Ranked 7 of 11 platformers by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Solid 3D platformer, like Odyssey
“It is a really solid 3D platformer, and does to Donkey Kong what Super Mario 64 did to Super Mario Bros/World.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%” “DKB was created by the Odyssey team so it makes sense that it scratches the same itch!”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%” Called a masterpiece and the best lately
“DK Bananza is wonderful, a masterpiece.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Nintendo has raised its employees base salary by 10%” “The best at the moment is DK Bananza”
Comment from 22 Jun 2026 in “Steam Machine” Among recent favorites and big hits
“so many games I've enjoyed recently (Donkey Kong Bananza, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, etc)”
Comment from 30 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Thankful For?” “have all been big hits here”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2”
Other platformers people recommend
The four most recommended other platformers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Persia | 37 | 4 | 90% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Super Mario 64 | 37 | 7 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Celeste | 19 | 3 | 86% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Flashback (1992 video game) | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Donkey Kong BananzaThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“if someone vomited neon all over a WOW clone”
“DKB was created by the Odyssey team so it makes sense that it scratches the same itch!”
“It is a really solid 3D platformer, and does to Donkey Kong what Super Mario 64 did to Super Mario Bros/World.”
“A fun story, good mechanics, and a silly art style and direction.”
“DK Bananza is wonderful, a masterpiece.”
“The best at the moment is DK Bananza”
“so many games I've enjoyed recently (Donkey Kong Bananza, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, etc)”
“We didn’t love DK or Mario kart when we had my friends Switch 2 one weekend”
“have all been big hits here”
“The game was very boring and repetitive.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.