Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.

Donkey Kong Bananza is a visual hot mess - a sign of Nintendo knowing exactly what matters most, and being confident enough to trust in it.

Now, very mild spoilers ahead, but by way of some of the old 'water-cooler' banter (proving once and for all that such a thing can even exist betwixt online colleagues), Liam shared with us that he'd actually managed to complete the game without unlocking one of Donkey Kong's transformations.

While Nintendo has been killing off their characters in Donkey Kong Bananza, former Rare developers behind Donkey Kong Country seem really keen on his latest adventure. Donkey Kong Bananza is the biggest shake-up for the series since 1994,

The co-op mode in Donkey Kong Bananza is brilliant, especially if you just want to have a good old mess around.