Donkey Kong Bananza Feels Like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Unhinged Younger Sibling
Donkey Kong Bananza and Tears of the Kingdom share a wild spirit of discovery, but only one of them lets players smash their way through to secrets.
As Nintendo continues to produce fresh takes on some of its most iconic franchises, the influence that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have had on its approach to game design is increasingly obvious. The industry in general has undoubtedly been impacted by these particular Zelda games, but Nintendo itself has continued to utilize its ground-breaking open-world formula in its games, with Donkey Kong Bananza now being the most recent example. The main difference with it, though, is how it takes the grace and calm of Tears of the Kingdom's design and goes utterly bonkers with it for one of the most chaotic yet fulfilling open-world adventures yet.
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