{"id":1442282,"date":"2025-12-28T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most"},"modified":"2025-12-28T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T14:00:00","slug":"donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Bananza might not be the best game of the year, but it&#8217;s surely the one I loved the most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>I think these days, after years of Nintendo outright eschewing the console power rat race and focusing instead on different ways to play and honing their core craft, we forget that Nintendo is still a pretty sharp company in terms of <em>technical<\/em> innovation. Raw power went aside with the Wii, but the company&#8217;s dedication to tinkering around the edges to create stand-out original experiences in other ways remained &#8211; or perhaps even intensified. There&#8217;s been a lot of examples over the years, of course, from clever game design innovations to zany peripherals &#8211; but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/donkey-kong-bananza\">Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> has to be one of the finest showcases of that thinking from Nintendo in years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/donkey-kong-bananza-might-not-be-the-best-game-of-the-year-but-its-surely-the-one-i-loved-the-most\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think these days, after years of Nintendo outright eschewing the console power rat race and focusing instead on different ways to play and honing their core craft, we forget that Nintendo is still a pretty sharp company in terms of technical innovation. 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