Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

I'm not surprised smashing stuff in Donkey Kong Bananza is enjoyable. In the tutorial alone, I, like many others, spent ages demolishing everything I could get my (giant gorilla) hands on, and it's a ...

“Donkey Kong Bananza” came out this week to glowing reviews and a spot on NPR’s list of the best games of the year so far. It’s also, to my surprise, a decent couch co-op game — one of many in a ...

Donkey Kong Bananza features the loveable ape Donkey Kong and his young friend Pauline in their quest to recover stolen banana-shaped diamonds from a rival group of apes. It has sandbox-like levels ...

Like the humble banana, Donkey Kong has been the good, old trusty treat in Nintendo’s overflowing lunch box of mascot-driven games. Yes, the big ape has carried some noteworthy classics prior to the ...

After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

The best Nintendo games do two things. The first is introducing a delightful gaming mechanic — take Ultrahand in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Cappy in Super Mario Odyssey for some ...

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 ...

Donkey Kong Bananzahas finally arrived, giving the Nintendo Switch 2 its first must-own game just a month after its launch. It's the first of hopefully several game of the year contenders to come from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about video games, technology and pop culture. But all these years later, Nintendo has finally beat Midway to it, and to ...

Due to how Pauline's AI works in Donkey Kong Bananza, players are unsure if she isn't quite sure what specific fruits look like. You're not going to believe this, but Donkey Kong Bananza has a lot of ...

After pounding my way through Donkey Kong Bananza earlier this month, I declared that 2025 was a “big year for hole.” DK’s adventure was the third game I’d played this year (fourth actually, as I’d ...