Donkey Kong Bananza will be releasing at midnight of your region’s easternmost time zone on Thursday, July 17. This can be a bit confusing for those who live in larger countries, but as soon as it hits midnight anywhere in your region, the game will become available to play — barring any hiccups.

Clearly Donkey Kong is about to become a big deal again. The Switch 2's Donkey Kong Bananza is out in just three days, July 17, and provides the single-player title the console obviously should have had last month for launch.

When Donkey Kong Bananza was first announced, speculation immediately set in that it was being made by the same team that made Super Mario Odyssey. That turned out to be true, but we've since learned that speculation the game began as a Super Mario Odyssey sequel are not.

Destruction is at the core of Donkey Kong Bananza, with seemingly every bit of the environment ready to burst into voxels (tech that was actually developed first for Super Mario Odyssey ), which naturally can result in dropped frames, as some Donkey Kong Bananza preview s have noted.

A new Nintendo Switch 2 report has provided an update on a new 3D Mario game. It has been eight years since the release of Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch 2, yet there remains no word of a new 3D Mario game.

Since the arrival of the Switch 2 last month, Nintendo has been busy updating many of its first-party Switch titles. This even includes its "limited-time" release Super Mario 3D All-Stars and following an update for the Switch 2 last month,

Super Mario Odyssey stars Mario and his newfound companion Cappy as the two travel across numerous Kingdoms to stop Bowser's plans of marrying Princess Peach. It's an adventure filled with countless gameplay mechanics,

As previews for Donkey Kong Bananza come in ahead of the game’s July 17th release date, one tidbit has stood out on the development of this game. It’s been nearly eight years since Super Mario Odyssey,

That positioning makes Bowser's Fury seem like side content, like the upcoming Star-Crossed World in Kirby and the Forgotten Land's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, rather than the full-fledged 3D Mario game it actually is.