Another key piece of evidence supporting the idea that the people of Nintendo are actively thinking about Donkey Kong’s butt comes from the recent Ask A Developer interview series on Nintendo.com, where producer Kenta Motokura says, “we were also conscious of how Donkey Kong would look from the back while he’s moving.”

As the sequel to the 2023 hit THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE continues production, Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto

Nintendo has made a seemingly desperate attempt to win a legal battle against Pocketpair, the creators of Palworld, over alleged copyright infringement.

In fact, that last part might be the most exciting thing about Donkey Kong Bananza. Nintendo is extremely character-focused in the way it understands its games, crafts their controls, and designs their environments,

Doe-eyed 16-year-old Evan Ainsworth, meanwhile, voiced Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action version. More importantly, he was apparently in Emmerdale (a British soap) one time, which will leave our US readers unfazed but send a jolt into a deep, ancestral area of UK readers' spines.

The Nintendo San Francisco store is holding its third major event since it opened in May with the launch of “Donkey Kong Bananza.” The game marks the popular character’s second foray in a 3D platformer, and it’s also the second major first-party game built specifically for the Nintendo Switch 2.

The destruction in Donkey Kong Bananza is just the latest example of an ongoing design trend.

The next Nintendo Direct might be coming up very soon. That's according to reputable source Nate the Hate, who said during a podcast today, July 14, that the next Direct is slated for this month.