<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Nintendo's upcoming game, Donkey Kong Bananza, was not originally planned for the Switch 2 but for the first Switch console, with production starting during those days.</li><li>Nintendo decided to wait and release the game on the Switch 2 to take advantage of better technology, particularly to enhance the concept of 'continuity of destruction' within the gameplay.</li><li>The development team wanted to create a rich variety of materials and large-scale changes in the environment, which they believed would be best achieved on the Switch 2.</li><li>The game utilizes unique features of the Switch 2 such as mouse controls for co-op play, highlighting how Nintendo is evolving with its game development as it prepares for the release of Donkey Kong Bananza and other titles for the new console.</li></ul>

Nintendo admits Donkey Kong Bananza wasn’t originally a Switch 2 game

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