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Donkey Kong Bananza reaches for smashing variety and a Rare energy - hands-on
Time flying is always a sure-fire sign of something that’s good - so this formula might just be a winner.
Metal is a material too hard for DK to shatter with his bare hands, but that also makes it a more powerful weapon when you can find a piece to heft in a rock-paper-scissors style interplay - and so on. Having gotten quite comfortable with the game's mechanics, I tore through two story-critical bosses in about thirty seconds apiece, but then I toiled for ten minutes on a fiendishly difficult optional side challenge for just one extra Banadium gem. Some 2D side stages deliberately harken back to the Country games of Rare and Retro, including a lovingly-crafted Bramble Blast tribute with the same visuals and soundtrack.
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